[Released] Pokemon Ethereal Gates

BadSamaritan said:

Yep! Setik and Verdva are no longer counterparts. Verdva plays the role of the gen.1/gen.2 "quickly evolving" bug, while setik is now a more 5th gen esque "competitively viable" early game bug.

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So basically, Abdoscus is more like the equivalent of Scolipede now than the equivalent of Beedrill? Cool! :)

How many gym badges are currently obtainable?

pokedieta said:

How many gym badges are currently obtainable?

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So far there are only 2 gyms available, the normal gym in Longspur city and the insect gym in Avocet city.

crudalis said:

So far there are only 2 gyms available, the normal gym in Longspur city and the insect gym in Avocet city.

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Okay, thanks for the reply!

This game looks stunning. I can't wait until you're finished with it to see all the fakemon and how the story unfolds

The pixel art and character designs are among the best I've seen around here. You guys are very talented! I will have a look at the demo for sure once I got some spare time.

Okay so I finished the demo, it was shorter than I thought. First of, it was really fun to play and I had a great time. Can't wait for the next demo, hopefully with another 2+ gyms?

Now here's a few issues I found:
- the overwolrd has a poor performance. But I guss this is a general problem with RPG maker because the only other fangame I played so far (Reborn) is laggy too. Lag is gone as soon as I enter any house so it's problably the size of the overworld that causes it to lag... no idea if that can be helped
- between Route 2 and Corella Town, there is a tile of a tree that doesn't draw correctly above the player when crossing it. It's the 2nd tree from the left of the bottom row
- the player can walk "through" the most left column of tiles of any Pokemon center

Some feedback regarding the gameplay:
- first thing I noticed is how uncomfortable I am with running on Z while having the "B-button" on X. They share the same key in any other Pokemon game, most people are used to that
- the Pokemon encounter rate is crazy, I got in a fight almost every 3 steps. This is especially nasty because your routes/forsets/etc have high amounts of grass and walking through it can't be avoided most of the time. I suggest to either drop the enounter rate or to have routes with less grass
- it would be really helpful to see the power and accuracy of a TM/HM directly in the bag, before using it

Besides that, congratulations on making this beautiful game! Especially the interface and soundtrack are really cool. Can't wait to play more of it!

Edit: Oh I forgot, here's an exception I got during a fight:

Exception: NameError
Message: undefined local variable or method `attacker' for #<PokeBattle_Battle:0xc5ff3f8>
PokeBattle_Battle:2456:in `pbOnActiveOne'
PokeBattle_Battle:1658:in `pbRecallAndReplace'
BW_BattleCore:404:in `pbSwitch'
BW_BattleCore:365:in `each'
BW_BattleCore:365:in `pbSwitch'
PokeBattle_Battle:4122:in `__clauses__pbEndOfRoundPhase'
PokeBattle_Clauses:42:in `pbEndOfRoundPhase'
BW_BattleCore:183:in `pbStartBattleCore'
BW_BattleCore:182:in `logonerr'
BW_BattleCore:182:in `pbStartBattleCore'

Omg etherealgates.com is a thing cool beans go check it out and share it with your friendly friends

I can't get the game to open up, is there something i need to do after extractign and installing all the text fonts????

Is it possible to get a Fire Stone in the game yet?

not yet.

Shgeldz said:

not yet.

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Alright, thanks!

Killasune said:

I can't get the game to open up, is there something I need to do after extractign and installing all the text fonts????

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There's more than one file called game, I made the same mistake. Try opening all of them, one should be right :)

Awesome game guys, three hours in and I haven't beat the first gym!

HEY GUYS, I can't wait for the next update because I've been itching to continue my journey in this already beautiful game. I really pray that the next update drops soon. ALL THE BEST, rooting for this game and you guys always. Always here to help! :) - Lee

My current team:
1. Arsoline - LVL 34
2. Mosachuset - LVL 30
3. Volansalix - LVL 32
4. Abdoscus - LVL 29
5. Aerivore - LVL 31
6. Bansheet - LVL 30

ALL THE BEST TO THOSE PLAYING THE GAME & HAVE FUN :pink_boogie:

Where's the download link? II may have skipped over it, but I didn't see it...

Jarrede said:

Where's the download link? II may have skipped over it, but I didn't see it...

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Very bottom of the first post. Both Mac and PC download links are there! :D

This is awesome! looking forward to play the full game. Keep up the good work

I don't know if this has been brought up yet, but i've had to force quit twice during pokemon battles because it freezes.

Day Dreamer said:

I don't know if this has been brought up yet, but i've had to force quit twice during pokemon battles because it freezes.

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This has definitely been brought up many times--especially if you're playing on a Mac. These RMXP games are built to be run on PCs, and Wine and Wineskin are mainly ways by which to play, but they're not perfect. We're constantly working on ways to mitigate this issue though. Thanks for the report!

Tomorrow for Christmas we'll have a tiny update including a brand new Pokémon :)