pksinew.hashnode.devPKsinew Feature list + DownloadSinew is now live. You can grab the project here:👉 [PKsinew LINK HERE] After a long stretch of development, rewrites, second-guessing, and “one last feature” moments, this is the version I’m finally comfortable putting out into the world. Before goi...Jan 18·6 min read
pksinew.hashnode.devPKsinew Devlog # 11: Echoes of What Never WasAt this point, Sinew was basically feature-complete, but there was one last idea I couldn’t let go of. The Altering Cave That Never Happened Back in Gen 3, Altering Cave was clearly designed to host a rotating set of rare Pokémon via events… and then...Jan 10·4 min read
pksinew.hashnode.devPKsinew Devlog Index — Start Here!Sinew is a companion app for Pokémon Gen 3 that unifies save data across all five GBA games, letting you view, manage, transfer, and now even reward Pokémon in ways the original games never allowed. This devlog documents the entire journey — from rou...Jan 5·2 min read
pksinew.hashnode.devPKsinew Devlog # 10: Achievements, Rewards, and Closing the LoopWith the core systems finally in place, it was time to add something I’d been itching to build for a while: an achievement and reward system. One hard rule going in was that achievements could only rely on data we can safely read from save files. I s...Jan 3·4 min read
pksinew.hashnode.devPKsinew Devlog # 9: Mass Storage, Settings, Themes, and Save ExportingAt this point most of Sinew’s core features were in place, so I started looking at what would actually make it comfortable to use long-term. The first idea was simple: what if Pokémon didn’t have to live inside save files at all? Mass Pokémon Storage...Dec 28, 2025·4 min read
