Are you referring to the progress bar being gone? I just took that out because I want to get done with A Strange Mission first.
However, I came up with a new and most likely final story for Pokey's Adventure!

I'm not going to reveal it here (or anywhere, for that matter), so I can't get comments on it from you guys, but if you still find any senseless stuff in the final product, then simply
put up with it. My two mini-hacks don't have a huge story either, but they still are/will be enjoyable.
In other news, I plan to more or less re-start the hack with a fresh ROM. It's far more than just porting everything over - I will try to keep the music, ExGFX, Map16 etc. as tidy and organized as possible this time. That way it will be a lot easier and more fun to work with, although it means Demo 2 will take another tad longer. But as I said, you have to put up with that. There's basically nothing you guys can do about it. ;)