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Beta testing program

From March 13 to March 26 at the PokéCommunity, I was looking for six beta testers to look for errors in rijonAdventures. Needless to say, that program is now closed.

A second round will open close to the game’s final release.

Originally posted on the old Rijon website, now offline. Archive link. Parts of the original PokéCommunity thread have since been deleted, so the archived version as existed at the time of the post has been linked instead. The specific forum post this blog post is referring to can be found here.
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Beginning! Seashore City!

This area is accessible in the beta already. I’m sure you all know that. But, there might be a few things you don’t know about the town.

Seashore is the down you start out at. There are all sorts of places worth visiting here, though there are more outside, of course!

The sign tells you where you are…
There’s more places here.
Did you know there’s a gym here?

I won’t go into too much detail about the places you can already visit in the beta, though. Soon, I’ll be talking about the new areas!

But first, there’s one more thing I should talk about for the day.

Originally posted on the old Rijon website, now offline. Archive link.
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The story

Dear Journal,
It’s finally the day I tour the region of Rijon. I’ve been looking forward to this day for many years.

It’s been twenty years since my dad fought in a battle with who was once his toughest adversary for Rijon’s champion title. The two are now the best of friends.

And from today, I’ll be the one embarking on a big journey for which I’m sure to enjoy. As I walk through it, I hope to meet lots of new friends. Those friends may help me reach my sole aspiration – becoming the Pokémon League Champion!

That may mean though, that I will not write in my journal. Without a doubt, though, I’ll have lots of things to write about when this journey comes to an end!

So here’s to a great adventure!

So, you’ve been playing with the Wii on the morning you’re going to go. Get off your bum and start moving!
Hail the green directions. They tell all.

So, the story’s quite… normal, I guess. It’s not going to be so simple as the game goes by, (because you won’t be collecting just eight badges). But, that’s all to be detailed later!

Originally posted on the old Rijon website, now offline. Archive link.

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What am I working with?

The region of Shin’ou is huge. This giant land has 18 towns and cities – Johto and Kanto put together have 20. What could you expect in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl? An adventure bigger than Gold, Silver and Crystal, and seemingly bigger than Hoenn, too.

But I’m working for rijonAdventures here, not some beautiful DS game. XD

As you may have read on its page, and on the new layout which has been applied to almost all the pages on this site except this web log, the date is published as February 16, 2007. This is a tentative aim date for the main region completion, as Coolboyman wishes to spend time working with me on rijonAdventurs after the release of Pokémon Bronze – and our collaborative efforts will require more than one month. I’ll keep ya’ll updated.

Originally posted on the old Rijon website, now offline. Archive link.

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We change things.

With the tools we have, we think we can do almost anything, can’t we? No is the answer I’ll give you, and this is relevant to Johto. While the aim of rijonAdventures is to provide just as much and more of the region we’re used to playing in Brown, it’s unfortunate of me to announce that Johto won’t be full in rijonAdventures. Instead, why not take the big quest in South Rijon?

Originally posted on the old Rijon website, now offline. Archive link.

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Rijon 90% complete!

The main region in rijonAdventures, Pokémon Bronze and Pokémon Bronze, entitled “Rijon”, is almost completely done in rijonAdventures. 90% of the region’s overworld maps are completed! Text and events are next on the schedule!

A new Developer Demo featuring this, available to beta testers codenamed “TRAUMA CENTER”, will be distributed soon!

Originally posted on the old Rijon website, now offline. Archive link.
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rijonAdventures Beta Beat

So as you can all see, the rijonAdventures blog is back up! And, I’ve just started issuing some people betas. Now, I’m looking for a few more beta testers, but not yet. That can wait.

Now, owing some updates for you guys.

Botan City is under the works, with new little features that aren’t exactly exclusive to rijonAdventures.

Originally posted on the old Rijon website, now offline. Archive link.
Dev Blog Pokémon rijonAdventures Teaser

And, I’ve got a basic design…

Try and guess what this is? =P

Originally posted on the old Rijon website, now offline. Archive link.
Dev Blog Pokémon rijonAdventures Teaser

One or two secrets revealed.

Two things about me and rijonAdventures.

  1. There are 4 contest halls scattered along 4 cities or towns in the region of Rijon. But, 3 of them are under construction, while the one in Jaeru is complete. Of course, Pokémon Contests cannot function unless ALL of the buildings are finished, so while you can browse the building, you won’t get the chance to participate in any contests.
  2. The sequel to rijonAdventures, tentatively named “Naljo Tourney”, will hopefully have an accessible Rijon. This is the game where you will see the finished contest halls seen in rijonAdventures in place.

That is all for now.

Originally posted on the old Rijon website, now offline. Archive
Dev Blog Pokémon rijonAdventures Teaser

Wii love a new console!

Okay, so some new stuff in rijonAdventures. A lot of gaming references, I note. The final version will reveal all, but here’s some:

Originally posted on the old Rijon website, now offline. Archive link. The original screenshots in this blog post have been lost. They have been recreated based on the surviving text.

Ex cineribus resurgam, ferox et potens.

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