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Game Development

Your number one stop for anything related to creating games (except ROM hacks). You can even make your own!

Section Staff: Vendily, Marin, mgriffin

Recruitment

Recruiting Need Pixel artists

3 Days Ago by Originated

Graphics & Music

Resource requests

18 Hours Ago by Hanu P

Scripts, Tutorials & Tools

Essentials Script GTS System

4 Hours Ago by Icebird45

Pokémon Essentials

About the Game Development forum

Marin, Oct 2018: *About the Game Development forumWelcome to the Game Development forum! Here, we discuss game development practises, help each other out with questions about game development, recruit team members for projects, and share scripts, graphics and audio...

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Started by Marin

Game Idea

My Ideas/Concept for a Pokémon Game/Hack based on China

Segi-akh, May 25: Hello everyone, my name is Segi and I have ideas for a Pokemon game. I am not experienced with ROM hacking and game developing, so I want to meet people who are experienced and interested. - The region is based on Shanghai and its surrounding...

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Started by Segi-akh

Question

New member here! (Interest in learning Hacking/Developing/Making Music)

Segi-akh, May 24: Hello everyone, I am Segi and I am new on PokéCommunity. I hope I can meet a lot of new people here! I have had a few ideas for Pokémon games/hacks, but I don't have any knowledge about game developing and ROM hacking... I would also like to...

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Started by Segi-akh

Game Dev Discussion

Pokémon Godot Engine

BrainWave, May 24: I've started a project with pokemon battle here: https://github.com/Pocket-Godot Might not be touching it for a long time due to my other commitments, so I'm posting it there if others want to build it at their own pace. My idea in this project...

5 590

Started by BrainWave

Question

Second Github account for Pokemon Stuff

BrainWave, May 24: Turns out I don't have to make a second account; I can create a private organisation for us to use.

2 79

Started by BrainWave

Game Idea

Pokemon X and Y Demake

silver-wind, May 23: just give gym leaders mega pokemon please. it was the whole gimmick of this gen, and no one but the player had megas which was odd. should fix the difficulty too.

6 531

Started by UberDunsparce

Question

Final Pokemon BGM and trainer text?

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Started by SaturnUmbreon

Game Idea

Pokémon Kismet

Rakugan, May 22: So I've always been interested in making a fan game, but I lose motivation easily so I never managed to start anything. But recently, I felt I wanted to make a game with a decent story, challenging battles, something good. And I have, although it's...

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Started by Rakugan

Engine

Touhoumon 1.812x Essentials

Onism, May 22: Ah, thank you lots for explaining!

7 635

Started by Derxwna Kapsyla

Question

Double Battle concerns

MaxieZeus, May 21: The partner trainer idea was just to give a second avatar for you the player to control. the Partner wouldn't have any AI. it just doesn't make any sense if everyone is 2 people and you are just 1 person. it feels like they are ganging up on you...

2 92

Started by MaxieZeus

Question

How to break up a route?

Mashirosakura, May 21: If you feel like the area might be a slog, maybe you can set up little rest stops around.

3 137

Started by MaxieZeus

Engine

Pokémon Game Maker X

ijustwanttodowload, May 19: hi i just got this game and there was this on my screen ___________________________________________ ############################################################################################ ERROR in action number 1 of Draw Event for object...

24 21,342

Started by Barvix

Question

Opinions on remake-style games (more or less)

silver-wind, May 19: sinnoh is my favorite region, would love playing such a game :) it may have the same graphics/pokemon but as long as there's also new places, new gym leaders, plot, maybe even new moves, it's not "the same game".

6 495

Started by Chalk33

Question

Could someone tell me where to find Pokemon SDK tutorials?

塗ゆり, May 16: All tutorial about event making : https://psdk.pokemonworkshop.fr/wiki/en/event_making/index.html All tutorial about editing the database : https://psdk.pokemonworkshop.fr/wiki/en/ruby_host/index.html Tutorial about scripting in PSDK :...

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Started by mr cramorant

Game Dev Discussion

BenderWaffles Public Tileset Removal

BenderWaffles, May 12: Hello! For those of you who don't know me (which I am sure is most of you, I'm a longtime lurker but first time poster) I am BenderWaffles. I run a small YouTube channel (https://youtube.com/c/benderwaffles if you are curious) where I teach...

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Started by BenderWaffles

Game Idea

Pokémon Resilience

Urusius, May 10: That's an excellent suggestion, I'll check that for sure :)

9 1,302

Started by Urusius

Game Idea

Pokemon Sky-Blue

unavailableartist, May 8: So I've been considering making my own version of pokemon. This idea will be a reimagined pokemon in some ways. It will be a bit more complicated with typing and what not. -Pokemon types are split into different classes. Elementals, Holders, and...

0 250

Started by unavailableartist

Game Idea

Pokemon: The Sky Legacy

volcanio, May 6: good

6 663

Started by TheLuiz

Game Idea

Fresh Moves. Hacks ‘n FanGames

Aurori, May 4: Fresh Moves Hacks & Fangames Sometimes we get an idea, write it down and the next time we look at it, all we can see is masterwork as if an actual developer was involved. This is a Thread for Pokemon Moves we wrote down which could as well...

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Started by Aurori

Game Idea

Your opinion / gauging interest in pokemon-like game

silver-wind, May 4: I'll be using this for recruitment too, so.. More in-depth info about the game: Main Features: * Raise monsters ----- battle other monsters, hatch eggs, level-up and evolve them. breed to get rare/strong ones. * Overworld sprites -----...

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Started by silver-wind

RPG Maker XP 85% off until May 6th 2020

#Not Important, May 1: And the actual site.

2 376

Started by hirokimura

Question

First Game on Game Maker XP

Firada, May 1: Well, thanks guys; I'm going with Essentials. In any case, I'll need to understand Ruby to program or I'll have to ask or look around if there already are scripts/behaviours for what I would like to test.

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Started by Firada

Help for learning and scripting!

Vendily, Apr 29: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=410026 https://reliccastle.com/resources/53/ These are two pretty good Ruby Tutorials. I don't really understand the exact specifics of your scripts, so I can't really give any pointers.

5 489

Started by Manolloz

Game Idea

Fakemon: Thunder Spirit

SpicyPanini, Apr 28: Hello, I'm fairly new to this community and I've been inspired by the games Pokemon: Uranium, Pokemon Sage, and Pokemon Spectrum. I've had this game slowly being developed for some time now and I don't even know when I would have a demo out yet (I'm...

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Started by SpicyPanini

Game Idea

Pokemon: Haven of Heroes

Aurori, Apr 26: For solidifying lava, an AoE Rock + Water/ice move should do the trick fluff wise. Muddy Water or a made up ‘Crystal’ move could be themathic, maybe. Or a ground move where you constantly rotate 1 ground piece about, without losing connection to a...

2 523

Started by HeroesFightingFear

Game Idea

Project Dragonite

Aurori, Apr 26: Although the dark genre isnt in my field, I’d recommend taking it slow and having an eye out for people who can do skilled mapmaking and programming. And welcome a few extra knots of writing from some added source when it gets tight or inspiration...

4 698

Started by Lord Caduceus

Question

What are best practices when developing a game?

FL, Apr 26: My tips.

3 653

Started by TrueWest

Game Idea

Pokémon Tyro Demo 0.0.1

_pheebs, Apr 25: So, I've tried your demo, and I'm not sure how I feel. The game feels rather tedious. Not having a Pokémon, and encountering all these situations where you should really use a Pokemon is bizarre. And, I find it hard to believe Prof. Oak,...

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Started by Manolloz

Game Dev Discussion

Procedural map generation

LegendaryZacian, Apr 15: This is a fantastic idea! This could turn into the world’s first rogue-like main-series style Pokémon game! Every time the player starts the game, you could give them a random starter, random map, random gym leaders, etc. If you are defeated in...

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Started by Unbayleefable

Engine

RpgDev - An RPG development toolkit

FloofyPanthar, Apr 15: Is there any place that you have that lets us see progress on your project? Like a progress thread, discord, or a twitter?

24 6,028

Started by DeadlyDan

Game Dev Discussion

Why dislike Gamemaker?

LegendaryZacian, Apr 14: I’ve been using game maker studio 2 to work on a mystery dungeon fan game, since I already had it and didn’t have to buy RPGmaker (Pokemon Essentials wouldn’t really help me since mystery dungeon’s mechanics are completely different than the main...

16 2,503

Started by remer

Engine

Pokémon SDK

ardicoozer, Apr 9: I still don't understand how to install it, is there an alternative way that is easier to install ??

17 17,631

Started by 塗ゆり

Question

BW-style Gen 6 or Gen 7 sprites for EBS?

bravestbat, Apr 9: You're right about the projects being taken down. I was searching for them, came across some promising results, only to find the dead links. Not sure why they were taken down. The program you're talking about, is that the .gif to .png converter?...

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Started by bravestbat

Issues With RPG XP

shayminhedgies, Apr 9: So I'm on Mac too and I had this exact same problem. The only thing I could seem to do to get it to work was remove a considerable amount of the Pokemon sprite PNG files from the Battlers Folder. I started adding them in bit by bit (from genesect...

2 2,332

Started by Cassidy Burgess

Question

HD Sprites for EBS

randaku, Apr 6: Thanks for your help, to be more precise and understand what I am looking for, they are the same USUM sprites but scaled to high definition, to be able to add them to EBS, those that I am looking for if they are but in a very low image resolution, a...

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Started by randaku

Question

[solved] Can View size be changed?

Pokeminer20, Mar 31: the two values I showed you alters the game's window size form what it currently shows to whatever number you change it to be. in my own personal project I altered those values to get a feel for what can and can't be done with this kit, after...

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Started by Cataclyptic

Question

Separate Bag / Store all item in Bag? [Essentials]

LumiGale, Mar 30: Hey there! I've had an idea bouncing around for a bit but couldn't find any documentation to make it work. I'm hoping some people who are more experienced with Essentials / coding could help me out. Briefly, I want to create an endgame challenge...

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Started by LumiGale

Question

[SOLVED] Mints Items (SWSH)

WolfPP, Mar 30: It's done. You can chek here: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?p=10141537#post10141537

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Started by WolfPP

Game Idea

Pokemon Revitalization

Ashmin, Mar 28: We are new here.So,we dont know anything but thanks.

2 1,052

Started by Ashmin

Question

Bugs after erasing some code.

Pokeminer20, Mar 28: try starting a new game. I'm unsure how adding a cosmetic script could break a save but it has.

1 808

Started by SuzuiXii

Question

Problem With Wild Encounters

MegaMew47, Mar 27: I actually got it to work through a different method, thanks anyways tho!

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Started by MegaMew47

Help with making pokemon in unity.

pip__, Mar 21: Hello all i am a Unity / programming newbie looking to try to make a pokemon like game in unity for fun. I was wondering if anyone knows how to make or knows of any tutorials to make the pokemon themselves and the encounters? any help would be...

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Started by pip__

Question

Gen 8 Ribbon Titles

Pokeminer20, Mar 20: I'm honestly just curious. has anyone decided to make titles in essentials? it's kinda pointless in the long run but It's be a nice touch if someone has figured out how to program it

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Started by Pokeminer20

Question

[HELP] Pokemon Reborn moves not making sounds on EBS

Antiant, Mar 19: Oh yeah...

5 1,156

Started by Antiant

Question

Error Help

WolfPP, Mar 10: The "[", I think. Remove it. Also you always can compare with a fresh tm.txt.

1 1,165

Started by TheShinySylveon

Question

Some Questions

_pheebs, Mar 6: You don't really need scripts for the Winstrate family event. You just need events, fight one person, make them go in door, hide sprite, and change to the next family member, and exit door. Repeat until entire family has been defeated.

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Started by Icedvirus

Question

how to cancel mega evolution when changing pokemon?

NandoOak, Mar 5: how to cancel the mega evolution when changing pokemon? Thanks in advance for your answers

0 1,360

Started by NandoOak

Question

Gym battle on equal terms

Bjorg, Mar 5: Hi, I'm making a pokèmon game and I'd like to make the gym leader battle like the anime, that is before the battle you have to choose a default number of pokèmon to take part in the battle. Ex.: the gym leader have 3 pokèmon and before the battle...

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Started by Bjorg

What is it makes a battle frontier?

Splitnonemore, Mar 4: I'm new, and I love to sprite but I am somewhat shameless. The sprite in my profile pic isn't reference. I don't use the Pss and shuckle isn't a rock. Appreciate it!

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Started by Splitnonemore

Game Idea

pokemon tcg card opening simulator

naamal, Mar 3: hi, I have an idea. I really like opening pokemon cards but I dont have any money :( so I thought "maybe there are simulators for that" and I only found one that is not working properly. so I wanna make it. a booster opening simulator. but it's...

0 1,470

Started by naamal

Question

Making a versus transition for a battle against two trainers

Mashirosakura, Mar 3: That's not the issue 😅 It's more along the lines of transitions don't really work for double battles and I need to figure out how to make it so they do

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Started by Mashirosakura

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About the Game Development forum

My Ideas/Concept for a Pokémon Game/Hack based on China

New member here! (Interest in learning Hacking/Developing/Making Music)

Pokémon Godot Engine

Second Github account for Pokemon Stuff

Pokemon X and Y Demake

Final Pokemon BGM and trainer text?

Pokémon Kismet

Touhoumon 1.812x Essentials

Double Battle concerns

How to break up a route?

Pokémon Game Maker X

Opinions on remake-style games (more or less)

Could someone tell me where to find Pokemon SDK tutorials?

BenderWaffles Public Tileset Removal

Pokémon Resilience

Pokemon Sky-Blue

Pokemon: The Sky Legacy

Fresh Moves. Hacks ‘n FanGames

Your opinion / gauging interest in pokemon-like game

RPG Maker XP 85% off until May 6th 2020

First Game on Game Maker XP

Help for learning and scripting!

Fakemon: Thunder Spirit

Pokemon: Haven of Heroes

Project Dragonite

What are best practices when developing a game?

Pokémon Tyro Demo 0.0.1

Procedural map generation

RpgDev - An RPG development toolkit

Why dislike Gamemaker?

Pokémon SDK

BW-style Gen 6 or Gen 7 sprites for EBS?

Issues With RPG XP

HD Sprites for EBS

[solved] Can View size be changed?

Separate Bag / Store all item in Bag? [Essentials]

[SOLVED] Mints Items (SWSH)

Pokemon Revitalization

Bugs after erasing some code.

Problem With Wild Encounters

Help with making pokemon in unity.

Gen 8 Ribbon Titles

[HELP] Pokemon Reborn moves not making sounds on EBS

Error Help

Some Questions

how to cancel mega evolution when changing pokemon?

Gym battle on equal terms

What is it makes a battle frontier?

pokemon tcg card opening simulator

Making a versus transition for a battle against two trainers