[Demo] Pokemon Pyrite

[CyberSamurai]

i have to agree with cipher on the triads game. its freakin awesome!! i remember spending half a day just beating the crap out of some dude in it so i could get better cards. and having chose squirtle as my starter i find myself constantly saying in tough situations "Squirtle. Dont believe in yourself! Believe me that believes you! Who the hell do you think we are!!!" good times. gooooood times.

[thepsynergist]

Hey cipher, here's your patch. Sorry for the wait. I've been busy like I said before. Just go into your Data folder and replace the given map with this one.

http://www.mediafire.com/?a66asr4rx3emwl0

map083.rxdata will be replaced and should work like a charm. The only problem is that there is no way to recover the item that you lost. Unless, you email me your save file, then I can add the dragonite pokeball to your inventory again and you can continue. Just let me know.

[Cypher DS]

Is the Dragonite pokeball necessary to advance the game later on? If not, I can probably do without.

[maditalian]

Glad to see this game is getting more attention. You guys have really put in a lot of work, and that needs to be recognized by the community.

[thepsynergist]

Originally Posted by maditalian

Glad to see this game is getting more attention. You guys have really put in a lot of work, and that needs to be recognized by the community.

Heh, it's been just me and my friend R-Taco. He does sprites and I do everything else :/

@CipherDS Unfortuneatly, yes. The way I organized the script is that you need the Pokeball to trigger the Event. Like I said, I could easily give you the ingame item. All I need is your save and I can import it. No use in starting the game all over again.

[Cypher DS]

All right then, I'll e-mail you my files.

[Orangturttle]

Haha, it's been a while since I checked out your thread.
And you have a demo now! :D
Yay! Can't wait to try this out!
Keep up the good work!

[CyberSamurai]

^for sure. i just wish my lappy was good enough to play any sort of game =[. oh well. my comp should be back up in a week or so. anyways keep up the good work! Well all be cheering for you guys!!

[AceDragonite]

JUST WONDERING, BUT CAN I GET A SKELETANK IN THE DEMO?

[thepsynergist]

Originally Posted by AceDragonite

JUST WONDERING, BUT CAN I GET A SKELETANK IN THE DEMO?

Not yet, but next demo, I will incorperate the evolution of Marowak to Skeletank. Reason being, he's way too powerful for you to access this early in the game. You will find the item required to level a little before the 7th gym.

[AceDragonite]

^oh ok playing the demo right now, and it looks pretty good. I like the remixes a lot.

[RulerArceus]

The DEMO,Takes 500-Something MB?I only had about 399 or something.So this better be Smaller when you Finish.

[thepsynergist]

Originally Posted by RulerArceus

The DEMO,Takes 500-Something MB?I only had about 399 or something.So this better be Smaller when you Finish.

I've been trying to slim down the file size, but its hard when you have a video in avi format and the soundtrack is all mp3's. The max filesize I plan on having is 700mb so that I can distribute it on CD once its finished. Just know that is the MAX size it will ever be. I'll try to make it as small as possible. What I did already was make the bitrate of all the mp3's to 128kbps instead of the 192. That helped but the game will be large, I'm sorry.

Update: I'm starting work on mapping out the northwestern Kyushu region. Expect another demo by November if everything works out. I've been kinda busy making the soundtrack for CNG's Pokemon game.

[Cypher DS]

Psynergist, who is your intended audience for this game?

Put another way, when a player picks up your game, what prior knowledge should they have to fully appreciate Pokemon Pyrite?

[thepsynergist]

Originally Posted by Cypher DS

Psynergist, who is your intended audience for this game?

Put another way, when a player picks up your game, what prior knowledge should they have to fully appreciate Pokemon Pyrite?

Preteens to young adults. I'm 20 and I like it, so maybe about my age group max?

[Cypher DS]

Mm, not quite what I was getting at. Now, obviously people with a prior interest in Pokemon are going to be trying out your game, but can any Pokemon fan play this game and fully understand it? Or should they watch certain episodes of the anime, read certain comic books or play a specific generation of the games to fully "get" what's happening in Pyrite?


Basically, I'm wondering whether Pyrite is a prequel to Pokemon Gold/Silver, or whether this is set in the middle of the manga storyline.

[thepsynergist]

Originally Posted by Cypher DS

Mm, not quite what I was getting at. Now, obviously people with a prior interest in Pokemon are going to be trying out your game, but can any Pokemon fan play this game and fully understand it? Or should they watch certain episodes of the anime, read certain comic books or play a specific generation of the games to fully "get" what's happening in Pyrite?


Basically, I'm wondering whether Pyrite is a prequel to Pokemon Gold/Silver, or whether this is set in the middle of the manga storyline.

When I first started making Pyrite, I intended it to be a prequel, but since the game is almost nothing like the manga/anime its hard to place it in a timeline. I'm trying to make it work like a prequel, you'll see how it ties up in the end.

[Cypher DS]

The reason I'm asking these questions, Psynergist, is because there are some very odd moments popping up in the storyline.

-When Silver first meets Lance, they recognize each other and Silver boasts about how he previously defeated the dragon trainer. When did this happen?

-Immediately after, Lance tells Silver that he's looking for the Mask of Ice, and Silver says something to the effect of, "What, the Mask of Ice? You mean that jerk who stole my memories?! Let me at him!"
If Silver cannot remember his memories, how does he remember that he cannot remember?
Furthermore, when you later meet Green and Blue, Silver is suddenly clueless about the Mask of Ice, and has to ask the other trainers to explain who this villain is.

[thepsynergist]

Originally Posted by Cypher DS

The reason I'm asking these questions, Psynergist, is because there are some very odd moments popping up in the storyline.

-When Silver first meets Lance, they recognize each other and Silver boasts about how he previously defeated the dragon trainer. When did this happen?

-Immediately after, Lance tells Silver that he's looking for the Mask of Ice, and Silver says something to the effect of, "What, the Mask of Ice? You mean that jerk who stole my memories?! Let me at him!"
If Silver cannot remember his memories, how does he remember that he cannot remember?
Furthermore, when you later meet Green and Blue, Silver is suddenly clueless about the Mask of Ice, and has to ask the other trainers to explain who this villain is.

Oh, lol, I should fix that. He only remember's bits and pieces, or else he'd have no idea that he'd lost his memories. But, yeah, I agree, I need to fix the dialogue. Thanks for catching that for me.

[Cypher DS]

One other thing I was curious about: traditionally, Professor Oak's grandson is named "Gary" or "Blue" in the games. How did you decide on the name Green?

[thepsynergist]

Originally Posted by Cypher DS

One other thing I was curious about: traditionally, Professor Oak's grandson is named "Gary" or "Blue" in the games. How did you decide on the name Green?

In the manga, his name was Green.

[thepsynergist]

Okay, guys, I wanted to make an update to Pokemon Pyrite.

With the help of CNG, i've been getting a lot of fun new features in my Pokemon game, and in exchange I've been making the soundtrack for him game, Pokemon Almodine.

New features include:
A PokeGear with a Quest System embedded in it.
A mystery gift system that queries a server for a gift.

I hope this update helped. Oh, and i've made about 17 original tracks for CNG's new game so i've been pretty busy.

[maditalian]

I have to say, this is certainly one of my favorite games because you know how to get things done quickly. Like I said before, people really need to give you more love in this thread.

[thepsynergist]

It's funny, I think i'm going too slow. xD I've been on this project for over a year now. It's hard to manage a part time job, college and this game. I'm doing okay, considering.

[KaiVii]

Its going REALLY well, pacewise I like the quest addition!