Ideally,I wanted to finish playing through the whole aplha first before commenting on the hack,but i'm playing it right now having exited the 'Grim Woods' just a while ago and the game had me so excited that i couldn't wait to comment on it,so i'll just commend on the things i've seen so far.First of all,about the starters,the usual circular triple type diagram isn't complete in your case.Even if you didn't want to implement the usual fire>grass>water>fire case,there are others types one could connect like fighting>dark>psychic>fighting.In the case of this hack it's ground>steel>rock but rock doesn't beat ground so the ground type,namely gible,gives the player an advantage since it has an advantage over larvitar,which usually is the other way around,with the rival having the type advantage.Well,though,with your selection of pseydo-legendary starters i can't complain since i like all 3 choices and the free volpix later,which can wreck gible,restores the balance.As for your story line,i'd take my hat off to you if i wearing one.You actually took my favorite legendary trio (Zapdos,Moltres,Articuno) and combined it with one of my two favorite legendaries (Darkrai).If this hack was made into a real pokemon game with two different versions and the second version had Mewtwo as the other legendary it'd be the most epic combination as far as i'm concerned.Also,i like the story line itself and the way it envelops very much,since it's very interesting and while the basis of a legendary trio being used to call another legendary is relatively common on the world of pokemon,your story gives off a feeling of originality in my opinion,it could very well be a published pokemon game.Also,i like the way you chose to give the main character the starter,and that you didn't use something like the 'save the professor scene'. Furthermore,speaking for myself,i like the choice of pokemon in every part of the map (up until where i've gotten at least),namely putting riolu at the start of the game and ralts a while later.I mean,just by putting riolu at the start,it would have made this a top hack by itself.You also have yourself a nice selection of tiles and sprites,which make me look forward to seeing the mega evolution feature in this game.I've noticed some grammatical mistakes several times but even with that,this hack is my number one hack with gaia now being second (though still great as well).I don't know when the voting for it takes place,but this hack could definitely go for the hack of the year award.Anyway,sorry for rumbling on for so long.This is an awesome hack,good luck with it.