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Game Development

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Recruitment

Recruiting I need some help

15 Hours Ago by mgriffin

Graphics & Music

Graphics & Music

Overworld Graphics FR/LG Style Overworlds

7 Hours Ago by aveontrainer

Scripts, Tutorials & Tools

Scripts, Tutorials & Tools

Essentials Script Supereffective Hail and...

14 Hours Ago by hirokimura

Pokémon Essentials

Pokémon Essentials

Scripting Question "Supereffective" Sandstorm...

10 Hours Ago by stubbyfinger

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Game Dev Discussion

Procedural map generation

CheezBallzFTW, Dec 11: Looks really good maybe talk to Kingcoin on the Pokemon Reborn site because he was working on something like this.

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Need help with a syntax error

Pokeminer20, Dec 6: You've probably decided to restart the install and went fresh, but I found your problem. 99% of the time Syntax errors are either grammar mistakes or you forgot to put an end somewhere. You issue was located in "Def pbSuccessCheck" which is line...

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Pokemon Aurora (Pokedex)

fearjunkie, Nov 29: Nice!

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Changes added in 8th Gen to old Abilities.

Diegou18, Nov 25: I'm just informing new effects that were added (the old effects are still working, but now we have new effects) to old abilities in Gen 8. Disguise: when the disguise is busted, Mimikyu loses 1/8 of its total HP. Flash Fire: if you have a...

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Dynamaxing

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WolfPP, Nov 23: Better just paste the link here: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=426770

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Pokemon light and dark

matthewsworld2, Oct 24: The story take place in the Region of Kivira, the region is created by many Legendary Pokemon's powers said from the regions myth. Some say the Legendary Pokemon is still watching over everyone. Some say anyone can use their powers to their own...

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App for sprites/map making?

Tsuina, Sep 20: I use paint.net and I really like it

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Specific Pokemon Themed Battles

PyroGaleZX, Jul 23: Alright side note sorry I realized I should have put this as Question

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Making Evolved Starters Neccessary?

FloofyPanthar, Jul 3: I still have a Quilava in my 8 year old soul silver. By the way, he's level 60. Some people don't want to evolve their starter Pokemon and still train them, maybe base it off of levels instead of evolution stage

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Do you like Route 1 Pokemon?

Dasheros, Jun 3: You need to find a good balance between simple (it's your first route after all) and interesting. Maybe a Pokemon with an interesting type or one that might be useful in the game, e.g. in the first gym? I personally loved to see a regional bird with...

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Tips and Helpful things for beginners

Dasheros, Jun 3: Especially in the beginning you should focus on what most fun for you and try out everything you can imagine. Start small and make a small game just for yoursef before you think about publishing a howl 8-gym game with all Pokemon and everything. If...

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Swearing in Fangames

Dasheros, Jun 3: You need to think about what demographic you aim for. If you want your game to be played only by adults you should go for it. Even though I personally think that nudity and Pokemon don't fit together it's still your game. And if you want a more...

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SpaceWorld Op

EchoTM, May 19: https://pokecharms.com/data/attachment-files/2018/06/631128_1527856506087.png Well met Everyone, I've been working on a side project for a Pokemon mod where I got my hands on some developers tools via github. At its minimum, I had designated...

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Capturing Legendaries?

juliorain, May 17: Gating via postgame quests is also a good idea. ORAS did that with the Delta Series line with both Mega Rayquaza and Deoxys. They kinda gave up with everything else having Jirachi be exent exclusive, and all the other legends be around from the...

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Game Jams

juliorain, May 17: Hey! Moving this into Game Development! There it's a little more appropriate to post! And to answer your thread, I've obvserved the Jagex Oct 2018 Jame jam and have participated in the April 2019 Game Jam here! Oooohh cool! Which...

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The COLLECT-A-FRIEND Game Jam!

Jayje, May 9: Also, to clarify, I'm not looking for people to make fan games. This is a challenge to help people better explore this idea of party building/recruitment. I want to see how inventive people can be in regards to this mechanic.

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Why dislike Gamemaker?

wanderlustdemon, Mar 28: RPG Maker XP is more preferred because it has a already made engine that's been worked on, developed, and improved with every new generation of Pokemon for the last 8 years or so. if there was an engine for game maker, i'm sure plenty of people...

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Several versions of a game

remer, Mar 23: I think there is no need for making two versions of a game(unless someone want to drain money like said before).It is a fact that giving a chance to experience all 800+ pokemon and all in a storyline is not that good an idea.But instead of making...

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Lets make a community resource

komaoto, Feb 26: You might also look for help at Pokémon Insurgence forums (do they have one?) since they also released some scripts for online funcionality for their game (although I don't remmember what it was). Those are the best places to look for help regarding...

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Gen 4 or Gen 5 style

remer, Feb 14: Hey,thanks you guys.I see that gen 4 style is the more liked one.I also am a noob in 3d graphics so gen 4 will go for me.It's not that 3d ish but looks nice.But after i tried gen 5,i realised that it wont go well with me.I am slowly learning hot to...

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Hi Need since my first tileset for house for my game

Uzagi, Feb 13: I guess you posted it in the wrong section, the right one would be the graphics one but anyway, it's very nice if you're creating a game with GSC graphics good job

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New Hack ROM Project, Volunteers needed to help.

ChickenCombo, Nov 2018: This isn't the ROM hacking section, this is for Pokemon Essentials/RPG Maker XP.

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Best android app for editing sprites

Tortussa, Nov 2018: Atm im using pixly to create tilesets and sprites but when i export them they change dimension, which other app could i use?

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Pokémon Essentials Wikia

Daenerys, Aug 2018: There is more recent discussion on this here: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?p=9918351&styleid=104#post9918351

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How to keep players entertained with a demo

SpartaLazor, Aug 2018: Personally, I would just shoot for making it a solid demo, don't worry so much about keeping players playing even after they've beaten the demo. That's a really difficult thing to do, and I honestly think it's not really worth pursuing. If the demo...

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Game style you'd be the most interested in

mgriffin, Jun 2018: I like either of the first two options. As for your second question: in my own project I'm doing something similar, I'm prototyping it with real Pok�mon but with the intention to switch all that content out for original stuff once it's all working....

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What are you working on?

Mooguh, Jun 2018: I'm working on my first hack which is going to be a Yellow like remake in lieu of Fire Red and Leaf Green. Changing sprites, encounters, etc. Just so I can get my barrings but I want to do my best and hopefully people like it

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Pokémon Extra

AlexTCGPro, May 2018: Hey guys, it's been a while since I last posted here... Let's see: Since forever I wanted to make a Pokémon game, but for one reason or another I keep postponing that and at the end, never did one, I HAD a project and was going pretty smoothly but I...

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Which programming language is best for fangame development?

Yotes, May 2018: I started teaching myself Java and C++ to learn how to code in high school. Eventually I made a couple iOS apps and discovered the Unity Engine and have been using C# ever since. I like C# because it's just super straightforward and there's TONS...

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ideas for later pokemon games

Yotes, May 2018: Looks like the fun part of development. The dreaming stage. Next steps would be to organize that Google Doc better and make it a sort of Game Design Document that others could easily read and understand. Then you can flesh out details on how...

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Project Shedo

Kamon15, May 2018: Hi there! My name is Kamon15 or blizzard as known by other's, my friends and I are developing a new Pokemon Fangame currently titled Project Shendo We are looking for volunteers for Artist,Mappers,And spriters,As well as people who want their...

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Pokemon game with all regions.

thunderlight, May 2018: Umm...nice ideas. But we would need a map to skip one regions when we want

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Mapping Help

FireBurn256, Apr 2018: I am afraid to say that you are asking too much. Mapping 5 regions? Not mentioning that mapping is, like, 40% of all work, you also have to find appropriate tilesets and to make them fit at least in design. "All regions in one game" only sounds...

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Open World Pokemon Game

BadSamaritan, Apr 2018: https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonROMhacks/comments/7eh0x1/pokemon_roaming_red_beta_1_released/ It could very well be this as well.

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New fan game "Pokemon Through Time"

Tea-Rex, Mar 2018: So far I'm still recruiting people to help join with this project. As a sneak peak of what is to come I've made a few ride Pokemon for the character with Latios and Latias being for soar and Mantine for dive. If anyone is interested in joining just...

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Overworld protagonist sprites Pokemon bw2

Jhonjhonny, Feb 2018: The animation looks off. Even compared to the original game which I have it doesn't look right to me in the game. Tomorrow I'll provide the png I'm using or if u do not see a problem could you provide the one u use/tried?

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My first Pokemon fan game

TheSeraphOfChaos, Feb 2018: It's interesting to have a choices of endings, how soon into the game do you plan to choose the route ? and how should each goal be achieved ? also, what about the post game ?

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What do you think about getting the Shiny Charm early?

Passiongamingdh, Jan 2018: great idea! also change it in script! ^^

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TCG in RPG Maker

The Legacy of The Legends Creator :D, Jan 2018: I think this idea will take off more than you think if done right lol

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Pokecards, a WIP Hearthstone x Pokemon Online Game.

Mewleon01, Dec 2017: Heya! I'm Mewleon and I am currently working on a online game called Pokecards! Pokecards is in the alpha stage and there are currently 480 cards in game (as of when I posted this) and my goal is to get at least 1000+ cards in this game. I have...

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Hello, I kind of need help deciding something regarding using other peoples resources

sleepysealion, Sep 2017: Well, Ok. I guess what I'm mostly interested in right now - is moves (especially animation wise) I'm absolutely fine drawing sprites for pokemon (even if it will take awhile and I'm sure people will have made better sprites) - though I probably...

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How would you balance fakemons (or other similar characters) in a game

FenrisXP, Sep 2017: Best answer is C+P an existing mons stats that are similar to what you would want or think your fakemon should be like. Then edit your #/name/Internal name and typing. Thats the easiest and probably most accurate way i could think of offering...

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Would you enjoy a game where you can add your fakemon?

ResidentEcruteak, Aug 2017: I think it's a nice idea (adding your own fakemons in the game). I've been actually planning same kind of feature in my game (although it's not pokemon game, simply inspired by it - I'm not even using RPG maker). I think in the case traditional...

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How do I get started?

silver-wind, Aug 2017: The kit for RPG Maker XP is called pokemon Essentials. you can download a demo, which comes with every system a pokemon game needs, many maps for FireRed, all pokemon sprites, etc . the demo shows examples on common topics, like giving the player a...

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Pokemon Palette Swap

TheGamingPaladin, Aug 2017: oh? well shoot, my bad... i'll post this there instead, thanks Baka. to any mods reading this, plz go ahead and close this thread, or delete whatever's best, i need to go put this in it's proper place.

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Subversion of the Trope

G.A.P., Aug 2017: (removed)

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Battlers Sprite question.

TypicalJalapeno, Jun 2017: I agree with Rainbow

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How to choose the Essentials engine...?

BadSamaritan, Apr 2017: I think considering any essentials "outdated" is fairly subjective. Since imo the kits have had everything you need to make a solid game since v.4 or 5. But it's especially subjective in the case of DS or BW, considering the goal of said projects...

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Pokemon Essentials D/P/Pt

herolester, Apr 2017: Thanks for your advice, I'm quickly realising how this community works and what it needs, I still want to contribute something, so I'm going to have to think about what I do and how I do it. I'll definitely be in contact with you so we can discuss...

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Best Version of RPG Maker to use?

TheGamingPaladin, Jan 2017: for me personally, 3D is best left to the pros, cause while pixelated stuff can look a little bland sometimes, bad 3D is an eyesore that can make a game unplayable, so since somebody who may be new to this stuff asked for suggestions, i chose...

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