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Ruby hack: Pokemon Chronicles: Sands Of Time

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The Cynic

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THIS HACK IS NOW A GAME. CHECK OUT GAME DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NEW GAME!!!!


Pokemon Chronicles: The Sands Of Time

"At the edge of everything, where order meets chaos and exsistance meets nonexsistance, lies The Sands of Time"
Professer Alexander Minkowski PhD.

Hack of: Ruby

Features:

  • The vibrant new region of Vicitalis filled with stunning locations, puzzling riddles and exciting challenges! Diverse cities include the cyberpunk Neonbright City, the wild-west oil/mining Drygulch City and the spooky Murkreek Town deep in the heart of the bayou.
  • New storyline! Explore the region, battle gym leaders, rescue the professor and solve the mystery of The Brotherhood and the powerful pokemon Vicitraho.
  • New Characters including Casey the protagonist, his friends Blaine and Louis, the reclusive Prof. Minkowski, his closest friend Prof. Harding and
    and the enigmatic trainer Hope.
  • New Gym Leaders and Elite 4, each with unique pokemon startegies intended to make defeating them all the more challenging and fun!
  • Fun new activities! Snowboard down the daring pistes at Prestige Resort. Take your chances at the Monte Christo Casino. Take part in aquatic races in the bay of Tropica City. And take part in the ultimate knockout trainer tournament at the Futuretech Stadium in Aeonopolis City. Plus, pokemon contests return!
  • 73 new fakemon, including new evolutions and prevolutions for exsisting pokemon. Also, some Sinnoh pokemon will be included.
  • TM/HM list has been replaced with a different set of TMs that make movesets even more customisable!
  • New moves, such as Hot Shot and Ignition have been introduced as well as some Generation IV moves such as Omnious Wind.
  • Step on to the property ladder! Now, instead of a secret base, you will have the option to purchase property in the region. Fancy a rustic farmhouse in the middle of the Halcyon Plains? Or would you rather own a luxurious 99th-floor penthouse in the high-rises of Aeonopoils City? Perhaps you are the party type, in which case you might just settle down in the Presidential Suite in the Monte Cristo Casino.

Plot Intoductory Synopisis: You live with your mother in a quaint,little seaside town where your mother own a hotel. There arn't many inhabitants in this town, just kind old Mr and Mrs Croft who own and run the local post office and general store as well as other locals. Not to mention the reclusive physicist Prof. Minkowski who lives on the other side of the island. Your father disappeared when you were young (oooooooh I smell a plot device!!!) and your brother works for a company in abig city on the mainland and hasn't been home for 3 years. When the post van brakes down you are asked by Mr Croft to deliver the package adressed to the Prof. and of couse you oblige. However on the way you are attacked by a wild pokemon in the woods. The Prof. shows up with his pokemon and manages to make it scarper. He then takes you back to his home where he bandages your wound up. After you tell him about your love of pokemon he tells you of how he used to be quite a trainer when he was younger and on your way out gives you a pokemon of his. You go home to your mom thrilled, but not before beating the school bully in a battle, about leaving the island and starting your pokemon adventure. But shortly after you leave you here news that the professer has been kidnapped and you decide that you must do whatever you can to find him...

Region: Vicitalis

Further Info

Spoiler:

Gyms:

Too long to display here.
located here.

Fakedex

Too long to display here.
Located here.



Transport

Transport will become much more important with the downgrading of FLY to a TM move.

Spoiler:

The Brotherhood: Primary Antagonists

Too long to display here. Can be found here.

TMs/HMs

Currently being finalised.

Screenshots/Maps


Note: These are not finished maps. The finished versions will have better layouts, custom tiles, custom sprites etc. This is just to give you a feel for what it might be like and to show that I can map/script.
Spoiler:


Hack Progress

Phase 1: Planning Stage
Planning of Story -
Complete!
Planning of Region -
Complete!
Planning of Fakemon -
Complete!
Planning of Trainers -
Complete!
Planning of New Moves -
Complete!
Planning of New Items -
Complete!
Preliminary Mapping/Screenshots -
Complete!
Phase 2: Pre-Production
Sketching of Fakemon -
In Progress
Spriting of Fakemon -
In Progress
Insertion of Fakemon -
In Progress
Spriting of Trainer/Overworlds -
In Progress
Insertion of Trainer/OW Spites -
Yet To Begin
Creation of Images for New Items -
Yet To Begin
Insertion of New Items -
Yet To Begin
Insertion of New Moves -
In Progress
Insertion of New Badges -
Yet To Begin
Phase 3: Beta 1 Production
Tiling (up to Howling Cave) -
In Progress
Mapping (up to Howling Cave) -
In Progress
Scripting (up to Howling Cave) - In Progress

Day/Night System -
Complete!
Titlescreen -
In Progress
~Beta 1 Release!~
Bug Fixing for Beta 1 - Yet To Begin
~Beta 1 Re-Release!~
Phase 4: Beta 2 Production
Tiling (up to Drygultch City) - Yet To Begin
Mapping (up to Drygultch City) -
Yet To Begin
Scripting (up to Drygultch City) -
Yet To Begin
~Beta 2 Release!~
Bug Fixing for Beta 2 -
Yet To Begin
~Beta 2 Re-Release!~
Phase 5: Beta 3 Production
Tiling (up to Tropica City) -
Yet To Begin
Mapping (up to Tropica City) -
Yet To Begin
Scripting (up to Tropica City) -
Yet To Begin
~Beta 3 Release!~
Bug Fixing for Beta 3 -
Yet To Begin
~Beta 3 Re-Release!~
Phase 6: Beta 4 Production
Tiling (Finish) -
Yet To Begin
Mapping (Finish) -
Yet To Begin
Scripting (Finish) -
Yet To Begin
~Beta 4 Release!~
Bug Fixing for Beta 4 -
Yet To Begin
~Beta 4 Re-Release!~
Phase 6: Post-Production

Insert New Music -
In Progress
Script any additional features/minigames -
Yet To Begin
~Final Release!~
Bug Fixing For Final Release -
Yet To Begin
~Final Re-Release!~Relax!

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Twitter


Pokemon Chronicles: The Sands of Time can now be followed on Twitter! Updates will be posted there allowing you to get information about the hack quicker and easier!



My Team

Me
(story, concepts, maps, scripts and pretty much everything that isn't graphical)
Route (fakemon sprites)
darthvagabond100 (fakemon sprites)
The Omnious Plains (fakemon sprites and banners)
Hedgehogger (trainer sprites)
simdu68 (tiles)
Deja Vu (characters and OWs sprites)
Negative-Zero (fakemon sprites)

Ex-Contributers

RedBaron474 (fakemon sprites)
Harris 59 (character sprites)
Spherical Ice (fakemon sprites)
WKnite (fakemon sprites)
Pokemonhacker (fakemon sprites)
Blasto King (fakemon sprites)
<>*Ralts*<> (tiles)

Other Credits

mssingno (fakemon concepts)aocom (fakemon sprites and concepts)
DU7CH13 (fakemon concepts)
shadowtogepi
(fakemon sprite)


Programs Used So Far

AdvanceMap 1.92
Battle Ed
Item Editor
PKSV
YAPE 0.9
Day Night System - By Interdpth & ZodiacDaGreat
Alistair's Tiles (will give more info later)

Staff Openings:
If you are interested in applying PM me with evidence of your work.

  • Spriter -Must be able to produce fakemon sprites similar in quality to that of Nintendo.
  • Music Composer/Inserter - Must be able to compose original music, or adapt exsisting music and loop it and insert it into a ROM.
  • Graphic Designer - Must be able to produce attractive CCS graphics/icons in order to beautify the thread.

What I Require From You:

All your wonderful criticism and suggestions.


~So there you have it. When ideas are completed they are posted here.~
 
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<>*Ralts*<>

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wow...

Wow,are you serious?

Tiling is the most EASIEST thing ever!

Eh,but I'll do it for you! :classic:

~Raltz wishes Best of luck!~
 

The Cynic

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As I stated in that PM i sent you ,yes ralts I would like you to be my tiler, thank you.

Anyway, onto fakemon!!!


Driffelin


The first of my fakemon is here!!!!



This is Driffelin, the blimp pokemon and evolve form of Drifblim. Evo takes place at Lv 40 (or with happiness, what do u think?). It is Ghost/Flying Type and has a unique move called Hot Shot. Il post more info on stats, abilities, learnsets etc. and the effects of Hot Shot later. It willl either be bigger than Wailord or slightly smaller.

Anyway if someone could volunteer to sprite it form me that would be great cheers.

I welcome your coments!!!

While designing and sketching my fakemon I encoutered a dilema.

I have two ideas for a new fakemon (with evos which will come later) which are very similar and i'd like you, the wise public to decide as they are too similar to be jointly included.

So here they are:-

#1 CAPACITIK
Type:- Bug/Electric
Description: It stores charge it its two, antenna (like a capacitor!) and then discharges the stored energy to its opponents as an attack.

and

#2 TOKTIK
Type:- Bug/Psychic
Description:- It has a metronome attached to its back (like a tail) which it uses to create hypnotic rhythem that lures its opponents to sleep.

So, what do you think is best?
 
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Chaos190

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As I stated in that PM i sent you ,yes ralts I would like you to be my tiler, thank you.

Anyway, onto fakemon!!!


Driffelin


The first of my fakemon is here!!!!



This is Driffelin, the blimp pokemon and evolve form of Drifblim. Evo takes place at Lv 40 (or with happiness, what do u think?). It is Ghost/Flying Type and has a unique move called Hot Shot. Il post more info on stats, abilities, learnsets etc. and the effects of Hot Shot later. It willl either be bigger than Wailord or slightly smaller.

Anyway if someone could volunteer to sprite it form me that would be great cheers.

I welcome your coments!!!

While designing and sketching my fakemon I encoutered a dilema.

I have two ideas for a new fakemon (with evos which will come later) which are very similar and i'd like you, the wise public to decide as they are too similar to be jointly included.

So here they are:-

#1 CAPACITIK
Type:- Bug/Electric
Description: It stores charge it its two, antenna (like a capacitor!) and then discharges the stored energy to its opponents as an attack.

and

#2 TOKTIK
Type:- Bug/Psychic
Description:- It has a metronome attached to its back (like a tail) which it uses to create hypnotic rhythem that lures its opponents to sleep.

So, what do you think is best?
Ok this fakemon is not going to fit in your game it needs to be 64x64
Hot shot is that a new move you're going to add?
Good luck
 

The Cynic

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Ok this fakemon is not going to fit in your game it needs to be 64x64
Hot shot is that a new move you're going to add?
Good luck

The image I uploaded is just a sketch. Hopefully a spriter can offer to make it more realistic for me based on that sketch.

Yes Hot Shot will be a new fire type move.
 

<>*Ralts*<>

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The image I uploaded is just a sketch. Hopefully a spriter can offer to make it more realistic for me based on that sketch.

Yes Hot Shot will be a new fire type move.

Hot Shot,well,it sounds suitable for Charmander,Charmelleon,Monferno and Blaziken!

I agree with Chaos,it will be TOO big for your game even in 64x64,(i think?)
For the love of GOD! thank you SO MUCH,I thought that the "Sketch" was going to be the accusal sprite! But believe me,i suck at spriting too...

~Raltz wishes best of luck!~
 

The Cynic

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For those who wish to be tilers here some real life examples of what i'm puting in the hack

There will be pyramids (egyptian style in this particular hack) and if you are a tiler can you porduce tiles for a pyarmid in the style of the pyramid of cheops please.



Remember to make a crack-style tile as people will be entering the pryramid. Alos perhaps you may wish to include tiles ofr the interior.

Another thing im looking for is a dam. Hopefully you can make one in this style (straight line) it will be surrounded by forrests.



anyway, happy tiling!!!
 

<>*Ralts*<>

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For those who wish to be tilers here some real life examples of what i'm puting in the hack

There will be pyramids (egyptian style in this particular hack) and if you are a tiler can you porduce tiles for a pyarmid in the style of the pyramid of cheops please.



Remember to make a crack-style tile as people will be entering the pryramid. Alos perhaps you may wish to include tiles ofr the interior.

Another thing im looking for is a dam. Hopefully you can make one in this style (straight line) it will be surrounded by forrests.



anyway, happy tiling!!!

Alas!
Finally! May you zip up your rom and send it to me in pm?
:classic: i'll start those tilesets for you!

remember?

~Raltz wishes best of luck!~
 

The Cynic

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Alas!
Finally! May you zip up your rom and send it to me in pm?
:classic: i'll start those tilesets for you!

remember?

~Raltz wishes best of luck!~

What, do you mean a blank ROM or the one I've been working on? The one I'm working on isn't actually that ready for tiling just yet. These are meant to just be a catalyst for ideas at the moment to tilers like yourself. But if you want you can start making them on a Ruby(U).gba file. Try to fill me in as I'm easily confused by things on the interweb. Oh, and BTW your link to leafy green rescue team in ure signature says pokecommuntiy instead of pokecommunity and so it wont work. Just to let you know your missing an "i" !!! :P
 

<>*Ralts*<>

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What, do you mean a blank ROM or the one I've been working on? The one I'm working on isn't actually that ready for tiling just yet. These are meant to just be a catalyst for ideas at the moment to tilers like yourself. But if you want you can start making them on a Ruby(U).gba file. Try to fill me in as I'm easily confused by things on the interweb. Oh, and BTW your link to leafy green rescue team in ure signature says pokecommuntiy instead of pokecommunity and so it wont work. Just to let you know your missing an "i" !!! :P

Yes, I need the one that your working on, but since it's not "ready for tiling" well, I guess ill wait and...:cer_boogie: b0oGiE!!!

Oh,and thanks i'll fix the sig later :)

~Raltz wishes best of luck!~
 

The Cynic

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Yes, I need the one that your working on, but since it's not "ready for tiling" well, I guess ill wait and...:cer_boogie: b0oGiE!!!

Oh,and thanks i'll fix the sig later :)

~Raltz wishes best of luck!~

OK thats fine. Now on with the show!!!

I have finalised the gym leaders and badges. I'm not giving away what types they train or where they are as that would ruin the lovely surprise. But, maybe you can work them out yourselves from the names.
Spoiler:


Also, about the move "Hot Shot", it is supposed to be an attack with a jet of hot air. I put it into to add some variety to the drifloon/drifblim moveset which is completely dark normal and ghost.

Now, I tried to make a separate thread about this next point but it got closed cos I was naughty and didn't read the rules. Should HM02 FLY be included if I'm going to have a number of transport links (blimps, biplanes whatever)? It currently exsists simply for convenience and is not nessesary for game completion. So should I leave it and just make it a TM move with no "out of battle" effect? Or should I include it? Or should I get rid of HMs altogether and instead make it that people within the game can give these "abilities" to certain pokemon once certain badges have been obtained and the pokemon don't actually learn a new move (nightmare to code this!!!)? Or do you have an idea? Please give me your wonderful thoughts.

Oh and by the way I'm still looking for spriters if any are interested.

From now on I'll aslo put any important updates in the first post KK?

Soon be posting region map and descriptions of important towns/cities etc.

Bye for now!!!!
 
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The Cynic

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Mind if I try my hand at spriting the Drifblim evo?

Mind if I try my hand at spriting the drifblim evo?

Of course not go right ahead! The more the merrier.

To all fans (if we even have any!!!) here is a very special gift coutesy of the very talented Omnious Plains:
TSOT.png

Now you can show your support for the hack. Also check out Pokemon Desert Orchid here http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=20123

Soon be updating with TMs, region map and gym badges.
 
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Lord Varion

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Sounds like a really good hack nice idea

like the idea of someone doing a DRIFBLIM evolvtion
when the beta comes out i'll be sure to find a dribloon ;)
 

The Cynic

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Driffelin!!!

Sounds like a really good hack nice idea

like the idea of someone doing a DRIFBLIM evolvtion
when the beta comes out i'll be sure to find a dribloon ;)

Thanks very much, Driffelin is probably my favourite fakemon so far.

Which convieniently brings us on to the reason for this post.

My 3 (so far) very gifted fakemon spriters have come up with sprites for Drifellin. I still havnt decided which one to include so I'm going to post all 3 for now:

zsh2p.jpg
By WKnite

Drifblimp.png
by Spherical Ice

http://pokemonhackercentral.webs.com/apps/photos/photo/next?photoid=62263066 by Pokemonhacker

Ps. Sorry for not posting any more fakemon sketches since then. I've been preoccupied by getting my region map finalised with my TM list and Gym badges.
 

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Hey this is Red Baron. . . . Umm I'm not sure if you want it but I also created a sprite of Driffelin.
 

558122_DG

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redbaron's sprite looks better than all the others you have. I would go with his.
 

The Ominous Plains

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Bonjour mon aimes.
I saw on your previous thread you needed a likitongue prevo.
Well i made 1.
Here you go:
likitongueprevo.png

Sorry it sucks


BTW, how are the scripts coming along?
 
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