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fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 12:42 AM

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to encourage you to think with sparks

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he has the cutest death animation lol

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 1:57 AM

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fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 2:16 AM

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wishlists at release

whole lynx Jan 10, 2026, 5:46 AM

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New UI?

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 6:07 AM

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just a few updates to messy / non matching stuff

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and then some more juice/reactive stuff

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and fixing of various depth issues

whole lynx Jan 10, 2026, 6:28 AM

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Overworld map also looks kinda different

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I'n interested to try the changes tho

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 6:29 AM

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yea its more zoomed in

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pretty steep fall off

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but then the 200+ minute club haha

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 6:30 AM

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whole lynx I'n interested to try the changes tho

best thing to do is mix and match companions

whole lynx Jan 10, 2026, 6:30 AM

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It's permanent, not a "use it and you lose it" mon, right? So having 1 Waxcap will give +5 power to Sparked moves, but you don't lose the Waxcap?

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 6:30 AM

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correct

whole lynx Jan 10, 2026, 6:30 AM

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Nice

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 6:31 AM

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its actually +8 now haha

whole lynx Jan 10, 2026, 6:31 AM

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Oh wow

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That's fair though I think. More bang for your buck

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And requires sparks

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 6:32 AM

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exactly

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but pair it with

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chime

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(the one who gives +1 spark when using a dark move)

whole lynx Jan 10, 2026, 6:32 AM

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I forget, do you still get the +1 spark even if you used a sparked Dark move?

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Just net 0?

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 6:33 AM

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it nets out

whole lynx Jan 10, 2026, 6:33 AM

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Nice

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 6:33 AM

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one thing thats kinda cool is sparking yin

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it turns it from a light to a dark and it by default gives 2 sparks

whole lynx Jan 10, 2026, 6:34 AM

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Only thing I could see that could be done to potentially "balance" sparks in maybe a future update.. is giving different moves different spark costs., but maybe that'd add too much complexity or reduce their value too much?

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 6:34 AM

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right now im just trying to make them usable

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useful

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i feel like it might be easy for people to forget them

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but thye are required to win

whole lynx Jan 10, 2026, 6:46 AM

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Do you have any moves that consume sparks outright to function? Like

Luminous Cannon
Light, Power 120
Consumes 2 Sparks. Puts the user to Sleep for 1 turn for each Spark below 2 they were missing when using this move. (but worded more succinctly)

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 6:46 AM

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no i dont think so

whole lynx Jan 10, 2026, 6:47 AM

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I think auto-Spark usage or consumption is a design space you could consider. Maybe not for this build, but maybe down the line if you feel Spark can be built around pretty easily

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 6:48 AM

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im starting to feel like

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MP2 is the next big design space exploration

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xD

whole lynx Jan 10, 2026, 6:49 AM

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Lol

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Pass MP1 to me and for some nynmii builds 😈

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 6:51 AM

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lol

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good luck

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it was made by someone who learned to code over the 4 years he was building it

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essentially

whole lynx Jan 10, 2026, 6:53 AM

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Hrmm

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Okay, maybe not

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But maybe

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But probably not

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 6:54 AM

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MP2 code architecture will be lit

whole lynx Jan 10, 2026, 1:56 PM

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I believe. Will there be any new significant changes or updates to the battle system to differentiate it from MP1? Or haven't thought that far? Like currently it's basically turn-based double battles. Didn't know if maybe you'd introduce a way for the player to get a 2nd ally, or a charge meter, etc.

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 3:10 PM

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definitly make the companions swappable

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like you dont have to bring bech

whole lynx Jan 10, 2026, 4:03 PM

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Ooo

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Game changing

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Would feel kinda like Paper Mario if Bech stays out but you can swap out the companions

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 4:03 PM

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Some of them would combine really cool

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Also maybe making the turn order a little different

whole lynx Jan 10, 2026, 4:04 PM

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I have an idea for a new companion (sorry to go off track)

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 4:04 PM

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What is it

whole lynx Jan 10, 2026, 4:06 PM

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Think Ditto from Pokemon, but it transforms into a copy of the mon on your team that you have the most of (2 Fire Chickens and 1 Solarium = Fire Chicken; if tied, goes with the one highest in the team list).

The way you make it viable and scale is it gains stats based on how many copies of that mon you have on your team (maybe +3 to each of its stats for each of that mon on your team?). Then when it starts battle, it just has the moves of that mon at that level, basically

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https://tenor.com/view/okay-so-you-hate-it-noah-reid-patrick-patrick-brewer-schitts-creek-gif-20774292

Tenor

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 4:44 PM

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A companion that is every monster

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It's like Kirby haha

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I'm trying to think what you could do

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It would be very rng

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If you got monsters

whole lynx Jan 10, 2026, 4:58 PM

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It'd be somewhat rng. If you can still see mons on the map, you can plan to pursue them to try and setup which mon the companion becomes. If you have no mons on your team, but you start with the companion on your team, idk if it'd make more sense to make the "Ditto" have really high stats to compensate if you somehow try to do a no-mon run, or if it copies Bech

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 4:59 PM

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Or whatever you are fighting, like ditto

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Could be nice to teach players what the early enemies do

whole lynx Jan 10, 2026, 5:18 PM

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Would it copy bosses? But like Ditto, only its moves and stats would change, not its HP?

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 5:18 PM

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Really doesn't matter I guess

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We could just try both

whole lynx Jan 10, 2026, 8:11 PM

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Would be an interesting companion for sure, but i don't think it should copy abilities of bosses/potential companions.. since its ability is its flexibility and "counter-play" in battle

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 8:48 PM

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Mp2, online battles?

whole lynx Jan 10, 2026, 11:25 PM

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fading dawn Mp2, online battles?

Kinda depends on how you setup or allow team composition. Like.. Would players get 20 sparks to buy/build their team, then they fight?

Alternatively, could have a progressive system, like combining MP with Super Auto Pets

fading dawn Jan 10, 2026, 11:27 PM

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I think it would be something related to winning a run with a specific team

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