Red hack: Pokémon Prototype

[Danny-E 33]

Well yeah, I was particularly keeping this in mind when redesigning the map. Even if it isn't 'realistic' or 'traditional', I prefer a game that's more start-to-finish. I'm sure that isn't most people's opinion, but it is my preference and I'm going to make my game the way I want to see a game made.

[NumbNexus]

Wheres the Download Link? I'm a tad new to this and don't necessarily see it.

[playplayj]

WOW! I think this looks awesome, I've been waiting for someone to do a hack with Mewtwo!

[Danny-E 33]

Originally Posted by NumbNexus

Wheres the Download Link? I'm a tad new to this and don't necessarily see it.

I actually haven't released a demo for this hack yet. Maybe in a few months still. Progress has been pretty slow due to school and work and all, but I'll finish it eventually

Originally Posted by playplayj

WOW! I think this looks awesome, I've been waiting for someone to do a hack with Mewtwo!

Thank you! Be sure to check here often for updates and let me know any feedback you can think of

[slyly]

You should have like a beta releases like gyms 1-3 or some shiz... so people don't think this thread is dead.

[Danny-E 33]

What's today? The 9th? I last posted in this thread two days ago. It's definitely not dead.

And did you even read my last post? I'm still working on the first beta. It just isn't ready yet. That's also kinda why this thread is in the Progressing Hacks forum

[Danny-E 33]

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I've been very busy and I've been doing alot of work on this project behind the scenes, so most of it's been stuff I can't really show off.

But today I have an update everyone can appreciate! :D
I have finished adding support for GSC trainers and their own unique palette!




In case you didn't know, in the gen 1 games all trainers are programmed to use one palette. So it was a challenge to make it so each trainer could use their own palette. This feature was made possible by stag019

[miksy91]

Your hack also deserves a lot more attention than this...
Anyway, looking good but how have you progressed with the overall gameplay?

[Danny-E 33]

Originally Posted by miksy91

Your hack also deserves a lot more attention than this...

Thanks but with something as gba centered as Pokecommunity, I can't really complain

Originally Posted by miksy91

Anyway, looking good but how have you progressed with the overall gameplay?

Almost non-existent. Between school, work, and a secret project that I'm eager to finish and release, any of my time that has gone towards this hack has mostly been making everything more organized and finishing several things that I've left unfinished cause I get too excited about starting something else that has to do with this hack. I need to be better about finishing a single task before I try to begin another one. So I think I'm gonna be in this catch-up phase for a while. But that's fine with me

[Danny-E 33]

Big update today! I now have nice 6x6 back sprites working for all Pokemon! No more gross, pixelated back sprites! Along with the other graphics and palette changes to the rest of the battle HUD, my gen 1 battle screen looks almost identical to the batte screen for Gold!! :D



All the credit for the working 6x6 back sprites goes to Sawakita for showing me how to implement this! I never could have done this on my own!

[Freako]

Why didn't you just use gold in the first place?

[Danny-E 33]

Well the only thing I've tried mimicking GSC for is graphics of the battle screen. As far as the structure of the rest of the game (all kinds of data, Pokemon, maps, the whole game engine), I want to use Red as a base. I'm a much bigger fan of gen 1 than I am of gen 2 just becuse that's what I grew up with so it's what I prefer. Alot of my goals will be easier to accomplish in a Red hack rather than a Gold hack. Just cause the battle screen wouldn't have to be edited if I used Gold doesn't mean it would overall be a better choice for me

[chipsoft]

Looks like a great hack!Can't wait to play it!

[Danny-E 33]

Thanks! Be sure check for updates often!

[pinta77]

Wow this looks interesting. I didnt even know you could edit overworld in red/blue hacks. Ive never seen it done before, but it looks like you changed the overworld for the main character. Right?

Also, the sprites look really nice and so does the title screen. I'd definately be interested in playing this.

[Southueki]

This really caught my eye now! Any developments? :D

Can't wait to try this hack, seems great, gogo, you got a fan here ahah

[Danny-E 33]

Originally Posted by pinta77

Wow this looks interesting. I didnt even know you could edit overworld in red/blue hacks. Ive never seen it done before, but it looks like you changed the overworld for the main character. Right?

Also, the sprites look really nice and so does the title screen. I'd definately be interested in playing this.

Thank you very much!
And yes, right now the overworld screenshots show the overworld hero sprite for GSC. This is because originally I planned on using the GSC player back sprite for in battle. But once I stumbled upon Poketto's awesome custom player back sprite, I decided I will use that sprite which was made to match the style of the original player back sprite in Red but not pixely. I've only recently successfully got it in my hack, so now the overworld sprite will go back to how it originally looks.
I really love Poketto's sprite! :D

Originally Posted by Southueki

This really caught my eye now! Any developments? :D

Can't wait to try this hack, seems great, gogo, you got a fan here ahah

Thanks alot! With the little free time I have to work on this, I've almost only worked on graphic improvements. I'm almost finished tieing up loose ends, so soon I'll strickly be working on connection data and then mapping! Then this hack will really take off

[Danny-E 33]

Well an update has been well over due!

I've completely redone the screenshot section. Here's what's new:
Added support for unique trainer palettes and seperate palettes for Venusaur's/Ivysaur's back sprites (thanks to stag019)
Added support for 6x6 back sprites (thanks to Sawakita)
Added in an awesome player back sprite (credit for the sprite goes to Poketto)
Returned the title screen sprite and the overworld sprite for the player back to the original sprites now that I'm using Poketto's back sprite instead of Gold's back sprite.
Changed the palette used for the Pokeballs at the start of a battle to the red health bar palette without screwing up the health bars' palette once you send out a Pokemon (thanks to Sawakita)
Added my sprite recolors that I'm using in my hack done by me (some from GSC, some from Yellow, one from Green)
I also added a sprite sheet of all the trainer sprites that I'm using in my hack that Poketto has provided.

I think soon I'm going to add a credits section cause at this point there has definitely been a significant amount of help from several great people around here.

Oh! I also tacked on my hack's support banner at the end of the first post, in case any of you want to add it to your sig
It would be greatly appreciated

[Danny-E 33]

Small update.

I added Poketto's recolor of Cue Ball. Now there are only a few more gen 1 trainers that need to be revamped to fit the quality of the rest of the sprites.

Check it out in the screenshots section of the first post!

[DaleH771]

The backsprite for RED looks absolutely brilliant. As do all of the revamped Pokemon.

My question is, why didn't Nintendo do this in the original games? They look so much better this way. Excellent work, keep it up!

[Danny-E 33]

Hello Dale! It's nice to hear from you again!

Originally Posted by DaleH771

The backsprite for RED looks absolutely brilliant. As do all of the revamped Pokemon.

Thanks! I'm quite proud of how it's all turning out.

Originally Posted by DaleH771

My question is, why didn't Nintendo do this in the original games? They look so much better this way. Excellent work, keep it up!

This is because all the biig blocky backsprites in the original game are actually really small images (3.5x3.5 tiles) which means there's not alot of room for any detail. And then these tiny sprites are zoomed to become 7x7 tile backsprites which causes them to look extra blocky. The reason they did it this way instead of just using bigger sprites was because of saving space. Back in the 90's when gameboys were still pretty new, they literally just didn't have enough room on the old gameboy cartriges to use 6x6 backsprites that take up alot more space. By the time GSC came out, cartriges could hold much more data, so it wasn't a hassle to use 6x6 backsprites. But with roms and emulators now, this isn't a problem anymore.

[Danny-E 33]

Update!

Here are the Fire Red/Leaf Green devamp sprites that our now going in my hack:

Credit for the old man backsprite goes to Mateo. Credit for the Engineer goes to Luigi-San, and the Cooltrainer F was by PixelEye.
The other three were by me.

[Hacker Bisharp]

Oh god! This is awesome! This is the best red hack rom! Compliments!

[Danny-E 33]

Well thank you very much!
Hopefully I'll be able to prove this when the first beta is ready!

[Quilava's Master]

This looks absolutely brilliant. So much effort went into this and it shows. It looks like a 2nd gen. game. Aside from the technical aspects, I can't comment much snice the screenshots don't show too much detail about the progress of the overall hack. I'll have my eye on this one.