Pokémon: Pillars of Destiny

Ratty524 said:

Speaking of this, what methodology did you use for picking these starters? In a typical Pokemon game where you battle against your rival's starter right at the beginning, each pick should be capable of besting the other regardless of type match-up in that scenario. Both base stats and movepools play a part in this, and it would suck to lose at the beginning because your rival's pick out-damages yours.

This depends on whether you are even going to bother with a rival battle in your game, though. Regardless, I would recommend picking your starters based their statistics and capabilities against each other, rather than going solely with personal preference. That doesn't necessarily mean you have to change your current starter picks right now. It'll require some testing on your part.

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Base stats for a number of Pokemon are adjusted and will not reflect their Nintendo counterparts.

The primary reason for this, is to create an environment where there are no "Go to" Pokemon should I eventually give players access to all 718 at some point. As it stands right now, there are not going to be 718 Pokemon in Pillars at this time. I did however want to leave that door open.

This does not mean that I am going to change the stats for every Pokemon in the game, but I do intend on changing the stats for various ones to either push them or nerf them.

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Base stats for a number of Pokemon are adjusted and will not reflect their Nintendo counterparts.

The primary reason for this, is to create an environment where there are no "Go to" Pokemon should I eventually give players access to all 718 at some point. As it stands right now, there are not going to be 718 Pokemon in Pillars at this time. I did however want to leave that door open.

This does not mean that I am going to change the stats for every Pokemon in the game, but I do intend on changing the stats for various ones to either push them or nerf them.

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I see.

Good luck with this project, by the way. This has a really nice presentation and 3D-styled sprites will really make this stand out.

that's awesomed! Tiles are flawlessly cool and the pokemons are 3d style, perfect !
is this game can play on GBA or DS ?

i can't wait to play that game of your's! :D

This game is actually programmed to ONLY be playable on a 3 1/2" Floppy. You will need to have a supporting drive to be able to play this game.

Gosh darn it!
And I just sold my floppy drive to buy one of those new-fangled 32'000 KB mechanical hard disk drives!
Would it be possible to get it on punch-card by mail-order?

Az0r said:

that's awesomed! Tiles are flawlessly cool and the pokemons are 3d style, perfect !
is this game can play on GBA or DS ?

i can't wait to play that game of your's! :D

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Wow, AWESOME graphics! Any news on release? And will you port it over to GBA/NDS?

shaheer07 said:

Wow, AWESOME graphics! Any news on release? And will you port it over to GBA/NDS?

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No, this is strictly for 3 1/2" floppies... see the above posts for more info...

Apropos the story, it is all kinds of refreshing to see some deviation from the traditional 'you are XYZ aspiring trainer. Go catch pokemon and battle other trainers!' Not to mention that bit about escorting the police officers - I'm curious as to how it'll pan out, to say the least. :L

On a related note, the XY pokemon sprites sealed the deal. Will be looking forward to the demo!

Are you serious about the 3 1/2" floppy thing?

gr3ygho$t28 said:

Are you serious about the 3 1/2" floppy thing?

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Haha, no I was not serious about that. I will have some more updates, that are not necessarily visual, coming soon.

Oh my gooooooddd. D: Very tasteful palette.

I should say I'm really impressed by this :) I hope you can release it soon :D and I hope you find a good tilesetter and mapper so that you won't have your hands full. Thus making the work easier and more effiecient.

I wish I could help you. :) I'm working on my own project at the moment. We should team up. :D

Once again this game looks great I hope you continue work on this cause I love gem 6 will all gen 6 pokemon be in the game? Will there be M evolutions? Those house sprites look amazing and the professor sprite is great. Glad you weren't serious about the floppy. Storyline is great to.

All of Gen 6 will be included, but not all of them will be obtainable.

Mega Evolutions are also included :)

this looks and sounds like its gonna be amazing, hope we get to play it soon!

Hi, the game looks stunning, liked the Totodile swap, i hate Piplup. :)

I must say, this game has a lot of potential, especially with the 3D sprites which really stand out... Do u plan on uploading a screenshot or a demo battle, later on, so that we all can see how majestic the sight it :P. But here's an advice which I really hope you listen to.. Please do not focus 100% on the graphics.. This may just ruin the entire game itself in terms of story and gameplay.. I know a lot of fan made games which have a tremendous graphics, but not so perfect storyline or gameplay.. And as for the main character, will he be able to have character development, because I believe that it is very vital when it comes down to the story itself... As well as the friends the main character meets of course. The limited information about the game itself is what really confuses me though in terms of the story itself, as this may seem offensive, but I'm offering constructive criticism to make it better.. As of now, it seems more like a story, which does not consider the story as the main point of the game, rather just travelling and exploring the region and catching Pokemon. I may be wrong though so there's that... But here's one last piece of advice which I really hope you listen to... Don't spend most of your time with the graphics of the game, while giving less time for the story itself, trust me, it won't do you any good whatsoever... Take a few days, or even a month to carefully construct the story and the sidequests, as well as the other characters and their development, the evil team, their plots etc, and when you finally build a solid story which you know that you won't change any time soon, then take as much time as you need with the graphics. Mind you, a game with crappy graphics but an awesome and solid story is still more preferred than a game with the most beautiful graphics but a crappy story.. Again, sorry if I seemed offensive... This game really does have a lot of potential, and I know that it will go very far, provided that you stay determined... I'll say this again, before I leave you, concentrate more on the story itself than making the game look pretty, because at the end of the day, it is the story that matters... And I for one hope that the evil team stands out from all the other evil teams, and has a way bigger impact on the region itself than the other evil teams, which couldn't do quite much.. Anyways congrats on your progress so far and good luck!