The Weekly Gazette 4-05-2026

[DerVVulfman]

(March 30 to April 5, 2026)
(Easter Edition)

Welcome dear readers to the latest issue of the Weekly Gazette! Here in the Gazette, we give you the news in brief of what occurred in the past week as well as provide any news happening in Save-Point itself

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General Chat

When one heralds a new month, only one month begins with flair and hilarity and that is April. And to mark that auspicious celebration, KDC searched for April 'Fooled' finds 2026 which included new updates to Palworld that have been repeatedly promised, new climbing advenutres and the ocassional gaming controller reveals. Along with that, Remi-chan posted a vid where she made a fool of her own game, and KDC took a marginally long bus ride.

For those following the lawsuit, Nintendo's case against Palworld hit another snag, that being the rejection of their claim to the "Capture and Summon" technique and all 26 patents claims they had filed. According to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the patents were not just unoriginal, but in one instance a mirror copy of a patent already owned by Konami and therefore completely inelligible. For this, Nintendo has but two months to respond, and to Pocket Pair and all other game developers, a win.

If you need to kick your shoes off and relax, what better way is there than catch some vids online? Just ask Remi-chan What Are Youtubing and she would relay that Homestuck, the webcomic created by Andew Hussie now has a pilot video produced by ViviePop, the creator of Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss.

The conflict in the Middle East still makes the News of the World as 3,500 US troops arrive as President Trump. Opposed to Iran ever gaining a nuclear weapon, the US is considering an operation to extract the nearly 1 ton of weapon's grade uranium processed. And with the attacks on shipping, Trump gave Iran an ultimatum to open the Strait of Hormuz, lest their energy infrastructure would be targeted next. In response, Iran began constripting youths as young as 12 into their military and worked with China and Pakistan to create their own terms. However, ships have found Iran threaten tankers with demands in either Chinese [yuan] or crypto before they can pass the strait. And with the lack of trust in Iran's word and the murder of 7,000 protestors, the United Arab Emirates readies itself to help US open Strait of Hormuz by force. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia also continues as Kiev had pulled off a record 7,000 missions in a single month using actual robots agsinst Russian forces. However Moscow launched hundreds of long-range drone attacks against the Ukraine's civilian populous, killing dozens including infants as young as five months. The latest attack occurred after criminal proceedings for war crimes perpetrated against the Ukrainian people was pursued, with over 200,000 documented cases of atrocities. In the United States, Trump's order to have TSA agents paid, though a massive 500 had quit as a result of the 40-day government shutdown. And to the surprise of "Breakfast Club" host Charlamagne tha God, a huge critic of ICE, he found ICE agents working as supplemental agents at the airports to be, in his own words, "they were being extra nice like Chick-fil-A workers." The discovery of rampant healthcare fraud also rages as a 66-year old psychiatrist with ties toGeorge Clooney, Salt Bae and former President George W Bush is in the center of a federal raid targeting fraudulent hospices, hiring individuals to fake terminal ilnesses for over $5 million in fraudulent claims. On the Jeffrey Epstein, the son of Oregon Democrat Sen. Ron Wyden is on the spotlight with his connections to Epstein seven years after his released from a Florida prison. And an eMail between Epstein and psychiatrist Dr. Henry Jarecki suggested plans on evading law enforcemetn with options including plastic surgery. And regarding illegal immigration, a Venezuelan migrant attempted to slit the throat of a NY Queen's resident. Following that, an illegal immigrant in Texas was arrested and charged with the murder of his wife shortly after their marriage. Another illegal migrant in San Francisco who posed as an Uber driver is now facing life in prison for multiple counts of kidnap and rape. And the parents of MacDill Air Force Base bomb suspects have been found to be illegal immigrants, calling into question the dangers of blanket birthright citizenship. In Canada, Alberta has received enough signatures to trigger a referendum on whether to secede from Canada following the decades long abandonment and neglect from Ottowa and the rest of the country. However, the separatist movement seems unlikely to succeed as a general poll in 2025 has only 30% support of the Albertan public. For thieves in Europe, it is an open market. Priceless paintings from French masters Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cezanne and Henri Matisse were stolen froma museum in northern Italy. And an unexpected and unbelievable heist of twelve tons of Nestlé's KitKat bars occurred while in transit from Switzerland to Europe. With that, Nestlé launched a new tracking tool to locate the shipment. However, recoveries are made. And a priceless Romanian golden helmet stolen from a Dutch museum last year has been recovered. And in the Copenhagen Harbor, a Danish warship sunk by Admiral Horatio Nelson and the British fleet over 200 years ago has been discovered. For China, everything is control. President Xi's party slogan, now synonymous with assimilation efforts now appear in every newspaper in an effort to suppress beliefs or cultures other than their own. Their oreign Ministry spokesperson calling out the bi-partisan delegation that visited the nation of Taisan, the only part still held by the original government of China not conquered by the 1942 coup by the Communist Party and Mao Zedong. and China's recent conversions of obsolete fighter jets into unmanned aerial drone being positioned around Taiwan. In Venezuela, the US Embassy will finally reopen after seven long years, it part of a three phase plan to strengthen ties and Venezuela's economy. And while Venezuelans still fighting corruption and crippling 700% inflation, many are optimistic as US lifts sanctions. Still, there is news that those who celebrated ex-President Maduro are being arrested. Current President Delcy Rodriguez, the former Vice President, is slated to travel to the US and help establish a transition to democracy and away from the radical Socialist dictatorship, else foreign investments into Venezuela would likely vanish. The downing of an F15e Eagle and the subsequent rescue of its pilots in Iran, A Russian military plane crashing into a cliff, killing 29 in illegally annexed Crimea, Representative Eric Swalwell's demand FBI Chief Patel not release documents connecting him to Chinese operatives, outrage as airline passengers are left stranded in below-freezing weather in Newfoundland for two days, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted for improperly using $19,000 campaign funds for a psychiatrist while California's Governor Newsom spends $19M in taxpayer funds Public Relation ads, French and South Korean leaders say they’ll work together on the Strait of Hormuz while Iran hits a tanker off coast of Qatar, former Mayor de Blasio's trip to Colombia with his pro Chinese-Party girlfriend, the Hezbollah-Inspired Terrorist attack at a Michigan Synagogue, the loss of Hollywood stars Valerie Perrine (Slaughterhouse-Five, Lenny, 1978's Superman) and James Tolkan (Serpico, Top Gun, Back to the Future), and so much more hit this week's world news.

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Tech Talk

The dangers of social media affecting children hit theNews of the Cyber World this week, with parents calling for laws to be passed after rulings over child safety slammed both Meta and Youtube. And of Youtube, newly released court documents revealed that the online video giant indeed seek addiction and profit over safety, disabling all safeguards. AI systems too are in the crosshairs as chatbots have been found using flattery to captivate users while distorting facts and the user's judgement. Even China now has begun regulating content, forcing notification or outright bans on so-defined digital human content. Outrage over AI replacing jobs continues as Meta is slashing hundreds of employees in Silicon Valley, and thousands of Oracle employees have been laid off. And after the CEO to Perplexity AI told everyone listening to the All-In podcast to embrace being replaced as they hated their jobs anyway, the backlash was fierce. But in a full reversal, Wikipedia now bans the use of AI to generate their content and its 260,000 human editors from using such tools as an effort agains AI slop. Public threats also hit the news as the FBI warns both iPhone and Android users against installing certain apps as overseas developers are continuing to collect personal information. And there is a new online scam disguised as a legitimate CAPTCHA test has been uncovered, asking its victims to release certain protections before permitting access. A judge at the center of multiple headline-grabbing cases involving Musk forced to recuse herself after LinkedIn post reveleations, Anthropic scrambling to contain a self-inflicted disaster of released AI code, Luigi Mangione-inspired death threats issued by a California nonprofit to end an AI data center's construction, and more hit this week's cyber news.

Games Development

Development Discussion

If you were curious What's up among your fellow RMers, you could likewias share your game development stories. Early this week, we learned that ALlaamagoose is unlocking the mathematical secrets of Mode7. And later, we are revealed the graphic headaches Remi-chan has to endure for her character's animatics. However, good news came about that Remi's chief character artist will be returning in roughly a month's time.

New spritework from Rook (or Xiie as Remi-chan knows her by) has been created, and now appears within the Maps and screenshots thread. The images presented by Remi display the three sprited nymphs courtesy of Rook that will be used within her game, as well as character portraits by Pjcr.

Code Support

When DerVVulfman supplied a solution to Ace_V's request to make train actors face the same way as the player, he wrote a small script that functioned with the last/latest version of Fukuyama's Train Actor script. However, Ace_V is using the original and needed an early gen version which DerVVulfman not just provided, but produced a demo to showcase. Not long after the success, Ace_V asked for more assistance, asking for the characters following the player to continuously face the same way as the player. As kyonides produced a couple variations that would have the party turn in the same direction as the player on command, DerVVulfman made a script so the actors would always face in the same direction no matter what.

Material Development

Tools

Multi-Language support has been integrated into HiddenChest RGSS Player Executable where the KChangeKeys Language Settings now accepts options for other languages. Kyonides included both English and Spanish settings so one user may see UP while another sees ARRIBA on their screen. But more than that, he made it possible for others to be created. Meanwhile, kyonides is also on the lookout for any stray geese that could fly his way.

Scripts Database

RPGMaker XP (RGSS) Engine

After roughly a year, the Multiple Message Windows Extended system had been updated with new script calls to lesson the amount of code needed to keep character graphics ongoing between messages, and to include a measure to reduce the chance of errors if audio files are not present when trigered. Of errors, a fix was added as DerVVulfman discovered an issue with portrait frame animation system.

While it would not be often the case, DerVVulfman added some protection to the Talking Messages: Audio playback for Message Windows script so missing audio files wouldn't crash the playback system.

Resources Database

2D Resources

With the coming of spring, love is in the air. And some prepare for their joyous day by visiting tailor shops for alterations to tuxedos and wedding dresses. For this a new character appeared within the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V. Slightly shorter than other RTP characters, the tailor now available has a curly q hair cut, a measuring tape and a smirk on his face.

Creativity Section

Music and Audio

This week marks a debut within the Save-Point ampitheater as Remi-Chan Sings As Best She Can! Utilizing the song "War Without Reason", an of-described melancholy metal song by Heaven Pierce Her, Remi-chan put lyrics to a combat melody found within the action shooter, Ultrakill.

Rare is it that an entire album appears at one time within the forum. However, krayedon has released under Bandcamp her album which can be found among Cam's musings. Bluer Skies was released only at the end of March and all fifteen tracks can both be streamed or merely downloaded. Though donations would be appreciated.

Art and Design

To say that there is a lengthy history for her subject is a mild understatement. For now within the museum's gallery hall set aside for her, Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing! now has on display one of her decade's old friendos. Himself an impetus of chaos, Pep Cookiedoe can be seen in all his Barberry Red and Garish Green glory as he is caught in mid somersault. Hourglasses attempt to draw him in to their control, a fool's folly when one over fourty had been cursed into unaging since squaky-voiced adolescence.

Literature

There are many tomes within the forum's library. And among those, Remi-chan's Writing Snippets~ now has a new page of poetry. Dark times are to befall upon the world. All that was pristine to be drenched in crimson as those seen as both the empowered and the powerless become undone. Higher above even those now plant their spears into the doomed. Such a tale only from Remi-chan as a herald to the end of her game currently being crafted.

The Bibliotheca

The latest chapter of Events Should Go Unnoticed teaches you a very important lesson: never tell your AI chatbot anything about dreams. The bot might feel tempted to evolve into something else so it can also have dreams it can talk about for days. Or does it have a very different goal in mind?

Filmography

For an april fools prank on herself, Remi-chan's Cinematic Theatre now premiers "April of the Daystar" which spotlights and makes fun of Remi-chan's own current project.

Well, that's it for this week.

"I spent seven hours in a beauty shop... and that was for the estimate." - Phyllis Diller (1917-2012)

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