oooh I like that concept of hidden power, well done
Thank you, I do try to make everything as much user friendly as possible and to make your Pokémon what you want them to be, not what Essentials wants them to be.
Thanks, but I know there's still more to go in the game. I like my progress so far. In recent days, I actually caught a Starly which is now a Staravia. Since I prefer Staraptor over Pidgeot, Staraptor will now take that spot. If there is a situation where I feel Pidgeot will be better, I will swap the two.
As for the items in the Power Plant, it's good to see everything working. I still like the idea of a randomized slot item in there. More power to you if you can use ideas from other games in different settings.
For using the items in battle, I know that you lose your turn IF you do indeed cancel using an item. Whether it would be a trainer battle, normal battle, or gym battle, it is as I described before. If you do intend to make it harder that way, then that's a good punishment for misclicking on an item then.
The idea of the shards determining Hidden Power type is interesting to say the least. It would give us more flexibility in customizing our movesets for our Pokemon. I still have awhile to go, but currently heading towards Route 06 at this point.
I very much doubt you've done everything the game holds thus far, because there are NPC's who require multiple interactions and revisits with... There are times you have to go back on yourself to reveal all parts of the story... Sometimes the main characters appear if you have specific Pokémon, spoken to specific NPC's... Some NPC's can be battled after certain criterias are made... Some NPC's give you items if you've certain Pokémon or badges... So the game has a lot to do, it depends if you can figure them out, generally you can tell who requires more interactions in what they say.
Personally, I'm not too sure which I'd choose out of Pidgeot and Staravia... I'd probably float towards Pidgeot not because of stats or movesets, but because I like Gen 1 Pokémon better than all other Gens, so if I'm at a dilemma, I pick what I like, which again, brings me back to being able to customize your Pokémon yourself, it allows you to use whatever Pokémon you want.
I try to make variety in the game, but some ideas I think are good or fun or whatever, I add them (
like the random item ball), but I feel that after I've added them, they are not Pokémon enough... People like to plan their journey and if I remove that by adding too many random items, the players may become distressed... That's not fun.
I haven't looked in to the items in battle problem yet... But it's on my list, I'll get on it as soon as I can.
The hidden power addition I feel brings a new line of abilities to your Pokémon, Essentials only makes Hidden Power Dark or Fighting, my way makes it any other type but Normal or my new types, Fairy etc.
To add to the Hidden Power feature, you can buy shards from a seller, but only if you own that type of Pokémon already... So if you have 10 Pokémon, Caterpie, Machop, Weedle, Pikachu, Charmander, Pidgey, Poochyena, Vulpix, Bulbasaur and Ponyta... These shards will be available to buy:
Bug Shard >->-> Caterpie - Weedle
Fire Shard >->-> Charmander - Vulpix - Ponyta
Electric Shard >->-> Pikachu
Flying Shard >->-> Pidgey
Fighting Shard >->-> Machop
Dark Shard >->-> Poochyena
Grass Shard >->-> Bulbasaur
Poison Shard >->-> Weedle
So it's not entirely difficult to make them available, but you still are required to capture as many Pokémon as you can to have them available to buy... The prices are yet to be decided but they are available still... The seller at the moment is available later in the game... But I will add sellers that sell specific shards around the region, but the guy in the game at the moment, sells all shards.
Sorry I've not been here very much, I've had errors and visual problems to fix in the game... But it's coming along very nicely... Players are still finding different problems which is good, so they can all be fixed for the future, and once you start the game properly, all bonuses that are given to you will be removed and the game will become much harder, believe me lol.