Pokémon Online

[Robbie]

Updated July 6th 2005

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The game has been renamed to "PokéOnline"

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For a couple of weeks now, I've been working on a small online Pokémon game in Clickteam's Multimedia Fusion. I'm making it small to start with so I don't set my sights too high and ultimately fail at finishing it, like so many such projects have.

I don't really have much to show, as I've been working on putting together a final list of ideas, working out how I'm going to do everything and creating a usable database of the first 151 Pokémon. So instead of showing a bunch of screenshots, I'll talk about what I hope will be in the game when I release the first beta.

The first big difference about the game is that it's going to be played in a web browser, making use of the Vitalize! plug-in. It won't be a battle arena, like the Pokémon Crater, but an actual game where you can walk around and chat with other players in real time.

Players will be able to play as either the boy or the girl from Fire Red and Leaf Green. I'm not going to include a lot of characters for people to choose from when I first release the game, because I want to eventually allow people to change the clothing on the characters, and if I am able to find an artist willing to help out with this, I don't want to have to ask them to create things for hundreds of sprites.

The game is going to be set in a small region of my own creation, called 'Sienn'. The region will be made up of about five islands, four small ones and a large one, which will link up with a small section of Kanto, where players will be able to take on the Elite Four, and eventually travel on into all of Kanto.

I plan for there to be eight gyms in the region, like Kanto and Johto. There will be one on each of the four small islands, and four others on the main island. Once players have collected all the badges, they will be allowed to continue on to the Elite Four. After a couple of months, I plan to add the entire Kanto region to the game.

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http://www.pokeonline.net/images/one.gif

http://www.pokeonline.net/images/two.gif

http://www.pokeonline.net/images/three.gif

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I would appreciate any comments and suggestions anyone has. Thanks for reading! ^^

[Krazy_Meerkat]

This looks pretty promising. Will you be including a chat-system and if so are you going to add in some sort of personal device for private messages and stuff?

[mattgcn]

And yet another with the same name pops up. Why don't I just make one of the best operational engine? Wait, only engine (The rest seem to be games)

[Robbie]

This looks pretty promising. Will you be including a chat-system and if so are you going to add in some sort of personal device for private messages and stuff?

Yes, and yes. I plan to have a general chat feature where any number of people can join in, and also chats in the battles.

And yet another with the same name pops up. Why don't I just make one of the best operational engine? Wait, only engine (The rest seem to be games)

I already said that I couldn't think of a better name for the game, and does it really matter anyway? "Pokémon Online" is a very general name, and a good number of websites already use it.

[mattgcn]

I know. I was just stating a fact.

A subtitle would be great to go with the name: Pokemon Online.

The thing with the one I heard of first is there can be no subtitle, cuz it's an engine. Unless you put something really stupid like :An MMORPG Engine..

[Dawson]

I gotta agree with Krazy, it does look promising. The name doesn't bother me, unless one of the games is complete. But that's your issue to resolve between yourselves.

[Krazy_Meerkat]

Man it's just a name, he will change it when he feels right. A lot of games don't formulate a name for a while. One comes to mind which has a pokemon battle system :P

[Sorye HK]

This is really incredible. But I don't know if 8 directional movement is really needed in a pokemon game.

[Robbie]

Thanks for the comments everyone. I'll try to have more put up there soon, so that people can play around with it a bit more.

Daegon_Kimeron, I made it an 8-way pixel movement because it offers the player a lot more freedom. I personally think that with a grid movement, the game would soon become very crowded and if I made it so you couldn't walk through other players, it could become impossible to move in places like Pokémon Centers. We'll see, though.

[charmander,eleon,zard#2]

Cool!! I give my best of luck to you Robbie and are you going to include a lot of maps? Since as you said if too many people come in there will be crowding look. And what program are you using? I am very intrested to know.

[Neo-Dragon]

i think he said he was using multimedia fusion (nice maker).
I wish you all the best of luck with this project rob.
I look foward to seeing updates of this game. :)

[Robbie]

Yup, I'm using Multimedia Fusion Professional, which is a fantastic program for creating games, although a bit on the expensive side. It's perfect for this type of game, though.

I really do appreciate all the comments, and hopefully I won't disappoint anyone with the game.

[Berino]

I can help with sprite creating but I have never used multimedia fusion before. Du they use the same Sprites?

[Wario Man]

I could probably help with a lot of things.
i'm a *decent* spriter
I do fairly well level design
I've worked with TGF for about 2 years, so I'm pretty experienced with the scripting and coding, also. so, if you want my help, just ask.

[Krazy_Meerkat]

8-directional movement doesn't allow for that much extra space.. Maybe 1/3 if you're lucky.. I think your idea about sprites which can move through each other is the best idea, I'm not sure whether you would want to keep it gridlined (for originality) or not.

[Naas02]

this looks good Im glad to see you taking it slow to start off I think a place where alot of the proposed pokemon onlines went wrong is just wanting too much for a first release Im glad your doing this though good luck, I have a question though will the game be able to save the user's progress? I was just wandering its probably a stupid question lol

[Dawson]

Yup, I'm using Multimedia Fusion Professional, which is a fantastic program for creating games, although a bit on the expensive side. It's perfect for this type of game, though.

I really do appreciate all the comments, and hopefully I won't disappoint anyone with the game.
I don't think you'll disappoint anyone. You explained what your aims for the game are so we know what to expect. I'm sure it'll turn out great regardless though!

[Neo-Dragon]

I see you've made a slight update (with the text and female hero). Looking good.
I'm really really intrested in this project, so i'll be constantly checking up on you :P .
Good work so far.

[Robbie]

this looks good Im glad to see you taking it slow to start off I think a place where alot of the proposed pokemon onlines went wrong is just wanting too much for a first release Im glad your doing this though good luck, I have a question though will the game be able to save the user's progress? I was just wandering its probably a stupid question lol

The game will be saved automatically after certain things happening such as defeating a gym leader, getting a new Pokémon etc. The user probably won't need to manually save the game.

Phoenix and Neo-Dragon, thanks so much for the comments. They mean a lot coming from each of you, as your own respective games look absolutely fantastic. The game now has both a male and female hero - when I add in user registration, you will be able to select which you wish to be. The text is there because I'm working on a menu system, which should be ready within a couple of days. I'm also working on a map editor, to make the creation of maps easier and so other people can help, if they so desire.

[Peekimon]

This game REALLY looks promising!!!
I want to see it finished!
I would like to make a suggestion if that's OK with you:
The ability to customize your character to your needs,
ie: How the Top looks, accessories, gender, etc.

Anyway, Keep up the GREAT Work!!!!

[serpenter]

why not have bigger pokemon centers that hold about 1000-150 perople and have difrent "worlds" (like on runescape) for more people that way you coul#d have about 800 people per world and have quite abit of space left over in the centers
eg:
if their are 12 centers in the regon that would hold about 1200 people so you will have 400 free spaces left that way people will not haveto wait long to heal
i drew a picture 2 show what i mean
also, how are you gonna interact with objects with clicking on em with the mouce, by key-press or sumthing else

[Robbie]

This game REALLY looks promising!!!
I want to see it finished!
I would like to make a suggestion if that's OK with you:
The ability to customize your character to your needs,
ie: How the Top looks, accessories, gender, etc.

Anyway, Keep up the GREAT Work!!!!

^^ Thanks. Players will be able to choose their gender from the very start - clothing I'm not so keen on as it would take a lot of work to get it working properly, and it's not something I want to include in the first version. Probably later on once I've got all the more important things such as the battle engine working correctly.

why not have bigger pokemon centers that hold about 1000-150 perople and have difrent "worlds" (like on runescape) for more people that way you coul#d have about 800 people per world and have quite abit of space left over in the centers
eg:
if their are 12 centers in the regon that would hold about 1200 people so you will have 400 free spaces left that way people will not haveto wait long to heal
i drew a picture 2 show what i mean
also, how are you gonna interact with objects with clicking on em with the mouce, by key-press or sumthing else

I'm going to have different kinds of Pokémon Center. For the smaller islands, the centers will be smaller, perhaps with a single Nurse Joy, whereas on the larger islands, the centers will have two or three nurses there.

The mouse will be used to interact with objects such as menus and inventories. It will be entirely different from the Gameboy games in that respect.

[Peekimon]

Is the registration page working yet?

[RM2K3kid]

You probably already thought of this but why don't you have the player be able to choose any trainer (biker, hiker etc) instead of different clothing. Well I guess it's up to you how you do it. Anyway I like the idea of an online pokemon game.

[mattgcn]

You do realise that if they could choose anything that you'd have to make all the animations (Surfing, fishing etc.) for all those types of trainers?

[funnybunny]

This is so awsome, I already registered on your site, but was deleted right after it :P .
If this is (part) done I really donna play this.

Keep up that good work.

[Robbie]

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to apologise for the extreme lack of updates on this project x.x I -am- working on it, but it's going slower than anticipated. Therefore, so that everyone has something to play whilst I'm working on the battling and stuff, I'm going to eventually release a playable beta version where you can walk around, use the shops, talk to people and do some things like take photographs of Pokémon you encounter and various other activities before I introduce battling (which is a mammoth undertaking in itself, especially in an online environment where you have to account for two players rather than one).

I'll post again when I've got something more to show. The site is down at the moment, so you can't play the demo that I had up there.

[Naoki Hiramoto]

kewl good news :)

[PKMN_Sage]

Great. Hope to see something soon! :)

[Dawson]

Being game makers ourselves, most of us can appreciate the amount of work required at making something. So when progress goes a bit slow we all understand. I'll be looking forward to play the demo when you get the site back up though.

[Danke Hote]

did you knoe theres a gamemaking pogram that's called RPG 2003 and then there's the sequel RPG 2005. I've made a few games on them but I had to r34^^at my hard drive so I lost the programs. they're really easy and simple to use too.

[Danke Hote]

I pirated them from a friend and I could possibly get it from him again. He's been busy lately though so I haven't gotten a chance to get it back yet

[Dawson]

Double posting is against the rules please don't do it again. That is also extremely off topic, we all know about RM2K3, in fact most games on this forum are made with it.

[Robbie]

did you knoe theres a gamemaking pogram that's called RPG 2003 and then there's the sequel RPG 2005. I've made a few games on them but I had to r34^^at my hard drive so I lost the programs. they're really easy and simple to use too.

I have three programs in the RPG Maker series, and whilst they're great programs, they're pretty much useless for this project. As far as I'm aware, there's absolutely no way for RPG Maker to create online games, which is exactly what this game is - online. Thanks for the suggestion though.

[Peekimon]

Robbie, but, I think that RMXP could make online games, but, it would be much harder...

[Robbie]

Robbie, but, I think that RMXP could make online games, but, it would be much harder...

It can? That's interesting.. but I think I'll stick with Multimedia Fusion for this one. I'll have to take a look at RMXP someday, I've only ever really played around with 95, 2000 and 2003.

[Peekimon]

Well, it is possible to make an online game in RMXP, but, it would be more difficult.
There is an online game being made in RMXP.Net by RMXP.

[charmander,eleon,zard#2]

Yea it's true Peekimon, the script for making the game online is a little hard to find and if you try to do it yourself well you might destroy the core of RMXP or the game. *I am not saying you shouldn't try.

[Blizzy]

actually, it's not a script.
it's file made in ruby itself

[Robbie]

Wow, it's been a while since I've posted in this thread, huh? Just thought I'd give you all a little update on what's going on with the project.

I'm still working on it, so don't think that it's been cancelled or anything. Making a Pokémon game, especially an online one requires a lot of work, and planning. I've mostly been spending time planning what I want the game to be rather than actually making it, but now, I'd started up development again, and I'm happy to say it's going quite well.

Below are three screenshots of what it looks like now:

http://www.pokeonline.net/images/one.gif http://www.pokeonline.net/images/two.gif http://www.pokeonline.net/images/three.gif

As you can see from the images, players will be able to play as either the girl or the boy from Fire Red/Leaf Green. The first screenshot shows a battle - this is just a placeholder. Battles aren't working yet, and I don't expect them to be released in the first beta. All screens such as the PokéDex, player profiles etc will appear in those small windows above the game. I think this looks a little better than having it take up the entire screen.

The biggest change I've made to the game is that it will now be a downloadable game, rather than being played in the web browser. Having it in a browser imposed too many limits on what I could do, and quite simply, I didn't like that. So, players will now have to download the game before they play.

Sorry for the lack of updates about PokéOnline. I'll be sure to post a lot more in future.

To MODs: Could someone change the title of this thread to "PokéOnline", please? Thanks.

[Neo Genesis]

Nice screens! You can change the name of the thread yourself just edit the first post.

[Robbie]

Thanks for the comment! ^^

I tried changing it like that, but it didn't work :x

[ArmchairRomeo]

Yes, it does look exactly like Fr/Lg. I like that, they are great games. However, It seems like the storyline would be a bit complicated. Imagine 10 players in line at the exit of Pallet Town, with 10 Prof. Oaks coming to stop them! It makes me wonder how someone would get their starter Pokemon. I suppose you could just pick when you register, but where's the fun in that? Also, how are you supposed to get legendary Pokemon? In official Pokemon games, there is only one of each. Wouldn't it be tough to get them into the game?

[Robbie]

Yes, it does look exactly like Fr/Lg. I like that, they are great games. However, It seems like the storyline would be a bit complicated. Imagine 10 players in line at the exit of Pallet Town, with 10 Prof. Oaks coming to stop them! It makes me wonder how someone would get their starter Pokemon. I suppose you could just pick when you register, but where's the fun in that? Also, how are you supposed to get legendary Pokemon? In official Pokemon games, there is only one of each. Wouldn't it be tough to get them into the game?

You bring up some good points, each of which I have already considered, however.

Players won't be forced to become Pokémon trainers. They'll be able to choose from a selection of roles such as trainer, breeder or just an adventurer. Pokémon won't be given out from someone such as Professor Oak - instead players will get them from various 'adoption agencies' around the world.

Concerning legendary Pokémon - if I even decide to put them in the game, they'll only be one of each of them. Whoever catches one first gets to keep it, unless they trade it.

[Brushfire0605]

This game looks awesome robbie! :)
looks like you really have everything together.
quick question tho, say if your playing the game, and another player walks up to you, would you be able to challenge them to a battle? what if you do not wish to battle, can you turn them down? because the last thing you want is like 10 players challenging you in a row when all but one of your pokemon are fainted.
also, what if a player is just starting out at the first city, and another player with level 70 pokemon who is also there, challenges the new player? wil there be any way of distinguishing an expericenced player with a novice?
sorry if i bombarded you with questions ^^; lol
ttyl- brush

[Robbie]

This game looks awesome robbie! :)
looks like you really have everything together.
quick question tho, say if your playing the game, and another player walks up to you, would you be able to challenge them to a battle? what if you do not wish to battle, can you turn them down? because the last thing you want is like 10 players challenging you in a row when all but one of your pokemon are fainted.
also, what if a player is just starting out at the first city, and another player with level 70 pokemon who is also there, challenges the new player? wil there be any way of distinguishing an expericenced player with a novice?
sorry if i bombarded you with questions ^^; lol
ttyl- brush

Thanks for the comments :)

quick question tho, say if your playing the game, and another player walks up to you, would you be able to challenge them to a battle?

Yes.

what if you do not wish to battle, can you turn them down? because the last thing you want is like 10 players challenging you in a row when all but one of your pokemon are fainted.

Yes, of course.

also, what if a player is just starting out at the first city, and another player with level 70 pokemon who is also there, challenges the new player? wil there be any way of distinguishing an expericenced player with a novice?

You'll be able to view the Pokémon a player has via their profile.

[Brushfire0605]

thanks for the answers ^_^
hope everything goes well.
keep it up^^
-brush

[Sonnos]

This game looks freaking sweat man, please tell me the site that everyone was mentioning. :D

[Krazy_Meerkat]

If you want events and such to happen, like oak walking up to you and giving you a pokemon, you could just have it client-side.. It would just look like you were standing still to other players and if they try to battle you, it could just say "This player is busy at the moment" or something.

[Jordan]

This game looks extremely promising. Nice graphics. It's got to be hard making it with MMF. Well, good luck.

[BlackWolf]

Hi When you say you can see the players profile to distinguish who is experienced or not. what information would be shown?

[ArmchairRomeo]

Well, if I were making it, I would only show the trainer's highest level pokemon's level and the # of battles he/she has won and lost. But I wouldn't know, I'm not making the game.

[Chibi-chan]

Yay! This game looks like a new big hit! I would love to help, but all i know is HTML XD I'll join when it's all ready!

Also, will there be a way to seperate the newbies from the experienced? that might be a problem. :\

[Robbie]

Hi When you say you can see the players profile to distinguish who is experienced or not. what information would be shown?

I'm not fully decided on this yet. I may allow people to see information about all of someone's Pokémon, or I may just create a system where the game determines if you're good enough to battle the other and advises you. Either way, battles won't be included for a while, so I'm not too worried about this at the moment. Plenty of time to get it right.

This game looks extremely promising. Nice graphics. It's got to be hard making it with MMF. Well, good luck.

Thanks! It's not too hard making it with MMF. It's a lot more fun really. I find the RPG Maker series to be too limiting for things I like to make.

[ArmchairRomeo]

I don't think allowing people to view other people's pokemon is a very good idea. A player could go from person to person, looking at other people's pokemon and coming up with strategies before the battle even starts. IMO, I think that's unfair.

[Sonnos]

How would gyms work in this game? :confused:

[Robbie]

How would gyms work in this game? :confused:

The same as in the GBA games. I doubt there will be a limit to how many people can battle a gym leader at the same time. I may also create a "Player League" whereby experience players can create their own gyms.

[Neo Genesis]

Thats sounds cool! I like that idea!

[manga-ka]

this game looks promising and it would be a good Idea to have a players leuge where players can become gymleader if they beat a certain number of trainers.
also how many gymleaders will there be?
will you include ruby and sapphire trainer sprite?

[Sonnos]

AWESOME :D I WANNA BE A GYM LEADER!!! when will we see any new screens?

[ArmchairRomeo]

This is so awsome, I already registered on your site, but was deleted right after it :P .
If this is (part) done I really donna play this.

Keep up that good work.

Registered on what site? Is there a site for PokeOnline?

[Robbie]

Registered on what site? Is there a site for PokeOnline?

There was a site, but I took it down because I wanted to work on the game a lot more before I launched the site officially.

[Naas02]

good to see you still workin robbie keep it up we're still rootin for ya ;)

[Brushfire0605]

keep it up man!
post some screns if you get the chance ^^ lol
were all rootin fo ya
-brush

[Robbie]

Only one new screenshot today:

http://www.pokeonline.net/images/four.gif

This is one of the variations of Pokémon Centres in the game. Basically there will be three forms, the one shown above which is a "do-it-yourself" Pokémon Centre, a single-story one exactly like the lower floor of the Pokémon Centres in FR/LG and a two-story Centre with facilities for healing your own Pokémon or paying Nurse Joy to do it for you. Pokémon Centres won't be free in the game. I'm planning on having a small fee of about ten credits per healing. Money will be pretty easy to come by, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem for most people.

[DarkDoom3000]

nice
mabye you could make a leuge like in the casrtoons where its player vs player until the last one standing -who wins a big prize

[Sonnos]

yay another screen!! im rooting for you! :D

[Sorye HK]

Yet another great screen. Keep it up!!!

[RM2K3kid]

lol great work. Looking forward to more.

[Robbie]

I've just finished working on the PokéOnline website: http://www.pokeonline.net

More will be added to it over time, of course. Note that the account you register will be the account you use in the game, so choose your username carefully.

Let me know what you think! :)

[Uber_Flame]

This is online right..as the name says
I like it,but i got a question in-game pokemon,if you bump into someone you can't get any closer then that,and since this game might have alot of player,you probably couldn't move around alot...so will you be able to like stay in the same spot as them,so you can move around,if you understand what i'm saying,and the game looks nice,keep up the good work.

[Neo-Dragon]

nice looking site, can't wait to play the game.
I'm rooting for you :)

[Robbie]

This is online right..as the name says
I like it,but i got a question in-game pokemon,if you bump into someone you can't get any closer then that,and since this game might have alot of player,you probably couldn't move around alot...so will you be able to like stay in the same spot as them,so you can move around,if you understand what i'm saying,and the game looks nice,keep up the good work.

It's online, but it's in development still.

You'll be able to walk through other players. It would be senseless to make you stop when you touched another person.

[retsubty]

if you were to estimate how much more time before the final release, about how much time would that be... (you dont have to answer)

[Chibi-chan]

I see that it says you can be a nurse. Will there be special places and things only nurses can do?

[Robbie]

I see that it says you can be a nurse. Will there be special places and things only nurses can do?

Yes. Nurses will be able to get jobs in Pokémon Centres. I'm not sure exactly what you'll be able to do in the various roles, but there will definately be jobs for players to earn money.

if you were to estimate how much more time before the final release, about how much time would that be... (you dont have to answer)

There will probably never be a final release. The game will be released slowly over time, as with most online games. Not all of the game features will be included in the initial release.

[Peekimon]

The site is wonderful! I would love to see more screenies on this! Keep up the wonderful work!

[Loco123]

What Program are you using?Or are you making it out of scratch with C++ and visual basics?

[Burninating_Torchic]

can we see some screenshots of multiple users on the same map?

Also, you may want to do what Pokecrater now does on their maps, for when multiple people are on the same spot.
Since that could be happening alot...

[Rhykasho]

This game is looking great so far, I luv the idea ^_^
I cant wait to see in in action, if this game is any good it will become a huge hit!!!
I also like the idea about different jobs eg nurse, this will make the game alot more intresting then if everyone was just trainers :D

[Robbie]

Just a little update on progress:

I've decided that the game is going to take place in Kanto. My mapping skills aren't really as good as they could be, and it's probably a good idea to have the game take place somewhere people all know. There will be some changes made to the locations, of course.

I think players won't be able to choose which town they start the game in. I like the idea of the game randomly choosing a starting town for them, and letting them make there way from there. The only place to get a starter Pokémon will be from Professor Oak in Pallet Town, and the only place to get a job as a Pokémon Centre nurse will be in Saffron City. I think this makes the game a little more challenging for players, rather than guiding them through everything at the start like the GBA games do.

Anyway, that's all for now. Thanks goes out to all the people who have signed up so, far!

[Burninating_Torchic]

Just a little update on progress:

I've decided that the game is going to take place in Kanto. My mapping skills aren't really as good as they could be, and it's probably a good idea to have the game take place somewhere people all know. There will be some changes made to the locations, of course.

I think players won't be able to choose which town they start the game in. I like the idea of the game randomly choosing a starting town for them, and letting them make there way from there. The only place to get a starter Pokémon will be from Professor Oak in Pallet Town, and the only place to get a job as a Pokémon Centre nurse will be in Saffron City. I think this makes the game a little more challenging for players, rather than guiding them through everything at the start like the GBA games do.

Anyway, that's all for now. Thanks goes out to all the people who have signed up so, far!

Theres a problem with this.
What if they don't start at pallet town, yet that's the only place to get your first pokemon. You then risk getting attacked by pokemon when you have no pokemon of your own.

Worse yet would be starting off at Cinnibar. You'd have no way off the island, since you'd have no pokemon to surf on.

[Robbie]

The SS Anne will go to several other places, including Cinnabar Island. All players will need to do would be raise enough money to purchase a ticket.

As for getting attacked by wild Pokémon - Pokémon will only attack you if you have a Pokémon of your own. Unrealistic as it may be, it's the only way I can see to make it work. Of course, I may decide to have everyone start at Pallet Town. It's not fully decided yet.

[DarkDoom3000]

mabye you could buy a rattata or a pidgey off someone to start you off
then go to professer oaks to get a real starter
because then you can experience the battle

and another question

in gameboy games when you travel more into the reijon the pokemon are stronger

like in falishea city( i dont know the spelling )
the pokemon around there would be about level 20 or something
is that in your game?

Imagine starting off there .....:dead:

[Raccoon]

Valid point there, DarkDoom, that could cause problems!
Hope he can work this out.

[Innocence]

This sounds like a great game!!! The idea is awsome! i allready signed up!
About the problem, if you can't run into pokemon untill pallet town, then there is no problem.

[Tetsu]

I love the idea of this game so far. Nothing negative about it comes to mind. I really think you should go with the 'No-battle-unless-you-have-a-pokemon' idea. Are you going to make it so you can choose not to have any pokemon with you?(store all of them in a box) if so, you'll have to make it so you can't get to certain places without a pokemon. I apologize if this has already been said. I didn't read all the 86 posts.

[outlaw]

Nice game I already signed up I can't wait for a demo

[Jordan]

What do guys means you signed up?

[Homsar_225]

This looks so freaking awesome. Any projection on when it will be done?

[outlaw]

Go to the website (its on the 3rd page)

[DarkDoom3000]

Cool im sigining up right now!!!!

[Raichu_tamer]

I've signed up already, this game looks really good so far! ^.^

Regardless of where you start, if you need to get your pokemon from Pallet, and you can't be attacked without a pokemon, then it'd be just like starting from Pallet, so it shouldn't matter what level the pokemon of the gym leaders in the city you start in are, right? Sorry if someone already said that, but yeah XD Looks really really good!! Can't wait for it to come out!!

[Kendoman]

Hey, this is one of the coolest games I've seen on PokeCommunity! I hope you get it finished.

[Jaybob]

i signed up this looks like a fantastic game plz get it done

[Shadow Death]

I'm gonna be a journey trainer lol

[Jaybob]

Is It Possible To Be A Nurse And Then Be A Trainer As Well?

[Jordan]

1. Me signed up about a few days ago.
2. Me no want to be nurse. Me want to be trainer.

[Charizard_Fire_God]

Hmm, looks pretty promising... an' ta tell ya tha truth my puny little broken ticker called tha brain can't possibly comprehend WHAT would happen if a MMORPG pkmn game would be released. Lol, I'd play that 20 hours a day. Well my main concern will be how well tha connection will go, but if that turns out fine tha game will probably hit harder than anything Nintendo has made! W00t! ^_^

[Superiority]

*registers* dude u inspired me to make an mmorpg of my own..great job so far..

[Innocence]

I've signed up already, this game looks really good so far! ^.^

Regardless of where you start, if you need to get your pokemon from Pallet, and you can't be attacked without a pokemon, then it'd be just like starting from Pallet, so it shouldn't matter what level the pokemon of the gym leaders in the city you start in are, right? Sorry if someone already said that, but yeah XD Looks really really good!! Can't wait for it to come out!!

Yup, Someone allready said that. If this is going to have kanto, Is it going to have Sevii Islands? Sorry if someone allready said the answer.

EDIT: Darn! A near miss to 100th post XD

[Raccoon]

That was the 100th post :S Ooerr...

[Latias_fan]

Got a Idea.When It is done how about getting someone to advertise it.

[Superiority]

That was the 100th post :S Ooerr...
Nope.i was XD
anyways i can help advertise it when its done.

[shadow909]

hey if your going to make a pokemon online, try to make people online to be gym leaders gym leaders, and (or) elite four. would be great.

[Avatar]

heres some sprites, if you want one. just thought i could help. :cool: dont look at me at the wally. and red, i ripped them out.
...Are you trying to take credit for my work?

[shadow909]

no i just try to look for the person who made it but i couldnt fine, witch i forgot to say not mine.

[Superiority]

i seriously doubt that..why would you say 'i ripped them out.' then?

[shadow909]

ok im srry i said i did it myself.. but the rest of the stuff i did myself

[Sorye HK]

Ok, let's just end the issue here.

[aflowf]

^^ Thanks. Players will be able to choose their gender from the very start - clothing I'm not so keen on as it would take a lot of work to get it working properly, and it's not something I want to include in the first version. Probably later on once I've got all the more important things such as the battle engine working correctly.



I'm going to have different kinds of Pokémon Center. For the smaller islands, the centers will be smaller, perhaps with a single Nurse Joy, whereas on the larger islands, the centers will have two or three nurses there.

The mouse will be used to interact with objects such as menus and inventories. It will be entirely different from the Gameboy games in that respect.
Hey dude,
Am new here but i just read and saw the screen shots and they were hot,goodluck and if maybe you might have finished then see this message as begginers mesagge.best of luck.

[halfling2]

I could do hand-drawn clothing, but not sprited.

[halfling2]

The SS Anne will go to several other places, including Cinnabar Island. All players will need to do would be raise enough money to purchase a ticket.

As for getting attacked by wild Pokémon - Pokémon will only attack you if you have a Pokémon of your own. Unrealistic as it may be, it's the only way I can see to make it work. Of course, I may decide to have everyone start at Pallet Town. It's not fully decided yet.
I think it would be cooler if the trainers could have their own move set and beat up the wild Pokemon. Another problem with starting in a later town is that the Pokemon are stronger in certain areas, but the only getting starters in Pallet Town solves that. What kind of starters are you offering? Each region's, Kanto's only, common wild ones, or new ones?

[DMMP]

You know the person that is making this thread has been out for quite a while. I recently tried contacting him, but to no avail. Like many of the threads of recent, the starters are just dissapearing...

[Veemon]

I registered, but I'm getting a feeling that he's working on big, big updates.

I'll PM him to see what's going on.

[Avatar]

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What was the point of that?

[Sion]

I IM'd Robbie, and he said Its still going on so... For Jobs, If your Nurse you could get bonuses like If your a nurse your pokemon get the Regeneration affect. But their attack is decreased. Breeders have a +30 % chance of breeding pokemon than regular trainers. Police are allowed to engage any trainers at anytime but if they disobey the Laws in that town they can get their badge pulled, but they are payed if they take out trainers disobeying rules.

For the starter pokemon. I dont think you should have to travel all the way across the continent to start the game. Thats not really cool and will take away the fun. You need to set a certain uilding it doesnt have to be big. Where Trainers are allowed to go and pick a pokemon thats avaliable. You should have it that diff towns have diff starting pokemon. And not to really have it to the starters are charamander and squirtel. But that its maybe Geodude or Evee or somthing.

For your tastes you could make like a White House kind of building for you to stay at. And trainers can request to see you or other high authority if they have problems with the laws or anythng like that.

Cop - 250 an hour
you could make pormotions and stuff.

Nurse - Regeneration to one pokemon in the party
110 an hour

Breeder - 35 % more chance of succesful breeding

Regular Trainer - 0 an hour. But PP increased by 10

Just some advice. Good Luck.

[Veemon]

Ok, I just got the E-Mail, but what do I click on? It just says, "Your account has been activated!" I need help really bad!

[Sion]

Ok, If u click it then your account is activated and you'll be able to sign in when the game comes out.

[Naas02]

You know for the breeders you could give them a higher percent chance of having the egg match the Nature of one the parents, give them a higher percent chance of breeding a female, or have them with a higher chance of getting good IV's that you know people will want because of the type of hidden power you would use on them (EX: Dodrio=ground, Gyrados=Flying, Dugtrio=fighting)

[Bruno1440]

wich program you use to create this game?(pokemon online)

[Robbie]

Sorry I haven't posted much here. I haven't really had the time. Progress on the game is going well. Right now I'm focusing mainly on getting the website bits fully functioning before I progress with the actual game as some of the game will rely a lot on parts of the site.

I've thought about the whole "getting a Pokémon" thing and I've decided that there will be three or four "adoption agencies" throughout the region where trainers can get their first Pokémon. Pallet Town may or may not be one of these places - I'm considering turning Professor Oak into more of a teacher for trainers rather than him giving out Pokémon.

I'm also pleased to say that seventy people have now signed up for the game. Thanks for all the support! :)

wich program you use to create this game?(pokemon online)
Multimedia Fusion 1.5 Professional.

[halfling2]

Say, where do you register? And if you have the adoption centers then you'll still have trouble with the wild Pokemon's levels.

[Veemon]

Say, where do you register? And if you have the adoption centers then you'll still have trouble with the wild Pokemon's levels.
You register here.


http://www.pokeonline.net/register.php

[Renagadez]

I registered,the game is looking really cool,I hope it gets completed and very popular x3

[Veemon]

So Robbie, when do you assume Pokemon Online will be 100% completed? And also, can you see other players there?

[halfling2]

K, signed up. I forgot what I was going to say..... oh yeah. What's the point of having the upper area in the PokemonCenter?

[Sion]

He should have it so he you can search for players to battle and set prizes and stuff.
Like i could search for Halfling2 if hes online. I can set potion and 300 G and he can set potion and 320 G or somthing if i win i get the prizes. A thought that can be considered if your not allowed to set prizes in regular battles.

[halfling2]

Yeah, that would make battles alot more interesting. You need to make something to counter sore losers that close the page when they're about to lose. Like they can't continue until they finish the battle with the other trainer. All you need to do is make it save the game every turn so they can continue from where they were.

[MewMaster1000]

Could you give me a PM about the website when your done Robbie? I just really need to know the address. It's MewMaster1000 exactly.

[darkpikachu3000]

I know it's been renamed to PokeOnline, but how about Pokemonline?

[Sion]

Robbie still hasnt Returned... I'll try and IM him again when he comes on...

[shadow909]

yo sion...... tell robbie if you imed him to put elite fours and gym leaders. that people online can be gym leaders.

what the heck who deleted my post that said in the first page or 2cnd that you should be a gym leader or (or and) elite four?

well who will be the elite fours????????or gym leasders? man if only i could be a gym leader.

[Sion]

Haha, I'm sure they will be npcs because you'd have to be on 24 hours a day.. because people would be getting all the badges ever minute. But I'll IM hiom when he returns.. i think hes on now..

[Atomic]

why exactly do we need our first and last names on sign in and cant wait

[Berino]

where is the website to play pokeonline i cant find it.

plz tell me :)

[Webmaster Tyler]

Its not even out yet
If you read above it would've said it

[Berino]

ye well im blind and cant read so dont take the mic out of me

[Webmaster Tyler]

What do you mean ur blind

[DarknessMonkey]

I already went to the site & registered for the game.
But now..I think you should make maps bigger so that people can get past others.

I also suggest this..in the PokeCenter you should make it a BIG room with about 10 healing machines, that way when you go upstairs you don't get stuck in a line to heal your Pokemon.

By the way this will be great when it's done.

[The Dash]

Wow this looks awesome :o But i really think you should make it so you can go through others :\