Emerald hack: Pokémon: Discovery

Le pug said:

Hello everyone, here with an update about Discovery. First of all, to those who don't know, I'm redoing Beta 1. Yes yes, I know ... some of you were waiting for Beta 2 but let's be honest, Discovery didn't meet its full potential. I was making Discovery along with trying to learn how to do anything involving ROM hacking and now that I know a decent amount of information, I want to restart the project to make it even better.
Even better means updated tiles to look more like Gen 4 with OWs that are Gen 4 as well. Another thing is instead of the typical route music, you'll be able to hear songs from the Radio. More on that in a second.
So the introductionary area has been altered to have more story behind it and it also helps the player understand everything that is going on. When you arrive on the island for the first time, you will not see people on the beach. In fact, it'll be awhile before you even see people. Yes, one of the elements to Discovery is just that: it's the discovery of Pokemon. However, it's also a shipwreck tale on a big island. Discovery didn't have a feel for being shipwreck. You were on an island then you ran into a town then another then a city ... it needs to be more isolated than that. In the upcoming version, we will see elements such as the need for shelter, proper clothing, food, and water. The story will be altered in such a way to where it feels like it truly is just you and your Eevee (or eeveelution) ... until you encounter the first people (hint hint won't be a good encounter). This may seem boring at first or maybe you're pondering how this will unfold and all I have to say is that it'll be a different type of Pokemon environment.

As for the Radio, it'll be a feature you can tune in and off whenever you want.
One of the many items you'll find in the wreckage will be a pocket radio. The shipwreck isn't too far from shore and on it the radio tower seems to be intact. The further you are from the ship, the weaker the signal. You can choose to have it turned on or off, but in key events the music will change to set the mood correctly. (Feedback wanted on this feature)

I was also thinking about implementing a weight system. You'll find a bag in the wreckage which will allow you to carry more things but as time goes on and you gather more things, the bag will weigh you down which is prevent you from adding anything further until you sell or get rid of items. (feedback wanted on this feature)

For those that are curious as to how the introduction scene will be altered, you may read in the spoiler however it will contain spoils of the new intro (obviously):

Spoiler:

Just an FYI ... this was written for my eyes only so if it seems weird how it was written, sorry lol


Wake up in rack in barracks to your new shipmate. "Hey shipmate, the ship is leaving soon. I was sent to wake you up by Chief Rockwell. I just arrived yesterday and I was told you're going to be my sponsor while I get adjusted and get to know everyone. My name is Bagby. What about yours? [PLAYER NAMES HIMSELF]
Alright, player, let's head out. This is going to be one long deployment! Hopefully I don't get sea sick ... [guy leaves] you step out of bed [guy comes back]
Oh, sorry for bothering you again. I totally forgot, but there was a package outside your door. I went ahead and grabbed it for you. [receive a care package] Alright, see you on the ship! [leaves again] Player thinks, what could be inside? [opens it up and receives a letter] "Hello, son. I'm sorry I couldn't see you before you leave on your deployment. Work is always hard when you're an Atomic Physicist running twelve laboratories! Know that I will miss you and as a token of good luck, I want you to have the latest build of my side project: the Proto Ball!" [player looked in bag and found the Proto Ball!] "I know you don't believe in the legends of Pokemon, son, but I do. I want you to take that to remember me by as you sail the seven seas! ... even if you think my research into finding those mystical creatures is a waste of time! Love always, dad."
Leave the barracks and head north and greeted by ship official that says welcome aboard then you get on. You walk on as it fadedelays and then it says "Four months later" and it shows like eight people walking into a room with chief at front. Bagby says "I wonder what this is about?" and then you all sit. "Alright everyone, I've been given permission from the Captain to brief you on our mission. Up until now and until we return, this mission is classified as Top Secret. Recently in the Northern Ocean, several ships have gone missing. Fishing boats mostly, as I'm sure you've heard the tales of shipwreck survivors. However, our sister ship, the SS Nova, has gone off the radar with no communications established. We fear for the worst but we have our orders to check out the area.
Random Guy: "Chief, we can't go there! That's suicide! Now I don't believe in the legends surrounding the Northern Ocean but something abnormal is out there causing all those ships to wreck." Other guy: "It's probably just rocks or massive icebergs." Other guy: "No, it's definitely gotta' be the Pokemon, haha." Other guy: "Haha, yeah right, "Pokemon". Don't worry guys if we run into them, PLAYER has his toy ball that'll save the day." Chief: Alright that's enough, everyone. Get back to work. Dismissed." Player warps out and goes to "Two months later." Shows you getting into bed and fadedelays ... pops up scary image of pixelated ghost lady. Then you wake up frightened and can't go back to bed. Exit out to hallway and hear an explosion and then see a lot of people run by. You follow the same way to exit out to the main deck. It shows the ship has been damaged on the stbd side. You rush over and Chief Rockwell is organizing escape with the lifeboats. There aren't that many though but Bagby remembers there are some on the other side of the ship so he rushes away to check and see if they are still intact and Chief tells you to go after him and stop him before he gets killed and you do and then ship cracks and prevents you from going back. You escape lightning attacks and find Bagby and you watch him try to jump over a crack but falls through. Screen shakes then player says We're going down! then fades and shows you in the water by the beach ... you crawl out saying what happened? In front of you, you find the Proto Ball again. "Dad's Proto Ball ... out of all things to survive that shipwreck ... "

Again, if you read the intro then go ahead and give feedback in a spoiler if you want to.

ANOTHER big plot problem I had was how the player got its eeveelution. For the life of me I could not figure out a good way to hand these evolutions out until now. In the spoiler below, you'll find out how I intend to give the player his eeveelution. I'm still iffy on the Espeon way and for Leafeon and Glaceon I'm having troubles so feel free to help me out with ideas on that:

Spoiler:

Immediate start wondering how you're going to survive. You need shoes, a change of clothes, food, etc. It will be night time and you will be tired so after you make a shelter, you will go to sleep and then have the nightmare of dream world and you'd choose your eeveelution. You wake up with just Eevee and then whatever you chose will mark your next quest.

-If you chose Umbreon, you wake up at night and your fire goes out. You hear howls and you are worried. All of a sudden around you are four poochyenas and they are grabbing at you and trying to bite you. Your eevee comes out and then a big yellow light is seen and the poochyena escape. It saved you and evolved into Umbreon.

-vaporeon saves you from a flash flood that sucks you out to the ocean ... near the point of drowning, you pass out but awaken on the beach to your eevee now a vaporeon

-flareon creates a fire for you through a heavy rainstorm where its really cold and you can't start one yourself and there is a threat of hypothermia

-jolteon saves you with a lightning strike from a flock of wingull that attack you when you stumble across their nest of eggs

-espeon saves you from a rock that is about to fall on you. your eevee having the gift, it was able to predict the event unfolding and stopped it. through its experience, it evolves into espeon.

-I do not want leafeon to be about food. None of this leafeon whips up a salad bs please lol

-Glaceon what could it do i mean come on

Thanks for reading and please provide feedback to make this a better game. Thanks

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