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[subwaytostardew]

Outside of Elliot, is there anyone who's willing to be friends with the twins? Does Gus count? I am curious about their individual relationships. Sorry if this question has been asked before!

You're good! I don't think this has been talked about before, if we did, it would've been really early in development.

There are a few villagers who decided to be friends with Ingo and Emmet despite them having Pokémon and some differences about them.

Elliott is of course one of their new friends here in the valley. Being newcomers to the area - they of course got to stick together - Elliott is actually one of the only villagers (besides Robin who seems responsible with making sure every new person is moved in and settled) who wanted to introduce themselves to them. He just never really had the courage or the even the right time to do so! His first actual meeting is Emmet's 2 heart event - and well, you saw how that happened.

Through Elliott though, Leah has come around to befriending the twins. Sure she finds them odd at times and Pokémon are weird but they're a delight to get to know. Also... she hates how Pierre and possibly some of the other villagers been treating them.

Since she's friends with Elliott, I imagine she has a strong sense of justice and solidarity when it comes to the outcasted newcomers.

Toxic or bullying relationships - she hates them (with obvious reasons... if you perused her as a bachelorette). So it makes sense that after seeing Ingo's 2 heart event she would make every effort to be their friend and maybe talk some sense into people before they open their mouths.

Gus is pretty supportive - I mean, he's the bartender of the town, and the guy practically gets along with everyone. He meets interesting people everyday (or regulars). So having the bar being more lively, or even having the station be opened means he can potentially get more business. Plus he enjoys learning new things! Though I wouldn't say he's a friend, just a friendly acquaintance.

Some other characters we have planned to be their friend is Maru, Abigail, and Sam.

Abigail and Sam just because they can at least relate to the twins on some level. Mostly Ingo since Abigail is interested in ghosts and Sam has older brother solidarity with him. Though Maru is strongly going to be above them since well, she is actually interested in learning about Pokémon. Unlike Sebastian who wants nothing to do with them...

Maru's a science nerd! Submas have quite a few pokemon that would spark her interest, but we imagine her to adore Klinklang especially because of her background in robotics.

Demetrius is a tricky one... He wouldn't quite be friends with them since he disapproves of Pokemon because he's both cautious of their impact on the ecosystem as a biologist (Pokemon were eradicated from the region for a reason... Emmet's Joltiks pose a threat even in Unova) and worry about setting Maru on the wrong track (as her interest might evolve into her becoming a Pokemon professor instead of an engineer).

Even still, Demetrius and Ingo have a mutual respect for each other and would call each other aquaintences. I imagine them often taking turns infodumping to each other when Ingo's at the park working on passenger relations. Ingo loves to learn more about the various biological wonders of the valley but the second he veers into an infodump about Pokemon and how adept at defeating their foes they are in battle then Demetrius just goes 😐. They're fine when it comes to infodumping about trains though. While Ingo is fine, he wouldn't really like Emmet all that much.

A lot of the other villagers are either just friendly in a - neighbor way - or they just outright stay away from them. Or they have a working relationship. Like Lewis.

They have to be friendly with Lewis. The guy is practically covering them. Even still, they both try to keep their distance. Lewis doesn't want to work more than he should and submas don't want to get nagged.

Haley and Emily are also aquaintences with them, but they're more like Elesa's friends. They didn't really interact much until Elesa came around. Emily would have been closer to them since she's just friendly and they called upon her assistance with textiles a few times. Haley wouldn't be much other than just "Emily's sister" until Elesa mentions her being a blunt younger sibling with an interest in photography much like certain conducter she knows.

Emmet and Haley wouldn't quite be friends despite the photography solidarity since they just don't click otherwise. I imagine them going 🤨 at each other whenever Elesa calls a group meetup and says something about how similar they are. They're verrrrrry different. Too different.

Though there are 3 villagers who are instantly friends or friendly with them. Granny Evelyn, Vincent and Jas.

Granny Evelyn practically adores the twins. I mean, she's actually seeing Pokémon again in goodness knows how long! Plus she's Granny! Everyone loves Granny!

Vincent and Jas practically bug the twins... (Poor Ingo and Emmet) They are curious. The train station is being rebuilt and there are strange creatures that all their parents or guardians say to stay away from.

Penny, Jodi, Shane... Do not like Pokémon. They say they are dangerous and triy to keep the children safe. Kent doesn't like them either.

Now with Willy on the other hand. I actually have some things planned with him as well - I've come to think that the guy knew the station master prior to the twins taking over the rails.

So in a way - Willy is going to be looking out for them. Either giving them advice on how some things are ran within the valley or maybe just looking out for when trouble arises.

The old station master has a story that has been rattling around in my head that I don't want to spoil or share quite yet.....

◁ Station Stewardess Kade

#mail car connecting line #subway to stardew

[subwaytostardew]

What a silly thing to think ^^

▷ Station Steward Thylak

Update: New Portraits!

I finally got around to making vanilla-sized portraits for submas! There's no HD Portraits support for 1.6 just yet, so I cleaned up their original portraits to match Stardew's color palette a bit better (so much hue-shifting...) since I couldn't really record events with lazilly downscaled portraits. I'm still working on Elesa's right now and I still need to get to everyone else, but it's chugging along...

Anyways, here's Ingo and Emmet's new portrait sheets!

▷ Station Steward Thylak

#This dialogue isn't used anywhere I just made a mini-event to take this screenshot #I find that I use this specific portrait a lot whenever he's saying anything concerning #Yup

[subwaytostardew]

Will we need to start a new save for this mod? Or for the adoptable Joltik mod?

Adoptable Joltik can be added in at anytime. As for Subway to Stardew, it also can be added at any time. We're working on editing where their house spawns and instead giving them a mini-map to station themselves in for better compatibility (also just having their home station be less ugly).

Previously, we just plopped their house where some trees used to be but well... You would need to use the Reset Terrain Features mod for clean-up.

As for content, it assumes that you're starting a new save so they send letters announcing their arrival on Summer 3rd (when the Railroad opens). Ingo's letter arrives on Spring 1 (mostly just to check if things are working since nothing regarding submas happens for an entire season).

Emmet's arrives on Summer 2nd (and he's a little bitter about how unreliable the Ferngill postal service is as a result).

They're also quite cold to you during the winter as their 0-heart lines are written under the assumption that you ignored them for at least two seasons (and didn't just skip to year 2 like how I usually do when testing...).

That said! Winter 0-heart dialogue under the read-more!

▷ Station Steward Thylak

🥶 Winter 0-Heart Dialogue 🥶

@ - Farmer’s name

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▲ Ingo ▲

 "winter_Mon":

"People have said I am quite difficult to ignore due to the volume of my enthusiasm. You, esteemed passenger, have surprised me."

 "winter_Tue":

"Emmet says that it is difficult to trust people... Though I did not want to at first, I now feel as if I must agree... we have been slighted by too many."

"Surely, you wouldn’t confirm that belief... would you?"

 "winter_Wed":

"It has been a year... We have been working on this project for yet another year... and you rarely- if ever- took the time to converse with me."

"May I ask what has changed your tracks? You confuse me greatly..."

"winter_Thu":

"You have been... avoiding me? M-may I ask why?" "People have told me before that I am quite stiff... That is why I try to change the way I present myself. I try to express my enthusiasm verbally so that people can understand how I feel despite my face betraying it. I know I smile... at l-least I try to..."

"I-is that why you've been avoiding me?"

"AH... WHY AM I EVEN DISCUSSING THIS WITH YOU?!"

"I-I need a moment to sort my schedule....."

 "winter_Fri":

"I-if I have done anything to... e-err... have displeased you in any way... I-I apologize for my misconduct..."

 "winter_Sat":

"Am I really so difficult to approach that you have avoided myself for such a duration of time? For what reason have you averted your tracks from my station?"

"Did I perhaps come across as intimidating? I made an effort to not come across as such during that time... Now, I feel as if those efforts went to waste."

 "winter_Sun":

"....."

[Ingo looks to be nervously and meticulously tugging at his uniform sleeves. He seems uncomfortable around you.]

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▽ Emmet ▽

 "winter_Mon":

"I am Emmet... you are now trying to get to know me. Why?"

"I do not trust you... even if you are helping... Maybe one day. Or not....."

 "winter_Tue":

"... You picked a verrrrry weird time to try to talk to me. I'm busy right now."

 "winter_Wed":

"......."

"..........."

"You wouldn’t be interested in trains. Especially a station like this."

 "winter_Thu":

"I am here. It took you too long to notice that. You are verrrrrrrrry dense.

"I don’t know why I keep trying.",

 "winter_Fri":

"...... I am Emmet..."

"Are you allergic to me? I know I missed the first spring here. But you did not have to ignore me."

"At least I try to talk to people first. Sometimes. You did not talk to me at all. Now you are."

 "winter_Sat":

"I am- no. I am halting my tracks. What is my name? You never talked to me. Now you are. So. What is my name? Do you even remember?"

 "winter_Sun":

".........."

"...... Why are you talking to me now? This is not your standard operating procedure."

"... It’s been a year. Leave me alone."

[Emmet refuses to speak to you.]

#mail car connecting line #dialogue lines #Remaking the house area right now

[subwaytostardew]

Eelektross and Galvantula!

Eelektross is probably my favorite so far. I imagine his last sprite to be him about to explode after being dishonest with his "customer service" smile. Spriting all of Galvantula's pedipalps was tedious.

▷ Station Steward Thylak

Update: New Portraits!

I finally got around to making vanilla-sized portraits for submas! There's no HD Portraits support for 1.6 just yet, so I cleaned up their original portraits to match Stardew's color palette a bit better (so much hue-shifting...) since I couldn't really record events with lazilly downscaled portraits. I'm still working on Elesa's right now and I still need to get to everyone else, but it's chugging along...

Anyways, here's Ingo and Emmet's new portrait sheets!

▷ Station Steward Thylak

[subwaytostardew]

Ayo! It's Letter that one fanart guy.

I've been wanting to do some mod related doodles with some of the villagers and what pokemon I think they'd have just for funzies, but I wanted to check if that was alright first.

Cause I know that in the actual canon of the mod the fellas in pelican town and just Stardew Valley in general don't really vibe with pokemon. So I didn't know if this would like, majorly conflict with the mod's canon or something 😭.

Idk I just thought I'd be safe and ask first before posting anything NSNSN.

Have a good one 👍

Absolutely go for it! Honestly we don't want anyone to feel that they can't just think up their own stories or Pokémon related to the villagers. Or characters.

I know between modding I keep thinking about what Pokémon the villagers could have.

Morris, for an example, I picture him having a Gimmighoul! LOL

And I know both me and Thylak have agreed Granny Evelyn had a Bellossom. But just because we think of different Pokémon - honestly there's a lot of combinations.

Also, just because the villagers don't like Pokemon now doesn't mean they never will! Things in the valley develop, and the events in this mod are only a snapshot into the start of submas settling down. We did dabble a bit with the idea of the Ferngill Republic starting up their own gym challenge with Willy as a Water-type gym leader, Sandy as a Rock-type, the Wizard as a Psychic-type, Morris as a Steel-type... You're free to have fun with your own interpretations of the future of Pokemon in the valley!

Go full steam ahead! Set free with your creativity! We love the interpretations (So far) that have came out of what we have posted about this mod.

And really if you have any questions about world building etc. I'm happy to explain or direct you to past posts!

World-Building my jam and if someone is able to take it and make more branches or their own interpretations... It just means more fun and discussions.

So please don't feel the need to be confide by our mod lore!

◁ Station Stewardess Kade

#mail car connecting line #Also thank you for your enthusiasm and support!!!

[subwaytostardew]

I heard a loooot about the famed "saloon cutscene" where you meet all your lovers that didn't want to share you... woooould Ingo & Emmet be a part of that if the conditions are met??

We didn't insert them into the event themselves for better compatibility with other mods that change it, also they just wouldn't be there. We did, however, write the breakup dialogue for it! It was like... the third ever dialogue lines we tackled outside of gift tastes (right behind flower dance rejection and introduction... what a choice).

We wanted to avoid any mentions or acknowledgement of two-timing because realistically, they would get upset and cut you off forever. I can't make them break up and lock their friendship increases away outside of that event... If I could, Emmet would have done that over every slightest thing because I love being dramatic with his friendship decreases. The twins don't like sharing. Not even with each other. This is the only time they mention the farmer dating both of them... Not quite "canon", but it's there.

As for how it fits in-game: It's a small town and they'd eventually pick up on the local scandal. The hard part was coming up with how they'd give you a second chance after that ^^; Anyways, here are the lines! (Under the read-more!)

▷ Station Steward Thylak

💔 Group 10-Heart Breakup Dialogue 💔

"dumped" - Right after seeing the group 10-heart event. Cold shoulder time! What's wrong with you?

"secondChance" - End of the cold shoulder period. Back on track as a two-car train. You're so lucky they're obsessed with you.

@ - Farmer's name

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▲ Ingo ▲

"dumped":

"@… When were you going to inform me of your sudden change of tracks? Were you going to tell me at all? I had to find out from the other townsfolk. However, at first I doubted their words- thinking that it was silly of them to accuse you of such a thing- but to hear it again- from Emmet… You could have informed me of any concerns you had but instead you decided to switch the tracks and completely derail the two car train we had. Behind my back no less- behind my own brother's back!

I-I don’t even know what to say… Is there anything I can say? I suppose that it was rather foolish of me to believe in the ideal where I could be your one and only, on the tracks that we have aligned for ourselves….

@… If any of the moments we shared mean anything to you, then let me request this last thing from you- and I do hope you take it into consideration. If you are to align and couple with someone else, then please, do not repeat the same tracks. Do not lead them to a station where they will feel hurt, angry and confused like you made me. I only want what's best for you. Now please… Leave me alone… Leave Emmet alone. I-I do not feel like I can talk anymore today… [Ingo does not make eye contact with you. He seems to be overwhelmed about your presence as he does not utter another word.]"

"secondChance":

"@… I do not understand why you decided to switch tracks so suddenly like you did. And to be honest at this moment- I still do not fully understand. I can only hope that you have reflected on what happened… that you can learn better from it, as you are wanting to realign your tracks with me.

I-I am ashamed to admit that- despite my brother’s opinion on what had happened- and how overwhelmed you had made me feel- I have missed you terribly. I have missed and longed for the conversations and time we would share between our busy schedules. I hope that we have both learned something from this experience @. If you are sincere about your apology, then… I will align with you on these tracks once more, as your lover.

But if you were to cross that particular railway again- then- I'm afraid that there will be no room for forgiveness.$11#$b#Do keep that in mind as we aim for greater heights on this journey ahead.$9"

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▽ Emmet ▽

"dumped":

"… @. I heard about what you did. About you loving everyone else. Is… Is it true?

….. Ah. I thought you were different. Like me. I thought I could trust you.

I am Emmet… I need some time alone.

…… Go away."

"secondChance":

"…… @. You made me verrrrrrrry sad. And mad. And upset. And jealous. And frustrated. And too many other things.

But… not having you makes me feel even worse. I missed you.

Even if you hurt me. I still love you. I can't stop. It hurts. I want to trust you again. I will trust you again. Do not hurt me again.

I am yours. Be mine. Please. Okay?"

#mail car connecting line #dialogue lines #You're lucky Emmet even has dialogue for this

[subwaytostardew]

I'm kinda curious, do you guys have a rough idea of when this mod will be released/when do you want it released? I swear to whatever God exists I'm not trying to push for anything I'm just morbidly curious XD ^^"

—Rando Anon

I wish I could say the year anniversary of starting this but that's in 4 days and I'm still sloughing through redoing the portraits to not be super blurry without HD Portraits (which still isn't updated yet...) It takes me about 1-2 days per portrait sheet. There are 10+ portrait sheets I still need to remake. Then I need to go back and fix the events that broke (rip Pokemon animations).

Aside from that, at the very least I'd like to get Emmet's 10 heart event done (I'm sorry Emmet), finalize Ingo's letters (been procrastinating on that... too many words), and finish the station repair events.

There's still a few side events in our drafts that I'd like to finish (I could start on the after-event for the second Saloon event now that I have Chandelure done...), but we were thinking about leaving some things for later updates so we can release the "base mod". This would include things like Elesa's events and Cilan being added as a roommate option. We'll probably do marriage events later as well since we have quite a few date ideas but no scripts for that just yet... Plus we want to work on platonic routes for those not interested in that kind of thing anyways! Wouldn't be fair to postpone a release for something half of their passengers don't want to pursue. As of right now though, it's still very unfinished even with later patches in mind.

"Main" events usually take me about a month to complete, so Emmet's 10 heart will probably push back release by a month alone (and we'll see how long that will be... we need to sprite a lot of assets for it). Station events aren't too bad since we aim to have them be shorter; the first bundle completion event took only a day to finish. Most of the work in the station is figuring out shops and such (need a cafe for Cilan).

I don't think we'll take another year to release since we have quite a bit done, but I'd say a few months...? That's not set in stone though! If another April 25th passes without a release, pretend I didn't say this!

▷ Station Steward Thylak

#mail car connecting line #Roommate submas will probably be worked on alongside the marriage events patch because... it's fun time together. #I don't want either route to feel like they're missing on anything

[subwaytostardew]

(Prev annon) oh Chandelure’s and Ingo’s bond is really interesting! Poor ingo getting gaslit tho ekjdndndjd love that the manic has to work overtime with joltik. Little baby does Not know what object is… and! The insertion of emmet in the 10 heart event was so much fun! I knew immediately that something was up when chandie said she sensed something fjfnnff

Yup! We thought a lot about how the twins interact with their Pokémon! And their respective personalities! Their ace's especially!

Chandelure sensing something was actually her picking up on the wild Bidoof in the area, but I also like that you interpreted it as her sensing Emmet prob hiding somewhere or following them wondering - "Where the heck Is Ingo going with the farmer?!"

Emmet wasn't supposed to be in the event until I was debugging and thought- I miss Emmet! Let's get him in here. I did want the "Psst. You should kiss him." part to be ambigious as to if it was Chandelure or not until Emmet revealed himself though.

Also, since it'll be a while 'till we even show how the Pokémon are like personality wise... (Even though there is a glimpse of them during their heart events like Emmet's 8 Heart and the twins' respective 4 heart events.)

I'll actually give a breakdown of them. Do note - I am copying and pasting what we have on a document here.

Their personalities and characters are subject to change as we think about them more, but this is what we have for now!

▽▲ Pokemon Characterization ▽▲

Key:

(M) = Male

(F) = Female

(N) = None/Nonbinary

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Submas Pokemon

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Chandelure (F)

• One of the more responsible Pokémon on the team.

• Being Ingo’s Ace- She has to make sure the other Pokémon are not causing an issue. Or a delay in their schedule. (She is the Boss Lady! No Pokemon dares cross her.)

• Demeanor or presence is that of a noble lady or a lady in waiting (Flowery language/carries self with lot of maturity)

• Will sometimes say some train words or use her trainer's phrase of Bravo.

• Cares deeply for Ingo and via proxy Emmet, she will burn a soul if someone dares….

• Not afraid to sometimes break her own rules a little if the moment calls for it. (Teasing, having fun, etc. she is a Ghost Pokemon.)

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Eelektross (M)

• Feels a sense of responsibility as Emmet's ace but is clearly overwhelmed with it, not the best leader but he tries, a little unsure of himself (He is quiet in nature. And a bit wiggly.)

• Does get dragged into mischief... (Thanks Excadrill...) he's reluctant at first (follow the rules!) but above all, he's silly and wants to have fun (everyone smile!).

• Elongates words like Emmet, but more towards E's and S's.

• Veeeeeeeery quiet. Not the best at putting things into words. Often reframes everything into battles to make sense of them in his mind.

• Prefers to let his actions speak for themself. A bit impulsive at times.

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Archeops (M)

• Derpy bird — he is aloof and silly at times.

• He is hardworking and persistent in Battle. Due to his ability (Defeatist) if he goes down he vows to try even harder for Emmet.

• Is prone to falling into a slump and becoming discouraged.... defeatist.

• Can mimic human speech. Though only short words or string of sentences. (Like a parrot!) He thinks it's fun to randomly shout things they hear. (Farmer can understand them fully)

• Full of Energy. Can’t sit still for too long or he’ll become bored.

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Garbador (F)

• Acts shy- Will openly say what is making them embarrassed. Which in turns makes them more embarrassed

• Nervous about battling and messing up however… Everyone can agree… she is a formidable opponent. (Do not underestimate her)

• Loves cleaning up and helping (Beach, Trash, etc.)

• Also adores and loves flowers.

• May feel bad about their appearance towards others (She is a trash Pokémon… of course she gonna have self-esteem issues)

• Shy in the "Kyaaaaa >m< anime girl way" while Crustle is shy in the "quiet hermit" way

• Still worries about not fitting in with the main team since she's the newest member of them.

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Crustle (M)

• Shy and reclusive, but polite.

• A bit territorial and likes their space...

• Want to make sure people or Pokémon get to the right destination.

• Living train (reference to Pokepark).

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Haxorus (F)

• One of the more responsible Pokémon on the twins teams. (Works well with Chandelure.)

• Often acts mature. (She is a noble dragon!) Much like Cyllene but as a dragon.

• However…. She worries about the safety of others. Mostly the twins. (She coddles them.)

• Is not afraid to put a misbehaving Pokémon in their place.

• She will take care of others before herself. (Does not do self-care well and needs a bit of a reminder to take a break and stop worrying about others)

• Though she will not say it outloud - she finds that Emmet being frustrated about her using Earthquake in a multi-battle setting to be funny. Even though she was just following her trainer's orders - she has to keep her presence of being one of the more mature Pokémon.

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Galvantula (F)

• Tired Mom.

• Often has to clean up other people's messes.

• Dedicated to tending to her Joltik babies. A bit of a one-track mind. Her babies come first and foremost. Will throw everyone else under the train for them.

• Loves Food. And will often try to find the best places for everyone to eat. (She will also keep in mind places the twins went out to eat before and like so if they are ever fighting about food she will simply grab a menu pamphlet from a place and present it to them)

• A bit judgemental... You can't be too trusting of others taking your children!

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Joltik (N) (Though other mentions of Joltiks are various genders. Brothers, Sisters, etc.)

• Child-like

• Galvantula’s Baby

• Will say phrases. Example: Food! Fun!

• Can string sentences. But rarely. If they do talk to the farmer- think of a toddler or a little kid trying to talk.

• Main Joltik is surprisingly emotionally intellegent, but still just a kid in the grand scheme of things and doesn't quite know the terminology. When they see Emmet "splitting tracks" with the farmer they just think "Oh no! Emmet's doing the thing Mister Archeops does sometimes!"

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Durant (M)

• Second newest addition to their main team (right before Garbodor).

• A hard worker. Basically a mafia henchman to Excadrill (You got it boss. I'm on it boss. Kind of thing)

• Thick New York accent???

• Is more of a follower than a leader as Durants are group or teamwork oriented Pokémon. (Reference to their various Pokédex entries)

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Excadrill (M)

• Full of themselves. (Mafia Boss)

• Thinks he's soooo cool and mysterious but well. He's playing in the mud.

• Loves digging

• Is known to be one of the Pokémon that causes trouble.

• Will often make plans and put them into action with no worries for consequences or if they would accidentally harm others.

• Is not afraid of Chandelure (He actually is. Liar)

• However, They are a big softy to their trainer. (Loves to hug Ingo) and will get angry at others if they dare tell other Pokémon…. (He has a reputation to uphold of course!)

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Klinklang (N)

• A silent watcher. He just observes the other Pokémon and their shenanigans

• Very emotional but well... it takes a while to understand how they express it.

• Has a twin sibling though they are currently back at home at Gear Station. Making sure everything runs smoothly during the twins absence

• Belongs to either Ingo or Emmet. But no one knows which Klinklang is which!

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As you can see, their personalities vary between each other - they are a chaotic bunch as each Pokémon will have their own stories in the future to unfold. (Along with their own string of issues)

Some are a duo pair - like Durant and Excadrill. They're actually our favorites and we have some ideas with how their stories going to turn out.

Durant ended up being one of my favorites to think about... I have some thoughts about him being awkward but supportive coworkers with Garbodor (fellow newbie) as well. We're still working things out (and well... putting off delving too much into the Pokemon side of things since we can't quite implement them as full NPCS yet) but I'm excited to expand on their dynamics!

Overall this is what we have so far. And of course things change over time as we refine the mod more and more.

Also once again - Thank you so much for the kind words in the last post! When I saw that I just squeaked with delight.

It's actually reassuring to know that I'm doing something right when it comes to characterizations, etc. I'm also glad that Thylak doesn't mind proof-reading.

It's fine! I'm just glad Kade is so good at coming up with ideas. ^^

◁ Station Stewardess Kade

#mail car connecting line

[subwaytostardew]

Hello! I’ve been following this mod for a little while now and I want to say!! How absolutely impressed and blown away how amazing it is!! The story and world building is so much fun! And the sprites and the amount of effort you put in each animation is phenomenal! The pokemon look so good and I adore how you made emmet and Ingo’s walk cycles different, and just the! Writing and seer amount of programming done is just! Amazing! Super bravo! You two so clearly but so much thought into (1/?)

First off, I'd just like to say thank you for taking the time to type out all your messages! It really means a lot whenever we get feedback like this!

Kade is brilliant on the world-building aspect of things and coming up with ideas... She sent me a whole google doc with a draft of their schedules a day after I managed to get Emmet in game. Really helped give this project a sense of direction!

I wasn't too confident regarding writing and pixel art at first, but having her take charge with scripts really helped me stay on track towards a higher state. After so many events, I feel like we have a good idea as to how to write their characters. Making Emmet's sprite first did make Ingo's a bit of a pain to draw (since he does not walk like that) but I'm glad I committed to the bit from day one.

I've been staying up late (I get too excited working on the mod...), but I'm making sure to sleep in to account for that! It'll be a while until we get around to releasing platonic versions of their routes (don't get me wrong, it's first on our patch priority- especially since so many people following this are aromantic! We just still have a long way to go regarding the base mod.), but I'm glad what we have is still enjoyable for now. Emmet's part of Ingo's 10 heart event is still one of my favorite things I've written. It wasn't in the original draft and was only added in during the coding phase, but everything is constantly evolving!

As for Chandelure and Ingo, they can understand each other, just not in the way the farmer can understand Pokemon. We actually discussed the logistics and capabilties together but I don't believe we've ever published it in a post. The farmer understands Pokemon as if they were recieving instant translations to English from the noises they "speak". Farmer has a bit of telepathy in a sense because sometimes, they're just making noises, but they can read their thoughts in words. (When writing Joltik, I don't actually have any text in my head... it's just babbles of "bah" and "wawwawawawawa" in my head. Baby noises.) Farmer also has an absurd ability to eavesdrop, so they can just tell if a Pokemon is thinking/saying anything.

Ingo and Chandelure have their souls bonded, but Ingo can't quite decipher what Chandelure's chimes mean exactly in words. He reads her through a mix of tone, how her flames burn, charades, and any visions she transmits into his mind through active effort. In the tunnel, she's just transmitting what she wants to say into the farmer's mind. Ingo can't pick up on that. When Chandelure communicates with Ingo, she has to will his perception, and it's only in images. If Ingo had the image of hand-holding with his crush flashed into his mind, he would just get flustered and eventually assume it's his imagination running wild again. He does get caught up in his ideas, so Chandelure can easilly gaslight him into believing it's his own train of thought rather than her fault.

In that same line of thinking, Chandelure could convince him that he's super down bad for the farmer with enough suggestions since she kind of wants to win a bet with Grandpa saying that they'll get married in three years. Ingo feels haunted about having a crush for a reason.

▷ Station Steward Thylak

#mail car connecting line #Farmer's a freak #You don't see it in the mod because of wizard magic but Joltik is just vocal stimming the entire time #I was just going wwawawawawwawawawawa the whole time when filling out their dialogue #They also just don't know their words and objects well because they're a baby #So the farmer gets them struggling to spell translated in their mind

[subwaytostardew]

Chandelure and Haxorus done! Progress is chugging along! There's so many portraits end me now

▷ Station Steward Thylak

Update: New Portraits!

I finally got around to making vanilla-sized portraits for submas! There's no HD Portraits support for 1.6 just yet, so I cleaned up their original portraits to match Stardew's color palette a bit better (so much hue-shifting...) since I couldn't really record events with lazilly downscaled portraits. I'm still working on Elesa's right now and I still need to get to everyone else, but it's chugging along...

Anyways, here's Ingo and Emmet's new portrait sheets!

▷ Station Steward Thylak

#Finished organizing the station repairs too but whatever. We don't have events done for it #It's all coded except for events

[subwaytostardew]

I forgot whether or not Emmet gets a nine heart event, but if he does I think it would be super cute if the 9th heart event is the farmer and Joltik waiting for Emmet for a change, since any other events on the mountain pass will be after you marry him, and you know, he'd be living with you and the Joltik. It would be nice to show him that the farmer is taking excellent care of the Joltik entrusted to them!

AWWWW That would be cute!! I like that idea.

We originally didn't have any plans for 9-hearts since it's actually in the dating phase (no marriage until 10-hearts). It would still be nice to imply that submas still do their whole routine of tracking you down/dispatching letters even after 8 hearts.

That's a perfect set up for another mountain pass event without being married. Emmet would be happy to see the farmer taking care of their Joltik and following his routine.

As for Ingo (who I have still not gotten around to polishing the letters for ;;;>.>), I'd like for him to write a 9-heart letter to the farmer mainly because he doesn't want Emmet overhearing his words of affection.

They'll probably be short and sweet... Well, by Subway to Stardew standards... Vanilla events are usually about a minute long. Emmet's 9-heart event won't be another 30 minutes that's for sure. Ingo's letter would just be more lighthearted.

▷ Station Steward Thylak

#mail car connecting line #Ingo's letters are so haunted #Probably going to be only one actual lovey dovey fluffy letter #The rest is him expressing guilt in the middle of the night #That double battle event took a lot out of me I"M SORRY EMMET

[subwaytostardew]

Sorry, only just got time to fix this. I uploaded a new file that should hopefully fix the event!

The issue was that I missed a few commands when replacing the NPC names in the event (the game doesn't like overlapping internal names so I had to change them when packing it seperately to run alongside the main mod).

Thank you for the bug report!

▷ Station Steward Thylak

Hi! What are the exact conditions for the Adoptable Joltik event? I've gotten Joltik to 10 hearts but still haven't gotten the event. I also have my starter cat at max friendship, and have built another pet bowl. If it matters I'm playing with Stardew Valley Expanded and am in spring year 2

The event conditions are to have at least 8 hearts with Joltik, and enter the Farm map (outdoors) on a sunny day without already adopting a Joltik.

Worst case you can use SMAPI to force it to run by copying

[DEBUG EBI CP.SubmasPetDemo.PetJoltikAdopt]

(without brackets), pasting it into SMAPI (the black tab with a bunch of text), and hitting enter.

▷ Station Steward Thylak

#joltik #bug fixes #I was on a trip and just came back so sorry for the delay!

[subwaytostardew]

This mod has come so far in so little time. A love every little update. ❤️

Aww, thank you! Your support means everything!

I would hardly call a year "so little time" but it's nice to know that we don't seem to be lagging even if progress feels a bit slow at times.

▷ Station Steward Thylak

#mail car connecting line

[subwaytostardew]

Hi! What are the exact conditions for the Adoptable Joltik event? I've gotten Joltik to 10 hearts but still haven't gotten the event. I also have my starter cat at max friendship, and have built another pet bowl. If it matters I'm playing with Stardew Valley Expanded and am in spring year 2

The event conditions are to have at least 8 hearts with Joltik, and enter the Farm map (outdoors) on a sunny day without already adopting a Joltik.

Worst case you can use SMAPI to force it to run by copying

[DEBUG EBI CP.SubmasPetDemo.PetJoltikAdopt]

(without brackets), pasting it into SMAPI (the black tab with a bunch of text), and hitting enter.

▷ Station Steward Thylak

#mail car connecting line #joltik #WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS #Just use debug ebi

[subwaytostardew]

Okay-

So I might have gotten just the tiniest bit carried away

(click for better quality)

Alt without the sign↓

Along with some silly doodles

Also Abigail and Sebastian fuckin around with some Minior NSNDN. If Stardew Valley actually had lots of pokemon I imagine a lot of space/star themed pokemon + some flyting types would chill around Pelican Town. Y'know, for thematic appropriateness NSNDND.

Thanks to the creators of this Submas stardew valley mod over at @subwaytostardew for feeding my brainrot. Good meal NSNNS. I hope you enjoy the art!

[subwaytostardew]

EVERYONE LOOK, EVERYONE SMILE!!! Your art is sooooooo cute!! Thank you so much for drawing this!!!

Okay-

So I might have gotten just the tiniest bit carried away

(click for better quality)

Alt without the sign↓

Along with some silly doodles

Also Abigail and Sebastian fuckin around with some Minior NSNDN. If Stardew Valley actually had lots of pokemon I imagine a lot of space/star themed pokemon + some flyting types would chill around Pelican Town. Y'know, for thematic appropriateness NSNDND.

Thanks to the creators of this Submas stardew valley mod over at @subwaytostardew for feeding my brainrot. Good meal NSNNS. I hope you enjoy the art!

#subway to stardew #fanart #I don't have the words right now but JUST KNOW I have the biggest smile on my face

[subwaytostardew]

What gifts does Joltik like? 👀

Assuming the item ids didn't change on me again... Their gift tastes should be something like this. (Mostly sorted by item category)

▷ Station Steward Thylak

⚡️Joltik Gift Tastes⚡️

Loves: Battery Pack, Fruits, Blueberry

Likes: Vegetables, Flowers, Foragables, Syrups, Cooked Items, Milk, Eggs, Thunder Egg, Peaches, Cherries, Coffee, Triple Shot Expresso (for submas...)

Neutral: Artisan Goods, Minerals, Fish, Gems

Dislikes: Broken CD, Driftwood

Hates: Joja Cola, Soggy Newspaper, Trash, Broken Glasses

#mail car connecting line #joltik #gift tastes #Just don't give them trash and they're happy #Babies eat anything