Lotus and The J Person from the board are part of a neat group called Stencyl which is working on creating a free and easy to use game making program which specializes in making tile-based games like the ones you know and love from the good old days of the SNES. The program will come with 10 initial “kits” for you to use to make different genres of games. The kits to be released with the program range from Mario to Shoot ’em Ups to Secret of Mana, and more will be available for download as time goes on.

Not a coder? No problem. From the start you can just click your way to a complete game, everything works right from the get-go. If you’d like to mix things up you can create triggers and even make your own sprites to make your game work the way you want. The kits can even be mixed together so you could create some sort of crazy shoot-em up RPG platformer of doom.

The program is still in the works, but you can read about it and watch for updates at their site. You can even run around on their forums and see what’s going on or even offer some help.
Stencyl Information
Stencyl Forums

Ok, so today I figured I would show you some different things you can do with Rabites. Click the read more link to go watch a few of the little videos I made.
Next time I’ll go for a bigger film, I didn’t realize how small I was recording them in. At least this makes it easy for anyone on dial-up to watch, and also, being that I am on dial-up myself I won’t have a problem uploading them.
One of the benefits of having three Rabites is that I can keep two of them in mint condition and I can abuse the heck out of the third one.
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Well guys, I’m gonna be heading back home today to the land of dial-up internet connection. That means I’m not going to really have a way to do any real updates to the site, unless I was willing to wait three years for it to happen. And honestly, I’ve been spoiled by this super fast internet. So fast that when a page doesn’t load in two seconds flat it means you forgot to pay the internet bill. For like three months. Whoops.
I won’t be doing anymore big updates for now, but I’ll still be hanging around on the forums until I leave for Japan.
Anyways, I’ve got three updates for you today. Read on to see what I’ve got for you.

The Bestiary now contains every enemy from FFA to LoM!
There is a Special Behind the Scenes look at how new Mana games are made!
There is also a new Seikens Stories comic!

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Just try to tell me this isn’t the coolest thing you have ever seen.  Just try.
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I seriously wanted to dye some eggs to look like Rabites and other Seiken Densetsu monsters for this update, but two things prevented that:
I don’t have a camera.
I ate all the eggs I would have done this to.
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Ah, the Village People.  No, not the ones that dress up all weird and sing, I’m talking about the normal-everyday people you meet through your adventures in the Seiken Densetsu series.
People like the jerks that kicked you out of Potos Village in Secret of Mana.  People like the sketchy folk in Byzel who run a blackmarket at night.  People like that lady in Secret of Mana who tells you to shut up.  The people who make you do those annoying fetch quests in Sword of Mana.  Yes, those are the people, the ones we are trying to help save the future of.
Those people are jerks.  If only there was something you could do about them…
Well there is!  Sort of!
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Hey!  It’s me Sheexy!
Are there any Legend of Mana fans here?  Good to hear!  Good to hear!
We’re gonna work on our Legend of Mana recipes here today, so get your best materials and head over to your forge!   Let’s get ready to knock it up a notch!

Alright, for those of you who need some quick money I’ve got the perfect get rich dish for you!
All you need is a hat called “WindCap” and four Clear Feathers!  Temper the Clear Feathers onto your WindCap there and BAM!  You’ve got yourself a 20,000+ Lucre!  Getting the materials for this piece is easy!  Head over to Luon Highway and find a place with Spiny Cones and Stinger Bugs.  The Cones drop the hats and the Bees drop the feathers!  Now we’re cooking!

How about those of you out there who are looking to make yourself look good?
Want to add 20 points to all your stats besides HP?  Look no further!  As long as you’re not making anything out of Maia Lead, which if you don’t have a Wonder Swan you don’t have to worry about, this dish will serve!
I like to start things out with a Dryad Silver piece or any Seed that ain’t Spiny and then follow it up with three Sulfur.  After that is all ready pop in another Dryad Silver, this time make no substitutes or you’ll throw the formula out of whack!  A Needle, two Spiny Seeds and a Poison Fang come next.  To finish it off throw in eight Spiny Seeds!
BAM!  Now we’re cookin’ with gas!

This next one is for all of you pet lovers out there.  Daena didn’t give you the Forbidden Ring?  Don’t worry about it!  We’ll make our own!
Get yourself a ring, any type will do, and stir in the following: one big, small or long seed, it doesn’t really matter; three Sulfurs; another big, small or long seed, again it doesn’t matter which one; toss in an Ear of Wheat and end it with a Moth Ring or Creepy eye, either one will do.
BAM!  Now you and your pet can share experience!  Can you feel the love?

Alright, to wrap things up tonight how about a nice Lucky item?  Luck is hard to come by in Legend of Mana, unless you’ve got a Rabite or a Polter Box running around with you you’re gonna need some, so here is what we do.
Start things off with a Spiny Seed, throw in two Sulfur, a Glow Crystal and then let it come to a boil.  Next we’re gonna add a non-Spiny seed followed by a Poison Fang and two Aura Silver.  Toss in a Lillipod and add any type of meat in until your Luck reaches 20!
I gotta warn you, your stats are gonna take a hit from this dish so you might want to pair it with the +20 stat formula up there on another piece of armor.

Until next time this was Cookin’ with Sheexy and remember, when you’re lookin’ for some cookin’ this is the place to be!

Cooking With Sheexy was typed before a live studio audience.  Or rather, part of it was, but then my roommates got bored and walked away.

WARNING: The following “Whatever Wednesday” feature is extremely biased. Also, most of the negative attitude here is fake. I actually like Sword of Mana a whole lot. I kinda rat on it a lot because it is like a little sibling of the Seiken Densetsu series to me. And who doesn’t like messing with little kids? Am I right? Also, maybe there are some spoilers here.
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Tsuyoshi Sekito is one of the two main composers for Dawn of Mana, the other composer being Kenji Ito who this weekly feature covered two weeks ago.  Dawn of Mana is not the first time for these two to work together, in 2005 Tsuyoshi Sekito worked as an arranger and performer for Romancing Saga- Minstrel Song- which Kenji Ito composed for.
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For Valentine’s Day I am doing a very special “Who Is Wednesday” article!  Not only do you get to read an awesome article, but you get a special piece of music to listen to!
Give Love Its Rightful Time
This is the awesome music from the Mana Fortress in Secret of Mana, it has the word “Love” in its name, so I figured what the heck I’ll upload it.
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