Pokemon: Hidden Depths

[Dawson]

POKéMON: Hidden Depths
A Dawson and SaintBeast production

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Pokemon: Hidden Depths has returned to DHi. Some of you may remember it some of you may never of heard of it but its back and better than ever! Now be prepared for about 10 minutes of reading all the info or do what most people do and just scroll down to the pictures. Well here goes:


Prologue


Following a series of high profile criminal activity by Team Aqua and Magma, competition becomes serious between the rival factions and a battle of ego's soon becomes an all out turf war for control of the Mikon Region. A few years on following Team Rocket's downfall in the Kanto Region, Giovanni decides to use Mikon's current vulnerability at the hands of the warring Aqua and Magma to launch his own attack on regional domination using his reformed and retrained Team Rocket.

Despite the current crime waves the Thaio Region, which is relatively unknown compared to the huge tourist spots of Kanto and Johto, is expanding. The mayor has recently been given permission by the Pokémon League Commissioner to host their own League Championships. Following this news it becomes obligatory for 16 year olds wanting to become trainers to become a Pokémon to start with by Thaio's Pokémon expert, Prof Pine. Ryan is a 16 year old boy from Farebloom Town and will be receiving his first Pokémon from his neighbour, Prof Pine, in the morning so he can attempt to fulfil his dream as the first Thaio League Champion.

However, after hearing of the $50,000 prize money for the Pokémon League Champion, Team Aqua and Magma decide to try to cheat their way to the title by forcing Pokémon Officials to automatically enter their members into the tournament without having to go through the compulsory badge collecting challenge as well as provide them with all trainer and Pokémon information they need to gain the upper hand on all of their potential rivals.

On top of that Team Rocket begin their assault and are ruthlessly decimating anybody who gets in their way. It's up to you to fulfil your dream and destiny of becoming Pokémon League Champion. But with Team Aqua and Team Magma willing to do anything they can to win, as well as orruption from the Officials,and Team Rocket causing havoc all over the place, it's not going to be easy.


Main Characters


~Damien~ The male hero http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/phoenix316/TrnerBoy001.png

Damien is a 15 year old boy from Farebloom Town. Damien has always been interested in Pokemon and from a very age showed that he was gifted in handling Pokemon. He spent a lot of time at Dirk's lab helping to tame and befriend all the wild Pokemon that Dirk had brought in. Damien struck up a particular bond with the first Pokemon Dirk ever showed him. It was always Damien's dream to travel the world and meet as many different species of Pokemon as possible. However, a few years ago, Damien's father walked out on him and his mother. Consequently, Damien's mother couldn't cope with the distress and the strain that it had caused and suffered a breakdown. Damien was forced into becoming a stronger, more independant person and cared for his mother as well as taking responsibility for the general running of the house. Fortunately now things are starting to get back back to normal with Damien's mother being back at full health and looking to the future.

~Madison~ The female hero http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/phoenix316/Erika.jpg

Madison is a 15 year old girl from Farebloom Town. Madison's ambition in life is to move from Farebloom Town to one of the big cities where there is more excitement. Madison's interest in Pokemon began about 4 years ago, shortly after her mother died. With her father also distraught, she turned to Pokemon for comfort. She began spending more and more time in Dirk's lab to try to get herself through such a difficult time. While spending so much time in the lab, she struck up a life long bond with one particular Pokemon. Now, both Madison and her father have moved on and put their past pain behind them and have looked to the future and decided to try to achieve their dreams.

~Dirk~

Researcher Dirk has spent his entire life studying Pokemon artefacts. He has tried to figure out the link that connects all Pokemon together as well as the reason for their existance. Now that he has grown weary of travelling the world looking for more subjects to research, and concluding that his original task was impossible for just one man, he resides in the quaint atmosphere of Farebloom Town where he spends his leisure time studying the masses of strange objects that he collected on his travels in the hope that, just possibly, he could uncover one of the many mysteries of the Pokemon.

~Azzy~ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/phoenix316/TrnerAzzy001.png

Azzy is a sassy, energetic 14 year old Pokemon trainer from Dayflora Town. She admires all of the great Pokemon Trainers that have become famous and is desperate to replicate the fame and fortune that they have achieved with their Pokemon. Fame is her biggest goal and she will do anything if she believes that it will help her become more famous, even if it means taking shortcuts or making poor decisions and character judgements. Overall, she is a nice helpful girl, even if she is a little bit too headstrong and determined for success.

~Mace~ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/phoenix316/TrnerMace01.png

Mace is a calm, intelligent 16 year old wannabe Gym Leader from Johto. He believes he has the necessary attributes and Pokemon skills to become one of the greatest Gym Leaders ever. Mace is very methodical and is very often the voice of reason or the saviour whenever Azzy or Kyte have problems or get into trouble. He has a talent to look at situations from many different perspectives to find the best solution. He also has a strong affinity with nature and considers anyone that tries to destroy any part of nature a sworn enemy. He is also very interested in ancient Pokemon ruins.

~Kyte~ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/phoenix316/TrnrKyte01.png

Kyte is a cute, playful 12 year old Pokemon lover from Heyspark City. Her idol is Suzie, the great Pokemon breeder. Kyte loves the cuteness and inner beauty of Pokemon and wants to become a Pokemon breeder to help all Pokemon to become as happy as possible. She also admires Azzy's determination and considers her a great role model and tries to base her attitude on Azzy's. She can be very gullible at times, which often leads to her getting into trouble that she can't cope with.


Screens



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[Sponge_Bartjuh]

omg... if u can do this, you'll be my god.. but we'll see how this turns out ;)

[awkwardsilencer]

Phoenix do u got aim?..........................

[Dawson]

no........... but i do have msn. My ad is phoenixgamez@msn.com

[DarkMage31]

Coming from BartBoys, that's high praise!

You'll require lots of forks for that breeding sytem of yours. Good luck!!!

[Dawson]

These are a couple of in progress Pokemon that I may develop properly into the game. I have yet to decide whether they will have connections with previous Pokemon or whether they will be individual. For instance Aquadon may become the second evolution in between Magikarp and Gyarados with Gyarados' strength increasing and Togetiga will probably become Togetic's evolution because with my game I also intend to utilize pretty much pointless Pokemon to their maximum so expect new forms of other underused Pokemon soon and let me know what you think of these. I will also post some screenshots soon.
P.S sorry for the double post.

[DarkMage31]

No bad! The real challenge will be in making the sprites though! Good luck!

[Dawson]

Here are the first screens of the Hoenn region, which is what i am working on first. I would also like to know how people are progressing with the "official" CBS as i need it desperately and please post any comments or suggestions because constructive criticism is always appreciated.

P.S. The menu was taken from somebody elses game but i can't remember who's so if it is yours just tell so i can give you credit although it probably wont be a permanent feature as i do intend to create my own and thanx.

[Sponge_Bartjuh]

it looks good, over basic :) The menu seems on a wrong place, but ****, it looks cool. Keep it up, I'm rooting for you baby. (the same sentence ur mom uses every time in G/S/C :P)

[Dawson]

The menu is only a temp and will be adjusted soon. The map is an exact replica of r/s down to the last tree. If it looks over basic then i might have to edit it a bit more. I might start designing for the new town tomorrow but i still don't have a name for it. Any suggestions?

PS still no posts regarding new Pokemon......

[DarkMage31]

Looks good! I can't really comment about Map design because someone else in Nintendo did that. But the CBS is coming along OK. Don't expect it for a while though. Concentrate on your map's and fun stuff, because that's a lot more satisfying than anything else you'll do. Don't worry about the battles until we release our game. Unless of course you want to be in on it and insert our beta version into your game ;) *hint hint*

[Dawson]

DarkMage31, i'd be more than happy to help out with your CBS in my game because i'd like to see how well it has been progressing. my msn ad is phoenixgamez@msn.com.
I've decided that i will start my game in the new region and i will be focusing on the maps for that over the next few days as well as the events upto the first couple of cities and routes. After that i can start thinking about a storyline.

[DarkMage31]

So if you were to join the team (which you will do, right?), what would you work on? CBS programming? Map design? Graphics? CMS?

And yes, the CBS will be public to all those who want to adapt it in their own games. Those who help make it (CBS or the whole game) will get the final version first though.

[Dawson]

I'll work on map design, graphics and maybe CMS as that is what i will be concentrating on in my game. i'm gonna need some details like what you want me to do how the maps will look

[Dawson]

The first screen shot of the first town of the new region. It's called Cena Town. hope you like it and feel free to comment or add suggestions. i've also fixed up the menu screen a bit.

sorry about the double post

[DarkMage31]

Town looks good, but the menue looks a little stretched to me. But good job anyway! Looks excellent!

You can help with map design. You'll be working with RM2K3kid on this, just so you know. Meerkat and I need to come up with a story, so when we do I'll let you know, and you can make the maps accordingly. Sound good? Also, if you want to contribute graphics, like chipsets or charsets, I'll write you down for those too.

[Dawson]

yeah sounds great! i've been working on chipsets today so if you need some you can have them.

[awkwardsilencer]

if you want to use any of my new pokemon on my thread, (ex: crudaunt, febotus, or iviper) then you can.

[DarkMage31]

Do you have backs of them? It would be great if you did!

[Dawson]

thanks awkwardsilencer that would be cool. Have you got any sprites of two different pokemon merged, for instance spearow and taillow because i need these for my breeding system.

[awkwardsilencer]

ill try to make them, do you knwo a sight with backs that i could just edit to look like it?, or what kind of file i make a back in( is it a sprite?)

[DarkMage31]

Yeah, just like in pokemon battles, you see the back of yours and the front of the enemies. Unless we have a front and a back, we can't use the sprite ;)

Yes, it would be a sprite. Thanks! You're a great spriter!

[awkwardsilencer]

hey if u go to my games thread, i put the back up for crudaunt

[Intuition]

sounds great guys.. keep up the good work :classic:

[DarkMage31]

I'll go and check it out now! Thanks so much!

[Dawson]

dm im working on the back pic of one of my pokemon at the moment and ill upload it in about an hour. i wanna see what you think and see if you think it can be improved.

[Dawson]

OK, here is the first back picture of Aquadon. It still has work to be done and areas to be tweaked but a bit of feedback on colours, size and positioning for the CBS would be useful and appreciated.

[DarkMage31]

Everything looks good fundamentaly. However, if I were to use it, can I do some shading and spiff it up a little? You used all solid colors.

Light Source> <Shadow

You mind?

[Dawson]

of course, like i mentioned it is just a first attempt to demonstrate how the actual pokemon looks like. feel free to modify it. I probably will myself anyway.

[DarkMage31]

okay, thanks. I'll post the results when I'm finished ;)

[Dawson]

no probs. Oh i am also working on a grass type eevee evolution which i hope will be pretty cool because as i said at the start of the thread grass pokemon are seriously overlooked by nintendo *cough*, bellossom, *cough*, roselia*cough*.

[Dawson]

Guys i thought i'd let you know my website is now up although there isn't much content at the moment so it isn't worth visiting just yet. i'll let you know when it is finished as it will have more screenshots and info about my game.
The site is www.freewebs.com/phoenixgamez

[DarkMage31]

Cool! All freewebs sites are professional looking! Can't wait to play!

[Dawson]

DM, do you know when the first demo for the cbs will be released because i cant really release a demo of this until i have the cbs. i only need it working for 1-3 pokemon.

[Avatar]

Im not sure there is an official release date yet, but then again this gives you some time to test your game for bugs, etc and work a bit more on it

[Dawson]

ok, i have a problem with my game.i need to make the text box to two lines but i haven't got a clue how to do it. Anybody able to help me? i appreciate it loads.

[DarkMage31]

1. No date yet. Sorry

2. A. Create a picture of what you want the text box to look like (Show Picture command). Then for your message make the box transparent (Message Style command) and only type in the bottom two lines. Work?

[Dawson]

thanks DM that helped alot. im finally making some decent progresson the game now.

[DarkMage31]

No problem! I personally prefer to stick to the default messages, but it's good to know what to do ;)

[Dawson]

a bit irrellevent DM, but i think you spelt speak wrong in leet.

[Sponge_Bartjuh]

hmmm it sure looks good, still there's one thing bugging me (not only this game, but a lot of other pokémon fangames too)...

Why does everyone have 'TRAINER' in the menu, why not the actual name? I know it can be hard to do so, but it ís possible.

Anyway, back to YOUR game: I like the design of the new town :) It really brings the pokémon feel back to me. Keep it up :)

[Dawson]

the 'TRAINER' in the menu is just a temp to make sure that the rest of the cms is working. after some real progression has been made with the storyline and cbs i can go back and just change it as i will have more time.
Oh, and thanks for the compliments

[DarkMage31]

It's loads easier just to have one picture for the menue. For the group project, it'll be easy with the custom Enter Hero Name (All Hail Meerkat). But for my name, "Trainer" is simple, at it works. No one's going to say, I rate your game 5/10 because you have "Trainer" instead of my custom name! Hmph!

I will if I feel it's necessary though.

[awkwardsilencer]

yeh, you should save all the little stuff like that for the end, and just get the whole like big chunk done first.

[Dawson]

i thought i'd update you on Pokemon:Hidden Depths (P:HD for short). There will be three entirely new starting pokemon which i am currently working on.
I've also thought of a pretty cool feature for my game that i don't think anyone has done. There is a gamecube connected to a tv in the players bedroom, right? well how about this, everytime you defeat a gym leader a new minigame gets added and can be played from the gamecube. sound ok?

[DarkMage31]

Yeah, that sounds good! I was planning on doing that in my PC system though. Also, maybe you can get a GBA along your quest, and you can hook it up to your GameCube for more minigame! Of course, you would have to buy the special hooker-upper, and if you want the Gameboy Gamecube player for even more minigames!

[awkwardsilencer]

thats a great idea but ive heard some one else say it before, but yeh u should do that

[DarkMage31]

I made that GBA idea up for phoenix. I'm not using it in my game.

[Dawson]

Does anybody know how to change the font color because mine is a light blue and it is hard to see it on the white text box.

[Krazy_Meerkat]

you type /C[x] where x is a number between 0 and 20.. eg. /C[19] Hello

[DarkMage31]

Make sure it's a backslash (\). The one Meerkat posted won't work. Backslash is located in between Enter and Backspace.

If you don't like any of the font colors, you can directly edit the colors in iDraw or something. You can open the System tab and recolor. You can even make gradients!

[Krazy_Meerkat]

lol, i always get those two mixed up. not very hard mistake to make...

[Dawson]

I thought it was about time for another update because I haven't really updated for a while.
Here's the map of the first gym town which is called Nacoly Town, however you can only enter it once you obtain HM Surf.

[Sponge_Bartjuh]

looks ok, keep it up, phoenix

[Dawson]

The intro has just been completed and almost all the events have been completed. as soon as i get the beta cbs from DM or Meerkat i will be able to release the first demo.

[Krazy_Meerkat]

DM is working on it at the moment.. I'm not sure if we are ready to release it at it's current stage, but if everything's good then i spose you could adapt it.. I won't be including pictures of pokemon or backs for them, there will be the test ones and you will have to put your own pokemon backs and fronts in.. www.pokefor.tk has all backs and fronts of current pokemon (even shinies) just look in sprites section.

I think it's almost my turn to work on it again so if you wait a bit longer then you can get the new version (some pictures still need to be added in and there is no HP system yet)

[Dawson]

i can wait for the cbs. it just gives me extra time to tweak with everything else for a while. and i already have all the front and back pics for all the pokemon, but thanks anyway

[youngotaku]

awesome job, phionex. :latias: :chu:

[Dawson]

it's been a busy day for me today! i've started on the battle sprites for the new pokemon but i will probably need someone's help with the back pics because I'm not the greatest spriter, however i will do my best on them.

[DarkMage31]

I'll be passing it back to you soon Meerkat so you can do your additional ferocity system or whatnot. I'll also send the avi of the intro pan if you want a point of reference.

[Dawson]

Here's the first two screens from the intro. Featuring Prof. Keogh and the hero. let me know what you think of the images.

[PokemonAvenger]

Looking Good, Phoenix!!! But I do Have some questions...

1. How can we buy the finished game?
2. Will the letter styles and borders be interchangable?
3. What is the opening price of the game>?

Anyway, keep it up! If you do a good job, you may even be able to top Fire Red and Leaf Green!

[DarkMage31]

It should be for free. it would be quite illegal if it were not.

Screens look great! Nice custom message system. The gradient at the top looks out of place because it is taken from r/s, which fades yellow to black. Since you replaced the black with blue, you'll need to change the gradient.

Did you draw the prof or hero? (I never played FR/LG)

[Dawson]

PokemonAvenger:
1, The finished game will be downloadable for free from my site www.freewebs.com/phoenixgamez but that is a while away yet but all demos will also be available from the site. i'll post here when demos are available.
2, Haven't really thought about making the borders interchangable but i'll take it into consideration
3, I don't understand this.
and thanx for the compliments!

DM, The Prof. is a completely revamped version of Prof. Oak and the hero is a recoloured version of the r/s hero.
I know the top of the screen looks out of place, its because it was meant to be black but it made most of the Prof's hair disappear so I had to change it to blue and I could'nt really be bothered to do the whole gradient just yet.
Anyway I appreciate all the feedback!

[Krazy_Meerkat]

No need to worry about sending me that avi, I have the R/S roms and i will just get the intro from there. Besides, avi's usualy tend to be huge files

[DarkMage31]

Roger that. When I get more time I'll package it all up.

[Krazy_Meerkat]

Ok. When will you be sending it to me? I want to see the new stuff you did to it.

[DarkMage31]

I didn't do much, just added the possibility of enemy attack. Speed still needs to be factored in, as well as damage calculators. We should move more stuff to Common Events for easier reference. I'll send it whenever I have time.

[Krazy_Meerkat]

what should we do for speed?

[DarkMage31]

Have a variable for each pokemon's speed, then use a fork to determine which pokemon moves first. That's all.

[Krazy_Meerkat]

I like that idea.. what if they both have the same speed?

[Dawson]

well, i've finally completed the first two sets of starting Pokemon for the battle system. i'll do the next one tomorrow and work on the game a bit more and then if i have more time to spare i'll start work on some more new Pokemon to encounter on Route 1.

[Dawson]

following DM's advice on the intro sequence i've edited the gradient at the top of the screen.

[Dawson]

Here is the first title screen I have made featuring some of the new Pokemon. The title screen may change when the game is nearer to completion but it will do for now.

[Sponge_Bartjuh]

cool, though a bit weird title screen :P I like the intro scenes too. Good job :D

[Dawson]

I've finished all three starting Pokemon now. ii will start work on the next route and town soon...

[Krazy_Meerkat]

Looks like a good title screen but I don't like the white background. Maybe you should colour it in blue?

[Dawson]

yeah i intend to colour it in but for some reason i can't use the paint options on my photoshop program which is what i made the title screen with.

[Dawson]

heres a bit of the story:
Team Aqua and Team Magma join forces and create Team Steam (gettit?) and they attempt to control the world by awakening and controlling the three legendary, mythical pokemon. Yeah its a big, fat cliche i know, but how about this. They succeed and rule over Hoenn to start with and spread to Johto and then to Kanto. It's upto you to foil their attempt to rule your home region but the only way to do it is to capture the right Pokemon that will help you as well as the two peace makers (mewtwo,mew lugia,celebi Jirachi,deoxys that sort of thing) and then have the ultimate battle with the entire world at stake.
This will happen during the second half of the game though as you have all the gyms to work through first...

[DarkMage31]

Save the pkmn! Sound good! The gradient looks much better now. The only thing I would improve is maybe to change the background of the title pic. Make it something cool!

[Krazy_Meerkat]

I like it dude, how far have you actually gotten in the game though? Got any screenies to share with us?

[Craig619]

this sounds promising! although i think you promised a bit too much at the beginning of the thread it definately sounds like you might be able to follow it up. I would like to see some newer screenshots though.

[Dawson]

I haven't updated for a while because I have been working on the Pokedex menu...man I gotta make 400+ different pictures just for the Pokedex! theres probably a quicker way but i understand my way and it makes sense to me. i thought it was about time i posted some more screenshots. Meerkat, i've just been perfecting the game as much as i can. when i get the cbs i'll have to create about 5 trainer battles, 2 gym trainers and the gym leader battles and then demo should be available.

[Craig619]

those screens are kewl!!! i like the message box and that new pokemon looks awesome, sort of a machop/charmander type thing. i can't wait for a demo now. you guys hurry it up with that cbs!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sponge_Bartjuh]

nice phoenix! Though that Pokémon doesn't really fit in with all the other pokémon sprites, it looks cool. Keep it up :)

[DarkMage31]

Great!
Here are my comments:
1) The message boarder can be a little thicker IMHO
2) The arrow to continue the message should have a transparant background. It's white right now.
3) The picture of the starting fighting pokemon should be a little smaller IMHO.

Though small, there's not much to improve on from those screens. Looks great, Phoenix! Good luck!

Battle Sys update: I'm trying to send the game to Meerkat now. He should be getting an email with the system. It'll go back and forth for a while until it's complete. Then the game is handed over to the CMS and map people so they can work on the story etc.

[Dawson]

I took on board all of the comments made and i wanna thank everyone for the positive feedback. i've made the changes suggested by DM and thanks for the battle system update. i'm always interested to hear how it's progressing.

[Dawson]

I have edited the title picture although it could still change if i can think of a better idea.

[DarkMage31]

Awesome! These look much better to me. Title screen looks great too. Maybe what would make it look even better was like a patterned background or something like a subtle gradient instead of just a solid color. I like the crispness of the Pokemon logo composition and the placement and balance of the pokemon on the outside. I think that purple cat thing appears twice though- once in the middle-top, and one in the upper right corner. Otherwise, it's lookin' great!

[Krazy_Meerkat]

yea............. I thought it was good too..

[Sponge_Bartjuh]

nice title screen! way better than the white one. Keep it up :)

[Dawson]

total count on new pokemon is 19(excluding legendaries) at the moment. Is that enough or should i take it up to 30+. also would you like to see more completely new pokemon or (pre)evolutions of existing pokemon.

[Craig619]

i'd like to see more completely new pokemon and also new attacks to increase the appeal of some of the weaker types like bug and poison as well as ghost and dark.

[DarkMage31]

Poisons are definately underpowered. there's a whole thread about that somewhere around this community...

Yeah, what he said ^__^

[Craig619]

i wonder why phoenix hasn't posted for a while. i hope he hasn't discontinued.... maybe he has been busy with the new pokemon...

[DarkMage31]

People come and go like the wind.......

[Dawson]

hey guys, sorry for not posting in while ive been really busy. I've been converting the game from r/s chipsets to fr/lg chipsets as well as new pokemon (53 so far!!!) i've also had loads of schoolwork and exam preparation to do but i'm gonna post a couple of pokedex pics in a bit.
DM thanx for the faith >_<........only j/k

[DarkMage31]

Any time... any time, phoenix.

[Dawson]

interest seems to be dying down...unfortunately my comp has broken down so i wont be working on the game for a while, maybe two weeks, but i can't release a demo until the battle system has been implemented into the game anyway and i don't know when i'll be getting that either. see ya.

[DarkMage31]

Yes, things have been dying down. No offense, but you're not exactly helping by breaking your comp :P

I say you release a demo without battles. Meerkat has the system now, and he's not posting for three weeks. It's going to be a while, so just release a demo already!!!

[Dawson]

a demo without battles? then you would just be walking around and talking for about 5 minutes.
oh well, i guess i could try it.
btw ive got access to a comp with rm2k3 so i can carry on working but i'm making loads of new changes to the maps and story

[Dawson]

here's the new changes i mentioned. you start off in the orange islands (cos its easiest to make) and have to complete the tournament. here are some screens...

note:- the battle screen is not actually of my game. it is from the demo that DM and Krazy made and i just changed the sprites for my new pokemon. i hope you like them...

[Sorye HK]

The second screenshot's really good! But I think you made the pokemon picture
section in the pokedex too narrow. There will be a lot of blank space when you insert normal pokemon.

[DarkMage31]

Wow, I'm lovin' that pokedex!

In the first screen, try connecting the hedges around the building in the middle where it curves inward. Also, there usually isn't any grass in towns/cities. I noticed that in the first screen.

How are you supposed to get up to that town??? :D :P

Nice sprites!

[Dawson]

thanks for the great comments. I want an opinion on what pokedex you prefer, the first one or this one. also DM that was an old map screen that i forgot to update. here's the new one.

[Neo]

Second one all the way! The shininess is awesome

[DarkMage31]

I'm with Neo on this one. The second one looks better IMO.

[Dawson]

haven't updated in a while because i've been playing colosseum (just came out in UK) and have been trying to make a chipset for Phenac Town (in colosseum) and revising for exams so not had much time for the game. Im gonna release a demo of the first island when most of the small stuff is done but it isn't going to be anything special since there aren't any battles.

EDIT: i forgot to mention that i am making a new type of Pokemon, Astro (couldn't think of a better name), as you could probably guess they are Pokemon from out of space. Cleffa/airy/able, solrock and lunatone all become Astro as well as about 6 new pokemon.
Astro moves so far are:
P-Ray-paralyzes foe 20pp 100% acc
Narcolepsy-puts foe to sleep 15pp 90% acc
StarDust-damage and lowers accuracy. Pow 35 30pp 95% acc
Comet Call-damage foe. Pow 80 15pp 100% acc
Armageddon-damage 50% chance of paralysis. Pow 120 5pp 80% acc
Astro are weak against: poison, ghost and bug
resistant against: electric and dark
strong against: dark, steel, psychic

let me know what you think and if you can think of a better name than Astro let me know

[Dawson]

Here is where I will post all new Pokemon
1:-Sporeon--Grass====Eevee--Leaf Stone--Sporeon
2:-Chrashtoid--Astro====No evolution chain (so far)
3:-Kaelao--Grass====Kaelao--lvl 25--Caniage
4:-Neptet--Astro====Neptet--lvl 20--Setirn
5:-Setirn--Astro====Neptet--lvl 20--Setirn

[Intuition]

I like them.. In fact, I like ur whole game!! Keep it up.. :)

[Dawson]

thanks mewther i appreciate the compliments

[DarkMage31]

Looks good! Who came up with Sporeon? I gotta check that old thread...

[PatriotFan89]

Looks really good! Keep up the good work and keep us updated!

[RM2K3kid]

Did you draw those new pokemon because they look pretty good.... Hope to see more of your game soon.

[Dawson]

yes i did draw them. they aren't quite finished yet because ive still got to add shading and lighting affects but they're coming on pretty good. i've been getting friends to draw some for me but they aren't that great so i have to work on my own with them. will be getting more work done soon because i start my study leave tomorrow, woohoo!!!!!!!!!!

[Dawson]

i've added a couple more pokemon to post #110 although they i am not entirely happy with them after seeing them with my other sprites so i will put more work onto them. here's another sprite:

Effijin--Fire/Grass==Flarecrow--lvl 23--Effijin

[DarkMage31]

That looks good! You should post some in the Art section.

[Dawson]

i'm really gonna put a lot of effort into the cms today, starting with the pokedex. here's a quick preview of the pokedex...

[DarkMage31]

Wow that looks great! Gotta go, so I'll give more comments later!

[Krazy_Meerkat]

I can't see any other attatchments but that one looks very professional. do you have a site yet? I would really like to see some info about the game and maybe some screenies:D

[Dawson]

yeah I have a website. i updated yesterday. it's www.freewebs.com/phoenixgamez. The site contains everything that i posted here as well as a lot more information and screenshots. Be sure to check it out and let me know what you think about it!

[DarkMage31]

That looks neat! Nice job! Those are a lot of "cut" bushes in the first screen though...

[Dawson]

here's an evolution chain i made and another pokedex pic

[Dawson]

guys i've put an early demo up on my site so you can download it now. The file is on the freewebs server but it is okay because the file is small (about 800kb)
The site is www.freewebs.com/phoenixgamez
Note:-there are still some bugs with the CMS in the demo but they will be fixed for the next release...

[DarkMage31]

Check the FAQ or file hosting sticky thread if you want a faster host.

And don't double post. Use thehttp://pokecommunity.com/images/templates/wooper/buttons/edit.gifbutton to save space. Annoying, I know. But it's my job ;)
_______________________________________________

Awesome! It just finished downloading!

*goes to play Hidden Depths*

[Dawson]

i coulda used the edit button but i wanted to inform people about the demo. it wont happen again...
*goes off and cries*

[DarkMage31]

Don't cry! I'm not trying to be mean... Just doing my job.
__

Anyway, I played your game! And I found several glitches, of course ;)
1) The CMS Pokédex has some messed up control issues.
2) When you leave a house, enter it, and try to leave again, you can't get out again. I had to restart twice :(
3) You can't talk to the shop guy or the Pokémon Center nurse
4) There's some weird overlap when you step on the escelator in the PK Center.
5) When you try to talk to yer mom and get the pidgey, the pidgey never dissappears.

Otherwise, it's lookin' great! :) :)

[Dawson]

thanks for the comments:-
1, already been fixed.
2, didn't know about this. will fix it soon.
3, i didn't see any point in doing this as you have no pokemon to heal or items to buy.
4, i knew about that but for some reason i haven't sorted it. *fixed*
5, oops, i just played the game and noticed that your mom turns away from you when she talks. *fixed*

[DarkMage31]

Glad to know they're fixed! I'll play it again, but I think that's it! Nice job!

[RM2K3kid]

I just played your game and it's great except a few glitches here and there. I hope to see more and good luck with it... :)

[Dawson]

thanx guys.
Remember in my first post i mentioned something about crossbreeding? well here is a few crossbred pokemon.
Note:-I haven't decided whether there will be two different sprites for each crossbreed. for instance Pidgey with spearows wings and tail and Spearow with pidgeys wings and tail. I might make one sprite for each gender.
Hope you like.

[Craig619]

wow! that blastoise one is awesome!! the demo is great, can't wait for a longer demo to play, keep it up!

[DarkMage31]

Yeah, my favorite is Blastoise too! That's awesome man. Nice job.

[Krazy_Meerkat]

man I played your game, you need to just fix up a few teleports because they go into the wrong houses, and to fix that repetative house-entering issue, just make the switch turn off immediatly after you teleport.
I was thinking of the whole pokemon cross-breeding thing. I will just make mine slightly different..

Loved your game dude! except for the lapras sprite, the guy was a bit messd up..

[RM2K3kid]

Hey I like your crossbreeded sprites. What you should do is when a pokemon is crossbreeded with a certain other pokemon and have it mutate realy bad now that would be kool :D ...

[Dawson]

What i was thinking about doing was making a tri-type. What i mean by this is by repeatedly crossbreeding different Pokemon you could give the Pokemon a 3rd type that removes the original Pokemon's weakness to make the breeding feature even morecrucial to the game because you will need the strongest Pokemon because the gym leaders will be harder than ever.

[Sorye HK]

Well, if you want to do it that way, you better have the breeding center somewhere
early in the game.

[Krazy_Meerkat]

What i was thinking about doing was making a tri-type. What i mean by this is by repeatedly crossbreeding different Pokemon you could give the Pokemon a 3rd type that removes the original Pokemon's weakness to make the breeding feature even morecrucial to the game because you will need the strongest Pokemon because the gym leaders will be harder than ever.
I had exactly the same idea, craig. But the monstrosity of the coding would far outweigh the whole game. it would be almost impossible to do.. if you wanted to do it right, that is.

[Dawson]

yeah your probbly right.
Anyway back to the new Pokemon. I've made a couple of pre-evolution pokemon, Forro the Lapras pre-evolution and Demew the Mewtwo pre-evolution. Demew will be uncovered in a sidequest. Hope you like and i always appreciate feedback.
More to come...

[DarkMage31]

Aww... they're so cute! I like the Demew the most :)

[Dawson]

Thanks DM. I'm working on some more but I can't decide which Pokemon to Pre-evolve.

[Krazy_Meerkat]

They're very good, did you do them yourself?

[Dawson]

They're very good, did you do them yourself?
Yep. I do almost all of the sprites myself. I'm going to be making new trainer sprites for the gym leaders too.

[RM2K3kid]

The sprites are great! I wish I could draw as good as you. Can I please use them in my game... with credit of course :) .

[Dawson]

of course you can, i'd like to see my pokemon in other peoples games

[DarkMage31]

It's been a while since you've updated. Any news?

[Dawson]

yeah it has been a while but with all my exams going on i havent been able to do much work on the game. I have been making some new pokemon sprites in my spare though so I haven't been completely slacking n_n

[DarkMage31]

As soon as exams are over, we'll all have a lot more time :)

Those sprites look great!!! What do you call them?

[Dawson]

Those sprites look great!!! What do you call them?
That's the difficult part. I have a lot of trouble with the names and trying to make them Pokemon-ish. The second sprite is Gonbe

[DarkMage31]

Just look at them and see what they look like. Then change it around a little bit. Just remember: It can't be any worse than some of the professional ones, like Nosepas ;)

[Dawson]

lol, i guess that's true. but for today i just need to rest. i went to the dentist earlier and had a tooth removed and a gold one fitted and now i am in total agony. >_<'

[Toothache]

Did someone say tooth?

:-)

[Dawson]

lol, your name resembles my pain.

[Krazy_Meerkat]

Gold tooth
*steal*

What u need a gold tooth for?

[Dawson]

i don't need it for anything. The dentist just put it in to cover the gap when he removed the tooth. I'm not complaining though because it is so bling.

[Krazy_Meerkat]

lol definately bling bling

[Dawson]

yeah, but i've gotta put up with the pain for a while.
Anyway, now that my exams are out of the way i've started work on mapping out Kanto. Take a look.

[DarkMage31]

Nice! They look straight out of FR/LG! Lookin' good, Phoenix! No suggestions.

[Dawson]

Thanks DM, i've done a couple more Pokemon as well, baby Onix and Bannette's evolution.

[DarkMage31]

Wow, you're good! The one on the left is awesome, but the baby onix's head looks a little big in proportion. I wouldn't change it though, because then it would look like a small regular onix. Nice job!

[Dawson]

yeah, I'm not completely happy with baby onix myself. I need to give it some tweaks to make it more individual.

[Sunwave]

I made this awhile ago but I think it's pretty good. I call it Flarmeleon, I think the name speaks for itself.

[Dawson]

I can't see it. have you actually posted it?

[RM2K3kid]

Hey phoenix316, the sprites are looking awesome :) .

[Dawson]

Thanks rm2k3kid

Progress on the maps is being made rapidly and I've done every area from Pallet to Mt Moon except for the insides of houses which is the thing I hate doing most, well, that and npc's.

[DarkMage31]

Heh, those are cool. No comments/suggestions except for adding the black darkness in the caves with only a little bit of light in a circle around you, like in R/S.

[Sunwave]

Sorry, I haven't been on lately. It can be found here:
http://groups.msn.com/PetersMegaSite/charsets.msnw
I also included it's prevolution Eevmander. If you want to use any of my charsets there just credit me as Oceanflame. Just one of my nicknames.

[RM2K3kid]

It's good to see you remaking kanto... And it's look great :) . How much have you done altogether? It's looking great I would love to play it :laugh: .

[Dawson]

Pretty much all of the Orange Islands have been done. I've just got to do some of the insides of buildings, lay hidden items and of course the battles.
I've fixed all of the errors I had in the cms and all functions except for the bag menu and the pokedex are fully functional.
I've thought of a great way to do the pokedex but it will take a lot of time and effort and i want to get as much done as I possibly can while I have nothing else to do and that's why I started working on the maps. Hopefully i'll have kanto finished by sunday and then i'll restart the programming side of the game.
But all in all it's coming along great after a long slow period I had and my motivation is sky high at the moment.

[Dawson]

-Update-
All of the maps upto celadon city are working and you can walk from Pallet to Celadon as you would in the game.
I've done a few more Pokemon and some back pics of some of my others.
I've made some chipsets for my new Region (still can't think of a name)
Storyline on paper has progressed.

Also, my original plan was to have 5 regions each with 8 gyms plus a tournament at the end of each region. As you'd probably have guessed that is very excessive and if each gym leader is only 2 levels higher than the last then you would be at lvl 80 when you defeat the last gym leader.
Now there are 4 regions. You battle only 4 gyms in each region. You choose which region you start in and that will affect which gyms you face in each region.

[PKMN_Sage]

Sounds like it'll be a whole LOT of work. But it'll definitely payoff in the end! When could we expect the next demo?

[Dawson]

i haven't decided on what to include into the next demo. I may have to use a temporary battle system which is something i was reluctant to do. I may release a tester of one of the bigger towns. It includes a Silph Co. type building, mini game, contest hall and a cave to explore. I don't want to release a demo until at least all of those are finished.

I haven't posted any screens of new areas for a while so here are a couple. Tell me if you can't see them.

[Imakuni?]

hmm... that looks cool. i deffinatly cannot wait until its released.

[PatriotFan89]

The screens are looking great. And yeah, to follow PKMN Sage, when can we expect a demo?

[Dawson]

like i said before, i'm not sure about the demo. Once i have certain things sorted i may think about releasing another demo. The first demo released was rushed out and wasn't very polished and to be honest i didn't like it myself and i regretted putting it out so i don't want to make the same mistake again. If i'm happy with what i've done when i've finished the town then i may release that town as a demo to show you what to expect from the rest of the game. To give a date would be difficult, all i can say is don't expect one for at least two weeks but you never know.

[PatriotFan89]

Well don't rush it. Take your time to do a good job rather than rush and leave many mistakes. Keep up the work and ignore those who persist for demos/betas. If you are happy with what you done then so are we. Good things will come for those who wait...

[Dawson]

i need some suggestions for a minigame or a puzzle type thing. I have a fairly big space at the top of the city and i want to put something fun or interesting in there.

[Auriok_Steelshaper]

How about a maze, or a casino or something like that...?

[Dawson]

a casino would be good but i was looking for something that wouldn't take too long to do. i'll think about the maze

[Dawson]

i just thought i'd let all of you guys know that i'm making charsets for everyone to use because people have been happy with the ones i've done for them. Charsets will include characters from the t.v series and i've already done ash in his new clothes. Although it isn't finished yet because i have to convert the colors to 256 bitmap.

[PKMN_Sage]

Another awesome addition to my charset, keep up the great work phoenix!

EDIT- you should probably put your name somewhere on the charset so that no one can claim it as their own.

[Dawson]

good idea PKMN Sage. that charset isn't finished yet though.

[Krazy_Meerkat]

Phoenix, could you please re-post those last 3 screenies as different images? My comp won't let me view .PNG anymore while I am browsing the internet for some reason..

[Dawson]

i posted two screens and one of my new charsets. i converted them to jpegs but there is a bit of color loss. its weird though because some people can't see pngs and bmps and some people can.

[PKMN_Sage]

But posting them as jpegs really lowers the resolution. So no one would be able to use them in their games, unless they like blurry little characters. :)

[Dawson]

i should have a demo out fairly soon because i've been working faster than i expected to. I wont put a date on the release but it shouldn't be too long.

[PKMN_Sage]

Sounds good! Can't wait to see what you've been working on Phoenix.

[Kevin007]

wow! for now, ur ash charset is added to my pc! wow..i like it! :nervous:

[Dawson]

thanks. I'll working on some more as well. By the end of the week I hope to have:
Ash, old and new
Brock, old and new
Misty, old and a new one
Max
Officer Jenny
Team Rocket
Tracey
Kenta
Marina
Kamon

[PKMN_Sage]

Wow! You must have a lot of time on your hands. These charsets will actually be a nice addition to anyone's game. Being custom charsets and all, it'll give games a sort of new feel to it. I'm really excited to see what you can come up with. So far you've never seem to dissapoint. ;)

[Dawson]

Believe me I have got a lot of time on my hands. Where I live in the West Midlands the weather has been crappy for more than 2 weeks so i can't go out except for sunday afternoon when i play for my football team.
Oh when i said end of the week, i meant the end of next week. I don't have that much time on my hands.

[Sorye HK]

Well, it's nice to see people working so hard.

[Dawson]

well i've got nothing better to do at the moment. These are the last screens i will post until after the demo is released.

[Krazy_Meerkat]

Can you post non-.PNG images please? I can't see them

[Sharpedo]

It looks great, phoenix316. I'm looking forward of playing your next demo. When can we expect him? (It's not to push, but i was just wondering ;) )

[Dawson]

I should have the demo out between next Tuesday and Friday. Saturday should be the latest it will be out. i'll post what will be included in the demo soon as well as changes from the first demo and what still needs to be done.

[PatriotFan89]

Sounds good phoenix. I'll keep checking back. I like those screens so far too!

[Dawson]

hey guys, i've just finished my trainer sprite for Ash charset i showed before.

[PKMN_Sage]

The Ash sprite looks really good. Should be a nice addition to a anime based game.

[Sorye HK]

That Ash sprite looks great! Hope to see it soon in your game!

[Avatar]

Yes the Ash sprite is really good, but it needs a bit shading, so how's this?

[Dawson]

yeah i realised that yesterday so i shaded it myself, i also made it smaller because the sprite was bigger than all the other trainer sprites. but thanks all the same.

[Dawson]

i apologise if the demo comes out a bit later than i previously stated. its because i'm adding more and more to it and i've got one irritating problem with the intro to sort out.
P.S that was my 500th post

[PKMN_Sage]

Don't worry about it phoenix. Take your time. Besides, if you're adding more to it, it'll be even better when you release it. :)

[Sorye HK]

I agree with PKMN Sage. Just take your time.

[Dawson]

Here's what you can expect from the demo:
Complete intro sequence
Boy/Girl Choice
Choice of Region
3 brand new starters
3 Towns
1 Cave
Day/Night system
Weather system

Here's what needs to be completed before I release the demo:
CNS
New boy/girl charsets
1 new starter
Weather system

So basically there's not a lot to do but it is time consuming but it shouldn't be too long.

[Krazy_Meerkat]

Are you going to use my CNS? If you need to you can.

[Dawson]

Thanks Krazy, that's helped me out alot. Now all that needs to be done:
New boy/girl charsets/trainer sprites
Weather system
Map events.

-EDIT-
Girl charset and trainer sprite done. Now left is:
boy charset/ trainer sprite
Weather system
Map events.

[Krazy_Meerkat]

Well if your using the battle then you have to use the CNS..
Anyway I hope you can complete your game soon. Good luck with that work :)

[Dawson]

Since the demo is taking longer to complete than I thought it would due to unforseen circumstances I've decided to release a couple more screens to, hopefully, generate some more interest. You can find more screens on my site which wont be found here and you can see a few new Pokemon as well...

[Sorye HK]

The screens look great! The third looks an extremely tiny
bit weird though.

My brother keeps asking about how you changed
the font to pokemon style.

[Booda Sack]

Looks cool Phoenix,the new pokemon look good to.

[Dawson]

Daegon, if you mean the water Pokemon then I agree with you. I have been trying so hard to come up with a water Pokemon that has a believable evolution chain but in the end I gave up and just used one of my other creations. I will change that in time however.
Booda, thanks alot. That means alot coming from you as it was you that ispired me to make a Pokemon game.

[PKMN_Sage]

The new Pokemon look really good! This game has got me interested, I'll definitely be downloading the demo!

[Avatar]

Since the demo is taking longer to complete than I thought it would due to unforseen circumstances I've decided to release a couple more screens to, hopefully, generate some more interest. You can find more screens on my site which wont be found here and you can see a few new Pokemon as well...

The Pokemon are nice and the second pic reminds me that I need to finish making my crystal sprites :confused:

[Krazy_Meerkat]

Love the screens phoenix, keep up the good work :)
The battle sys is being released tomorrow (demo) so feel free to use that in your demo..

[Dawson]

hurrah! great news about the demo Krazy, thanks alot!

[Sorye HK]

I'd love to see how far all these demos go after the battle system's release.

[Dawson]

If I'd have known the battle system was gonna be released tomorrow I would have put more time into the actual game instead of making new Pokemon. Anyway as for progress I'm just roping in and tying up all the small parts of the storyline at the moment.

[PKMN_Sage]

WOOHOO! Great news KM! We'll finally see how this battle system works.

[Brittany]

I can't wait to play the demo for your game!
I hope you aren't annoyed by this question, but now that the battle system demo is going to be released, do you have a set release date for the demo?

[BigBoyBrad]

this game looks great. I wanna play the demo now.

[Dawson]

I don't have a set release date for the demo but it shouldn't be long. I haven't actually got the battle system yet but once i do i just have to implement that and then it's just a case of adding in map events and fine tuning everything.

[Dawson]

Guys I need your help now. For some reason I'm not able to 'Save Target As' so I can't download music from www.vgmusic.com. So if anybody has or is willing to download the following music files could you please do me a big favor and upload them here, PM them to me or send them to phoenixgamez@msn.com. Here they are as they appear on www.vgmusic.com:
Desert
Dewford Town (2)
Evolving
Fallarbor Town
Intro (part 1)
Intro (part 2)
Level Up
Lilycove City
Route 104, 105, 106
Rustboro City
Shoal Cave
Show Me Around
Slateport City
Sootopolis
The End
Title Screen
Trainer Battle
Trainer Defeated
Wild Pokemon Battle
Wild Pokemon Fainted

Thanks to anybody who helps and I'll make sure you are credited for all your effort.

[Krazy_Meerkat]

Here ya go buddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dawson]

thanks alot Krazy, I can always count on you.

[Dawson]

The demo won't be long now. For some reason Krazy's battle system doesn't work properly in my game but once that is sorted the demo will be ready.

[PKMN_Sage]

Alright! It won't be long now, I just hope the demo is. Nothing better than playing a demo that doesn't take 3 minutes to complete.

[Dawson]

The demo is fairly long. I think you mean there's nothing worse than a demo that takes 3 minutes to complete, and i agree. The battles will add more play time as well so it should be quite lengthy.

[Sorye HK]

Great! There's nothing better than playing a demo after training.

[Dizzy]

This Game is just oh so freaking awesome, I've had my eye on it too! Keep us updated, Phoenix316 ^_^

[Dawson]

Here's a small Route that you get to play in the demo.
http://www.freewebs.com/phoenixgamez/Route002.png

[Sharpedo]

The screen looks great, but the charset of the Girl character from Crystal looks like a G/S sprite. It's not very colourful.

[Auriok_Steelshaper]

Cool!
And that hero sprite looks awesome! :D

[Dawson]

-Info on the demo-
I've just played through the game (without the battle system) and completed it in just over 45 minutes and that is when I knew exactly what to do and where to go. I've got the battle system in the game now at the expense of the cms for the time being but I think the battles are more important for the demo.
If people want a screen of my battle system before the demo is released, just ask.

[Sharpedo]

I would like to see one, phoenix..

[Dawson]

OK I'll post one. This is to show how much work I have to do on it before I release the demo. I've got to add the levels, gender for both Pokemon, the opposing Pokemon's HP and the Pokemon's name where it says 'What should do?' and then I'm pretty much done.
Here it is so far:
http://www.freewebs.com/phoenixgamez/Battle%20Screen%20v1.png

[Sorye HK]

Nice addition to the game phoenix! Why don't you make 6 heroes in the hero
section and change them for each pokemon? (each pokemon has a variable no.)

[Sharpedo]

How did you add the name of Bulbasaur. Did you take a pic from the Fr/Lg game or did you script that in the game? It looks great. You have my compliments...

[PKMN_Sage]

I agree. This game has been one of my favorites since I joined PC. I can't wait to see how it turns out phoenix! Keep it up, you're doing a tremendous job!

[Dawson]

An updated version of the battle system. I've just got to display both Pokemon's Lvl and a few more attacks. There are a few bugs in the enemy's HP bat to work out as well.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/phoenix316/BattleScreenv2.png

[Avatar]

Hehe, pretty nice progress so far, looking forward to seeing more ;)

[Sorye HK]

Screens look great! I think that the "What should Squirtle do"
line should be a little lower though.

[santadidit102]

yea......totally awesome though!!!!oh,and feel free to use my avatar........

[freakboy]

do you still need a new hero sprite?

you can use mine if you want it :)
thanks to Avatar for making it 256c.

[DarkMage31]

You can use my Hiro sprite if you want to. You know where to find it?

BTW, it all looks great! :D

[Avatar]

do you still need a new hero sprite?

you can use mine if you want it :)
thanks to Avatar for making it 256c.

I also made a change to the cap, not sure if you'll need it though, just PM me if you want it.

[Krazy_Meerkat]

Excellent work, phoenix! Do you think I could use that HP bar for the next release of the battle system?

[Sorye HK]

i think that it would look better if all the pokemon and grass were about 2 times bigger.

[Dawson]

Sorry for the lack of updates guys. I decided to take a break from working on the game because I lost all my inspiration and motivation. But during that time I did a lot of work on paper and came up with a new world map, more detailed towns and events and generally fine tuning how it will play out. And now that I've started working on the game again I decided to improve my chipsets. I'm not going to do anymore work on the CBS because I want to release a demo before I go on vacation on August 16th.