The Weekly Gazette 5-31-2026

[DerVVulfman]

(May 25 to May 31, 2026)

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

Official Area

General Chat

Will there be a peace deal with Iran turning over all their nuclear material while ensuring the Strait of Hormuz is not mined? That is one of the questions asked in this week's News of the World. The US offered two paths towards peace, one even allowing Iran to heavily dilute their nuclear stockpiles. Howver, the US had to fire upon missile bases and fast boats attempting to once more establish mines in the Strait.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is taking its toll, this while a senior Kyiv commander suggested that the next six months will be vital to shred Moscow's ambitions while Russian troops are exhausted. Its toll may also be taking its toll on Russia's President Vladimir Putin as rumors of stand-ins during public appearances re-emerge when a fellow politician used another name when addressing the President. Ukraine's President Zelensky put out a request for more Patriot anti-missile batteries as he foresees more attacks in coming months, this just as roughly 300 more drones were sailed during a thunderous Russian air attack killing five civilians and wounding fourty more. But chaotic as Russia's attacks have been, Moscow has been constantly endangering neighboring NATO nations, now actively striking an apartment building in Romania. It was only late April that fragments of a Russian Drone were recovered in Moldavia after damaging a utility pole and part of a residencial building.

In the US, 50,000 residents had to evacuate an area near a chemical plant in Orange County, California. US President Trump declared a Federal Emergency as there was a threat of a catastrophic explosion, though the Orange County Fire Authority states the threat of explosion has been eliminated, eliminated as a crack in the tank appeared relieving the massive pressure buildup. The EPA is currently in Orange County, providing air monitoring support. Though they haven't found anything in the residential areas, monitoring continues while they have closed roads leading up to the plant. The war against fraud continues as two in Minnesota, Shamso Ahmed Hassan and Hanaan Mursal Yusuf, both of Somalian heritage, were arrested for more than $21 Million in theft of funds meant for Autism services. And for Democrats, the situation must be horrid when CNN itself blasts former First-Lady Jill Biden over her complete reversal of comments she made about her husband, Former President Biden and his health concerns. It is not just Graham Platner taking heat over the comments and his mass-deleted Reddit posts that insulted a Purple Heart recipient, but now Democrats Warren, Schumer, Sanders and Jeffries supporting Platner are being torn into.

China is attempting to exert pressure in the pacific, restricting rare earth minerals to Japan in an attempt to halt the U.S. from supplying defense technology to Japan and to Taiwan which is required by the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act. China released video of a NATO warship from the Netherlands threatened by two CCP warships and a fighter in what the Dutch Frigate stated were international waters, yet China asserts as their territory as they continue to claim much of the South China sea including waters of other nearby nations. And in a response to China's encroachment, the US, the UK and Australia have unveiled a new joint project to develop advanced underwater drones as Chinese-linked vessels have been linked to incidents involving damaged undersea cables near Taiwan and in European waters.

The Global emergency of Congo's Ebola outbreak complicated by militant groups vying for power and arson of treatment centers, Germany's taxpayer money given to charities tied to Islamic Relief Worldwide classified as a terror group in 2014 and the Muslim Brotherhood, the New York City man hired by the Iranian Regime sentenced for 10 years in a murder-for-hire plot to kill a human rights activist and journalist, $26 Billion spent in Vladimir Putin's mission to live forever with 3D printed organ transplants, The bill going through the US House of Representatives requiring only native-born US citizens be members of congress, as others may actively have allegiance to their native borne lands, and more hit this week's news.

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Games Development

Development Discussion

For those wondering What's up among fellow RMers, Remi-chan has been touching up the text in her game, working throughout the 1st non-tutorial arc of her game, though has to contend with events that take place in and after the city of Brisbane. However, she also worked dilligently to finish the update to all the message popups since she overhauled the icons in play.

Remi-chan ventured into the Maps and screenshots thread to post scenes that have since been updated for her game, be they warnings not to go boom near aggregiously placed petrol pumps, looks of apprehension given to mere watercoolers, and remembrances of godly heal potions.

Upcoming Projects

Though it is the twilight of spring, romance still blooms. So hearken all to the world crafted by TsunamiJuria and her dark romance that is Haunted Divinity. Haunted Divinity is a visual novel that tells the tale of a fallen god and the novelist who found each other against all odds. With artwork and character designs by TsunamiJuria, Vespa and krisisnotcover, music by zachjohnfriesen and Jake 'The Voice' Parr, this first visual novel demo lasting 45 minutes is a solid way to end the season.

It has been a while since kyondes worked upon Klans XP, but his venture into creating a kingdom-building strategy game now improved the scouting system. Coupled with a new means to transfer between maps and updates to allow animations hovering atop controleld NPCs, kyonides also worked out bugs that prevented clan data from being recorded.

Material Development

Tools

Another game design system has shown up, and not one by Enterbrain as it is surprisingly free to use unless you wish to actively go commercial. It is called RPG Paper Maker and this system supports Windows, Linux, and macOS. Even moreso, this system utilizes JavaScript for plugins and from all aspects supports 3D styled constructs. The forums accessible at their website shows gemeral introductions dating as far back as November 2022, preceding RPG Maker Unity by a year. And yet is ahead of the next iteration RPGMaker u2u with map rotation.

Scripts Database

RPGMaker XP (RGSS) Engine

If you are tired of using the default system to dictate what elements the members of your party have affinity with, kyonides released KustomElemState XP which lets developers create a means to add elements and state ranks independently.

A revision of a two-decades-old script has appeared with Reserve Party Tools. Originally by RPG Advocate, the script allowed the player to swap their party members with a reserve roster of heroes, even allowing them to gain some percentage of experience points from battles they're not a part. However, much of the script contained massive rewrites to the default scripts. DerVVulfman's re-released edition worked to limit the number of rewritten scripts while performing some repairs or eliminating some issues.

After discovering that the engine has always held this capability, DerVVulfman wrote MUSIC EFFECT FADE, a small script that allows one to set a fade-out effect for melodies normally associated with battle victories, triggered treasure discoveries and the like. Useful if one has a longer-than-normal tune in use.

It was three years ago when kyonides released Skill Roulette XP, a system that could let a magic user cast a spell at random. But now he has returned, and his virtual Wild-Magic-like system now adds a new available feature. Random skills may now be available based upon the user's level.

Resources Database

2D Resources

Having populated the city streets with criminals brazen enough to show their faces, the Various RMXP sprites by Ace_V now appears focused upon drier climates, sand swept lands and the deep desert. In earthen colors accented by white and a turban to protect his head, the first of Ace_V's desert nomads has appeared.

Creativity Section

Art and Design

Another presentation has been announced within Save-Point's Museum of Art and once more the gallery dedicated to Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing! has its doors flung wide. On display this week, a young girl beset against land and sky, both alien to her and yet still that of her home. The aptly named Lass of Steel is but a child, her lore describing this maiden with flowing locks of chocolate as not even a teenager and yet one who had put aside her own turmoil to give aid to those in need. Emerald eyes filled with heartache cannot hide behind her glasses. This was another of the quick-paced illustrations by Remi-chan, taking but half the time she usually spends, and a speed-draw less than 6 minutes demonstrates such.

Literature

Quiet is the forum's museum where tomes old and new may be discovered. Yet only this week, a new verse has been published and placed among Remi-chan's Writing Snippets~. A child, not even in her teenage years, had known responcibilities for as long as she can remember. No mother nor father of her own, it was she who had to have the strength of parents to those younger than herself until what she thought was the end of days. But when the end of days indeed arrived, what came of her resolve?

Well, that's it for this week.

"Learning without thinking is wasteful; thinking without learning is dangerous." - Confucius

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