The Fate of Lost Eden

[Kilkakon]

Hello there everyone. Been a while for some! Just thought I would let you know how I have been going and what's been going on in my head the last few days, as well as some history of my dealings with the AC community, before going into some decisions that I've made. When I first entered the AC community, I asked for some balance suggestions for my at the time offline naked Pokemon mod. Vyeh helped me out a bit and then got me to turn it into a public total conversion, promising me that people would play it and it'd be enjoyable for all. Production took forever but eventually I put out a beta that was pretty much universally ignored. Cut a bit later, something happened and vyeh disappeared. BU then took me up and brought me over to WPC with much the same promise as vyeh, and then we both moved here to AC2. So yeah, I joined the AC community because I wanted to find people who'd enjoy my mod. This didn't work. I've certainly gathered respect for my attention to detail, general modding prowess and just the years of work I put into the thing, but yeah, never really got players (yes, I'll admit a few people gave it a go for half a game but we never saw them again). Basically, I needed an AC fan who liked my game, but there was nobody really available, and that's why I've drifted away from the forums of late. I don't think BU has forgiven me for my deleting my Skype account either as I haven't heard anything from him for months other than him copy/pasting links of people needing into a PM. It's nothing personal man. I actually ended up setting up another one about a week ago anyway.

Personally, this week, I have been coming to the decision of taking the majority of my naked content offline. I want to protect it from the deviants out there who'd want to tear it all apart, and it's just something I feel God's asking me to do anyway. It's just safer for everybody that way. I'm not changing (I still wuvs my charmanders <3), I'm just changing my image. Might make a little Astro Boy/Megaman dude as my avatar.

Long story short, the two factors above have placed LE firmly in the crosshairs. Normally I wouldn't even consider axing a project I've spent so long working on but at the end of the day it's not like anybody plays the thing. So what I am currently thinking is the best way to go is removing the project from the internet, and releasing the various non-pokemon art assets that I have created as resources for other modders to use. There's a good 17 cities that I've made, most of them being things that AC's never had before, so I'm sure that many would enjoy using the cities as bases in AC. There's also the HUD and other elements I've done, removing scanlines from a lot of the images and so on. So pretty much any context that isn't a pokemon with a willy on would be available for people to download and use in their own work.

[Buster's Uncle]

Kil - it was more lethargic depression than any annoyance with you....

[Kilkakon]

Okay. Well no offence was taken in any event.

[Buster's Uncle]

I'm having a bad day, a really bad day, so I don't have the energy to say "human versions" again.  I would lose it when you demurred.

[Buster's Uncle]

Note the change in my postbit, BTW... 

[Kilkakon]

Haha what do I owe you?

As far as LE stuff goes, I assume the general popup scanline-less pcxs, interface HUD and cities would be the main things of interest for people.

[Buster's Uncle]

That was fast. 

Tech pages.

It's a fine mod, and people would play it if you'd change seven leaderheads.

[Kilkakon]

*facepalms* Shows how much everybody knew about it. There's 15 leaders, not 7. And the game itself had plenty more pokemon in it too you know. Still, can't really be bothered trying to find 14 pictures of naked kids to put up there. Honestly everybody's refusal to even try it makes me disinterested in touching the thing again. I regret posting on CFC in the first place. Was a worthwhile experience though, I suppose, learning that the internet is generally hostile.

And right. I thought those had fallen into irrelevance due to the wiki, but right.

[Kilkakon]

Really, the only things that would see play here in my opinion would be scrapping the mod and making them as custom factions instead. Jarl likes Betrayed, for example.

[Buster's Uncle]

Siigh.  When can I expect those tech pages, before you abandon me?

[Kilkakon]

Nothing personal man. You're always welcome to keep in touch! The AC folks at large just didn't have the spare players to keep a pokemon spin-off going it seems.

I'm currently working on an April Fools mod, which should be done in a few days. After that, making a new persona to replace the totodile for public work. I don't have anything else urgent after those two.

[Buster's Uncle]

I'm taking it personally.  It feels like you're taking a whiz on all the time I've spent trying to help.

Don't mind me - I'll be off in the corner alone posting science articles and trying not to be bitter.

[Kilkakon]

Yeah don't be bitter hey. I could get all worked up on how I've been used for content for 3 years without getting what I wanted back out of the deal: players enjoying my game--but no point doing that really. And rather than just fade into obscurity like I have been doing the last few months I thought it'd be better to actually provide some content for others to use.

I'll stay subbed to the mod forum though so my knowledge won't be disappearing. I won't be actively working on AC but hey I don't mind helping out.

[Buster's Uncle]

Nobody loves me.

[Buster's Uncle]

I'll stay subbed to the mod forum though so my knowledge won't be disappearing. I won't be actively working on AC but hey I don't mind helping out.

to that.



It's just -- A few hours before you started this thread, I went onto the back porch and found Diego dead.

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...I'd known it was coming, but I'd hoped not so soon.  There's this bleak, black feeling to that, y'know?  Suddenly this little personality I adored was just spoiled meat; gone - nullified.  That's tough to take.  It'd be ever so nice if life didn't keep making me feel like everyone I care about is going to leave me.

Do me a favor, and have a look at the smilies thread in Rec Commons.  I've posted a bunch of tutorials lately, and it's something I can imagine you really getting into.