Pokémon Liquid Ocean [HotY - 2006]

[Christos]

Pokémon Liquid Ocean

Winning HotY 2006, Pokémon Liquid Ocean became one of the most popular hacks of this community. Perfect mapping, stunning story, new challenges, all of that was created by Christos. Now, Matt NG joined as a co-worker and helps to make this hack even better. Now something from history. Originally, Liquid Ocean was hack of Emerald but dueto glitches the hack development was restarted and codebase was changed to BPRE.

• April 29th - Restart
• August 7th - Pre-alpha

Technical Data
Based on the stable engine of Pokémon FireRed - BPRE, Pokémon Liquid Ocean will offer the ultimate game experience for everyone. The game code will be changed respectively to the new name.

Hack Features
Pokémon Liquid Ocean will include following features, which may change during the development of the hack.

New Region
Beautiful region of Soala will offer a new view to the Pokémon world. Blooming with flowers and trees everywhere, Soala will offer very realistic look into the game.



Radio System
You will find some radios in some places. There you will be able to experience radio-based contests (Remember Buena’s Password?), which may be tried only once per radio. There will be a radio in player’s room and it will be the only one to change a radio station. You will hear some well-known ones from G/S/C and some completely new ones. Summarising, you will hear 5 different radio stations.



New indoor designs of Pokémon Centre and Pokémon Mart
The Pokémon Centre will be redesigned to cleaner, white style and Pokémon Mart will be orange styled.

New scripts, new story, new quests
As the scripting is very important part of the hack, it will be the tool to change the quests and storyline. You may look forward to new, exciting challenges, new faces in Gyms and whole new Elite Four.

New colours
We will see very nice palette of colours already included in early stages of pre-restart era.



Nice tunes to hear
Yup, you will hear exotic D/P music in some places. Combining with right atmosphere, you will get perfect experience. But there is still possibility to hear completely new music.

The Story
You first start at your hometown in Enzo, Legian town where you and your neighbour, May go to the route near the town. There you find a bag in the wild grass, you go closer and wild Pokémon run to attack you. The bag contains two Pokéballs, May and the hero quickly take a Pokéball and start fighting. Then after the battle, Daisy Oak, who now lives at a small house in Enzo to discover the region's Pokémon species, finds you and Cindy and takes you to the lab. She lets you both keep the Pokémon you chose before and your quest begins.

Screenshots
The most appreciated part of this thread is here. Current screenshots are from the post-restart era. So…









Staff Members

• Christos Mapping, Scripting
  
• Matt NG Mapping, Spriting
  
• Acendo Mapping, Graphics, Website

Credits
$_$ - Hero/Heroine overworlds
TreeckoLv.100 - Grass gym leader sprite
Fangking Omega - Nelt City tileset
Cronos - Graphics
SHN - Sprites

Release Centre
So, now it time to try alphas! Okay, Pre-alpha and alpha. Both are from pre-restart era so they are for Emerald codebase.
New pre-alpha was released on August 7th. Patch of Fire Red.

[Lightning]

...o_o This seems far more suitable for ROM hacking, so I'm going to move it there.

(Note: Jeremy, if I moved it into the wrong forum there, just move it again. XD)

[God of pokemon]

It looks good.Keep it up!

[Christos]

Here are some screenshots of the 2nd town Breeze:
Piercing Wind 6_02.png Piercing Wind 6_01.png
Piercing Wind 6_03.png

[6434]

good game keep up the work

[ockayethenoo]

What program are you using?

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Looks ok but you really should change the sprites, i'll help, if you can help me actually hack XD.

[Hiidoran]

This is a pretty ok hack, not bad!

[djvolcom]

too many hacks, with new pokemon, heh, not my chose in games.

[vivekharin]

nice concept and very nice screenies Christos.Good luck with your hack.

[Christos]

ockayethenoo:i am using advance map for the maps

Kakashi Hatake:how can I help you hack?

Here's some pictures of Gaia City (Petalburg):
Piercing Wind 6_04.pngPiercing Wind 6_05.pngPiercing Wind 6_06.png

[pokerocks]

It's good but it's not great. When I see more screenies, I will give you what I think.

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Well you seem to know how to modify roms and that, i on the other hand can only make the graphics like pokemon sprites, etc.

[matlee]

if you need any help with spriting you can give me pm or add me on msn
if you want i could give you a manaphaii sprite
He's SOO KAWAII




PS i also do overworlds main characters are hard so if im hired can i not do the main characters overworlds



P.S.P.S<<<<LOL
Sweetie

[Christos]

matlee:What's your msn address?
Kakashi Hatake:To change maps you can go to RomHacking and then to Tools Showcase download AdvanceMap 1.80,Elite Map....

Here's Route 103 (Secret Valley):
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It's somehow small.
Click on it to enlarge it.

[pokerocks]

That was good. Can't wait to play it!

[Chronix]

Im new to the whole hacking business. what you have is good. i can make sprites if you want me to make you some just PM me with a list and description.

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

That AdvanceMap is too hard for me i need someone who knows what they doing, besides me ish good at spriting

[Christos]

Chronix:Can you do overworld sprites?
If it's not hard for you can you do a battle Sprite for a Team Tornado Grunt with white and light purple clothes.Do it however you like but make sure it looks like he is a flying pokemon trainer.

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

I'm good at most sprites, pokemon, trainers overworlds etc.

[Christos]

Kakashi Hatake: If it's not hard for you can you do an overworld Sprite for a Team Tornado Grunt with white and light purple clothes.Do it however you like but make sure it looks like he is a flying pokemon trainer.

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Got a base sprite you want me to work off from?

[Christos]

Try the Team Aqua Grunt:
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pokemon...PNG

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

You are wanting me to do the trainer sprite as well?

[Christos]

If you want to do it..............You can talk to me on msn
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Here's a screenie of Route 102 (Rainy Path):
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