Emerald hack: Pokemon Hyetology

[wilso]

when i play most pokemon games i dont have music on i use my own =P (unless its like a epic battle theme)

[blazerj13]

oh, nice hack, love the screenies, love the storyline, keep it up! i cant wait to see this hack finished! ill mark july 20'th on my calender!

[hinkage]

Well based on the current number of votes, it's clear nobody cares too much about music. That's what I figured, but it's reassuring to know for a fact. Now I can completely ignore corruption and not feel bad (for now) :P

[gam3r!]

so the final release is estimated to be at 20 july ?! woooohooo ! cant wait to play it !! Also i like the references ( e.g. cole phelps from L.A. noire )

[hinkage]

Gamefreak's Black/White and Black 2/White 2 have used some of my general ideas, with maps* and events**. Granted, the events weren't completely original to games, but they had never been done in Pokemon before. Just as a warning to everyone there MAY be some similar stuff, but now I'm inclined to just think of something else because I don't want to do things that have been done in the official games.

Spoiler:

*Specifically, they made a grassy area in the middle of Castelia that's surrounded by buildings. I had done that SAME THING in 2010 when I tried hacking G/S/C. Do I have any proof? No, so I should just shut up; they probably got the idea from Central Park anyway, but I DON'T CARE DAMMIT! >:(. And Illusion Forest (technically also from SMW tho).

**The Black 2/White 2 ending sequence, and other things I can't think of right now because it's almost 2 AM.

The only reason I bring this up is because I just saw the B2/W2 ending and got to thinking about how a lot of my ideas have been done by the mainstream games, and don't want people thinking I deliberately took ideas from them. It's just coincidence! Oh well. Too bad, so sad.


/Endrant Please consider adding support banners to your signatures, by the way. :D I added another, made by qaz015393. If you don't get why there's a Steven sprite, well then you clearly haven't played either of my other two hacks, you MONSTER. Anyway, I'll be posting more screenshots sometime this next week because I haven't in awhile.

[Tigerkit300]

Tigerkit approves. This looks very, very nice. I would add a little more detail to routes though. You don't want it to be just a plain, grass and tress route.*Constructive Criticism over*

[gam3r!]

Originally Posted by hinkage

Gamefreak's Black/White and Black 2/White 2 have used some of my general ideas, with maps* and events**. Granted, the events weren't completely original to games, but they had never been done in Pokemon before. Just as a warning to everyone there MAY be some similar stuff, but now I'm inclined to just think of something else because I don't want to do things that have been done in the official games.

Spoiler:

*Specifically, they made a grassy area in the middle of Castelia that's surrounded by buildings. I had done that SAME THING in 2010 when I tried hacking G/S/C. Do I have any proof? No, so I should just shut up; they probably got the idea from Central Park anyway, but I DON'T CARE DAMMIT! . And Illusion Forest (technically also from SMW tho).

**The Black 2/White 2 ending sequence, and other things I can't think of right now because it's almost 2 AM.

The only reason I bring this up is because I just saw the B2/W2 ending and got to thinking about how a lot of my ideas have been done by the mainstream games, and don't want people thinking I deliberately took ideas from them. It's just coincidence! Oh well. Too bad, so sad.


/Endrant Please consider adding support banners to your signatures, by the way. :D I added another, made by qaz015393. If you don't get why there's a Steven sprite, well then you clearly haven't played either of my other two hacks, you MONSTER. Anyway, I'll be posting more screenshots sometime this next week because I haven't in awhile.

hey man... all this is just a coincidence i don't believe that anyone would think of you copying gamefreak....and that's why everyone is here ! To try a new pokémon adventure and support the creators of the hacks !
P.S. 1: I copy pasted a hyetlology banner in my sig but it doesn't seem to work. In the sig preview it shows up but when i comment not....
P.S.2: What is with that screen that says "is thrashing about" ???

[Asuf]

Yeah, i don't think anyone is going to make a big deal about a few coincidences seriously. You have two other hacks? I'm going to look for them now lol. I hope more support banners can be made, I'm not liking these ones too much... Just my opinion though. Good luck again with the hack on finishing it and fixing audio errors!

[gam3r!]

Originally Posted by Asuf

Yeah, i don't think anyone is going to make a big deal about a few coincidences seriously. You have two other hacks? I'm going to look for them now lol. I hope more support banners can be made, I'm not liking these ones too much... Just my opinion though. Good luck again with the hack on finishing it and fixing audio errors!

i think that pokemon awesome version ( hinkage's first hack) wasn't showcased so it will be hard finding the patch file

[RennyRenato123]

I can't wait for this game

[gam3r!]

Originally Posted by RennyRenato123

I can't wait for this game

No one can wait ! 13 days to july 20 ( possible release date ) !

[hinkage]

I have good news and bad news.

Bad news:
Sorry guise, but I'm going to have to delay the release for this game. No excuses -- there's just too much to do and not enough time, I think. New projected release date is August 24. It could be sooner though. Sorry :(


Good news:
I've completely updated the OP, including new screenshots.

[wilso]

only a few more weeks i guess ill think of it as a late b day present :3 btw love the new screenshots

[gam3r!]

Well too bad that the release is going to be delayed but its okay.Everyone should be patient...,

[Asuf]

Take all the time you need, you can never put a release date on a hack since you never know whats going to happen in my view...
I'm liking the new screens though! Finished your first hack which I enjoyed, need to find a suitable Emerald rom for the second though, anyways keep at it.

[Aurasan]

This looks awesome man. I'd suggest you mod the "hero" sprites but I've always liked the white haired guy.. maybe mod the girl sprite? Also hoping there are fakemon and scenery in the battle screens. Would loved to have seen this in Beta form.
Though I must disagree with you on scripting / mapping. I find the former takes no thought and the latter to require creativity, regardless.. good stuff!

[LightOfTruth]

I be following this thread as the hack looks great. Just a question, Is it possible to release new screen-shots per week to show process of the hack before the beta or full game?

[blazerj13]

aww..... release delayed......*remarks calender*

[munchhack]

I think you have really good tiles so far, like the gym tiles, I have been wanting to make my own custom tiles on fire red but I can't and I am amazed with your tiles.

[Sarcastic Prince]

You are putting too much pressure on yourself if you put up a release date. Take all the time you need. This hack has really great potential in it.

[krisye]

This looks absolutely amazing.
Legen... Waiting for it.... (...we'll see about that the 24th of august)

[hinkage]

Hello everyone. I have an update.


I was working on Hyetology today when these things happened:






For those of you who are newer to ROM hacking, there are two lessons to be learned here:
1. Never hack Pokemon Emerald.
2. Always make backups.

Needless to say, this blows. Have a nice day.

[pinta77]

Wow! This looks pretty cool. It's nice that it's an emerald hack, and the story is great. Trailer looked pretty good to. I can't wait til it's ready.

@hinkage
Uh-oh, this doesn't mean the game is cancelled does it!?

[gam3r!]

WTF?! What happened there ?

[hinkage]

Nah, I have backups and can (probably) fix everything. It's just funny.

So far, this game has survived through about 8 uber, gamebreaking glitches, and my old computer completely pooping out, all because I planned ahead.