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The idea of a game based in my Shinto Region actually came up well before I began making what eventually became Pokemon Electrum. Back then I was using programs that I wasn't very with and so the game was very limited with what I could do. Following success with Electrum using Essentials, I decided to get back into the Shinto story.
Plot:
Welcome to the Shinto Region! Johto's northern neighbor has remained off the radar for Trainers over the years, but things have been buzzing lately and they've been flocking to the region.
Unfortunately, not very many have made it back home. Six months ago, what has become known as "The Night of Gnashing Teeth" happened in Shinto and a total of 348 Trainers haven't been seen since. While Team Rocket is active in Shinto, witnesses from that night refer to "Monsters" or "Beasts" attacking people. Whether or not they're linked to something the criminal syndicate has done is unclear, but seems very unlikely.
Following your success in Johto with both the Pokemon League and against Team Rocket's branch in the region, Professor Elm has sent you on a special undercover mission into the Shinto Region to see if you can find out what's really going on. Blend in as a Trainer, take on the Gyms and get ready for an adventure you'll certainly never forget!
Project Status:
The game is finished!
Features:
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-A special Bulbasaur can be obtained in Tallinn Town, as thanks for all who played and were patient with the trials and errors that came about with Electrum's release. Just like the Spikey-eared Pichu, it will NOT evolve.
-Twelve gyms to challenge, each with a unique puzzle that will require more thought than simply battling Trainers.
-Over 300 Pokemon to catch including many Beta Pokemon never released. You will find Pokemon from Generations 1-4.
-Fairy Type has been added and the Digital Type carries over from the first game, expanding the number of species available.
-Audio events are present, so keep your sound on.
-New music for towns & routes along with battle themes for gyms and their leaders.
-Shinto Hot Air Balloon service replaces the HM for Fly, accessible via a Key Item.
-A speed-up function has been added courtesy of Marin, press the S-key to toggle the speed of the game.
-Unlimited TM usage.
-Two new rivals; Amber and Emeril.
-Experience Share from X/Y Versions is present.
-Sinnoh-style virtual badge case accessible in every Pokémon Center, you'll have a separate one for Shinto, Hoenn and the Battle Frontier.
-Most Pokémon are found only in one area, usually four different species in one place.
-Moves & abilities through Generation 5.
-New design for Pokemon Centers, merging them with PokeMarts.
-Gyms now have lobbies where you can heal your Pokemon or buy items, saving you trips!
-Two full regions to explore, with another being limited to certain areas.
-Full post-game story.
-Re battle the Shinto Elite Four in exhibition matches!
-Hoenn's Battle Frontier returns, resembling the anime version.
-More to come!
Changes from Electrum:
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-Bellboyant is now a Dark/Fairy-type.
-A change in type-effectiveness. Ice is super-effective against Water. Bug and Poison moves are super-effective on each other, a nod to Gen 1.
-Twinz no longer evolves into Girafarig. There's an explanation in the Pokedex for this.
Screenshots:
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FAQs:
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-All movesets, save for the Beta Pokemon, use their Gen V movesets.
-I'm encountering this error: "Script 'SpriteWindow_sprites' line 30: RuntimeError occured filename is nil". See Post #9 Here. Alternatively, see post #208 by Skaribas, as they seem to have found a very easy fix!
-Where is this item? I have no idea where are any items once I've placed them unless they are given as part of story.
-Pokemon Contests & Battle Tents? Neither are functional as I don't know how to program those.
-Hoenn? Yes, Hoenn has been scaled-down much how Kanto was for the post-game in G/S/C both for nostalgia and time.
Pristina City- Navigate the ice maze and press the three switches, opening the path to the Leader.
Pripyat Town- Answer the questions correctly or be sent outside.
Petra Village- Mine the items required and give them to the Hikers.
Astana City- Win 1,000 coins in the arcade and buy the item. (You will be refunded)
Yerevan Town- Complete the slider puzzles.
Hrodna Town- Find the Gym Leader within the tall grass, three times.
*Riga Village- Navigate the maze of death, press the switch and reach the Gym Leader without fainting your entire team.
Port Batumi- Choose a teleporter, then face the Leader. His difficulty depends on your choice, choose wisely.
Dubrovni City- Defeat the special Pokemon, then face the Leader in a double battle with only two Pokemon.
Podgori Town- Use the arrow tiles to make your way to the back of the Gym. One wrong move sends you back to the start!
Sinaia City- Wander a dark room in search of the Leader, using certain sounds to guide you. Running into them will trigger the battle.
Sarajev Town- Some faces from the past will block your path, defeat them to reach your final Gym Badge!
*You MUST have six Pokemon, as there is only one path to the Gym Leader/Switch. You will likely have five Pokemon fainted before you reach the safe area unless you are VERY lucky. Take it slow, memorize your paths. You will need to press the switch again if you press it once, then black out afterward before reaching the Leader.
Important Notes:
-Make certain you speak to everyone! Not only will some characters offer items or trades, but certain pieces of information will save you later. Be observant, explore the Shinto Region!
-Not every Pokemon you encounter can be caught in the game, this is mostly with one group due to their original base and Shinto's relative seclusion from that area. Remember that many trainers from all over are coming to Shinto, so they'll have Pokemon not native to the region.
-I don't go by any sort of guide when it comes to unreleased Pokemon, so their names, stats, moves and types may be different than what others have them. Use your Pokedex and find out what Shinto says about them!
- I am in the middle of the adoption process for a two year-old, so needless to say my hands will be quite full in the near future, hopefully before Christmas. I have every intention to complete this project, but I will likely need more time than what it took with the first game.
Bugs/Glitches: -OLD MANOR--> You need to step on a tile to the left of the top part of the potted tree to begin that event.
-Cell Phone can't be registered. Likely due to it being the actual move Fly, just use it from the Key Items page. -Permission error with a Strength boulder on Dewford Island. It will disappear after you've cleared the Battle Pike, I don't advise going to the Battle Palace early. -Steven and Wallace have swapped battle sprites.
-Hoenn Tileset has quite a few oddities to it, but nothing game-breaking. -After entering Frostbite Caverns, returning southward will trigger the rivals event once more. Resolved! -Apricorn trees on Route 62 are giving away unlimited Apricorns. Resolved! -If you heal at a gym's nurse station and faint, you're brought back to that desk but the game will not proceed, making you unable to continue. Resolved! -The type headers for Digital and Fairy types aren't showing in the Pokedex. Graphics oversight. Resolved! -Surf glitch should no longer be present, using HM instead of item. -Porygon not evolving at Level 30, will be resolved in next update. -If you black out before visiting a Pokemon Center, you'll end up on a random developer's map. Use the Pokemon Center in Vilnius before taking on the first route to avoid this problem.
New Shinto Pokemon all have Pokeballs for their menu sprites, this is temporary and will be changed (if I've time) for the final version's release.
*Please note that there will be a tone when you start the game, text will appear once it plays. This isn't a glitch and is intentional.
Credits:
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-Beta Pokemon sprites: Pokets, MimeSenior, leparagon, multidiegodani, Mariuso17, AtecainCorp.
-Trainer sprites: Kyle-Dove, vur3, AutumnSpire, RBRNNova, Drawnamu, Midnitez-REMIX, PKMNTrainerSpriterC
-Tilesets: dragoonwys, TheDeadHeroAlistair, Kymotonian(KyleDove), Evan, Magiscarf, Ross-Hawkins, WilsonScarloxy, leilou, Heartless Dragoon, PkmnAlexandrite, Flurmimon, Skillman, Rata, Andrew the Hedgehog.
-Trainer Overworld Sprites: Aveontrainer, Kalerie, Furs the Fox.
-Credits to Marin for the speed-up function and turning HMs into items, and for making it super easy to do!
-Music: Prekrasnoe Daleko, Tsveti Peshevska, Grant Kirkhope, Nam Hye-seung, Park Sang-hee, Kim Kyung-hee, The Orchard Enterprises, AdulescensFMusic, Exile.
-Some overworld sprites I made simply by recoloring an existing one or swapping faces, etc. Petrel's VS. screen was made by putting several different trainers together, including the female guitarist from B2/W2.
-Paint & Irfanview were used for anything graphic-related on my end, especially the Sinnoh-style badge case.
-Original Pokémon & trainer sprites as well as overworlds courtesy of The Pokémon Company, GameFreak and Nintendo, though I did have to resize all graphics to fit.
-Tileset Edits were made by: Jorginho
-Pokémon Essentials: Maruno, Flameguru and Peter O.
-RPG Maker XP: Enterbrain.
-Special thanks to Thundaga for his Youtube tutorials on using Essentials!
Controls:
C-key: Interacts/Selects
F-key: Brings up menu if you have moves like Dig, Teleport or Sweet Scent.
S-key: Toggles speed-up mode
X-key: Opens your menu.
Z-key: Hold to use Running Shoes (when obtained)
After you enter Frostbite Cavern, you can't return to the previous route because it just forces you to battle your rivals again & then re enter the caverns.
Sprite turns into a pokeball after capture; Nudel, Hofn
After defeating both rivals, entering then leaving the cave will restart the cutscenes were you can rebattle them over and over.
Not sure if this is a bug, but on Route 62 where the apricorns are you can keep picking from them constantly
I will update as I play through.
After you enter Frostbite Cavern, you can't return to the previous route because it just forces you to battle your rivals again & then re enter the caverns.
Sprite turns into a pokeball after capture; Nudel, Hofn
After defeating both rivals, entering then leaving the cave will restart the cutscenes were you can rebattle them over and over.
Not sure if this is a bug, but on Route 62 where the apricorns are you can keep picking from them constantly
I will update as I play through.
Thank you both for reporting in the glitches so far.
I've just fixed the rivals issue here, turned out the script was correct but the event switch was after the map transfer and so it wasn't picking up on that.
All of the new Shinto-based Pokemon have Pokeballs for their menu sprites right now.
Gonna add a couple of things I just ran into that can easily be fixed. Have actually just fixed them on my end, so just be aware.
-If you heal at a gym's nurse station and faint, you're brought back to that desk but the game will not proceed, making you unable to continue.
-The type headers for Digital and Fairy types aren't showing in the Pokedex. Graphics oversight.
Last update of the week. I've finished programming the third Gym, which requires you to dig up certain items using the mining minigame from DPPt in order to reach the Gym Leader. Within Petra Village, you can also understand more about the Shinto Region's elusive Legendary Pokemon that haven't been seen in about 100 years.
I've finished the mapping up to Gym #4 in Astana City. Programming will begin today and should be completed for this whole segment if scheduling works out this afternoon. The plan is to release a Beta when there are a total of seven gyms, which will mark the official halfway point through the Shinto Region's story.
All Pokemon use their move sets from Gen 5. Bulbasaur's move set has changed to go along with its "regional" version, but generally keeps everything on the Grass-type side.
First update of the week: Now finishing up Gym #4. Its challenge is the first one I'd consider really difficult, as you must win coins from the Gym's game room in order to purchase an item needed to confront the Gym Leader. I'm looking to add some new mini-games, we'll see how that goes.
Gonna scale back the Beta to cover 5 gyms, getting a little busier by the day here. One of the gyms past that one will also have a complex puzzle that will probably take a week to finish programming, so it's better to release a Beta before then as we'll likely be pretty close to Thanksgiving at that point.
Image below is just a quick look at the Gym, nothing fancy.
Saturday morning update!
It has been a slow week but I managed to hit my target mark, having programmed everything up to the 4th gym and mapped everything up to the 5th! With that being said, I do believe the first Beta will only cover to Gym #5 as the story is going to really take off from there with some events (and gym puzzles) that are going to get a little crazy to program and will need extra time.
I plan to release the Beta next weekend and will include the following updates to areas seen in the Demo:
-Images will now show what the starters look like when choosing.
-A Geiger counter has been added for the radioactive areas- beware the sound of death!
-Bug/Glitch fixes that are mentioned from the demo, so please let me know any others not listed before Friday so that I can get those dealt with!
Looking ahead, there are some possibilities:
-A second region is planned, of course.
-Level 100 may no longer be the maximum level.
