Hmm, it seems a pretty good hack rom, I didn't played it yet, I rather wait for a more solid beta, but I think I have a few suggestions:
1 - Can you make the region feel different? Would be cool if we had new locations, shortcuts, etc...
And btw, the game will be only in Kanto?
2 - After stealing/catching Pokemons we could deliver them to Team Rocket, and we would receive RP (Rocket Points), which we could use to buy Pokemons (maybe even shinies?), TMs, Berries, Items for our pokemons to hold, and even Key Itens, like the Bike, the Item Finder, Itens that can work as HMs (cuz I hate wasting one or two spots in my team with HM slaves), and shinies of course would be very valuable to sell, and expensive to buy.
3 - We are Team Rocket
We DON'T CARE bout the rules
WE BREAK THEM
6 MOVES
8 POKEMONS
OVERWRITIN HMS
RIDIN BIKE INSIDE HOUSES
FLYING INSIDE BUILDINGS
FISHING ON THE GROUND
LIKE A BAWSS
STAHP ME YOU FRIGGIIN BASDARDS
Actual 3 - If I'm not mistaken, in the anime there's an episode where some guys assault a Pokemon Center and steal a lot of pokemons, this would be a great idea.
Also, would be cool if we could rob the Day Care and get a random egg which would contain ANY POKEMON in the game with good IVs and moves, cuz we all know Red runs a crazy bussiness there about slavery and matings which I'm not allowed to talk about, u know...
4 - Also, be creative, epic missions, and plz, make the final mission be an invasion at Indigo Plateau ending with an Epic Battle, us agaisnt the Elite 4 and Red, omgomgomg a mission like this would be so epic, Im talking about
: invasion, plan goes worng, everybody gets lost, etc, etc, etc. Man, plz make this mission plz plz plz
(Also, English is not my mother langage, so plz, DO correct me and of course, good luck!)
Thank you! Really though I'd encourage you to play through the beta and give me feedback on what you see.
Points 1 and 2 that you mention are certainly in the works; yes, the game will take place only in Kanto, but with a few brand new locations here and there. Point 3: Riding a bike inside might make for a fun novelty actually. I have a few sidequest ideas in the realm of the robbery suggestions you had.
As for point 4: Haha I feel your excitement. I've actually planned out the plot in detail from beginning to end-- there will be no spoilers from me, but if you stick around for it, I promise you the final mission won't disappoint.
I think the idea of having beaten Red but him pushing you aside anyways is good as it is. My only cent to that would be, maybe switch the dialogue if you beat him to differ from that if he beats you. Afterall, you're a grunt and can't really stand up to him.
I think as far as having a Rocket store goes, naw, don't do that! The whole purpose of the game is to think and act like a criminal, not to buy your stuff from a store. If anything--and if possible--you could even incorporate battling the PokeMart merchant for a free item from the shop. That would actually be pretty cool too!
I don't think you should really focus on having a female character at the moment...you have enough on your plate as it is. And as far as being able to use the HM's, having an item instead of having HM slaves would be pretty ideal with the exception of maybe a few HM's: eg; Fly and Surf.
Other than that, I think this hack is amazing. And I can't wait to see it develop fully.
I wish you the best of luck, and remember, take your time! Would hate to see another great hack being cancelled because of "stress-related" issues.
-Pokeboy777
Thank you so much! The "take your time" part is especially appreciated-- I'll stay at it till I'm happy with the product before I release.
Actually the way I've laid out the game so far makes it so you probably won't be needing the useless HMs (i.e. Flash and Cut) at all to make it through the story. I will probably make them deletable too just for convenience's sake.
Yes, including a female character has eventually sunk to the bottom of my priority list. I'll elaborate below.
i only have 1 issue and thats lack of Female character i know some other hacks have a reason for limiting to 1 gender like the Adventure Hacks but a Rocket game doesn't really have a reason atleast to me considering most of the rocket villians are equal in Gender ie Jesse & James, Butch & Cassidy, the Guy from the celebi movie, Annie & Oakley, Ariana, Petrel, Archer & Proton just my thoughts :)
technically just changing the Female Sprite for a Team rocket member would have been easier to implement than changing it so you only had the male choice theres plenty of Team rocket Sprites in just the base rom :) not to be mean or anything and technically Fly as a Key Item could be a Teleport Pad item something Team rocket has stolen from Silph Co and Surf could be literally a Surf Board or a High Speed Boat Image
I feel ya. The thing about having a female character is I feel like the NPCs would respond differently to you if you were a girl, so I feel like I would have to put a little twist on the dialogue if I felt I was going to do it justice plot-wise. I released beta 1 with only the male character to sort of test the waters-- if there's high demand for having a female player as well, I might decide to add it, but I'll estimate it'll probably take around 20% longer between releases to account for it. I'm a little undecided here.
Also, before I go:
A FEW ITSY BITSY PROGRESS PICS


Cerulean has been good fun putting together. Posted this a little later than I'd meant to-- sorry about that. I am adamant about keeping the biggest spoilers out, but I suppose a few teasers couldn't hurt. Expect more in a bit.