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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!

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Graphics & Music

Other Graphics The DPPt Style Gen VI and...

17 Hours Ago by lichenprincess

Scripts, Tutorials & Tools

Tool Generation 8 Project for...

36 Minutes Ago by StCooler

Pokémon Essentials

Scripting Question An ability like intimidate...

5 Hours Ago by KoebsShadow

Forum Info

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

Question

Problems with a move animation.

Sulucnal, Apr 16: Thanks for your answer. It's normal that the move does nothing, it's just a placeholder to test my animations, and is not meant to be used as a regular move. I changed the focus for Charizard's cels when it turns black, as well as the shadow cels. I...

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Started by Sulucnal

Question

Pokeball issues in Pokemon Essentials v18.1

Maruno, Apr 16: Which items.txt are you using? One that came with v18.1, or one or your own that originated from an older version?

6 334

Started by The Phantom Michael

Game Idea

Pokémon Delta Genesis: the revival of Pokémon Arcus

Game Duelist CJ, Apr 14: There is something called Parallels for mac that installs windows 10 after I did some research. Thanks for letting me know what to do. I'll put this advice to good use.

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Started by Game Duelist CJ

Ash-Greninja form revert

Andrew The Gamer, Apr 13: My Ash greninja is not reverting its form after battle , Can anyone help me please ?bI am using gen 8 and ZUD 1.5 .

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Started by Andrew The Gamer

Question

Any game recommendation I should play?

Nightmon, Apr 9: Yea I know, which doesn't mean I don't want recommendation or know for a fact if it's a game worth playing or not. And there also other site with FanGames that I probably not know of, so I think it's not a stretch to post a thread and see if anyone...

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Started by Nightmon

Question

how to make temporary barrriers

JulyArt, Apr 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlnzaEhH5cI&list=PLuIp7Uf7pllmpcFOHbj4r8cVQYywpRZB5 At the moment, you may not know which step to take next, it's likely benefitial to look over some tutorials. (And skip forward through the silent, as the tutorial...

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Started by abdvelliers

Is There a Fanmade Pokémon Game with All regions?

abdvelliers, Apr 6: there is one with 7 regions kanto johto hoeen sinnoh unova kalos and alola called pokemon fire ash

4 594

Started by DragonEmpress44

Question

How I will put the Rocket transition on pokmeon essentials v18.1?

Canal_do_Lontra, Apr 6: Hello everyone, How I will put the Rocket transition on pokmeon essentials v18.1? I saw it and other trasitions on the same folder and I don't know hot to put it normally.

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Started by Canal_do_Lontra

Game Idea

~July's Project Management ~ PKMN | Radiance _ _ _ _ _ _ _

भाग्य ज्योति, Apr 4: This is a very nice idea July! Good luck for the project.

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Started by JulyArt

Engine

neo Engine — An NDS homebrew Pokémon Engine Written from Scratch

ph111p, Apr 3: Well, I'd like to know as well… Currently, I'm using data extracted by playing HGSS, which is rather … sub-optimal.

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Started by ph111p

Question

i get an error

Sunflowette, Mar 28: thanks man! it worked perfectly!

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Started by Sunflowette

Question

anyone do map commission

Eight7, Mar 26: so I am not making a pokemon game but I am making a monster catching game and I am looking for someone who can just design an overall picture of the map not marking locations but just overall drawings of where stuff are like where the volcano is...

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Started by Eight7

Can you make a multiplayer battle?

mgriffin, Mar 24: If you're on v16 or v17, yes. (Or you could try finding someone to port it to v18)

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Started by My Man

Pokemon Fan Game in Unity Engine

LusciousBagel, Mar 20: Ah okay. That's completely understandable. Maybe one day I'd be able to check it out. Best of luck on everything :D I'm sure there's a lot of joy in learning how to reconstruct the world of Pokemon

5 513

Started by Unimpressed_Tyranitar

Question

Player custmization like Pokemon swsh

Pokeminer20, Mar 19: >_>

1 311

Started by Legend AshGreninja

Question

Kernel.pbChooseItem is stuck on the Key items (8?) no matter what number I give it.

StCooler, Mar 18: This is because the first argument of pbChooseItem isn't the page number ^^ From what I understand from reading the code, this argument "5" is the number of the game variable that will store the chosen item. I don't see a function to load a...

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Started by Callmefreak

Question

How would one go about creating a remake of Platinum using the format of X&Y or ORAS?

BiggusWeeabus, Mar 16: Sadly, is currently impossible to make something this complex in DS, because there's limitations for the map polygons and ROM capacity.

1 282

Started by YoshiDF

Engine

[Project] PokéJS Engine - Next Generation and Full-Featured Cross-Platform Pokémon-based Javascript Engine

iv0, Mar 12: Yes, it's open source, execept the MMO Module.

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Started by iv0

Untitled

theRiolvile, Mar 9: ]Hey guys its been almost 8 years i was on here so I have something for you all as I went and make a small script for those still struggling I be glad to help Have you always been wondering why your regional forms arent showing up in a encounter...

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Started by theRiolvile

Discussion

Use newest Pokémon on Johto/Kanto game?

victorcarvalhosp, Mar 8: Thank you guys! I decided to expand the region dexes a bit more to include more Pokémon from other regions, but not all of them for now so I can be able to spend more time building the maps/events/history - maybe after the game is finished I can...

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Started by victorcarvalhosp

Question

Can I use the others's fakemons on my pokémon fan game?

Canal_do_Lontra, Mar 6: thanks, I will try to get them help me, I will become friends with them

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Started by Canal_do_Lontra

Question

Script Error For the Key Evolution

tyranitar28, Mar 6: I think I tried that first but came up with another bug that I didn't know how to fix :-/

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Started by tyranitar28

Question

Issues with Animations

scottie_dog8876, Mar 5: Hi new to the forum but this completely worked for me many thanks!

2 541

Started by CringeValley

Question

Remove Back sprites (Repost)

Pokeminer20, Mar 4: have you tried using Ctrl + Shift + F to locate them?

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Started by Somnus

Question

How I will change the pokemon Foe's name, Pokémon Foe's lv and pokemon Foe's gender positions only on essentials v18?

Canal_do_Lontra, Mar 4: thanks StCooler, I will try to make that, You are the best scripter, thanks, if i have a question I will ask here.

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Started by Canal_do_Lontra

Question

How I will implement the online features on my fan game v18.1?

Canal_do_Lontra, Mar 4: How I will implement the online features on my POkémon Essentials v18.1? And Why the Version 18.1 don't have Mystery gift?

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Started by Canal_do_Lontra

Question

Predetermined names

StCooler, Mar 4: I wouldn't change the script, but rather, the event. In the Intro scene, when you're asked if you're a boy or a girl, put the script pbTrainerName("Boy's name") when the player chooses the boy, and pbTrainerName("Girl's name") when the player...

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Started by Bendix98

Question

Where's the line that change the position of pokemon status (Poison, paralyzed, etc) on essentials v18?

Canal_do_Lontra, Mar 3: Thanks StCooler, if I have a question I will ask here on pokecommunity, thanks.

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Started by Canal_do_Lontra

Question

How I change the Hp bar and the other elemnts of the battle ui on Pokémon essentials v18?

Canal_do_Lontra, Mar 2: thanks I will try to change them, my team has two scripters, but they do nothing to help me, thanks, you are better than my team's scripters.

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Started by Canal_do_Lontra

Question

How can I change the game.ini to be always RGSS104E instead of RGSS103J?

Canal_do_Lontra, Mar 2: oh sorry, but I forgot the tutorial, I will try to get the site

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Started by Canal_do_Lontra

Engine

Pokémon Game Maker X

(2 pages)

The cool Treecko, Mar 2: is this available for download? and where is the main post?

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Started by Barvix

Discussion

"Essential" canon mons in fakemon games?

Fabioman3, Mar 1: Oh, a wiki page is a must. I have dropped romhacks before because i felt there was no way of knowing who evolves into what and when, or just general knowledge about the movesets I do have some ideas on how to remedy that though, first, and most...

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Started by Fabioman3

Discussion

Any ideas for Sinnoh regional variants?

lichenprincess, Feb 28: Here's a little spitball, feel free to take some ideas: -A pure-fire burning sun-based Minior -A Ghost/Fire wildfire-burnt tree ghost Trevenant line -A Fire/Fairy or Fire/Dark Impidimp line based off of demons -Pure Fire-type Falinks based on...

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Started by Zygoat

Question

Can we edit Script Variable through Events ?

StCooler, Feb 27: I see the mistake. You must make the difference between "==" and "=". The sign "==" refers to a test and reads "is equal to", in the sense: "is $game_variables equal to 10?". The sign "=" refers to an affectation, and reads "give the value to",...

2 439

Started by Sir William

Question

Hello everyone, How I will change the text color of the moves on battle?

Canal_do_Lontra, Feb 26: thanks, Now I got to change the color, you helped me so much, thanks

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Started by Canal_do_Lontra

Can anyone help me out please?

StCooler, Feb 25: Well, it can be a lot of things, unfortunately... It can be the PBS file; in items.txt, check the last number of the lines for your Pokéballs; is it 4? It can be scripting. Did you alter anything in BattleHandlers_Items? In Battle_Action_UseItem?

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Started by Venom_daf

Do double/multi battles give reduced EXP?

AwesomeToadUltimate, Feb 23: I have been considering and testing the progression (I'm just battling the number of trainers between each gym in debug mode) between gyms in my game and I'm wondering about the progression between the fifth and sixth gyms. The fifth gym leader's...

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Started by AwesomeToadUltimate

Can I use fakemons I make for other games

Eight7, Feb 22: yeah only made by me thank you for clearing that up I just wanted to know before putting my sprites out there

4 473

Started by Eight7

Question

Regional Pokemon Variant Megas?

Maskninja555, Feb 22: Thank you :)

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Started by Maskninja555

Game Idea

Hi ! Anyone willing to give me feeback on my ideas ?

Allan5829, Feb 20: Before I get into my thoughts, you should know that most fan games are made as a rom hack or as a standalone game. The rom hack section isn't this forum but still inside the Fan Games section. This section is mainly for pokemon essentials using RPG...

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Started by Bluffs

Game Idea

Pokemon Legends

olibriss, Feb 19: good stuff

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Started by DashBoy10

Question

Region forms

amberstar2604, Feb 19: So go into your scripts into pokemon forms and look at the bottom were it says alolan forms (or maybe galar forms if your using gen 8 stuff) then copy and paste it the create your own section bellow that called Altimorian Forms (I DON'T MEAN MAKE A...

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Started by ChaosandCalamity

Game Idea

Pokemon game set in the prehistoric era

Kurorii, Feb 18: Im actually quite hyped for this, i'll be looking forward to new news ^_^

1 1,406

Started by JinnnMD

Game Idea

Thinking of creating a fangame

StCooler, Feb 15: You already have the region, a bunch of fakemons including starters and legendary, several characters, and you already know you want to use Essentials. This is a great start for a fangame! :) I suggest you start with the Gen 8 pack. It contains...

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Started by MeepersCreepers

Question

Someone help, i changed the character sprites and this error message occured

SuzuiXii, Feb 15: Go to your trainertypes.txt file, on PBS. You have to look at the first line to find POKEMONTRAINER_Red (the main trainer of the game basically on the Metadata) The first line of Metadata, Player A, is the Trainer Type of your main character, and...

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Started by Mark710

Question

Is this a good balance of fakemon by their BST?

Lordecoxinha, Feb 13: It’s hard to answer without details. Luxray, for example, has a BST about as high as starter mons, but is really bad. I love it, but it’s really bad. BST don’t typically tell a lot about your mons’ power level, but when making Fakemon I...

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Started by AwesomeToadUltimate

Fps boost whit directx

MessiDuvidoso, Feb 12: would anyone know how to support DIRECTX AND OPENGL for RGMAKER games? FPS performance would increase considerably.

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Started by MessiDuvidoso

Question

Custom Time System

PikachuMazzinga, Feb 11: You could try using Unreal time system by FL. I'm currently using it on v18.1 without issues and it's also easly customizable 👌.

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Started by The cool Treecko

Question

Error with National Dex

NettoHikari, Feb 11: Looks like this error: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=443364 Basically, make sure you start from 1 and don't skip any numbers in pokemon.txt.

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Started by Zacchouille

Untitled

Somnus, Feb 10: Pokémon Infinite Fusion lets you fuse pokémon (which was really cool by the way) but since the game couldn't handle the stress of back sprites for every fusion, they just didn't exist. I want to know how to do something similar and make all the...

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Started by Somnus

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About the Game Development forum

Problems with a move animation.

Pokeball issues in Pokemon Essentials v18.1

Pokémon Delta Genesis: the revival of Pokémon Arcus

Ash-Greninja form revert

Any game recommendation I should play?

how to make temporary barrriers

Is There a Fanmade Pokémon Game with All regions?

How I will put the Rocket transition on pokmeon essentials v18.1?

~July's Project Management ~ PKMN | Radiance _ _ _ _ _ _ _

neo Engine — An NDS homebrew Pokémon Engine Written from Scratch

i get an error

anyone do map commission

Can you make a multiplayer battle?

Pokemon Fan Game in Unity Engine

Player custmization like Pokemon swsh

Kernel.pbChooseItem is stuck on the Key items (8?) no matter what number I give it.

How would one go about creating a remake of Platinum using the format of X&Y or ORAS?

[Project] PokéJS Engine - Next Generation and Full-Featured Cross-Platform Pokémon-based Javascript Engine

Untitled

Use newest Pokémon on Johto/Kanto game?

Can I use the others's fakemons on my pokémon fan game?

Script Error For the Key Evolution

Issues with Animations

Remove Back sprites (Repost)

How I will change the pokemon Foe's name, Pokémon Foe's lv and pokemon Foe's gender positions only on essentials v18?

How I will implement the online features on my fan game v18.1?

Predetermined names

Where's the line that change the position of pokemon status (Poison, paralyzed, etc) on essentials v18?

How I change the Hp bar and the other elemnts of the battle ui on Pokémon essentials v18?

How can I change the game.ini to be always RGSS104E instead of RGSS103J?

Pokémon Game Maker X

"Essential" canon mons in fakemon games?

Any ideas for Sinnoh regional variants?

Can we edit Script Variable through Events ?

Hello everyone, How I will change the text color of the moves on battle?

Can anyone help me out please?

Do double/multi battles give reduced EXP?

Can I use fakemons I make for other games

Regional Pokemon Variant Megas?

Hi ! Anyone willing to give me feeback on my ideas ?

Pokemon Legends

Region forms

Pokemon game set in the prehistoric era

Thinking of creating a fangame

Someone help, i changed the character sprites and this error message occured

Is this a good balance of fakemon by their BST?

Fps boost whit directx

Custom Time System

Error with National Dex

Untitled