[Demo] Pokémon Uranium

[~JV~]

Welcome to Pokémon Uranium official thread!

Pkmn Uranium

Download now (02/19)(NEW)

Game information

~JV~

Author

~JV~, Zephyr+

Team

Progressing!

Status

Beta

Release

So after a year and a half of the old thread, we decided to start it over because as most of you know, we are undergoing a major graphical revamp to D/P-style! The game is more awesome than ever, with stunning tiles and sprites, improved story/events and better programming! You can still play the old demo (link to the side or scroll down to the bottom), but many of the things there are obsolete by now.

For more current updates, we have a Twitter! Follow us!

Take a peek at what Uranium looks like; there's more that we're not showing you, too, that you'll have to play the game to see!

Tandor Plot summary~

Welcome to the region of Tandor, where waves lap at sandy beaches in the rural west and people flock to busy centers of commerce in the east. Tandor is known, among other things, for its robust and slightly different Gym Challenge, where Pokémon trainers travel the region to collect six gym badges and compete in the Tandor Regional tournament, held once a year. This tournament, one of the longest-running in modern Pokemon history, is also renowned as being one of the most difficult. The honor of being Champion is one of the most sought-after in the Pokémon world.

And, you? You weren't interested in all that at first-- you're just a thirteen-year-old kid leading a thirteen-year-old life. After your mother Lucille died ten years ago in a meltdown at a nuclear power plant, your father (an experienced Pokemon Ranger) left you with your great-aunt and departed to travel the region. But your aunt can't support you any longer, and so you're forced to leave home. Fortunately for you, opportunity presents itself: you can earn a living by becoming a Pokémon trainer.

Professor Bamb'o, regional expert on Pokémon elements, has been looking for a trainer assistant to travel the region and gather specimens of the varied wildlife. You, along with an eleven-year-old named Theo that you've known for most of
your life, step up to the challenge. After taking a test and receiving your starter Pokémon, you head towards your first gym badge in Nowtoch city, and your first steps exploring the Tandor region.

Things aren't as sunny as they first seem, though. Just when everything regarding the accident ten years ago in which you lost your mother seemed certain, new developments begin to emerge. A new power plant is contracted to be built over
the site of the old one. Your father begins acting strangely, journeying to the far reaches of the region and questioning whether your mother really is dead. And amidst all the turmoil, it seems that a great impending disaster is looming over Tandor...
It seems you may be in for more than you bargained for.

Characters

Vitor(M)/Natalie(F)
Age: 13
The hero/heroine. Quiet but determined, he/she grew up independent thanks to his/her seldom-present father.


Theo
Age: 11
Your rival, ostensibly. Theo is extremely hotheaded but seldom lives up to his claims of grandeur. He recieves the starter weak to yours and is continually resentful because of it, although that doesn't stop him from helping
you out on occasion. He seems to care deeply for his Pokémon despite losing frequently.

Professor Ernest Bamb'o
Age: 36
An expert on Pokémon elements and a very laid-back guy. Bamb'o owns a lab in Moki town and is more than willing to give out starter Pokémon to a couple of kids in return for their help in completing the Pokédex.

Kellyn (Dad)
Age: 40
Your father, who is seldom around. He is a renowned Pokemon Ranger, serving as law enforcement across Tandor. Ever since your mother's death, he's been traveling the region restlessly. He's traveled
a lot in his life, having been born in Fiore and moving to Almia before coming to Tandor.

Lucille (Mom)
Age: Deceased (?)
Your mother, who you barely knew. She was an expert on nuclear power and the manager of a power plant ten years ago before an equipment malfunction led to a meltdown and she was never seen again.

Cameron
Age: 36
Theo's father, an electrician and ex-Pokemon trainer. He lives in Moki town and has always treated you with disdain for some reason.

Features

-Explore the all-new diverse region of Tandor
-Discover and catch 120+ never-before-seen Pokémon
-Completely original plot, with multiple sidequests for non-linear gameplay
-Play while listening to the entirely custom soundtrack, all remixed by me =p

The Starters

Orchynx, the grass starter Flager, the fire starter Eletux, the water starter

Videos

Let's Play by wylecoyote65:
[youtube]QbMxoKeYa0Q[youtube]
Check out his channel for more!

Screenshots

Demo

Download v. 2.1 HQS

Download v. 2.1 Regular

The difference between the two files is in the music. People had divided opinions about the music in v2.0, which was in MIDI format, so we converted it into better-quality MP3s for your enjoyment. The demo is about 3,5 hours long and goes until the third gym. The graphics, sound, and Pokemon sprites are all updated, ENJOY! The 2.1 version is pretty much bugless, not completely obviously, but it's pretty stable.

OLDER VERSIONS

Spoiler:

Download v. 2.0 (Released 31/12/10)

The demo is about 3,5 hours long and goes until the third gym. The graphics, sound, and Pokemon sprites are all updated, ENJOY!


Download v. 1.0 (Released 10/5/09)

The demo is about 2 hours long and goes until Comet Cave. The graphics, sound, and Pokemon sprites are all outdated, but feel free to play it and give us your feedback.

Support us!

Spoiler:

Be sure to support the game using this userbar on your sig =)

Team

JV: Scripts, events, maps, dialogue, soundtrack
Zephyr+: Sprites, dialogue, planning

Credits/Thank Yous

-Pequedark-Velvet, who allowed use of some of his fakemon designs
-Poccil, for his incredible starter kit
-Zetavares, Hydrargirium, Kyledove, Dewitty, Gigatom, Alistair, C.N.C and Zelx! for great tiles
-4th gen Matt for his super pack with charsets
-Wichu, F.M.P, ShinyLugia, for scripting help and tips
-Luca S.J, for giving a great Christmas present xD.
-Riceeman, Zorin for some pokémon sprites!
-Heinze for many sprites in the game!

[Pandemonioum]

Alright then, let's wait the new graphical demo then to see the progress nice screenies too, especially one with the rain.

Ps: In the last screen Kinetmunk seems to be screwed? :D

[Neo-Dragon]

Very nice presentation.
I like the Infobox in your opening post too. Looks very good.

As for the game, it surely seems to have improved from the older version. The tiles are very nice and the mapping looks fine. Although some buildings have shadows (pokecenter) and the others don't. I'm sure that will get edited with time.

I do have a slight issue with the text color in the battle system. I think the battle commands text (the Fight, Pokemon and so on) should maybe be white and have the background (the image behind the battle commands) just black/gray. It would look a lot slicker.

[zein]

Wow! now looks better the game, i going to wait for updates.

[Death5 Shadow]

I don't like the fakemon that much
1. more cartoony
2. in a better pose the one fakemon is looking away from you if it's strong it will be staring at you

[davidthefat]

This format looks decent, cleaner looking.

[nmorr]

Yeah! Pokemon Uranium is back looking better then ever! Downloading now!

[Poison Master]

Looks awesome, I'm downloading it, i will edit this, if i find any bugs !

[loliwin]

Cool thread presentation. :3

The graphics look way better than the old graphics you had and they look amazing. I like the old-medieval colosseum-like building. It looks so nice! :D The other buildings look great.

For the battle screen, I really love the background but I don't like Emprilla's design, kinda cartoony IMO.

But overall, great looking game. Going to download it nao. :D

[Vociferocity]

gorgeous thread! I don't think I ever paid much attention to the old one because it felt cluttered and fairly unattractive (I'm shallow, I know XD), but this one drew my attention immediately.

the story sounds interesting, the graphics are amazing....I'm downloading the demo right this second, can't wait to play it :)

[~JV~]

Originally Posted by Pandemonioum

Alright then, let's wait the new graphical demo then to see the progress nice screenies too, especially one with the rain.

Ps: In the last screen Kinetmunk seems to be screwed? :D

What do you mean about screwed? I think the persperctive is okay with him =x.

Originally Posted by Neo-Dragon

Very nice presentation.
I like the Infobox in your opening post too. Looks very good.

As for the game, it surely seems to have improved from the older version. The tiles are very nice and the mapping looks fine. Although some buildings have shadows (pokecenter) and the others don't. I'm sure that will get edited with time.

I do have a slight issue with the text color in the battle system. I think the battle commands text (the Fight, Pokemon and so on) should maybe be white and have the background (the image behind the battle commands) just black/gray. It would look a lot slicker.

Oh, thanks Neo! I'll sure fix the problem with the buildings (probably by adding shadows to all of them). Also, about the battle boxes, I'll test your suggestion, and if I like it I'll stick with it ;]

Originally Posted by zein

Wow! now looks better the game, i going to wait for updates.

Haha, kay ;]

Originally Posted by Death5 Shadow

I don't like the fakemon that much
1. more cartoony
2. in a better pose the one fakemon is looking away from you if it's strong it will be staring at you

Well, I've only really showed one of the fakemon (Empirilla), but I quite like him, and isn't pokémon supposed to be cartoony o_0? Also, I don't really get the pose thing.

Originally Posted by davidthefat

This format looks decent, cleaner looking.

Thanks ^^.

Originally Posted by nmorr

Yeah! Pokemon Uranium is back looking better then ever! Downloading now!

Originally Posted by Poison Master

Looks awesome, I'm downloading it, i will edit this, if i find any bugs !

To you two, if you didn't read, right beside the download link, it's written that it is the not supported October 2009 one, the one with old graphics.

Originally Posted by loliwin

Cool thread presentation. :3

The graphics look way better than the old graphics you had and they look amazing. I like the old-medieval colosseum-like building. It looks so nice! :D The other buildings look great.

For the battle screen, I really love the background but I don't like Emprilla's design, kinda cartoony IMO.

But overall, great looking game. Going to download it nao. :D

Same thing as the other two, thanks a lot for the complimentes, I'm glad you liked it, I still don't know what is wrong with Emperilla... well, I'll let Zephyr anser that, after all she is the main spriter...

Originally Posted by Vociferocity

gorgeous thread! I don't think I ever paid much attention to the old one because it felt cluttered and fairly unattractive (I'm shallow, I know XD), but this one drew my attention immediately.

the story sounds interesting, the graphics are amazing....I'm downloading the demo right this second, can't wait to play it :)

Haha, I understand you, thanks for the compliments!


Well guys, I'm adding the new starters sprites to the main post and will be adding other things through the day maybe ^^.

[The Barber of Seville]

yeah, the sprites are better than the old ones, i don't know, now they got a different style...more simmilar with gamefreak ones


awesome work dude =)

[Death5 Shadow]

Originally Posted by ~JV~

Well, I've only really showed one of the fakemon (Empirilla), but I quite like him, and isn't pokémon supposed to be cartoony o_0? Also, I don't really get the pose thing.

Im saying that he needs to be more cartoony, bubbly, animesque. Also the pose thing the wild pokemon has his back turned to you and isn't even looking at you change the sprite in that way as well

[~JV~]

Originally Posted by The Barber of Seville

yeah, the sprites are better than the old ones, i don't know, now they got a different style...more simmilar with gamefreak ones


awesome work dude =)

Haha, thanks dude.

Originally Posted by Death5 Shadow

Im saying that he needs to be more cartoony, bubbly, animesque. Also the pose thing the wild pokemon has his back turned to you and isn't even looking at you change the sprite in that way as well

Well, I don't really think that him can be more cartoony than that without losing his awesomeness... Also, he actually IS looking at the player's pokemon, just take a look at his eye.


So, I updated the thread with the starters new sprites, region map, more complete summary, some of the character sprites and also included our
twitter link! Be sure to check it out!

[AceDragonite]

i played the demo and thought it was good but this "re-vision" (idk) looks much better the only problem i had was the fakemon looked wierd but now they look much better
p.s keep Baashaun in the game
PS Is the male lead's name supossed to be Victor because i've never heard of anyone named Vitor (no offence)

[Ekmo]

This looks really good, defiantly interesting. If you need anything, let me know.

[mlinkac]

IT SEAMS THET YOU STOP ON DEWELOPING THE GAME. YOU DIDNT SHOU AS NATING NEW. IW PLAYD YOUR DEMO 2 OR 3 MOUNT AGO AND THERE IS NOO PROGRES
SORY FOR BED ENGLIS I AM FROM CROATIA

[~JV~]

Originally Posted by AceDragonite

i played the demo and thought it was good but this "re-vision" (idk) looks much better the only problem i had was the fakemon looked wierd but now they look much better
p.s keep Baashaun in the game
PS Is the male lead's name supossed to be Victor because i've never heard of anyone named Vitor (no offence)

Yeah, I guess I didn't make it clear that it was the old demo, now I added a big (OLD) tag right next to it. Also, in every latin descendant language and also is many other than than english languages that name exist, and you know, we don't traduct names.

Originally Posted by Ekmo

This looks really good, defiantly interesting. If you need anything, let me know.

Thanks mate ;p

Originally Posted by mlinkac

IT SEAMS THET YOU STOP ON DEWELOPING THE GAME. YOU DIDNT SHOU AS NATING NEW. IW PLAYD YOUR DEMO 2 OR 3 MOUNT AGO AND THERE IS NOO PROGRES
SORY FOR BED ENGLIS I AM FROM CROATIA

erh, you know, you should be thankful that you could have a played a demo, 99% of the game doesn't have one but that doesn't mean they have no progress, check the game screens etc, I clearly show progress there.

[mlinkac]

soory if I afended you but it seams like sory again I low your game and I evovld oll off yuor fakemon and they look great but I wud like too try some beta tester for somethyng ower the demo

[AceDragonite]

what type is emprilla? it seems like a ground type but i don't know..

[Zephyr+]

Originally Posted by AceDragonite

what type is emprilla? it seems like a ground type but i don't know..

Empirilla evolves from Primeape so it's a fighting-type. c:

Glad you all like the new fakemon! We're trying to listen to your feedback and make them more appealing and in-style, but keep in mind that my designs can't please everyone so I'm sorry if they seem off to some people. Constructive criticism is appreciated but thanks for not just saying "it's weird."

[AceDragonite]

sweet! fighting is my favorite type sorry if i offended you guys by calling a couple wierd, but the the starters look much better now!
this game is very good

[ForeverRed]

Ooo, very nice.
Hmm, Tandor looks like its connected to another region.. any news on that?

[Zephyr+]

Originally Posted by ForeverRed

Ooo, very nice.
Hmm, Tandor looks like its connected to another region.. any news on that?

There's two parts of Tandor-- the rural west (where the first part of your adventure takes place) and the not shown urban east, which will open up post-championship. It's a pretty big region and should be fun to explore. ^^

[HeavyOctillery]

I'm liking the new graphics so far. Eletux also looks much better (less like a deformed Lanturn & more like a separate Pokemon).