Pokémon Aquamarine Version

[Lorem Ipsum]

Hello... again. This is Lorem Ipsum, presenting his game, Pokémon Aquamarine Version. Last time you saw it, it was filled with bad Fakémon concepts, bad graphics and a bad storyline. Now, I have improved greatly, and the region of Eldar is better than ever before...

Made with: RPG Maker XP
Started in: September 2007


THE STORY
The story of Aquamarine is as follows.

In the quiet town of Alderwood, in the far South West of Eldar, nothing huge ever happens, or has happened. It is a quiet place for people wishing to see the countryside to live. It just so happens that it is also the home of the Hornbeam Pokémon laboratory, where trainers in the rural area of Eldar are given their first Pokémon, and sent to experiment and grow with them in the fields nearby. But we start our story with our hero waking up in the morning to a shock. Team Enigma has struck for the first time in Alderwood Town.

In the night, it appears that Artemis'* sister, Fiona, has been kidnapped in the night, and it was all too easy to see that the perpetrator was in fact Team Enigma, the renowned villains of Eldar. Fiona is in need of help, and the only person who can help is Artemis.

Leaving him a choice of her three favourite Pokémon, Strigiphyl the Grass type, Kindlepig the Fire type, and Ursizu the water type, and also equipping him with Pokédex. After Professor Hornbeam enquires about the subject, he suggests Artemis take the Pokémon League challenge to travel Eldar in hope of discovering the Enigma Base, and to teach him a lesson in Pokémon.

As Jonathan takes the fateful forest walk through Route 1, he wonders what adventures will come to him with his new Pokémon, and the dangers that lay ahead...

Meanwhile, after extracting information from Fiona, Team Enigma are on the move to Fortel City, a place in the very centre of Eldar, on the Legend Mountain itself, in search of a missile, which will propel the universe as we know it into a different universe, controlled by the mysterious creatures AMBIPHERE and GARNAMID. Will the entities of good and evil collide at the climax of this trouble? Will the power of AMBIPHERE and GARNAMID be unleashed? And what peril will fall Jonathan as he journeys to rescue his helpless sister?

THE SCREENSHOTS
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg115/Veritas_Lux/capture005.jpghttp://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg115/Veritas_Lux/capture002.jpghttp://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg115/Veritas_Lux/capture003.jpghttp://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg115/Veritas_Lux/capture001.jpghttp://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg115/Veritas_Lux/capture006.jpg
More to come later, once I have finished a certain something that I think you will enjoy ;)

[B]THE FEATURES
151 New Pokémon
A whole new region
New items and characters

THE CREDITS
poccil & Flameguru - Pokémon Essentials
The Spriter's Resource - Additional charsets
Fangking Omega - Tileset

WHAT WE NEED
A quality Pokémon style spriter. I don't mean that they can sprite, I can as well. I need somebody who can actually sprite 80 x 80 pictures in a Pokémon style.

ALSO, I need a tileset creator for gyms.

NOTES
This game is being made in ENGLISH. However, after the full version is released, probably in the next year and a half, work will be done to translate it into the following languages:
French
Spanish

Keep in mind however, that a translated game will not be completed in the forseeable future, unfortunately.

NEWS
The mapping and eventing is nearly done for everything to be included in the demo. All I need is a quality spriter as mentioned above. Question in the thread or by PM for more information.

[Callydude™]

Work not bad but could you show us some Screenies of In battkle??

[Lorem Ipsum]

Probably, but they wouldn't be very good, seeing as how we had no sprites. But, seeing as how I am including the original 4 generations...

I'll upload some in a minute.

[Mrchewy]

Not bad, but it seems it has SKS (Starter Kit Syndrome). Even from taking a quick glance I immediately recognized it as being based on Poccil's Kit. Try to edit it a bit to make it unique; anyone can download the Starter Kit, use all the default resources and call it their own work.

[Lorem Ipsum]

You're right, Mr.Chewy... the thing is, I need a team, but have no idea how I am going to get one...

[Mrchewy]

You're right, Mr.Chewy... the thing is, I need a team, but have no idea how I am going to get one...

Getting a team together isn't as important as you might think. I've been working on a project for quite some time now were I have done EVERYTHING from mapping and story creation to scripting and even spriting. I wasn't particularly good at any of these when I first started, but after practice and practice I'm quite effective at all of them.

There are so many resources available to you that getting a 'team' is not only unnecessary, but makes things go much slower.

[Lorem Ipsum]

I can script and sprite, but nothing I sprite looks like it would have come out of a Pokémon game, and I don't think that they will for a rather long time.

[Wichu]

Have you read any tutorials on scratch spriting yet?

[Lorem Ipsum]

No. There are none I can find on the web. Oh, I also managed to get that screenshot of a battle for you. It is a Strigiphyl battling a Strigiphyl, the first trainer battle you will ever fight. It's in Route 1, and this will show my inability to scratch Pokémon style sprites.
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3856/screen5di7.gif

[Wichu]

OK, try going here (http://www.freewebs.com/castiboy/) and then click on the "C Spriting Forums" link. There's lots of scratch tutorials in the "Resources, Tutorials & Spriting Help" section.

[Yuoaman]

The sprite isn't horrible, with a little work it could look like something from a Pokemon game. You're doing well for someone with no training in scratch spriting. And the game is doing quite well also.

[Lorem Ipsum]

Thanks you guys :P

The game is coming along quite well at the moment, I am working on getting some tiles for the first gym.

I can also reveal the first every gym's type and leader.

The Oceanlake Gym will be led by Phil, who takes command of all Water and Ice types. If you beat him, you will be rewarded with the Frost Badge, and the TM Icy Wind.

[Mrchewy]

No. There are none I can find on the web. Oh, I also managed to get that screenshot of a battle for you. It is a Strigiphyl battling a Strigiphyl, the first trainer battle you will ever fight. It's in Route 1, and this will show my inability to scratch Pokémon style sprites.
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3856/screen5di7.gif

My god, dude, update your software. That version of Pokémon Essentials is months and months old :/




No. There are none I can find on the web.

Have you actually tried Googling "scratch spriting tutorials"? I just did, and it came up with tons, lol. You obviously weren't trying very hard :P .

[j.a]

i could atempt at making a couple pokemons if u want
EDIT: i just searched google on tutorials and i got a video one specificaly on pokemon for scratch spritinng!
so... i guess u didnt even look...

P.S. heres the link to the vid : http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=L0-xJP1dW6s

[Lorem Ipsum]

I'm not stupid... I have already seen all three of Medical Meccanica's sprite tutorials, but none of them helped really.

Mr. Chewy, I don't really want to update my version of essentials, seeing as how there is nothing vital I really need in the newer versions at the moment.

[MR.GLITCH_KING]

mr.chewy no offense but i think ur getting on mr lorem's nerves just a lil bit

anyways what program are you using to sprite maybe thats the problem

[.houndoomed]

Game is looking a lot better and cleaner now Lorem, good job.

I suggest THIS (http://dragonflycave.com/recoloring.aspx#scratching) guide if you're just really starting scratching. Just study Nintendo's Pokemon a lot, and see how they are made up. Then just try to copy the style.

[Lorem Ipsum]

Mr Glitch King: I use nothing more than MS Paint to sprite, and use Mozilla Firefox's ColorZilla extension to pick out colours I might want to use.

[Mrchewy]

mr.chewy no offense but i think ur getting on mr lorem's nerves just a lil bit

anyways what program are you using to sprite maybe thats the problem

He stated that he 'couldn't find any scratch spriting tutorials', yet I found literally dozens in a few seconds. I'm just saying that he was being quite lazy; I'm not trying to be offensive, just saying.

[Henry987]

good but I think you should work more on those fakemon(are they called that?:O)

[Lorem Ipsum]

They are called Fakémon. What do you mean, work on them? Re-design, re-sprite? I've only actually shown you one Fakémon...

[j.a]

he probably means the art but u should show more and if u want i could do sum mapping
EDIT: i read ur hiring for a pokemon spriter im not all that good but heres sum and they all belong to me!:
cubice: http://aycu30.webshots.com/image/43589/2003302619235575923_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003302619235575923)
finout: http://aycu14.webshots.com/image/44333/2003335342159439705_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003335342159439705)
ghostair: http://aycu03.webshots.com/image/44402/2003337458446887850_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003337458446887850)
ghostal:http://aycu27.webshots.com/image/44746/2003330561717128188_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003330561717128188)
leafo: http://aycu16.webshots.com/image/45815/2003342172439469733_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003342172439469733)
snaek:http://aycu27.webshots.com/image/42706/2003315159512325945_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003315159512325945)

[Lorem Ipsum]

Sorry, but they're all JPEG and the colours and lineart aren't at all brilliant I'm afraid...

[j.a]

ok¿...
but sum were good i know that!
anyway wut about the mapping job¿

[Mrchewy]

ok¿...
but sum were good i know that!

I'm sorry to be harsh, but as far as spriters go, you aren't very good. Your shading is bad (contradicting light sources), your outlining is bad (just black) and even your designs need work (very un-Pokémon-ish).

[j.a]

**** IT! ive been nice from the start and the entire idea whas crapier than all you FAGS! and you gotta be kidding me how do you expect to make 151 pokemon with No sprites! and the title page is the CRAPIEST part!

[.houndoomed]

What you just said was a very rude and childish thing to say. Someone gives you very kind, and in fact TOO kind constructive criticisim and you go all 'OMG **** YOU THIS GAME IS CRAP AND YOUR CRAP AND YOUR ALL FAGS!!!!'
And even more amusing is the fact that your sprites are quite bad and you just flame somone who is trying to help you.

Now, this was unacceptable. You can't take C&C, don't post at all. And the fact you started to insult the thread's first post is laughable. Well, this is a job for the mods now.

Oh, and guys, just ignore noobs like this.

[Mrchewy]

**** IT! ive been nice from the start and the entire idea whas crapier than all you FAGS! and you gotta be kidding me how do you expect to make 151 pokemon with No sprites! and the title page is the CRAPIEST part!

Honestly, I having nothing to say about that. Perhaps you should stop acting like a six-year-old and learn to accept that no one is good at everything. I gave you advice on how to improve your spiriting skills and you start throwing insults at us.

In short: grow up. The rest of the community (along with myself) would appreciate it very much.

[Lorem Ipsum]

**** IT! ive been nice from the start and the entire idea whas crapier than all you FAGS! and you gotta be kidding me how do you expect to make 151 pokemon with No sprites! and the title page is the CRAPIEST part!

If your sprites aren't up the the mark, then it's no need to flame my game. You see, you were complimenting it in your first post in the thread, and now, just because I didn't give you the job, it doesn't mean that you can be downright awful to me.

I didn't give you any concept arts for you to sprite because your example sprites weren't what I was looking for, and I didn't want to waste your time.

At the moment, I am feeling extremely hurt and angry because of the way you have criticised my hard work for 5 months.

EDIT: I didn't see you wanted a job in mapping. Due to your attitude, and apparently thinking that the game is "CRAP", then I doubt you will still want your mapper job. Even if you did want it, I would have to decline, because of your attitude in your most recent post.

[Avatar]

Congratulations j.a, I hereby declare you the dunce of this thread.
Please, stay out of Game Development until you can act in a respectful and mature manner.

[Lorem Ipsum]

Thanks for that Avatar.

I am here to announce a major update in the game. After a bit of scripting is completed, the battle scenes will actually tell you how much EXP you need to go to the next level. I will get a screenshot of it in the next post.

[jamie.ds]

i like this version of pokemon. i wonder where you het the ideas?

[Wichu]

Thanks for that Avatar.

I am here to announce a major update in the game. After a bit of scripting is completed, the battle scenes will actually tell you how much EXP you need to go to the next level. I will get a screenshot of it in the next post.

Cool! A bit like the percentage in my game! That will be useful.
I'd steal the idea, but there's not enough space...

[Neo04]

ooo cool keep going cuz it will susceed.

[Lorem Ipsum]

Thanks people! The comments are going down really well, and I am trying to take advice from you.

[j.a]

i hope you guys can just forget my post i was mad cuz at school my only chance to get on the badminton team was ruined by a jerk in my class my uncle was making me wait to get my cell back and my dad just kept pissing me off.


back on topic: your game is looking kinda good but the pokemon could use a little more detail and you could redo the title.

[Lorem Ipsum]

Redo the title to what, exactly?

[j.a]

the jellyfish (if thats what its supposed to be) should be redone you just used the gradient tool and that dont look to high detail. :nervous: ( no offence)


P.S. you should release more of you new pokemons if you want i can use adobe photoshop and try and make u a new title if u want. :)

[Lorem Ipsum]

I did use Adobe Photoshop. The title screen is far less quality than what it is when you play the game; the colours are blended and not in blocks like they were.

Have a go at a title screen if you want.

[j.a]

i guess i can but tomorrow...
P.S. what do want on it¿

[Lorem Ipsum]

I would like the words "Pokémon Aquamarine" somewhere on it, in a Pokémon type style, and try and put onto it this Pokémon, which I have concepted up for you. Don't try and put the art on there, re-draw it and put it on.

I produce to all followers of Aquamarine, MANZAP!:
56KB Warning! But Manzap is here :D (http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/8360/manzapsugihs1.png)

The colouring isn't particularly good because I am absolutely rubbish at Sugi style art.

DARN! It lost colour! I will have to upload as PNG, even if the file is huge.

[j.a]

i just noticed i might no be able to make a good one but il do my best plz dont critesise after and ur poke might not look to good
EDIT: You might get it late cuz i forgot to install lolz! il try to find my cs2 cd.

[Lorem Ipsum]

S'OK.

What does everybody think of the Pokémon anyway?

[j.a]

wut pokemon the customs¿ or the title¿ or... something else...¿

[Lorem Ipsum]

The Manzap I posted a couple of posts up. I would like to know people's opinions on it.

[Mrchewy]

The Manzap I posted a couple of posts up. I would like to know people's opinions on it.

It definately needs some work. The design itself is FAR too simple, and there's a difference from making a simple Pokémon to making it look ridiculous. The drawing itself looked like it took you 5 minutes to draw, and it's generally just to... bland.

[Lorem Ipsum]

D:

I told you I can't colour in Photoshop for my life...

I'll show you a sprite of it later, which looks quite a bit better.

[Mrchewy]

D:

I told you I can't colour in Photoshop for my life...

I'll show you a sprite of it later, which looks quite a bit better.

I'm mainly concerened with the actual design of the Pokémon, not how you drew it. Seriously, it's just a blue ball with little lines dangling from it; I understand you wanted it to be basic but you've taken it too far. Same with the owl one; it's boring, basic and generally unoriginal.

[Lorem Ipsum]

Manzap is a jellyfish. Also, why is an own basic and unoriginal?

Where have you seen a starter owl before? Never.

And, I think I have decided to re-design the main character. Who likes the idea of playing as Gary? (Possibly with the female being Daisy...)

[Wichu]

Yeah, Tentacool and Tentacruel are jellyfish too, but look at the detail on them.
And by unoriginal, I think he meant that the design was rather plain, not the idea. If you look at Noctowl, for example, you'll notice it has markings on its chest, and a cool head-thing.
A good thing might be to put more colour on your sprites: Strigiphyl only has that weird green tinge and black, while Manzap is entirely blue.

[.houndoomed]

I really have to agree with Mrchewy there.

Have a look at Acanthite's old jellyfish starter, Squink.

http://images.wikia.com/pokemon/images/b/be/500.png

Don't be afraid to drift away from reality, it's what makes Pokemon what they are :)

[Lorem Ipsum]

I really need somebody to sprite a Gary back sprite, and possibly frontsprite and overworld. At the moment, I have implemented a new windowskin, and put in the FRLG Gary graphics, but would like to go custom with them.

[Joey the Cockroach]

I dont think youre so bad at spriting at all. i mean, even starting out spriting, you get somewhere eventually :) the bird pokemon (forgot its name) looks great, i have nothing against it. Manzap looks ok as well, keep it up Lorem!

[Lorem Ipsum]

Thanks, Sonic! Thanks for the encouragement.

I have outlined the sprite for Stridgiroot, which should look pretty good. I am yet to colour it, but my outlining skills are a lot better.

Whadd'you think?

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/1651/strigiphylqk4.png

[Joey the Cockroach]

i think it looks great, my outlining skills are quite great also. i have shown some of my outlines to my friends and they think that they are okay, but its a very hard task of doing it. a lot of work is put into it.

[Lorem Ipsum]

It's meant to have the 'war tattered veteran soldier' look to it.

[Wichu]

The back wing looks a little odd, and you may want to add another eyebrow (it looks strange).
Oh yeah, and make its talons a little longer.

[j.a]

Manzap is a jellyfish. Also, why is an own basic and unoriginal?

Where have you seen a starter owl before? Never.

And, I think I have decided to re-design the main character. Who likes the idea of playing as Gary? (Possibly with the female being Daisy...)
Playing as gary¿ "shudders" Ughhh... scary... but i would play tho
EDIT: i only said that cuz i personally detest gary but i would still play and also tell me if my scratch sprites got better (i wont flip this time if u don't like em):
http://aycu32.webshots.com/image/44031/2003518624934051087_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003518624934051087)

[Mrchewy]

You're getting a little better. The design itself is a bit basic, but the spriting isn't too bad. Remember to always save sprites as .PNGs, not .JPGs! Also, be sure to check out this fantastic spriting tutorial. (http://www.dragonflycave.com/recoloring.aspx)

[j.a]

my designs always suck! and im gonna make a custom grass starter thats better than a leaf...

i finaly saved it as png! here it is: http://aycu36.webshots.com/image/44355/2002251384061362309_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2002251384061362309)
he turns into a grass dinosaur!
sorry for double post

i finaly saved it as png! here it is: http://aycu36.webshots.com/image/44355/2002251384061362309_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2002251384061362309)
he turns into a grass dinosaur!
sorry for double post

[Lorem Ipsum]

They're not all bad, but you don't need to show us in my thread... create a thread in Pixel Art or something.

[j.a]

umm¿... where is that and do you want that starter il make the other forms¿
i might make any other pokemon if u want aside from jellyfish there to hard for me

[Lorem Ipsum]

I'm not hiring you as spriter, I just think that you should create your own art thread on the forums.

[j.a]

i meant weres the art thing¿
i might not mke anymor cuz i might make a game

[Lorem Ipsum]

Who wants to see the new windowskin in action? *forces you to put your hands up*

OK, here it is. I went for the aquamarine coloured theme when making this.

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2166/fossilmanjo5.png

Sorry for the double post, but I think we need a bump, don't you? How's a screenshot to whet your appetite?

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/8219/philxn7.png

But who does she hardly ever see..?

[Lorem Ipsum]

D'argh.

Sorry for the double post, the backup deleted some stuff.

Oh, but guess what? I created a decent Pokémon style sprite :DDDD Here you go.

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/145/strigiphyllcr1.png

[j.a]

his feet aren't big enough in my opinion

[Lorem Ipsum]

I could try and make them bigger, I suppose. And come on guys, please have other people here! I'm updating the first post with newer screenies.

[adamb241]

That sprite looks very good, what type(s) is it?

[Lorem Ipsum]

It's STRIGIPHYL, the GRASS/FLYING type.

[Yuoaman]

Yeah, the sprite is good, just make his feet a little longer, it looks like he's about to fall down.... And also add some talons... Good job so far Lorem.

[Lorem Ipsum]

Thanks for the comments, guys :)

I am just trying to finish up a Piano feature whereby you can play the piano at a particular point.

[j.a]

do you get to press keyboard buttons for the piano function?
if yes that would be cool if you could redo the system to play the guitar and make an alternate version like nintendo does you could have something like... umm... pokemon firestone or something... its just an idea.

[Lorem Ipsum]

Yes, that would be about it. I do need a lot of images though, which is the main time taker.

[Joey the Cockroach]

surely it would take long to do the Piano script and function?

anyway thats nice ideas you have got there. and possibly images would take long also, but anyways keep up with it.

[j.a]

the script would be looong and it would take longer if HE had to do do the sprites so that he dont have to worry il take a whack at a piano (even he wont use it)

[Angel Haru]

cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lorem Ipsum]

Hmm... kind of unnecessary...

In other news though, I have scrapped the idea of a piano function until I know more RGSS to script it. I now have an update on how close we are to a demo now.

MAPS: 89%
POKÉMON: 5%
SPRITES: 1%

So, now, I am going to ask you to submit your ideas for Pokémon, moves, types, abilities, anything! We want this game filled with content from you, the fans.

Also, the Aquamarine forums are in dire need of activity, so get on over there. It's pretty obvious where the link is, but PM me if you can't find it.

[j.a]

cool so were about 94% ready for the game demo (i added 89 5 and 1 then divided it by three)

[Lorem Ipsum]

Umm, no, not really. Technically, we're 205% away from the game (300%). Divide that by 3, and you get roughly 66%.

I also made a support userbar. It can be improved, but we need more sprites, and for more sprites, we need more concepts ;)

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/7884/aquauserbargr1.gif
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/7884/aquauserbargr1.gif

[j.a]

my concepts arent GREAT but... if you want them i can get them for you....
Also i could geve you an example of what some look like....

[Lorem Ipsum]

If you could, j.a, that would be brilliant. Thank you.

[j.a]

ok... im gonna make one that belongs to ME and ME ONLY as an example of what my concepts look like and if you name a tipe i can make 1 of dat tipe...
Im not gonna color or add details its just a concept anyway if you whant to see them in color with shading on them you can just ask
P.S. the one thats MINE is probaly the first ghost and water pokemon

[j.a]

this place is in need of a BUMP heres the LOOOOOOOOOOOW quality outline (uncompleted...) of the undead fish... :Phttp://aycu06.webshots.com/image/47845/2003215618027260942_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003215618027260942)
as you can see its the bones of a fish if i have to make a real version i would make him more detailed color him in and... and little pieces of flesh...

[Lorem Ipsum]

Hmm...

I have to say that at the moment, it isn't up to quality calibre, because Pokémon are living and not dead. Although, saying that, it could be a ghost Pokémon...

[Tropical Sunlight]

What Pokemon do you need?

PM me if you don't want to spoil the Fakemon

[Lorem Ipsum]

Any Pokémon at all, really. I'm not worried about revealing Fakemon really at the moment.

[j.a]

plz don't reveal all! anyways i said he whas supposed to be ghost but if u give me a type il draw with a pencil a concept that would be better than that...

[O.G. Duke]

The game has potiential but I think you would need a better spriter and designer.
Anyway, the game looks good.

[Lorem Ipsum]

Who just implemented a way that you can view your Pokémon's IVs into the game?
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/8750/capture010fg4.png

It replaces the trainer memo, which will be replaced on a new page of the profile with other stuff, including possibly EVs.

I seem to finally understand scripting ;)

[Lorem Ipsum]

OK, I implemented the mystery gift, it uses cleverly named and placed .txt files to give you stuff. The IV Checker has been created and is now implemented into my game :)

Also, I decided to do what somebody said on another forum and put IVs into a table if you do have a Mystery Gift. I gave the visuals a touch up at the same time. Here is a screenshot of the new profile in work :)

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/6742/capture012qz6.png

Ouch, I really need to get a better IV'd Bayleef :O

[Joey the Cockroach]

LOL at the Bayleef :D

anyway, as you know a bit of scripting, it should help you on your way there. like OG said, you may need a better spriter, and hey, i am no good, but i think the basics count. keep it up Lorem!

[Lorem Ipsum]

Thanks, Speedy Sonic. I am working on getting some pre-release snippets of the game up. It won't be a demo. It won't even be an alpha version of the game. It will literally be showcasing some of the earliest parts of the game to keep interest high. I may release maintenance patches and Mystery Gifts as I carry on, but meh.

Watch this thread ;)

[SW47]

Looks good! when will we see more updates?

[Wichu]

What kind of stuff will Mystery Gift be able to do? Will it be used for giving out event Pokémon?
And will players be able to create gifts, or just receive them?

[StrawyBlood]

Hi, im new in pokemoncommunity
and i would like to take part on this game just like one more fakemon spriter... but it looks i cant cause i dont have more than 15 messages written (to show the fakemons)... (damn ¬¬)
I would like to show you my fakemons (they arent good, but well... nobody can be perfect, right?)
im making a game too, its named Pokemon The Magma Stone and i am going to do more than 350 fakemons only just me... i only just made 4 xD (it would take like months or years xD) but its fun!... you can look my signature, thats my game (yup, i made that kind of crappy fakemon. In just like 10 minutes the outline :P... i dont like it but what i can do... :3)
well...
Can i enter as one more pokemon spriter when i get more than 15 messages written?
If i cant, doesnt matter ;)
--- sorry for my english xD, I speak spanish :P ---

[Demonic Budha]

Wow, like the new looking dex up there ^
Very styleized. Nice work ^.^

[Lorem Ipsum]

Wichu: Seeing as how the Mystery Gifts will work simply by using FileTest.exist("LINK TO GIFT") in the scripts, it is very difficult to hack a gift.

It will be used indirectly for event Pokémon, like the giving of the Old Sea Chart to find Mew in Emerald, or the Eon Ticket.

Hi StrawyBlood, welcome to PC. As soon as you get 15 posts, sure you can post a few sprites, and I will see if you get on the team. It's ironic as well, you are learning English and primarily speak Spanish; I am learning Spanish and primarily speak English :)

Demonic Buddha, thanks for the comments on the game, all positive comments, and negative ones at that, are appreciated as long as they are constructive and contribute towards the making of the game.

[Wichu]

Then basically, it's just a glorified password system. I'll let you know when I crack the code! :P
Out of curiosity, how long will each password be? Will the passwords use letters, numbers or both?

It doesn't look very flexible... So the gifts, and corresponding passwords, will be already hard-coded in the game?

And I don't think it will be any harder to hack than mine - when you open mine in Notepad (in both Unicode and ANSI), it looks like a load of gibberish. Seeing as the amount of gibberish is probably longer than any feasible filename, I think I win :D

But yours is well-suited for its purpose, though I'd add a few more features to it if I were you.

[Lorem Ipsum]

Oh, I'm working on a decent interface especially for Mystery Gift, but yeah, that is it, Wichu.

Although, the advantage of using .TXT files means that you can write instructions of adding the Mystery Gift.

An example of a Gift name which I have created is ax3rtpq19.txt. It's a load of gibberish and is extremely difficult to hack. It is a true gift which can be used in game, but don't bother with it. It gives you a Magikarp which is Lv. 100 and is pretty bad.

Here are some screenshots:

http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/3885/capture013ss1.pnghttp://img523.imageshack.us/img523/7356/capture014ot9.pnghttp://img392.imageshack.us/img392/2483/capture015yy7.pnghttp://img511.imageshack.us/img511/533/capture016wb7.png

[Atomic Reactor]

whats with the magikarp? anything special about it?

[StrawyBlood]

I just want to ask about the pokemon...
How many do you need?
What specific types you need?
Who names the pokemons?
Do you need an starter, an evo starter or an evo of the evo starter xD?
Do you need legendaries?
Anything else?
xDDD

[Lorem Ipsum]

@Atomic_Reactor: nope. Nothing particularly special about the Magikarp. It's random, can't level up, and is pretty bad.

@Strawy_Blood: I have given names so far, but others could help. I desperately need concepts of Pokémon as well. PM me your concepts and ideas.

[Joey the Cockroach]

i am pretty good at naming fakemon, if you need help with that.

how many fakemon will be in the game?

[StrawyBlood]

wii! i cant put now images xD
well here are some fakemons from my game
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u7/HpPapilion/Ticky.pnghttp://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u7/HpPapilion/Whimp.pnghttp://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u7/HpPapilion/Stylox.pnghttp://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u7/HpPapilion/Tediber2.pnghttp://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u7/HpPapilion/Domble.png
1- looks crappy -_-
2-I dont like coloring
3-to soft the colors...
4-m... i like it xD
5-remembers me of bulbasaur xD

[jaysonic1991]

#4 would be the only decent one in there but it still needs improvement. Sorry if I am being harsh on you but you really need to get the positioning and coloring correct. To me they don't resemble pokemon very well. But with some improvement, they could. :)

[StrawyBlood]

#4 would be the only decent one in there but it still needs improvement. Sorry if I am being harsh on you but you really need to get the positioning and coloring correct. To me they don't resemble pokemon very well. But with some improvement, they could. :)
yeah, those fakemon dont look like pokemon, i need a lot of practice before i made a good fakemon xD
you arent being harsh, you're saying the true XD so well, i need a lot more more and more practice (i suck when i draw in the computer :p... i prefer my pencil *-*)

[jaysonic1991]

Yeh I suck at drawing, full stop. The only drawing I can do is stuff with instruments, like isometric, planometric etc etc. But keep practicing, you'll get it.

But back on topic: Can I just suggest you edit your textbox and remove those squares in the corners. They just don't look right too me..

[j.a]

Sorry i havent been here in a while but um... do you still want concepts?

[Lorem Ipsum]

Sorry I haven't been active guys, I've been busy with stuff. BUT! I have started scripting a new feature, which I will explain in a minute. But first, screenshot!

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6699/capture017qs5.png
Lookie here. It appears as if we have a cameo!

But anyway, new feature.
Apocathary
This will be a building in two towns in Eldar. It is purely for fun, replacing Poffins and Pokéblocks, but instead of contests, you can make potions and cures, where you can mix ingredients you have collected into a cauldron.

So, say I mixed a Potion and an Oran Berry, I would get a new concoction. I this case, it would be called a Luza Mix, or if you mixed well enough, the LuzaMix Plus.

Screenshots to follow.

[Tocs1001]

Looks great =) look forward to playing

[Joey the Cockroach]

like i said before, great news again Lorem. its great to see some new updates to the game.

Strawyblood: i like 3, 4 and 5. 1 does look crappy, and 2, well, i dont really know what to say about that one. not trying to sound harsh by the way.

[Lorem Ipsum]

Anybody for a couple o' screenshots?

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg115/Veritas_Lux/capture018.jpg
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg115/Veritas_Lux/capture021.jpg

I want you to guess what they are showing ;O

[jaysonic1991]

The first new screenshot looks strange. You appear to be outside yet your map edges are BLACKNESS. Try making it tree's for a bit so the player cannot see when it turns to black. It'll look a lot better.

[Joey the Cockroach]

Jaysonic's right. try and cover up the black outer edge and it should look fine. but other than that, its good screenshots.

[j.a]

Dude this is looking good:)
Sorry i wont be able to stay here tho... You know ssbb and stuffs...

[tokinini]

Wow! This is going to be a really good game!!
Love the scripting work and the screenshots, But it is true that you should take out
That black on the edges!

Love it,Though!

[j.a]

if theres one thing to say here its AWESOME
off topic: do you want some concepts or no?

[Wichu]

Lorem's already quit this game, as his project folder was corrupted/erased. He's now working on Scarlet.

[ke14nt]

hey guys im new in this thread.. is this game playable??what kind of emulator should i used to play this game just in case??

[j.a]

the game is canceled pretty much and if it was done you would not need an emulator if you want a game to play on an emulator this is wrong part of the forum.