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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 5h

Hey, rewrites are good! Each time it makes the code a little less horrible 😉

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 5h

I can’t believe it’s been 2 years already, time really does fly- so glad you reached out!!

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Petros @petrosjyndev.bsky.social · 5h

2年ちょっと前、ポケムーバーGBの日本語訳をしてもいいのかなとGearsに連絡した。様々な理由で数回もテキストエンジンには作り直しが必要だったが、最終的に出来た！ベータ版、よろしくお願いします So just over two years ago I contacted Gears and asked if I could maybe translate PTGB into Japanese. The text engine needed to be rewritten a few times for various reasons, but we got there in the end

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 7h

Wonderful!! We ran into a few issues with Korean Gold and Silver earlier this week, so I’m glad to see they’re truly working as intended!! 😄

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 8h

10 months really flew by, didn’t it?? I am SO incredibly proud of what this team has been able to pull off in that time, and I am so lucky to have so many wonderful people on that team. This project has gone far beyond what I ever expected, and yet we still have so many plans! Here’s to v1.4.0!

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Stella ✨ @aestellic.dev · 29/09/2026

new blog post about my progress with the mb_adv! lots of cool new stuff 👀 also, please share this with anyone you think may be interested! the more people who want to buy an mb_adv, the cheaper i can sell them! <3 (interest check is at the bottom of the blog post!!!) aestellic.dev/blog/creatin...

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Creating the mb_adv - Part 3

Hello world! This is my personal website! ^~^

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I was *obsessed* with it as a kid! The first ever program I wrote was an attempt to recreate the game, but making a physics engine in Scratch is kinda not really a beginner level project so it didn’t go very well lol

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#My9Games Shoutout to my digital logic class in college where everyone started looking at each other when the professor started talking about comparators like “wait the Minecraft block is a real thing???” Genuinely owe my engineering skills to growing up with that game

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Stella ✨ @aestellic.dev · 16/09/2026

since a lot of people wanted to shiny hunt channel jirachi with the mb_adv, i made a homebrew recreation of the channel jirachi distributor that doesn't rely on the gamecube ^^ github.com/aestellic/Po...

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ToughPigs @toughpigs.com · 05/09/2026

50 years ago today it was time to play the music, it was time to light the lights. Happy birthday to the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational MUPPET SHOW!

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Johto Times @johtotimes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Who remembers the Pokémon Dream World? The service ended on January 14th, 2014, but a group has been doing their best to restore it. If you ever used the Dream World, and still have that same working PC/Laptop or hard drives, please read this! projectpokemon.org/home/index/a...

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Help awaken the Pokémon Dream World!

On January 14th, 2014, the dreams of Pokémon Trainers all over the world were lost. This was the day that Generation V's 'Dream World' was shut down for good. For those unfamiliar, the Dream World was...

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Part of my goal with PTGB was to inspire people to do fun projects like this, since that’s how I got inspired to make PTGB, so hearing that you’re inspired really means a lot. Especially in this era of vibecoding and AI and all that- making things from the heart is so important

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

That’s very heartwarming to hear, thank you so much for bringing that to my attention. I had heard about the FRLG-S connection, but I didn’t know people were thinking of PTGB as part of what it would unlock 🥲

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Ah wait I forgot about Dexit, so you can’t transfer from game to game since each game doesn’t have all the Pokémon Ughhhhh

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This all could’ve been avoided if each game could just connect to the previous. That’s all they needed to do! Add Bank/HOME as a storage thing and boom, not as devastating of a shutdown. Maybe that’s a path the community could take, no idea.

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

That all being said- PTGB is still moving forward of course. I’m devastated that the coolest aspect of it has been slashed (at least for now, hopefully the community can figure out something), but there’s still something to be said about linking Gen 1/2 to Gen 3 to have them reach 5/6/7.

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This… sucks. Like even after thinking about it for an hour, I can’t think of any other way to say it. It just plain sucks. I’m so sorry it has taken so long to get Poke Transporter GB up and running to what we want it to be. We have so many cool ideas for the future. I thought we had more time.

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

It’s so frustrating both seeing people going the route of vibecoding instead of using the opportunity to learn a new skill, and seeing people put their heart into a project and have people assume it’s vibecoded. The whole thing is such a mess… I’m also glad I got started before this era 🥴

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Congrats to Klang for escaping the bottom 6 in July #KlangGang

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

RUDE (send me your friend code plz 👀)

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Here he is, the little psychic bird 💚🧡

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Pardon the camera work, my hands were shaking lol

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Took a break from Splatoon Raiders to do a little more Safari hunting- and I’m glad I did!! Found my first *ever* Safari Zone shiny, RessesPuff the Natu after 1638 encounters!!

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Got 1200 encounters done tonight before I had to call it- hoping I can find some more time to hunt before Safari Week ends! Very rude of Nintendo to release Splatoon Raiders the same weekend as Safari Week smh my head

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

If you’re multi hunting in 8192 and 4096 games at the same time, do you increase your count twice for the 4096 game since it has twice the odds Like I have 8 8192 games and 2 4096 games- do I increase my counter by 10 or by 12? 🤔🤔🤔

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Guys aren’t you so sad you don’t get to hear this amazing cacophony

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

> 98% dropped frames Yeah chat uh I think my internet is not doing so hot rn

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Okay! We're live! www.twitch.tv/thegearsofpr... This is literally my first time streaming ever, so expect a rough one- but it can only go up from here!! Come check it out!

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Safari Week and Poke Transporter GB Development!

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I’ve caught the shiny hunting bug again, whoops- would anyone be interested in a livestream that’s shiny hunting + Transporter GB development? I’ve got a bunch of game revisions to test for PTGB v1.3.0, a Safari to Zone, and some HGSS starters to soft reset for 🙃

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Oooh I’ll definitely grab one of those- thanks Stella!!

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

(Still trying to stay off social media to avoid leaks BUT) Shiny hunting friends- what do you usually use to count encounters when you’re out and about? I really want to start getting into hunting here and there, but it’s inconvenient to have to use my phone as a counter

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Apparently there have been credible leaks of new Pokémon and forms, similar to what happened with Z-A. Probably should’ve said leaks instead of spoilers, whoops 😅

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Well, it’s that time of the release cycle again where I (attempt to) jump off of social media to avoid spoilers for the upcoming Pokemon games I will absolutely be back to announce PTGB releases and stuff (maybe even sooner than you’d think), but if I don’t reply to stuff, that’s why! 🫡

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AK @akfamilyhome.com · 23/06/2026

OPEN THE SWITCH ESHOP RIGHT NOW DOESNT MATTER WHICH MODEL

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Mad✨ @imaginativemad.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Texts I get from @gearsprogress.bsky.social sometimes

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

OH wait there’s a closet with brooms that look like each member of The Electric Mayhem and I love that so much, my favorite new visual gag (my photo is bad trust me on this lol)

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

My biggest hope this that this is just the beginning of a new Muppet Courtyard at DHS- as *a* Muppet ride, it’s great. As *the* Muppet ride, it doesn’t quite work. At least for me. Fortunately it seems popular, and I hope there’s more to come.

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I don’t think Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster was the right choice for a Muppet theme. I’m happy these props have another life and I’m happy the Muppets have a new home, but the demographic and writing style of the IP do not mesh well with the high speed intense coaster it was placed on.

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

And then we get to the references. This attraction references both Rock ‘n’ and Muppet*Vision 3D a *ton*, and I do love that. Basically every prop in the queue can be traced back to MV3D. But it’s just a little too soon- it still hurts that MV3D closed and I can’t help feel that seeing these props.

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

The coaster isn’t *worse* than what it was before, but it’s no better either, and it’s honestly the weakest part of the whole ride by a long shot.

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Then you get on the ride itself and… it certainly is Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster. One of the most intense launches at Disney/Universal followed by the most nothing-burger of a coaster. The flats do have new paint, but the “blink and you’ll miss it” kind of humor does not work with The Muppets.

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

There are so many gags, jokes, and moments that I know are going to be loved by kids who grow up with this attraction, much like how I grew up with Muppet*Vision. Many of those quotes are the same even- but more on that later. The Scooter animatronic is so cool and a standout moment!

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Firstly is the queue, which is frankly fantastic. The Muppet writers clearly still know what they’re doing (and love doing it!) and it really does feel like it could have opened back in the 90’s with Muppet*Vision 3D, outside of the new characters and modern celebrities of course

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Breaking my Pokémon content to show my theme park side for a minute- I went on Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets (thank you Joe from Legal) for the first time today, and as an avid Muppet fan, I am torn and wanted to give my thoughts- Thread time!

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Stella ✨ @aestellic.dev · 02/05/2026

I made shiny hunting better in all of the mainline Gen 1 games through the power of glitches! You can shiny hunt wild Pokemon! You can see a wild mon's sparkles! And you can see if a Pokemon is shiny on the summary screen! No mods or patches required :> More info: github.com/aestellic/BB...

Screenshot of a game with an inverted color palette. A person wearing a cap and backpack is looking at a creature which has a star flying around it

Screenshot of a game. A dragon is looking at a creature in the distance.

Screenshot of a game. A creature can be seen alongside its in-game stat points.

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