A) Trainers Battle Sprites
Even though the concepts of each important character had been ready for quite some time now, It took me many hours to finalize the ingame sprites. Nevertheless, I can finally say with pride that every major character got their sprite started from scratch, finished and implemented in the rom! In order to avoid spoilers, I won't upload any of them as of now (unless you ask kindly...) and I ask you to trust me on this one as you trusted me (I'm sure) on the quality of the previously-stated maps.
Regarding generic trainers, I plan on implementing lightly-altered 4th and 5th gen sprites to give them some uniquesness and improve the immersion feeling of the region. However, this isn't near ready yet. Please be patient!
B) Fakemon Sprites
Let's continue with the main focus of this update presentation!
Back in december, when I originally showcased the first fakemons designed for the game, the main focus was stolen by the Mapping which I won't let happen this time again. Believe me on that! I actually spent hours and hours in order to improve my spriting skills and I finally achieved results I'm not afraid of saying I'm proud of (For some reason, I think there is something really wrong with this sentence grammar :x )
But for such a subject, words are never enough, especially when I know many people are sceptical regarding the entire concept of fakemon!
BEHOLD! (... It might be a little bit too much hype ^^')
Pokemon 6 starters: (their evolution are hidden under "spoiler boxes" (?) for those fearing said spoilers
Finally, For the most eager of you, here is my entire fakedex, which is still in progress, but should be finished by the end of next month:
I REALLY hope you got convinced by those lovely creatures, because they were definitely the main focus while I was living as an internet hermit (Check Addendum for more information again. Again.) and showcasing them was the main objective of this update!
As a bonus, you can check those fanarts made by my newly-found friend on Deviantart, GothicRift, representing the first two stages of my grass starter:
II) What to expect next?
Trust me the next few months will be worth looking forward to regarding the evolution of Pokemon 6! After finishing my Fakedex, which should take me a few weeks, I plan on completely revisting the overworld sprites by changing all of them to 4th-gen looking ones (NO, NOT 5TH GEN!). And then, things will start getting exciting as my focus will turn to releasing a demo which will go up to the 3rd gym and a crucial plot-changing event.
I hope you are now looking forward to it, because I sure am!
II) Addendum
Well... Here is the last and most awkward part of this entire update. Why was I away for so long when I made it clear I was supposed to leave for only one week? I previously said it was because of personal reasons. Let me be more specific without getting into too much details. Right after coming back from holidays, someone close to me died (I neither expect nor want any kind of pity) and after doing what needed to be done in those cases, I had to go straight to my midterms (which I aced, of course, being myself ^^) and then go back to university for an extremely heavy semester (What did I expect from Law School?),actually much more heavy than what I anticipated.
So I had to make a choice between communicating about this hack or working on it on the remains of my free time. I chose the latter and have remained adamant about it, fastening on Deviantart because it was way less time-consuming (to start off... because now I have way too many watchers :,( )
Btw, here is a link to my DA page, where I will keep updating regurlarly:
https://dragon-du-22.deviantart.com/
Don't misunderstand me either: I'm coming back on Pokecommunity TO STAY, but don't expect seeing me here everyday ;)
I hope, my fellow Pokecommunity citizens, I don't risk impeachment for that ^^ (Yes, I am shamelessly going back to the presidential theme of this comeback presentation just at the end to remind you of how awesome the introduction picture was)
Frenchly yours,
Self-proclaimed President
MacBeth