Blue Moon Falls

Thank you, this is a very motivating comment for me

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:

Thank youu 🩷

Woah cool site!! Thank you for the well wishes

And thank you for the kind words!!

If you read all this, thank you! And thank you for supporting BMF. I just wanted to be transparent about where I’m at and announce my intention to overhaul the site’s code. If I pass any major milestones, I’ll be sure to update again in the future. 🩷

I have no exact timeline for this because of my health, and admittedly updates will probably still be delayed for a while as I work on this. But it should make BMF easier for me to work on in the future, and I’m excited about bringing my baby (this website) up to speed.

Some other goals include fixing bugs in various tools and even rebuilding a couple from the ground up. I would also like to create the site in such a way that the theme changer in the site’s footer can change far more than colors and header image, if I ever desire to play with that more.

In the process of making things easier for future me and cleaning up BMF’s code, I also want to make BMF much more accessible (screen readers, keyboard navigation, etc) well above the current site standard. The accessibility options page is a bandaid fix on my old code and not a proper overhaul.

I am dedicated to keeping BMF “old-school”, as in I want to create everything in vanilla HTML/CSS/JS and do not want to use fancier technologies or external libraries unless absolutely necessary. This is a personal preference of mine. So don’t worry, the site should look and feel the same.

Even at the site’s current size, this is going to be a big ordeal, and this is probably the last time I’m ever going to do it (I have done an overhaul twice before in BMF’s lifespan) so I need to make sure it sticks. Fully future-proofing the site is impossible, but I want to get the closest I can.

I have been thinking for months now that BMF has gotten so big that if I want to update how this site works, I need to do it NOW, because adding any more work overhauling even more pages in the future would get to the point of not being possible for me to do by myself, and I do not want help.

As a result, the code on BMF is… outdated to say the least. I won’t bore you all with all the technicalities, but working on top of my old code has been frustrating and tiresome for a while now, especially as the stuff I want to make gets more complex, like the PCNY distribution machine recreation.

While the first two points are largely out of my control, point three is what I want to highlight here. I started BMF when I didn’t know anything about website development or coding. Actually, I learned everything I know due to sheer stubbornness with wanting to make this site real.

1. I am disabled and in a bit of a war to get proper healthcare. It is sometimes unpredictable how well I will be at any given time.
2. For the first time since dropping out in 2019 due to health issues, I am now in college again. This obviously eats at my free time.
3. BMF is cumbersome to work on.

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:

Ended up hatching a shiny Elekid using the @bluemoonfalls.com event distributor, pretty cool 😎 #ShinyPokemon #PokemonSilver

Just a heads up from my personal that I'm not dead - and BMF isn't either! There will still be updates in the future, my health has just been poor.
Today I read through some nice comments on BMF's guestbook and it was a really good pick-me-up. Thank you so much for the support, even when I'm MIA.

A TV showing the JumboPlant in Pokemon Stadium 2, and a Laptop showing Blue Moon Fall’s decoration tracking tool.

Hitting insane rare odds to get the Jumboplant Pokemon Gen 2 decoration after months of trying is one hell of way to start a birthday!

Special thanks to @bluemoonfalls.com and their super handy decoration tracking tool!

A pokedex screenshot from Pokemon Crystal. It shows Tauros, as well as 225 pokemon seen, 164 owned

We're in the final stretch now. Just 6 more captures in crystal, and then it's time for an egg hatching marathon! This couldn't have been possible without @technicalcakemix.bsky.social getting me a GB Operator, and with the help of @bluemoonfalls.com site allowing me to trade off the backup saves!

We are SOOO BACK!

We are joined by @pikavees.bsky.social, webhost of @bluemoonfalls.com, sharing her story of building a website and finding community through Pokemon as a person living with disabilities.

Listen to her episode here or your favorite podcast app!
bit.ly/ATPT138

#MyPKMNStory

Thank you! Always means a lot coming from you

New page on the site about the Stadium 2 move reminder! There's some never-before-seen trivia in here since I took it upon myself to datamine Stadium 2's learnset data.
Sorry for inactivity, I started college in January and it's been kicking my butt a little bit.
bluemoonfalls.com/pages/genera...

No problem! Thank you for the kind words

Oh wow. That’s a crazy coincidence. Also makes me feel like an infant lol (Thank you by the way)

Glad to hear it!! I am always hoping to inspire more people to play GSC

Happy 3 year anniversary to the creation of BMF! I started working on this site December 14th 2021. It’s what made me trip and fall into realizing I want to do web development as a career and is bigger than I ever dreamed 3 years ago. Thanks for using the site!

Oh, also, if you encounter any more issues like this in the future, there is this page for reporting bugs bluemoonfalls.com/pages/sitely... (or for more complex questions there is always my contact email)

Hi, sorry for the late response, I haven't been online.
No, the Pokemon should be counting towards your Pokedex and I did program this functionality in, so if it's not marking them in the dex, there's something going wrong. I will look into it when I get the chance. Sorry about that!

Massive apologies, the bug report form on the "Report an Error" page was broken and I didn't notice. If you've sent any error reports in the past couple weeks, please send them again. 🙇‍♀️