FireRed hack: [HotM May 2011] Pokemon Shattered Dreams

[zumba]

did i miss out on the eggsiting mystery? there isnt a guy in the pokecenter that gives me an egg. and im stuck at mozilla city. i beat the gym leader and now i cant find out where to go because the guy inside the building tells me that i cant go threw.

[Quilava's Master]

Originally Posted by zumba

did i miss out on the eggsiting mystery? there isnt a guy in the pokecenter that gives me an egg. and im stuck at mozilla city. i beat the gym leader and now i cant find out where to go because the guy inside the building tells me that i cant go threw.

The Eggciting Mystery will be out in a few weeks. After Mozilla City you're supposed to battle your rival and then follow him to Witchville Forest.

[zumba]

ok got it. btw i got it to play on gameboid and it works perfectly ( :

im having the same problem as Meri-tje. im stuck inside the pokecenter at emerald town. i cant get out lol.

[c1234321]

looks awesome cant wait for the beta also when i downloaded the alpha i couldnt find a guy in the mozilla pokemon center giving away an egg?

[Quilava's Master]

Originally Posted by c1234321

looks awesome cant wait for the beta also when i downloaded the alpha i couldnt find a guy in the mozilla pokemon center giving away an egg?

That event isn't out yet. Please refer to the bottom of this post for more information.

Update
First off, I want to apologize for my lack of updates in the thread. It's finals week at my college so I haven't had time to update the thread, but that doesn't mean I haven't been working on this thread. I've even gotten to about the same place I was before finding the Minun glitch, so here we go:

1. First things first, in reference to the event The Eggciting Mystery, that I promised to release to make up for the buggy alpha, I've decided to postpone that event. It is still in the game, it's just not gonna be out yet. I don't know when I'm going to release it just know that it's done and just waiting to be activated.

Instead I'm releasing a different event. This one is called The Eggcellent Togepi. It's not as super awesome as The Eggciting Mystery but it's still pretty cool, imo. The event will be out May 30th 2011. This is also the release date for the updated alpha, just 21 days before the official 1st beta. The event is activated in Embark Town. Just go to the PokeMart and you'll find a deliveryman [they wear a green uniform] who will announce that you've got a brand new Mystery Gift. The Togepi is Lv. 5 and has three special moves. Along with Metronome The Togepi also knows Softboiled, Egg Bomb, and Refresh. And on that note I'll transition into my 2nd point.

2. Mystery Gift Events. I'm trying to emualte the 4th Gen as much as possible with this hack. As such the mystery gifts will work in a similar manner. First off Gift Pokemon will all be given the catch location "Mystery Event". This way the game will be able to recognize whether or not a Pokemon was truly obtained in an event or was obtained via cheating/gamesharking. Also all gift pokemon will be given to you in a Luxury Ball. This way they grow happy very quickly.

There are also events that get you items, as seen with the birthday event. These items activate events in the game that you normally couldn't activate. Also some mystery gifts activate events minus the items. Be on the lookout for many events. I have a whole page of them!

3.Micro-tutors. These are move tutors that deal with more exclusive moves. For example one tutor is there simply to teach Persian Pay Day. Another tutor is there to teach Volt Tackle. As they are not major Move Tutors they don't charge rare items, just a small fee. With the release of the beta I'll package a document showing the available micro-tutors and also a list of the mystery gift events available in the beta.

Conclusion
The beta will be out on the 20th of June, expect more updates to come in the following weeks.

~QM

[Snakebyte]

I think I commented here before, but I just want to say that I really appreciate the amount of meticulousness and planning you're putting into this. It's nice to see.

[Fireworks]

Tbh I think this is one of the best hacks in this section atm. I love hacks that have a lot of sidequests and mini-games. The seasons and such are a nice feature, as well as the Mystery Gifts. The tiles look good really good in this, even though FireRed tiles are pretty much overused these days. Good luck, and I hope to see some more of this hack

[drew6464]

Even then the tilesets aren't really overused at all, because everyone wants the D/P tilesets more. It really is the best hack on here... I think I'm nominating it for HotM. What do you guys think?

Also, spritingspritingspriting! There's a new contest on SmackJeeves coming up and I need all the practice I can get... so requests will make me a happy camper dude.

[Quilava's Master]

Originally Posted by Snakebyte

I think I commented here before, but I just want to say that I really appreciate the amount of meticulousness and planning you're putting into this. It's nice to see.

Thanks, I plan to make this hack one of the greatest and planning is the way to do it.

Originally Posted by Fireworks

Tbh I think this is the best hack in this section atm. I love hacks that have a lot of sidequests and mini-games. The seasons and such are a nice feature, as well as the Mystery Gifts. The tiles look good really good in this, even though FireRed tiles are pretty much overused these days. Good luck, and I hope to see some more of this hack :)

One of the best? That's such a huge compliment. Don't worry, there is more Shattered Dreams to come.

Originally Posted by drew6464

Even then the tilesets aren't really overused at all, because everyone wants the D/P tilesets more. It really is the best hack on here... I think I'm nominating it for HotM. What do you guys think?

Also, spritingspritingspriting! There's a new contest on SmackJeeves coming up and I need all the practice I can get... so requests will make me a happy camper dude.

Again, thanks for the huge compleiment. I'll PM you when I need some more sprites.

Updates:
Thanks everyone for the huge ammount of support. A reminder that the updated alpha will be out 05.30.11 following the beta release on the 20th of June. I apologized that I just got around to taking some screenshots. I've been extremely focused on finishing up finals. But I've taken a a few screenshots of the new mystery gift The Eggcellent Togepi. This mystery event will only last one day, so on the day of the release is the day you should go get the Mystery Gift. One thing you'll notice is that I changed the ball in which Togepi is given to you. I originally announced that Myster Gift pokemon would be given to you in Luxury Balls. But instead I decided Premier Balls were better, that way Luxury Balls can be obtained in game. That also means Premier Balls cannot be obtained throughout normal gameplay. Like the Cherish Ball of Gen IV & Gen V the Premier Ball is strrictly for event Pokemon. One could say this is another way for the game to identify whether or not an event Pokemon is legitamate. Also, for reason I can't be annoyed to reveal, in order for this event to work, you have to have ONLY one Pokemon with you. Since this event is early in the game I figure this shouldn't be too much of an issue. In the furture some events will require that you have exactly 5 pokemon. Small price to pay for the gifts you get.
Also I took drew6464's advice and resprited the hero. He looks proportional to me now. Also the hero[ine] have new official names. They are Conan and Claire. Which I think are better than Ace & Ariel. Uhm.. I think that's all I have to say. So here are the screens.

Screenshots:




Conclusion:
The Togepi in the screenshot doesn't have a number because I forgot to activate the national dex in the save file I was using. In game it will have a normal number, like every other Togepi in the game. I've just about said all I need to say, so yeah. Til next time.

~QM

[Sarcastic Prince]

Uhh... your hack is great and all, but don't you think
that it is bad to make release dates?

[zumba]

stoppin by to say its looking really great! playing it right now and idk if you know this or not but all the buildings in emerald town are locked and u can not get in them. except the pokecenter but once you go in theres no goin out lol. keep up the good work! cant wait for the new alpha/beta.

p.s. no matter what he should use or what he uses, i think the game will look great.

[Quilava's Master]

Originally Posted by Sarcastic Prince

Uhh... your hack is great and all, but don't you think
that it is bad to make release dates?

Nope, I'm usually really good about release dates. The only release date I ever failed to meet was for Requiem but by that time I was in the process of starting this. I only give release dates because I know I'll be able to meet them. It's also a good way to motivate myself.

Originally Posted by zumba

stoppin by to say its looking really great! playing it right now and idk if you know this or not but all the buildings in emerald town are locked and u can not get in them. except the pokecenter but once you go in theres no goin out lol. keep up the good work! cant wait for the new alpha/beta.

p.s. no matter what he should use or what he uses, i think the game will look great.

That was done intentionally. I really needed the game out on April 17th and I didn't have time to script the inside of all of the houses. So instead of some of the houses having scripts I decided to lock them all. Hence why I'll be releasing an Updated Alpha.

[Saten Ruiko]

Heya, just wanted to give some feedback. Well, the story is generic, mostly stuff you already know from other hacks or the official games, but in a good way. I like the idea with those sidequests, it's fun to discover stuff like hidden items or cool rewards. Then, try to get better graphics for your thread. Those userbars instead of headlines/logos are weird, just my opinion. Last thing i noticed, the first screenshot looks somehow odd. Is that snow at night? Those colors are to bright, try to adjust them if you like to.

Anyway, keep your work up and sorry for my bad english.

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Originally Posted by Quilava's Master

And the first screenshot isn't of snow at all. It's actually lightning from a thunderstorm, I just happened to catch the screenshot directly as lightning struck haha.

Ok, nevermind ;D

[Quilava's Master]

Originally Posted by Saten Ruiko

Heya, just wanted to give some feedback. Well, the story is generic, mostly stuff you already know from other hacks or the official games, but in a good way. I like the idea with those sidequests, it's fun to discover stuff like hidden items or cool rewards. Then, try to get better graphics for your thread. Those userbars instead of headlines/logos are weird, just my opinion. Last thing i noticed, the first screenshot looks somehow odd. Is that snow at night? Those colors are to bright, try to adjust them if you like to.

Anyway, keep your work up and sorry for my bad english.

The look of the thread doesn't interest me enough for me to change anything. I've been using the same layout since 2008=P And the first screenshot isn't of snow at all. It's actually lightning from a thunderstorm, I just happened to catch the screenshot directly as lightning struck haha.

[Quilava's Master]

Sorry for the lack of screenshots guys, it's just that this past week was finals week. But now my freshman year of college is officially over! There will be an update coming Friday with screens and new info but I just wanted to post this mini update to change some things about the event.

1. I had previously stated that the release for the alpha and the Togepi event would be May 30th. I was wrong. I have it written in my documents as being released on the 30th but the scripts in game align with a release for the 31st. So I can do one of two things. Delay the Alpha 1 day so that everyone can get the Eggcellent Togepi event on the day of the release or option 2 is to release the alpha on the 30th and remind people to go back for the event on the 31st. Either way the alpha will be ready by the 27th so it can be released on either of the two aforementioned days.

2. I also previously stated that the Togepi Event required that you only have one Pokemon in your team to activate it. This is no longer the case. You can have any number but 6.

That's pretty much it, I'm going to bed now, and more news to come later.

~QM

[adryel123]

Really Nice but somethings bugging me
i don't get the Seasons System Can you Explain them like when is the snow will come?

[Quilava's Master]

Originally Posted by adryel123

Really Nice :P but somethings bugging me
i don't get the Seasons System Can you Explain them like when is the snow will come?

Snow would come in the Winter Unless you are in South Zinnos [anywhere below Stargate Cave] where it is too warm to snow. The winter months are December 21st to March 20th.

Minor Update:
I don't know how many people follow my VM's but my hacking laptop is out for repairs. Toshiba tells me that it will take 7-10 days for them to send it back so the hack is on hiatus until I get it back. Then everything will return in full swing. Please be patient =3

[brane]

The one thing that caught my eye in this hack was the storyline, which to me seems very original, while other hacks have always mainly been based around a legendary, you have incorporated great twists in the game but also left a cliffhanger with Celebi becoming involved as well! So I'm hoping that the events in this game are thrilling and always making us wonder what the bigger secret actually is.

While I'm not a fan of the minimal changes to tiles, I do like how you're adding new battle backgrounds and I also like the text, big fan of it.

I hope the hack lives up to the expectations set for me in the introduction and features section, and I wish you good luck!

[zumba]

ive gotten all the way to emerald park and now im stuck. where do i go next? or is that the end of the game for now?

[DrunkPenguins™]

Seems like a great game, but for some reason it wont let me save it on VisualBoyAdvance. Everytime I try I get the error "save error please exchange the backup memory" & I have tried changing all the save options none seem to work.. Any soloutions?

[Pokepal17]

Originally Posted by DrunkPenguins™

Seems like a great game, but for some reason it wont let me save it on VisualBoyAdvance. Everytime I try I get the error "save error please exchange the backup memory" & I have tried changing all the save options none seem to work.. Any soloutions?

http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=73966
This thread has the solution. :3

[Quilava's Master]

Alright guys, my laptop has finally made it to California. Toshiba says that it should take 7-10 days for them to repair and return my laptop so Shattered Dreams is on hold for about a week. With that said I should still be able to make the June 20th release date! If for some reason something goes wrong the beta will be pushed back to July 4th. Just sit tight guys =3

PS: I'm honored that we're nominated for HoTM. That's so exciting. Hopefully we win! Vote vote vote!

[Trifindo]

The background is incredible, ad the DNS shows perfect.
But you should chane the tiles.
Good lock. :D

[blase005]

This doesn't look so bad. The sprites are quite cool and the cities seems nice. My only problem is that on 1 screenshot Cyndaquil was bigger than the trainer... why is he that? Anyway I really hope this hack turns out perfect and I'm looking forward to it

[agentgeo]

I've gotta say that after playing this, I love it! It truly is a wonderful hack with immersive gameplay. But, on Genesis Path (if this hasn't been pointed out) the first boy doesn't have a working script.