FireRed hack: Pokémon Simulacra!

[sasquatchd00d]

Pokémon Simulacra!

Simulacra
Wait, can I have a definition?

a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.

Hack Info
What ROM is being used?

ROM: Emerald BPEE
Language(s): English (eventually Spanish)

Legend
Ancient mythology peaks my interest!

Ancient folklore of the region tells tales of the Original One. How the Original One created the deities of Time and Space. And how the Original One gave life to three other beings as well. These three beings capable of controlling the deities of Time and Space were placed at three separate lakes. Although the myth ends there, it is believed that the Original One also created another deity; The deity of Dimension. After the Original One was finished it is believed that it went on to rest. The world lived in harmony thereafter.

Story
What's going to happen?

Spoiler:

Welcome to the region of Siprus! A region of lush forests, arduous mountains, arid deserts, and frigid temperatures. To the north, you'll find a glacial sub-arctic climate. To the east, you'll find a bone-dry desert. And in the south you'll find a temperate forested area. Although the weather seems omnipotent, it could be the last of your worries. Something is out of the ordinary here. The golden era of prosperity has seen a spiral downward. Siprus is falling fast. The north is already overrun by crime. Luckily the southern section of the region has not fallen to crime yet. One step in the wrong direction could potentially send the region into chaos.

Spoiler:

James ran swiftly to his room. He pulled the drawer in which he kept his journal so quickly that the entire drawer completely came out. With no time to spare, James didn't bother fixing it. He grabbed his journal and started to hastily scribble an entry in on a random page.
"I know the secret to put an end to this all. Unfortunately I am the only one left in this town. The secret must be written down so someone else may take on my legacy if I happen to fail," James whispered to himself as he wrote quickly.
"Finished. I must put a stop to this now."

Spoiler:

Forty-six years later, a man hunched over an ancient looking book read by candle light in the Canalave City Library. He was a tall and slender build. Albeit being quite young at the age of thirty-four, he held an impression of knowledge and obviously was very wise. He flipped through the pages of the book almost obsessively. Suddenly, he stopped turning page after page. The page he had been looking for had been found. He knew what he had to do. It was best that he start as soon as possible.

Spoiler:

Thirteen more years passed. The man had successfully moved his family to the Siprus region. He set up his own research lab in the small village of Solaria. His work on ancient pokémon made him rather famous. An old colleague of his mentioned finding a strange journal with hasty scribbling on one of the middle pages. His eyesight was rather weak and the scribbling would be difficult to decipher even for a man younger in years and blessed with perfect eyesight. Although the distance between Lunaceon Town and Solaria Village was rather short, Professor Willow was old and as much as he hated to admit it, the stiffness that comes with old age caused him great pain to walk even the shortest distances. Your father, Professor Aspen, has been rather busy as of late. Professor Oak, of the Kanto region has asked your father if he could track data on pokémon in the Siprus region. Naturally, Aspen accepted. Because of all this busy work trying to set up the pokédex for the Siprus region, he is unable to retrieve the journal from Professor Willow.

Spoiler:

Professor Aspen needed someone to go to Lunaceon Town and you were the perfect fit for the job. Knowing that you have been asking for your first pokémon for ages, your father decided that in return for retrieving the journal, he will let you keep the pokémon that you used to go to Lunaceon Town. Unknown to you at the time, this journal holds the secret to unlocking your destiny…

Features
What's new in this hack?

• Custom Maps
• New Evolutions
• Some DP Pokémon
• Decapitalization
• New Hero and Heroine Sprites
  
• A completely new Pokédex
  • Not fakemon, just reordered with a few pokemon from each region
• Some new movesets
• Unique storyline
• A new starter

Media
How does the Hack look?

Screenshots:

New Spring Village

Route 201

Lunaceon Town

Route 202

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Team
Ah, the help I so desperately need.

• Alice - Scripting.
• Skythurbathandbeyond151 - Beta testing.

Credits
Who can I thank for this?

• kyledove
• Alistair
• rhevarhe_duh
• saurav
• pey!
• Xiro
• Wesley_FG
• Zelix
• UltramasterBDX
• HackMew
• LU-HO
• Silver314
• scizz
  

Awards
I'd like to thank...

• Hack of the Week #72

 

[Sarcastic Prince]

Yo, Sasquatch.
Cool screenies and Storyline you've got there!
Anyways, you need a OW Spriter?
I'll be here to help.
GL on this!

 

[dragonarche]

Nice screenies
love the palletes

don't forget to ad a new hero sprite the old ones just old D:
LOL
oh yea and add some interior tiles things like this adds the little spark to a hack
that makes it wonderfull
keep in mind do not over crowd maps

good luk and most importantly dont give up1!!:)

 

[Alec_]

The screens are nice. But i think the palette of this house. ( check below )

Is too dark? Not actually dark. But the roof palette doesn't fit in the tiles. :O. Hope you would fix this. Just giving suggestions. But if you won't then it's okay :P
Anyways. Nice hack. I really love it. Im keeping an eye in this hack. Goodluck!. XD;;

~Fairytales.

 

[sasquatchd00d]

Yo, Sasquatch.
Cool screenies and Storyline you've got there!
Anyways, you need a OW Spriter?
I'll be here to help.
GL on this!

I don't need one now, but I may need one in the future. So if I need one, I'll let you know. Thanks. ^_^

Nice screenies
love the palletes

don't forget to ad a new hero sprite the old ones just old D:
LOL
oh yea and add some interior tiles things like this adds the little spark to a hack
that makes it wonderfull
keep in mind do not over crowd maps

good luk and most importantly dont give up1!!:)

The hero and heroine sprites will be changed eventually, but I haven't gotten that far yet. And there will definitely be new interior tiles along with all new indoor mapping. Also, I usually make it a priority to give the player a good amount of playability in my maps so I don't think that overcrowded maps will be a problem. Thanks for the advice though. ^_^

The screens are nice. But i think the palette of this house. ( check below )

Is too dark? Not actually dark. But the roof palette doesn't fit in the tiles. :O. Hope you would fix this. Just giving suggestions. But if you won't then it's okay :P
Anyways. Nice hack. I really love it. Im keeping an eye in this hack. Goodluck!. XD;;

~Fairytales.

I'll probably experiment with the palettes a little more because they are a little bit too soft. If I can't find anything suitable, I think I will just leave it as it is because in my opinion it looks fine. Thanks for the suggestions! ^_^

EDIT:

New Hero overworlds are inserted. Courtesy of kyledove of course. :D
The first post is updated with new screenshots with the new overworlds.

 

[Malkner]

What do simulacrae have to do with your storyline? Just wondering.

 

[sasquatchd00d]

What do simulacrae have to do with your storyline? Just wondering.

I'll just say it involves you and the dream you have of you causing havoc and chaos. And maybe your dream isn't about you in particular. If you catch my drift.

 

[Alec_]

Awesome Overworld ^^. Great updates you got there :3. Love it. XD;;. Keep up the good work.

~Fairytales.

 

[sasquatchd00d]

Well, I have got around to new interior tiles. This isn't completely done yet. As you can see the bookshelf is old and I still need to insert more tiles. But I just wanted to give a little taste.

Credits to kyledove for the tiles of course. ^_^

 

[.com]

Looks really nice so far. The pallettes are dank. =P. Good luck on this.

 

[sasquatchd00d]

Looks really nice so far. The pallettes are dank. =P. Good luck on this.

Thank you. :D

By dank, do you mean bad haha?

EDIT/UPDATE:

I'm in the process of adding shadows under the majority of overworlds.

They can be seen here in these screenshots.

What do you guys think?

 

[MASTEROFPUPPETS93]

Hey I didn't recognized this thread xD
Everything looks so beautiful... The hero-OW looks really great...
I can see from the screenshots that the maps are nice...
But that isn't new with your unearthly skillz :P
Keep up that good stuff ;)

 

[Vrai]

It's beautiful. The tiles and palettes are perfect (in my eyes, at least), and give the graphics a very distinct look (and it's an awesome look, imo). I'm pretty sure we can expect some awesome mapping from you, too, so no qualms about that. :3

The storyline sounds pretty cool, too. This is definitely bound to be an awesome hack, and I look forward to watching its progress. >:D

 

[Spherical Ice]

What do you guys think?

Uhh, what's up in that screenshot?

Anyway, I expected that this hack was gonna be great, just by looking at the creators username!

Awesome, eye pleasing tiles and amazing graphics. Nice plot, too.

I hope for the best of luck and sucess with this hack, sasquatchd00d!

 

[sasquatchd00d]

Uhh, what's up in that screenshot?

Anyway, I expected that this hack was gonna be great, just by looking at the creators username!

Awesome, eye pleasing tiles and amazing graphics. Nice plot, too.

I hope for the best of luck and sucess with this hack, sasquatchd00d!

See how the hero sprite has a shadow under him? There is also a shadow under the guy there. I think the overworlds look so much better with the shadows under them.

 

[Spherical Ice]

Are my eyes screwing up..?

I swear that screenie had some random pixels everywhere... The one in your sig does, too!

 

[sasquatchd00d]

Are my eyes screwing up..?

I swear that screenie had some random pixels everywhere... The one in your sig does, too!

They look fine to me. I don't see a bunch of random pixels everywhere.

 

[Spherical Ice]

Spoiler:

This is... weird...

 

[Banjora Marxvile]

Spoiler:

This is... weird...

That only occurs on your screen.

Anyway, looks good sasquatch! I hope to see more! Nice tiles!

 

[minchan]

SWEET!! A village named after me!! (My name is "Xinchun" which is Chinese for "New Spring")
Hehehe.... I like the maps. Pokecenter is awesome. LOL

I just LOVE the first two screenshots (for reasons stated above. LOL)
Good luck with this, ne?