As some of you may or may not know, I have been working on Reflections.

Here is a large explanation of what you can come to expect for Reflections, heres a bit of the story

The story

Reflections takes place in South Town (Originally Minami Town)

The story focuses on Akio Sakuba, a 17 year old who's father was a archaeoligist who stumbled upon a temple housing Mirrors (Mirrors are the objects worn by humans that allow them to view the world of reflections)

Akio's father was paid a large amount for the Mirrors by the "C.O.R.E." foundation (Meaning is secret, and no, it has no tie in with the comic CORE i was supposed to make)

They also offered Akio's father an even larger amount of money to be their "Guinea pig" persay. Akio's father being only 19 with 2 kids had no choice but to participate if he wanted to help his family (Safe sex kids)

One night Akio's father didnt return, When his mom went to check it out, The C.O.R.E. foundation denied Mr. Sakuba ever stepping foot into the foundation that night

Struck with 2 kids Mrs. Sakuba went into despair and unfortunately commited suicide. Leaving Akio and Ami alone with no one to help them (Sorry kids, theres no child services or any of that shit in South Town)

(I wont divulge too much more about the childhood)
The years went by and the 2 managed to create a stable life.

One night, Akio and Ami have a fight and Akio leaves the house frustrated. To his suprise, further down the street he notices a girl (Rei) being chased by strange shadow like creatures

He rushes after them and manages to dispose of the monsters. The girl disappeared but in her place laid a Mirror (The kind mentioned earlier)

Akio takes it as a reward and brings it home, thus forcing him into the realm of reflections

The Actual World of Reflections

Reflections are just that, Reflections, Reflections of one's soul. Invisible to the naked eye, however, when a human comes in contact with a mirror, their soul is projected out as a creature of some kind and they are able to witness all other reflections.

The strength of someone's soul detirmines the reflections strength... now, this can be good or bad.

For instance, say there's an incredibly kind do gooder, who has never harmed anyone and has always gived. Their Reflection would be strong

But on the same terms, a criminal who's soul is tainted dark and who lives in the shadows would also have a strong reflection

Reflections change according to the host. For example, good guy turns bad, so does the reflection.

If a host is killed off while a Reflection is out, the Reflection will become corrupt and transform into a shadow beast known as an "Image"

Images are strong creatures, because as their host dies, all the host's energy is fueled into the transformation making the Image at least twice as strong as the reflection.

Images are the causes of death. Say a person is walking near a train track, and the train bumps off track. Images are behind that, whereas they are invisible, they are not ghosts. If a person is murdered, an image is behind that too... How you ask? A man has his gun up to a hostage. Normally, he wouldnt shoot, no matter how evil he is. But if an image is nearby, the human's nerves leave them wide open to be infected. An image will jump inside the mind of that person and force them to commit the act of death.

So of course, you'll have someone who wants to harness that.

Which leads us into the group Dusk. A dark group bent on harnessing and controlling the Images. They travel throughout the town hunting Images. Or even sometimes, unleashing modified Images throughout the town and watching the results

Because of this, Mist was formed. Mist's job is to hunt down images and destroy them before they are able to give the touch of death. With the ultimate goal of erasing all images, as well as Dusk.

Its been changed a bit from the previous information I divulged

The series DOES have an ending, it will only be 3 episodes long..
Each probably havign multiple parts. So expect maybe 6-8 episodes being about 10 minutes maybe?

It will be animated at 30 fps, which is 5 fps more than I normally animate.

Reflections is made to be original, do not expect to see ANY Video game characters or anything of the sort, the characters and settings are all original.

It of course will be voiced

No information on the release date

Here is a new screenshot of the animation
(Note: It will look more cartoonish in the final product, I dont wanna make it look anime, thats just a prediction, so expect vector BGs, shaded and bolded characters, and subtitles, also it will probably have gradients to simulate the sun and such)

**Also, its a jpg, itll of course look clearer in flash

Ok first off I wanna say, Im sorry about that FAQ post,
I phrased it REALLY poorly, its not that I really hate anyone

But for the most part, I was getting tired of asked for mp3s,
tired of getting on IM to have 50 windows pop up, etc.

Im sorry but unfortunately i am not the most social guy to people
I dont know

But I dont want people thinking im some horrible dude who hates
his fans, Im not, but I dont like having to answer questions that
have been asked and answered alot of times, thats why I hate school

But you guys are amazing, I know Super Mario Hyadain was the main draw for most of you..
But still, ive become alot more well known, so again I aplogize, but unfortunately,
I dont have alot of spare time to small talk with so many people, if you have yknow, really
important questions or comments, email me, and please, nothing to do with super mario hyadain..

Once I get on break in school (Im still in high school btw so itll only be like, yknow a week)
Ill try and talk to some of you

Anyways, with that out of the way, Im still trying to start up this new
series of mine called Reflections (For info see here: http://scott-falco.newgrounds.com/news /post/123080)

Ive been working on it alot outside of the whole yknow,
animation part of it, script writing, character design

and I have been trying to develop a more cartoony style,
since yknow, anime isnt the best

Anyways, I hopefully plan on starting animation next month (October)
No clue when it will be done, because I want this flash to be my main
flash, yknow, really well done, the kind people talk about because its
an awesome flash, not cause its japanese and has mario in it

Heres a pic I made using the style im going to try and use (Granted in flash it will have regular shading not whatever that shading is called)

I figured Id put together a list of flashes and stuff that I plan on releasing soon

Expected Release Dates:

-Reflections -October 31st
~Reflections is my new Flash series, the story focuses on a schoolkid named Akio, who comes across a strange object called a Mirror and is introduced to a brand new world filled with monsters, explanations on deaths, and many other odd happenings

-VGC Manga Chapter 1 -September 13th
~This manga takes place directly after the events of Video Gamerz Chronicles, it will have some new characters introduced to the series, as well as some of the previous mysteries of VG or VGC explained, and of course will keep VG's classic mix of comedy and drama

-?Secret Flash? -Next month
~Not gonna say much about this... Ill give a hint, you may have heard the song...
But all I will say is... Everybody say, Yatta!

Do not PM me any of these questions:
-When is (Insert something here) coming out??
-Can I be your friend??
-Can I have ANYTHING releated to SMH??

**To those wanting an MP3 of Hyadain, get an audio ripper, and head over to youtube, thats what i did

Okay, so i have been getting way to much mail sicne Hyadain pulled off front page...
So I have composed a simple list of frequently asked questions

Q:Can I have an mp3 of Super Mario Hyadain(SMH)?
A:No

Q:Can I have the lyrics to SMH?
A:No

Q:Can i have some form of audio of SMH?
A:No

Q:Can I be your friend?
A:No

Q:If you need it, I can help out with your new flash, plots, drawings, stuff like that
A:No

Q:Is VGC going to be continued as a flash?
A:No

And now for some actual responses to FAQs

Q:What's going to happen to VGC?
A:It is going to be made into a manga over the summer, it takes place right after the end of the VGC flash

Q:When is Reflections coming out?
A:Hopefully at the end of Summer

Q:Do you want to IM?
A:No, I do not like to chat with just any fan

Q:How exactly can we be "Friends"?
A:Just watching my flash isnt enough to base a friendship on, the fans of mine that are my friends are on Deviantart, they are friends because they comment often, and help out with reqal world problems, not to be mean, but NG consists of alot of idiots, blammers, spammers, hateful people, and children under the age of 8

Q:I love you
A:Fantastic...

Not trying to be insensitive, its just kind of annoying ^^;

I am currently in the process of making a new series

I know, some of you want me to continue my other series such as VGC or MAOSAT

But I don't really like those, and by reviews and scores, not too many people do

So I am making a new series, with a new style.

The series name is "Reflections"

The story revolves around a 17 year old named Akio
People go about their lives as regular everyday people

Unaware to them about the objects known as "Mirrors"
Mirrors are able to take ones soul, and create a creature out of it,
known as a Reflection

Being reflections of ones soul, there are obviously bad reflections.

Akio lives with his sister Amy who is a member of a group called "Mist"
An underground group that uses their Reflections to track down and erase any
loose reflections that cause havoc among the city

Only people with Mirrors are able to see Reflections, so anything done by Reflections
is remained a mystery to everyday humans

One night Akio has a fight with his sister and heads outside to cool off, he sees a girl being chased by a group of distorted reflections (Known as Images)

Akio chases them down and erases them and saves the girl.
The girls name is Rei and is also a member of "Mist" she is intrigued by Akio's ability to see the Images without a mirror, she runs off and Akio chases her.

Eventually he walks into an alley, and the girl is gone, lying their is a mirror, Akio picks it up and the first episode ends

The main series will be about Akio and his reflection Jiro going through everyday life and erasing any noise that comes in their way.. shortly into the series, the Reflection tournaments are introduced and Akio joins in and is introduced to a whole society of Evil Reflection using people

Akio joins Mist and is sent on missions to take down the members one by one, slowly uncovering secrets about Reflections and Images

(Actual screenshot of the flash below, this isnt gussied up at all)

I am beginning to work on Video gamerz chronicles 2

For awhile, I needed a break from it since VGC came out pretty bad.
I have made this episode shorter, only 3 chapters. There are no battle scenes,
its mostly story. There's still a good amount of humor, but unfortuantely
I need to dump on some plot in this one, so theres a fair amount of drama.

Anyways, I will be aniamting it in the style of a Deviantart flash ive been working on called Mana no Rei (Which wont be appearing here until after VGC) you can view a preview of it here: http://scottfalco.deviantart.com/art/M ana-no-rei-WIP-update-2-73616778

It will be animated like that, granted, Ill draw it differently and use a pencil tool most likely

I have sent the script to the actors and plan on beginning work on it before Feburary
Check my deviantart for updates

It's currently having alot of bugs,
its up on Deviantart sine its not judged there, so if you must see it, go view it there

I have no idea when it'll be up here

Ok, so VGC is done and everything, Im trying to publish the SWF, its taking like, 4 hours,
and on low sound quality settings, i get like a 11.1 MB flash, so hopefully on the lowest setting I can get it under 10 and give a link to the better quality version,

It will be out this week, hopefully today, maybe tommorow,
sorry

So ya, I actually have been working on VGC, I know it was supposed to come out at the
end of summer, then september, but alot of stuff happened and I kinda abandoned flash for awhile..

But ya, I managed to fight through the final stretch and throw in soem lip synching,
I still need to finish the themesong and add some subtitles, and possibly soem bonuses..
I dunno, The FLA file currently is 1 gig... so Im kinda pushing it...

BTW, VGC is about 30 minutes long, pretty neat huh?

So ya, hopefully itll be out tommorow

Ok, so I've been working on VG chronicles (VG3)
For almost a year and a half now...

I am very close to finishing this, the movie itself is pretty much done...
Then I just need to do lipsynching, I plan on taking my laptop with me on
my vacation to New Jersey to complete what little movie is left, and finish
lipsynching

So it should probably be out sometime close after my return (August 27th)
If not, it should be out near the beginning of September