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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 3d

Poke Transporter GB is a tool that runs on original hardware that transfers Pokemon from Generation 1/2 to Generation 3! I have a video talking about what it is and the development process here if you’re interested!

youtu.be/9mSkGhEYBkg?...

Poké Transporter GB - A Gen 1/2 to Gen 3 transfer method using ONLY original hardware!

YouTube video by The Gears of Progress

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 3d

At the moment the library will double the IVs for both Legal and Faithful- however currently only the Original method is implemented in Poke Transporter GB. Once the last few bugs with the PCCS are fixed and community input is finished, it’ll be fully implemented!

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 3d

Howdy! Apologies about the doubling IVs, I must’ve mislabeled that one. The only Pokémon that wouldn’t work for theoretically is the legendary beasts due to the roaming IV glitch restricting them.

You’re correct about the hatched origin! Besides Unown, only legendaries have that issue

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 3d

A major part of this is the "Pokemon Community Conversion Standard" which is an open source library I created for different conversion methods. I'm really hoping this can be something the community can come together on and agree on these methods together!

github.com/GearsProgres...

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 3d

I'm happy to announce that v1.2.0 of Poke Transporter GB has been released!!

This update fixes a lot of bugs and changes a lot on the back-end to prepare for language support and alternate conversion methods!

You can check it out here:
github.com/GearsProgres...

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Blue Moon Falls @bluemoonfalls.com · 9d

I just want to talk about the future of Blue Moon Falls a little bit (don’t worry, all good things!) so I’m going to use this thread to do that.
You’ve probably noticed that site updates have been nonexistent despite me officially coming out of hiatus. Well, there’s a few reasons for that:

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 10d

I’ve been meaning to play that- it looks SO GOOD

The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 22d

I unironically would love to play a game like this, gimme more silly nerd programmer games

Foone @foone.bsky.social · 22d

game idea: Factory of Doom
a factorio/satisfactory style construction game where you start with redstone-esque logic, go up to constructing gates, then make gates into adders and memory and logic, and you beat the game when you combine all this to make a computer that runs Doom

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · 24d

I’d love to see a longer video about the development of Where’s My Water! One of my first programming experiences was trying to remake it on Scratch since I loved the game so much, so it holds an extra special place in my heart

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · Sep 12

This was my immediate thought too- the meme came true I cannot believe it

MrCheeze @mrcheeze.github.io · Sep 12

don't even get me started on the "X shape and Y shape" guy I'm so mad that it came true

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · Sep 11

WOOOOOO
KLANG GANG
KLANG GANG

Matt Brandl (Absol) @absol.standingintheodds.com · Sep 11

KLANG IS HERE

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Matt Brandl (Absol) @absol.standingintheodds.com · Sep 8

you better be thinking about Klang

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · Sep 4

I’m very excited to say that I’ll be adding my good friend Malamar to version 6.8.7 of PTGB! This has been a long time coming, and many many months of work have gone into making this possible.

Also Fennel has been replaced with Malamar and the program has been renamed to Malamar Transporter GB

🦑👍

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Matt Brandl (Absol) @absol.standingintheodds.com · Sep 3

WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. LET'S GET KLANG INTO THAT TOP 6

Bulbapedia @bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net · Sep 3

Welcome back to the most and least visited Pokémon articles on Bulbapedia from last month.

In August 2025, we had some major reveals lead to some Mega-Evolved results for our stats! Anything else surprise you?

Bulbapedia
The most and least visited Pokémon articles in August 2025
Top 6 - Dragonite, Eevee, Hawlucha, Victreebel, Eternatus, Lucario
Bottom 6 - Greedent, Binacle, Simipour, Klang, Quilladin, Trumbeak

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · Sep 3

#JusticeForKlang

Bulbapedia @bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net · Sep 3

Welcome back to the most and least visited Pokémon articles on Bulbapedia from last month.

In August 2025, we had some major reveals lead to some Mega-Evolved results for our stats! Anything else surprise you?

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · Aug 27

No problem!! I hadn’t caught that these went up on Aliexpress, so I’m glad you sent them my way 😄

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · Aug 26

I am not the seller of that, unfortunately- I currently have no plans on selling cartridges for Poké Transporter GB. I can’t stop people from selling the program online, but I have no involvement in it

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · Aug 26

Here’s my tier list of little guys (and some larger guys too)

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CannedWolfMeat @cannedwolfmeat.standingintheodds.com · Aug 26

Klang Gang rise up

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thank you, as always, for everyone who has been following this project and supporting me over the years. I am so proud of what this project has become- but I'm even more excited for what's coming next.

Here's to another year- and many more- of Poké Transporter GB!

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · Aug 23

I had originally planned on v2.0.0 releasing around this time in celebration, but life has just gotten in the way too much for that to have happened. This year I started a full time job, and so I just haven't had as much time to work on PTGB- rest assured, development is still ongoing! (3/4)

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · Aug 23

Many things are coming soon as well- including fixing the pesky incorrect level bug and more language support. These rewrites are key to the next stages of development, but have taken a long time. There's a ton I'm excited for that's coming up, but it just isn't quite yet ready for launch. (2/4)

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The Gears of Progress @gearsprogress.bsky.social · Aug 23

Today marks one year since Poké Transporter GB had its v1.0.0 release! Although it may not seem like it, a ton has happened behind the scenes in preparation for v2.0.0. I've taken on a large sub-project with completely rewriting the conversion algorithm, as well as the text engine. (1/4)

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SirToastyToes @sirtoastytoes.bsky.social · Aug 11

someone cool saying the things you do are cool >>>

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

The next major update is planned to include language support, yes! There might be a minor update or two in the meantime to fix a few pertinent bugs, but the language support will absolutely be a part of v2.0.0!

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