[Developing] Pokemon Melanite Version

[Rayd12smitty]

Intro: Hello PokeCommunity! Some of you may recognize this game I started earlier this year. The old thread for this is over two months old (I think) as I grew very busy for a while, and was unable to continue the game. However, now I am back, and Pokemon Melanite is in full swing again!

The Region: Welcome to the Zela Region! A land said to be created directly after Sinnoh, when Arceus made the world around Mt. Coronet. Located just west off the coast of Sinnoh, is said to hold the balance of order and chaos throughout the Pokemon World.

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Locations are as follows
1. Lily Town: Your quiet home town, home to a small pond, and the entrance to Dusk Forest.
2. Novum Town: The first town you visit on your journey. The champion, and your rival live here. There is also an old cave home to part of an ancient prophecy.
3. Pallisa City: The first small city you encounter. It is home to a trainer school and the 1st gym.
4. Vetus Town: A larger town home to a cave that holds the other part of an ancient prophecy.
5. Splitsoul Town: A mountainside town home to the second gym, and Hades' Pillar; a ghost tower.
6. Palm City: The largest city in Zela. The large city includes a beach coast, a lighthouse, docks, the 3rd gym, and a department store.
7. Marsh City: A small city on the edge of the marsh biome. It is home to the 5th gym, and the safari zone.
8. Mopos Town: A quiet town that has a special pokemon day care.
9. Raptor City: A small paleontology influenced city on the edge of the desert. It is home to the 4th gym and the Dragonite Postal Service.
10. Desertia City: The second largest city. It is in the middle of the desert, and full of casinos, and large stores. It is very influenced by Las Vegas.
11. Crossroads Town: A large town in the middle of the tundra. It has a statue in honor of a girl who went missing years ago.
12. Ice Flow City: A large city with a fishing/shipping industry. It is home to the 6th gym, and docks with service to Port Flow City.
13. Rockford Town: A mountain town north of a strange shrine.
14. Treepos Town: An old village in the middle of the swamp. It is home to the 7th gym, and Poison Darkout.
15. Onology Town: The only inhabited island of the Hurricane Islands. It is home to a Native People who are quite insane.
16. Port Flow Town: A small fishing community. It's docks connect to Ice Flow City.
17. Glacia City: A small city on the glacier. It is home to the 8th gym, and Shimmer Cave.
18. Northpoint City: The northernmost city on the mainland. It is home to the battle tower.
19. Champion Isle: The Pokemon League

The Story: The story starts right away, with the introduction. Professor Oak is back, for one last adventure. You play as a young boy/girl who is about 15 years old. You have grown up in Lily Town all your life, with a slightly over protective mother. One day, you head downstairs to go outside. Your mom stops you, and asks you to go visit your neighbor for her. On your way, you run into a strange old man talking to himself. He asks for your name, and acts surprised when you tell him. He apologizes for bothering you and walks off towards the forest. Your curiosity gets the best of you, and you decide to follow him. As you follow him into the forest, you are attacked by wild pokemon! You run inside an old lab with the professor, who decides to give you a pokemon to defend yourself. You pick a pokemon, and head back home, fighting your way through the bug pokemon. You tell your mom what happened, and she is grateful you are alive. You head back to thank the professor to find him gone. Only a box and a hastily written letter are there. You open the box to find a pokedex and 5 pokeballs. The note tells you to visit Alice in Novum town, and so your adventure begins.

You travel across the Zela Region, discovering ancient secrets, fighting a forgotten evil, defeating the gyms, battling a rivalry with a new friend, and stopping Team Masquerade. Much more is at risk then petty pokemon theft, if you fail, the world could be in danger or eternal darkness.

Characters: Good News! For those who followed this game before, I have finally found two spriters! I hope to be able to share the gym leaders and new main character sprites soon. I will update this with sprites as I get them.

Main Characters

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Ray and Kelsey
The protagonists of Pokemon Melanite. (These may or may not be the final sprites) They are both 15 years old, growing up in Lily Town.


Parker
Your rival. He is actually not a douche... Anyway, like normal he picks the starter strong to you. He is a boy about 15 years old, who always wanted to be a pokemon trainer. He lives in Novum Town.

Alice
The champion of the Zela Region. She helps you multiple times throughout your journey, and favors dark type pokemon.

Prof. Oak
The old professor is back again! The professor returns to the Zela Region, meaning to stop chaos from starting, but gets kidnapped before he can do anything.

Yang and Yin
The keepers of Peace in the region. They are the owners of Reshiram and Zekrom respectively.

Team Masquerade
The "bad guys" of Pokemon Melanite. They are led by two Alphas and their leader Mystique. They seem to have an obsession with pokemon that can alter themselves such as ditto.

Gym Leaders

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Joey: The first gym leader is that annoying little bastard and his "special" Ratatta. The gym is normal type.

Dug: The second gym leader is a fossil loving man. He uses all fossil pokemon. The gym is rock type.

Rayna: The third gym leader is a competitive swimmer. The gym is water type.

Scalia: The fourth gym leader is a tom boy paleontologist. She loves the desert, and only uses pokemon that live there. The gym is ground type.

Lectro: The fifth gym leader used to run an old power plant, and gained a love for electric type pokemon. The gym is electric type.
Melany: The sixth gym leader is a plant lover who lives in one of the region's coldest cities. She runs a greenhouse which serves as her gym. The gym is grass type.
Nina: The seventh gym leader is the ninja leader of his people. His dojo serves as a gym. The gym is poison type.
Luke: The eigth gym leader is a powerful young trainer. The gym is dragon type.

Xing Yoa: The first member of the elite four. He specializes in fighting types, including the "Hitmons." His favorite pokemon is Toxicroak.
Skylar: The second member of the elite four. She specializes in flying types, and favors her Xatu.
Icilia: The third member of the elite four. She specializes in ice types, and favors her sneasel.
Pyre: The fourth and final member of the elite four. He specializes in fire types. He favors his arcanine.


Alice: The champion who uses dark types. She uses Weavile, Tyranitar, Hydreigon, Sharpedo, Drapion, and Umbreon.

Pokemon: The regional pokedex for Pokemon Melanite includes 285 pokemon from all 5 regions. There will be a post elite-four that includes a 100 pokemon expansion.

Starters

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The starters of Pokemon Melanite are different from traditional games. They are:

Croagunk: The fighting type starter. It is meant to be the easy starter.

Sneasel: The ice type starter. It is meant to be the medium difficulty starter.

Natu: The flying type starter. It is meant to be the hard difficulty starter.

Legendaries

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Many people complain about there being too many legendaries in newer pokemon games. Although, others take the other side, and just want more. To take the middle ground, the main game will have 8 legendary pokemon in it. The post game however, will feature over 20 more legendaries.

The Regis: They serve as guardians. Many of the locations in Pokemon Melanite are based off of the Pokemon Movies. They guard a place much like the tree of life.
Reshiram and Zekrom: The bearers of order and chaos. They keep peace and balance in the world.
Celebi: The time guardian. She lives deep in the Dusk Forest.
Darkrai: I know the main pokemon games say Darkrai is just misunderstood. In Pokemon Melanite, he is more like the Darkrai of the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Games... Evil!

Screenshots:

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Music:

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Thats right. Pokemon Melanite now has custom music to give it a more original feel.
Main Theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeTVN-LSfGw

Team Members:
Me, Rayd12smitty: project leader, story writer, map maker, graphic redesign, eventer, spriter
Krovahlok: spriter
MrSirBlueberry: spriter
Bangr35: music
SUPERmegaPIEman: music
ThePancakeEskimo: music, and idea giver

Still looking for more team members, mainly a scripter. I may have found one, but am not sure if they can do what I need yet.



Credits can be found here:
http://pokemonmv.webs.com/credits
If I owe you credit and you don't see your name, please let me know so I can add it!

And, show your support with new support tags!

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[Dradier234]

Nice game! You have cool HGSS tiles. I like how you painted the Battleboxes!
Pokémon Melanite sounds familiar!

[Rayd12smitty]

Originally Posted by Dradier234

Nice game! You have cool HGSS tiles. I like how you painted the Battleboxes!
Pokémon Melanite sounds familiar!

Thank you. I'm glad you remember it.

Just added the second gym leader

[Ęℓαчиıı]

Good to see that Melanite is back in full swing. :'D
I made a little supporter bar for you, hope you don't mind. I'm glad to see a logo didn't go to waste, either.

[Rayd12smitty]

Originally Posted by Ęℓαчиıı

Good to see that Melanite is back in full swing. :'D
I made a little supporter bar for you, hope you don't mind. I'm glad to see a logo didn't go to waste, either.

Thank you and thanks again for the awesome logo. I've used it through everything. Awesome support bar too. I like it better than the current one. Can I use it as the official one once I get back on a computer?

EDIT: I added it to the post assuming it's ok. If not for some reason I will take it down if you want.

Just added one of the elite four sprites. It may not be final. I hope to have the water gym leader soon. Also, check the bottom of the main thread for new info on multiple things.

[Ęℓαчиıı]

Originally Posted by Rayd12smitty

Thank you and thanks again for the awesome logo. I've used it through everything. Awesome support bar too. I like it better than the current one. Can I use it as the official one once I get back on a computer?

Just added one of the elite four sprites. It may not be final. I hope to have the water gym leader soon. Also, check the bottom of the main thread for new info on multiple things.

You certainly can, just upload it to you own image host as I'll be deleting it from my Dropbox to save some space. I'm not a spriter, but, if I have some time I would be up for doing a little art for this game; I'm backed up on commissions right now, so I'll be busy for a long time.

[Blazing Inferno]

Hey this looks great but looking at your map you seem to not have any snow or ice on it. Is that just because you don't have the colours. If so, I could give the one I use to you.

Good luck with the game.

[Rayd12smitty]

Originally Posted by Blazing Inferno

Hey this looks great but looking at your map you seem to not have any snow or ice on it. Is that just because you don't have the colours. If so, I could give the one I use to you.

Good luck with the game.

I have plenty of snow/ice tiles, and desert, and beach, and swamp, and underwater, I just have yet to use them. The hometown is in a very basic part of the region. I am trying to not make too many maps before I actually am ready for them. Thanks for the offer though.

Originally Posted by Ęℓαчиıı

You certainly can, just upload it to you own image host as I'll be deleting it from my Dropbox to save some space. I'm not a spriter, but, if I have some time I would be up for doing a little art for this game; I'm backed up on commissions right now, so I'll be busy for a long time.

Will do. I will do that right away. Thanks for the offer. I have a great spriter for trainers right now, but if i need anything, and can't find someone, i will definitely come to you.

[Rayquaza.]

Is there anything you need for this game - Sprites, etc?

[KirakonGxi]

Cool Game...Thud i love your Banner Thud...so cool..And Nice Game that u make.. ilove it all!! i can't wait For The Final Release ...!!

[PokemonGiratinaX]

Wow! This game is amazing. I really like how you design the hero and heroin. Good luck!

[Rayd12smitty]

Originally Posted by Rayquaza.

Is there anything you need for this game - Sprites, etc?

The only thing I'm really missing is a good BW styled pond auto tile.

[Rayquaza.]

Oh, ok. I'll send you some via a PM but they're more HGSS styled mixed with BW, as BW water autotiles are hard to compile because they consist of many components which inconveniently overlap in a normal autotile.

[Rayd12smitty]

Originally Posted by Rayquaza.

Oh, ok. I'll send you some via a PM but they're more HGSS styled mixed with BW, as BW water autotiles are hard to compile because they consist of many components which inconveniently overlap in a normal autotile.

Awesome thanks I can't wait to get them.

[Dradier234]

Man! All your sprites are AMAZING!!! One thing though
I looked on your web, will you add more color to your title?
It looks like all red.

[Rayd12smitty]

Originally Posted by Dradier234

Man! All your sprites are AMAZING!!! One thing though
I looked on your web, will you add more color to your title?
It looks like all red.

Thanks for the compliments. Could you explain what you mean by the red? Of you are talking about the site design in general, I haven't used the site in ages, and probably won't again. I update regularly here www.reddit.com/r/pokemonmelanite

EDIT: Sorry i just reread this and realized you meant the title screen. That is like most things on the site, old. I am completely changing it. I want to base it off of the image on the home page of my old site, without some of the pokemon.

Added sprites for 3rd and 5th gym leaders, Bethany the water type leader, and Lectro the electric type leader

[Blazing Inferno]

Originally Posted by Rayd12smitty

I have plenty of snow/ice tiles, and desert, and beach, and swamp, and underwater, I just have yet to use them. The hometown is in a very basic part of the region. I am trying to not make too many maps before I actually am ready for them. Thanks for the offer though.

Alright then. Not sure whether I was clear with my last post though, I tend to do it a lot by accident, but I was refering to your region map.

Your sprites look great, but what's with the fifth gym leader. Is he meant to have an electric explosion behind him or something. It just looks a little awkward to me with the black background of the page.

[Rayd12smitty]

@Blazing Inferno
Oh. The map is in HGSS style and I want to keep it original to the game. I do have the colors for that I just chose not to use them. Plus, I only designed the map, it was made by NikNaks who is an amazing map maker. With the gym leader, I don't make the sprites. I give my spriter a description and he works his magic. That is a static aura almost surrounding him. It does look strange with this background I admit, but it looks fine with a plain battle back behind it.

[Dradier234]

Originally Posted by Rayd12smitty

Thanks for the compliments. Could you explain what you mean by the red? Of you are talking about the site design in general, I haven't used the site in ages, and probably won't again. I update regularly here www.reddit.com/r/pokemonmelanite

EDIT: Sorry i just reread this and realized you meant the title screen. That is like most things on the site, old. I am completely changing it. I want to base it off of the image on the home page of my old site, without some of the pokemon.

Added sprites for 3rd and 5th gym leaders, Bethany the water type leader, and Lectro the electric type leader

Okay, I was just wondering. I get it

[Rayd12smitty]

Added sprite for and renamed another elite four member. 4th gym leader sprite coming hopefully tomorrow

[Rayd12smitty]

Got around to adding the fourth gym leader's sprite.

[Rayd12smitty]

mystery trainer sprite! who could it be?

[Rayd12smitty]

Added new gym leader. Melany the grass type leader

[Rayd12smitty]

7th gym leader added. She's a ninja:D

[Elite Four Lucian]

Looks good bro, you need anymore mapping help? I'd be glad to help.