Thanks for the replies guys! :)
Not going to answer everyone in person, but I did click "Like" button for your comments as a note that I have seen them, and it was nice hearing positive feedback :)
Though it's not like constructive criticism wouldn't be bad either.
Are there pokemon from later gens
Kilzzll also replied to you below, but in case you didn't notice, there are no pokemon from the later generations. At least, I haven't added any yet. I might add some later, but considering the nature of this hack is quite different from your normal pokemon adventure where you aim for becoming a pokemon champion and possibly filling out pokedex, I just don't see a need in changing the pokemon that are obtainable.
@Miksy91 I keep forgetting to ask you this question. Have you changed the encounter ratio for shiny pokemon? When I first played dark energy back in 2015, I caught shiny pidgey, nidoran male, nidoran female, squirtle, charmander, mareep, and a few others that I forget in 1st play through. The 1st three of my shinies I ran into trying to get pikachu in the 1st area
(Sorry if this is spoilers for people)
Yeah, I have basically altered the ratio for shiny pokemon. In G/S/C, whether a pokemon is shiny or not is determined by its IV values in a such way that only pokemon with very specific IV values are shiny. In Dark Energy however, there are plenty of different kinds of IV value combinations that make the pokemon shiny. I don't remember for sure, but I think shinyness ratio is either around 0.4%, or 1% in beta 4.1.
This probably sounds a bit weird, but in G/S/C, they actually didn't have an attribute for a pokemon which would say whether the pokemon is shiny or not. They rather made the game implicitly infer the "shinyness attribute" of the pokemon based on the IV values it has.
Hello! Just started playing dark energy and i love it so far! When i got the eevee i realised i got a shiny one! Then later a shiny squirtle, and now im trying to reset for a charmander. I enjoy the change of pace from the generic story to the way this game plays out so far. Will it be finished?
Thanks :)
You got lucky with Eevee, but the Squirtle was actually shiny by default. I have also written a hint about that in the FAQ.
As of now, I have no plans of quitting to work on this hack. So yeah - I'd say the hack will be finished one day. What comes to getting everything done for beta 5 this year, I'll have to unfortunately say that it's quite unlikely that will happen.
I have come up with some new ideas alongside the original story and gameplay progression I had in mind, and that will slow down the development of the hack in terms of getting beta 5 ready. In case you want to know more, check the contents under the following spoiler tags.
I have however been thinking that I might as well release beta 5 with less content that I had originally planned. The original plan was for beta 5 to cover whole East-Suden, but getting it done this year is something that I don't think will happen. I could however release that as beta 6 next year if I end up splitting the content I had originally planned for beta 5 in two releases. But we'll see..
Also not totally sure about this either, but I might upload a video in Youtube showing some of the content I have implemented for Rocky Village. At that point in the game, the storyline starts to take over from your everyday town to town traveling and gym leader battling. There are a few cutscenes that take place in this village, and I have planned them out (cutscenes "scripted" in Notepad :laugh-squinted:), but not fully implemented in the game yet. Other than that, the village is already finished.