Well, to tell you the truth, I find this fangame something special. I say this as someone that has played through most of the fangames that are considered among the best by the community overall, and have even playtested one in particular (I'm an assistant sidequest writer/tester for Pokemon Desolation, one of the three big fangames of the Pokemon Reborn forum).
I'm already incredibly impressed by this game, and I'm not even done with the demo yet. The game requires patience, but it's an understandable kind that ties into the setting, and not for artificial difficulty. It takes real talent to pull off a believable atmosphere such as this, without it feeling a bit cartoonish/edgy.
I think you're going to get a lot more impressions soon to help iron out the start, considering I posted about this game on the Pokemon Reborn forum. I'll be relaying any impressions I find from there over to here.
(Also, re-entering the orphanage after you've cleared that part of the story kicks you out all the way to the courier branch, with the end dialogue repeating again.)
Time to keep going...
Oh, I got past the cyan bridge, but I never found Sylvia along the way. In fact, I ran into a couple goons and got slapped around by Deliby to return to HQ to call for backup and find Sylvia. Was I supposed to run into her somewhere before proceeding? I also defeated someone that kept a bunch of caged Pokemon and freed them, and the Purrloin had some message saying something about a request having been dropped off at the Courier branch, but when I returned, there was no request there.
EDIT: Got a bit further. It wasn't especially clear that Sylvia had actually been taken until after defeating the boss. The fight against the boss was actually pretty tough, had to use Yawn into steamroll with Ice Ball to win.
Was it actually possible for me to have another Pokemon besides Deliby and Fletchinder at this point in the game? The typings of the boss' Pokemon seem to suggest that I should have gotten something strong against water or dark, as Deliby and Fletchinder are in normal circumstances extremely weak against them.
The visuals from going from south to northeastern Artemesia is... Quite a doozy. I suppose I'll be getting a third party member soon, the Budew that I've been holding onto in my bag.
Again, your words really move us. We were trying to pull of exactly that atmosphere without being edgy.
The fact that you recognize it, is so much rewarding, you cannot even begin to imagine! We were
always trying to set the bar not high, but in the right place, that is: tie everything into the game
together properly! I'm sorry for being annoying, but I just cannot thank you enough. I understand
from your manner of speak that you possess a very intricate and sophisticated eye for these
things, and well, let me tell you that I'm not surprised that you are a sidequest writer.
This makes your opinion even more important and, frankly, we're humbled.
- We're honored that you mentioned us in the rebornevo forums. You're also free to X-post this
thread there if you wish of course. I never thought the game would be complete enough
for me to post it there so...
- Oh man, I tested that a thousand times... Arrrghhh!! Thanks a bunch for telling me!
- Oh, sorry about that. We didn't make it clear that a) when Deliby slaps you,
you are supposed to just go ahead and talk to the goon. Since you "page" the
Branch, and paging is not exactly communicating, but they do get the signal.
b) in this case you are relaying the message, since it is not a given mission,
and you have to report it to the first desk at the Branch. I knew we should
have made it so you have to report it to the mission lady...Really sorry!
- Yes, Sylvia is supposed to vanish without a trace. And you do... have a chance at
obtaining another mon prior to these events. If you defeat Tyson, that is.
However, they still don't help much against the Boss' typings.
One of these reasons is that he, in conjuction with the Mayor,
actually "stole" all those wild or not Pokemon that might be a threat.
Not a good reason from a gameplay perspective, though...
- I think we ran into some problems with Budew, since you were supposed to show
it to a doc in Northeastern Artemisia, but we didn't fix it yet.
I imagine in a couple of days or so we will update the demo with Budew too.
after giving that smelling parcel to gym leader in northeast and also getting his gym badge .also please show me the image of orphanage .didnt find it anywhere nor the school
Hey Karnamata, you have to go to the Old School first, and then the Courier named Alyssa will give you an important mission, so you can enter the Orhpanage.
The School is above the Cyan Bridge, and the Orphanage below. I will take some screens for you and will edit them in in this post. Give me a sec.
Here they are
School
Orphanage
Bird's Eye View
Also, regarding your Hideout question, check your PDA.
Your PDA states that you need to talk to a "Mr. Mortimer".
I think you already know who Mortimer is.
Go talk to him and after that, the hideout can be found
in Southeastern Artemisia, on the northeastern part of the map.