Ruby hack: Pokémon Alpha

[MudMast]

Pokémon Alpha - Created By MudMast of MudMastStudios (M.M.S.)
Will return with release at a later date.

Spoiler:

Prologue
"There was a time long, long ago when nothing existed, nothing in this universe. When the moment in non-existence arrived, a creature emerged from the shadows, the creator, the Alpha Pokémon. From the Alpha, created were just two more beings, before moving to watch over them. These two beings were Deities, each creators and controllers of their trait. One being Time, One being Space. When the two clashed, it began the real creation. The Universe, Life, and Being."

Chapter 1 – Graduation Day

Today it happened. I knew what it would be before it though. It was a result of all the hard work I had achieved though the last few years of PokéSchool. Yes, I had passed my final examination and had graduated...
Many of us had got though this school, besides from the class jokers, which a few failed; as expected by everyone, even themselves. The majority were staying in Sinnoh, but a few moved on to faraway regions. This was the class of 2027.
***

"How long will it take?", "Sir, we should be arriving at the destination in under 20 Minutes, proceeding South-West as planned." "Good, is the item secure in storage?" "Yes Sir". The two in conversation were aboard the flight deck of the helicopter; these two were of the highest authority in the organisation, they had just left the base on the offshore island and were heading into the mainland of the region. At the back of the flight deck were a group of around 20, assigned to the parachutes to check the area first before they can search.
They had arrived; the underlings had searched the area, no one to be seen. They guarded the entrance to the area, and signalled that the helicopter could land. Back on the flight deck, the highest authority told the other; "Use the flute at the entrance, capture it, and bring it back to headquarters, no excuses!", before leaving the Admin to their work.
***

After we had been told our results, we had our break time; when I then called Mom, and told her. She was pleased with me, but there was a tone in her voice, which gave the impression that she didn't want it to be so. She had even come to Jubilife City to see our graduation, before she and all of the other parents went home.
All of us students would then have to create our trainer cards, and here's where the story begins…

Demo Contents:

Spoiler:

School Bus - Map: 100% Events: 100%
Twinleaf Town - Maps: 100% Events: 56.25%
Other things I need to do:
- More Overworld Sprites
- Main Trainer Sprites
Demo will be released here to the Public
Demo Release at 100% - Maps: 100% Events: 65% Total: 82.5%
(For more information on current and later release percentages, follow the link to MudMastStudios and select "Alpha" from the Navigation Menu)

The Release's will be released to the public when bugs in previous release are fixed.Release Order: Demo (One-Off To Public), Pre-Alpha (To Testers), Alpha (To Public), Pre-Beta (To Testers), Beta (To Public), Pre-Alpha...

This project had been restarted 4 times altogether
I got the idea of this October 2007
This hack is based on D/P but is 20 years later.

MudMast - The Hack
xghost - Lead Beta Tester
<Your name here> - Beta Tester - Apply through PM only

Spoiler:

[IMG]http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee148/MudMast/AlphaBannerV3.jpg[ /IMG]

1: Feedback on what you think

Nintendo - For Fire Red Style Trees (Inserted by me)
Lu-Ho - Advancemap
Scizz - Advancetext
HackMew - OverworldEditor-RE, XSE, SMCA

No Releases Yet, see the Progress Report.

 

[Nytkoi]

Wow, I am liking the graphics and sprites. From the looks of your other stuff, you have improved lots. Keep it up! I like the new truck, too 8o

 

[.com]

it looks good so far. you should insert some more FR tiles on this, besides just the trees. thank you for that though lol, because I HATE the ruby trees. But anyways, good luck on this. I'll check back here once you add more.

 

[Surf]

This acctualy looks alright But to keep this thread from dieing you'd better get some scripts up.
Nice FR tree tiles BTW
Were they from WAH's tileset?

 

[Tropical Sunlight]

It looks great so far! I like the new Sinnoh!
But you should insert some new tiles... There is a Platinum tile patch in the ROM Hacking Resources.

 

[Vrai]

It looks great so far! I like the new Sinnoh!
But you should insert some new tiles... There is a Platinum tile patch in the ROM Hacking Resources.

Well, this is a hack of Ruby, and he's used FireRed tiles..

 

[MudMast]

Wow, I am liking the graphics and sprites. From the looks of your other stuff, you have improved lots. Keep it up! I like the new truck, too 8o

Thanks.

it looks good so far. you should insert some more FR tiles on this, besides just the trees. thank you for that though lol, because I HATE the ruby trees. But anyways, good luck on this. I'll check back here once you add more.

Yeah, I might go tile-creating, I've got stairs ready on my computer.

This acctualy looks alright But to keep this thread from dieing you'd better get some scripts up.
Nice FR tree tiles BTW
Were they from WAH's tileset?

Yeah, but I've been keeping myself away from there because I have no need for any more in the small Demo. (And I'm not allowing myself to create further than the demo for a while, 'till the Demo is out, in about a week at most, maybe.).
Whah??! WAH had a tileset with them?! Oh well, I got them from FireRed about November or so, recoloured them to Ruby's tileset, and there I go.

It looks great so far! I like the new Sinnoh!
But you should insert some new tiles... There is a Platinum tile patch in the ROM Hacking Resources.

I'm refraining from using tile patches, I'm using tiles from FireRed (only the trees), and I recoloured and added them myself.

Well, this is a hack of Ruby, and he's used FireRed tiles..

Correct Vrai.

Anyway, thanks everyone.
I've been trying to work on it for the past few weeks, but have exams to prepare for, so hacking will dim down a little bit, until this easy exam is over.

 

[thatrabidfangirl]

Looking good. Twinleaf Town Inn = <3.
Can't wait for the demo to come out!
Question: can you ONLY be the bloke we see in the screen shots, or is there a girl option as well?

 

[MudMast]

Looking good. Twinleaf Town Inn = <3.
Can't wait for the demo to come out!
Question: can you ONLY be the bloke we see in the screen shots, or is there a girl option as well?

Thanks, where else would NPCs live if there was few houses and no pokéCenter.
It shouldn't take too long.
Answer: Oops, no actual screenshots of gameplay with girl, there is a screen with her in:

I've only had her put in this one because that is the first known encounter (unaccessible till pre-alpha). And that was the only sprite of her I had created at the moment.

 

[MudMast]

Hey there, hoping that a month hasn't passed.

So, hope that i'm right here:

Consecutive posting (double posts) about new features is permitted…
… if you're the thread owner. You may make up to three long posts in a row detailing any information in your game. You cannot make three short (for example, 2 lines only) posts in a row. Any other cases are subject to standard double-posting rules.

I think this allows me to post again, hopefully.

Anyway, on to the updates:

- I have remade the world map, and it looks more DP style now (It wasn't actually designed DP style until after the towns/cities were remade):

- border shows that it is concept art, rather than a screenshot.
- Also, I've planned out what will be in each and every release - in text format and WM (WorldMap) format (I'm not including a pic here, just to keep suspence - and the WM format is too wide to paste here :D).
- Though, I will say that the gyms (some) are in new locations.

What you can look forward to throughout the releases:

- Something new in Jubilife City - (An old screenshot somewhere on the forum might give you a hint).
- Towns/Cities with more features than their DP versions (Such as the Market in Oreburgh City).
- A hopeful way to implement an underground system (not the train kind - though there will be one later) - I've got the idea, I just need to implement it when the time comes.
- An "organised" enemy team - such as a purpose, instead of the random "we're doing this because we are". - First appearance of this team should be in Beta 1.
- Expect some speech about real life events (Such as the apparant destruction of the world)
- The Valley Windworks will now have a purpose! - Guess if you'd like :D - should be around early Beta 2.
- New HM - (Again you have to wait until this becomes avaliable :D) - Maybe by Beta 4.
- I'll hopefully replace alot more tiles with my own custom ones (once I make them)
- I managed to find an image of which I started to create an arceus sprite. - I will try to make sprites for each Pokémon avaliable in this hack.
- ALL releases will be released to the public (BUT the beta tester(s) will get the pre-(alpha/beta) early - to get a quick check if there are any major/minor bugs).

About nearest release (Demo):
- The female characters Overworlds are nearly complete.
- I need to get around to making these last few text edits.

I've attached a text document containing the Pokédex list, could I (as always) get some feedback on that, thanks.

Right, I'll probably think of more, but for now, goodbye :D

 

[Disturbed]

Well, this hack seems pretty decent. The world map looks a bit odd in parts, but hell... it's a lot better than I can do. Mapping seems acceptable, but there is always room for improvement. Best of luck

 

[Sarcastic Prince]

I love the new World Map, MudMast!!

If I'm not wrong, you made it yourself, didn't you?

 

[MudMast]

Oops, left this a bit late.
(Never been too good with posting in forums)

By my estimate, i'm still in the 1 month since last post.
Here we go:

Well, this hack seems pretty decent. The world map looks a bit odd in parts, but hell... it's a lot better than I can do. Mapping seems acceptable, but there is always room for improvement. Best of luck

Thanks.
Yeah, thats what I always think, things can always be improved.

I love the new World Map, MudMast!!

If I'm not wrong, you made it yourself, didn't you?

Thanks and yep, except the shape; which is mostly from DP with some edits. (It was already based on a real island anyway).

OK, so I've been planning ahead and have been mapping ahead. Just a bit stuck for ideas at the moment. (That and tests/exams). I've got an original writing coursework to do. A 20 hour portfolio to do over a week, a 10 hour final piece for art over 2 days, and probably something else.

 

[Masterge77]

Will this have DP music, and Rowan as the professor, euther way, this looks good........

 

[Musician of Literature]

A GBA remake of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl... You should make the graphics look more like DP, but otherwise, it is looking pretty awesome. From the storyline, I thought the protagonist was going to explore a new region. Basing it off of a nintendo region is kind of unoriginal, but still a good idea in the sense of remakes. I like how it is coming along and hope it succeeds.

 

[MudMast]

Will this have DP music, and Rowan as the professor, euther way, this looks good........

Well, I'd like to eventually put a mix of diffrent music into this; but not at the stage I'm at now. (Though, I might start making some MIDIs over this holiday :S). He may have an appearance. Thanks.

A GBA remake of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl... You should make the graphics look more like DP, but otherwise, it is looking pretty awesome. From the storyline, I thought the protagonist was going to explore a new region. Basing it off of a nintendo region is kind of unoriginal, but still a good idea in the sense of remakes. I like how it is coming along and hope it succeeds.

Yes, well it is sortof a remake; but mainly just the basics of maps and some character names. As for the graphics, I'm starting to make custom tiles for the centre and mart; even the trees will be custom by the end. I'm gonna try to make this the first of a collection of hacks,this first one is based in Sinnoh; and later versions will be completly custom, with the exception of a few characters appearing. Thanks, and I'm also hoping for it to succeed :p

Right, I'd better go to my computer and continue work on Alpha. (Cos, I'm using the DSi browser totype this message. xD

 

[cookie_lovr]

I like the OW sprites your using... and the screenshots also look nice too.

Good job. :]

 

[Νιτραμ]

Oh, I have never really liked graphics in Ruby, but you seem to do good job with using them. They seem more likable to me in the manner you used them, and the FR tree addition is good too :) Keep up the good work ;)

 

[eing15]

Hum.. if the hack is on ruby, i think that you should change the mayority of the graphics (tileset), because the tileset of ruby, is too ugly.
You're an starter rom hacker? I see..

Well, god luck in your hack^^