Hey, it's been a long time without any updates! Well, I can't tell how much you have to wait for updates, since I'm taking pretty long vacations. This doesn't mean Crystal Shards or either Opal/Coral are stopped.
As you know I try to collect some good ideas in order to improve the hack's storyline and other aspects.
Per example, for Crystal Shards, I took some events of the Pokémon Special Manga. As we know, there's a new Rival, wich is Crystal/Gold. Our rival will appear in some ocasions with the star characters of Pokémon Crystal in some brand new scences.
So this time that I'm not phisically working on Crystal Shards or Opal/Coral is used to get some inspiration.
For now I will answer some questions:
About the Goldenrod Map:
Well, since the Tiles are included on Fanking Omega's Tileset, I decided to use them. And the map "skeleton" is taken from the original games (Crystal). The resullt: the same map that platinum have. And yes, it's a pretty funny coincidence, as anyone wich uses those tiles and the original map design of Crystal.
Oh, also, a question relative to secret bases:
There's not any secret bases planed, but instead you can decorate your room with Cushions and Dolls.
That's all for now. The Crystal Shards will start to shine again, very soon.