(I hope this double post is OK)
Hey guys, hope you are all doing fine in the summer heat.
I just wanna make a quick update on what I've been doing because some of you may be wondering if there are any plans for a sequel or another update to Pokemon Kanlara, or anything like that. And well, truth be told, I have been doing work on some projects but I haven't been able to finish anything. I eventually realized that I have no reason to do another ROM Hack, because I've already made one. So this is going to be a 'farewell' type of post.
You know, some creators just vanish one day right, and that's fine. But, since I have the opportunity, I might as well just make a goodbye sort of statement before leaving and that way I won't be leaving you guys in the dark on the future of this hack either. So, guys, I'm 26 and I've been a fan of Pokemon since I was a kid, and ROM Hacking since I was like 16 or something. Making a ROM Hack was always a dream of mine. But it wasn't until I wanna say about 2 years ago or so that I really started getting into ROM Hacking. I did a bunch of different things that no one except for me got to witness. In the end, the only thing I published, is Pokemon Kanlara Adventures and the updates I did to it. And I gotta say, I'm surprised that the game was received as well as it was. I think even the very first version despite being very unpolished and hard to get through, was received well by the people who did make it through that game. And obviously, Kanlara Adventures: Remastered sparked new life into the hack, and then finally Ultimate added the last amount of polish while also making the game less of a struggle to get through.
But yeah, the point of this post is just to let you guys know that Kanlara is finished and I won't be doing a sequel at least for the near future. I really wanna do something else at this point and I do feel 'done' with ROM Hacking so I wanna be able to leave that behind me and I wanna make sure I do it on a good note because why not. You know making a ROM hack is very hard and stressful at times, but also quite fulfilling and fun but it's certainly going to be nice for me to leave this behind and not have these thoughts like 'I could be making progress on a hack right now!' when I'm doing other things.
Thank you guys for supporting this project, for playing the game, for you know, leaving comments in the thread, doing playthroughs on youtube, whatever it is, I've been really enjoying being part of this community and I wish you guys the best of luck. Also, people may be wondering 'Can I use 'Demon Pokemon' in my ROM hack?' And really, I want you too. You can use anything from my hack in your own, I mean it's not like I would be able to stop you either... but if someone makes an awesome hack with Demon Pokemon or something like that, I would sure play it.
Finally, I'll leave you guys with a little graphic I made showing off the various Demon Pokemon featured in Kanlara Ultimate along with their unique moves. You'll be able to find this png as an attachment in the first post.