FireRed hack: Pokémon Sepia Version

Spherical Ice · May 20, 2010

This thread is up for archival purposes. If you want to see my most recent ROM hack, Pokémon Cobalt, click me.

Pokémon Sepia

Sepia was a ROM Hack of Pokémon Firered BPRE in English.

You live in the small town of Cyan with your mother, where you have been all your life.

You lead a peaceful life, where you spend most of your time studying natural disasters in awe, or competing with you all-time rival, who, behind all the rivalry and competitiveness, you are great friends with.

On the turn of your twelfth birthday, with your mother's Skitty for protection, you travel to the neighbouring town of Auburn to get your official starter Pokémon - the first step to your quest to defeat the Gyms and the Pokémon League of the Imphan region.

Little do you know of the evil occuring elsewhere...

Features

The Hoenn region returns.
Fakemon.
Minigames and sidequests.

Screenshots

[PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon Sepia Version

Special Thanks and Credits

Chibi Robo - Spriting.
Tool Makers - Tools
HackMew - ASM.

Lord Varion · May 20, 2010

Wow looks good
Cant wait for beta
if you need any ow
gimme a call

Curt_09 · May 20, 2010

Looks great so far, Ice. I like the fact that you've kept the details of the story a mystery, too many hacks are completely transparent--what you read in the thread is what you get in the game.
I'm curious to see if you'll put your spriting skills to use for this hack.

Spherical Ice · May 20, 2010

Nintendork15 said:
Wow looks good
Cant wait for beta
if you need any ow
gimme a call

I'll bear that in mind if I ever need some help. :D

Curt_09 said:
Looks great so far, Ice. I like the fact that you've kept the details of the story a mystery, too many hacks are completely transparent--what you read in the thread is what you get in the game.
I'm curious to see if you'll put your spriting skills to use for this hack.

It was the intention. Glad to see you think it was done well. :P
There will be some fakemon here, as I mentioned in the features. I'll be making a majority of them by myself, so, yeah, my "skills" (or so you call them XD) will be included.

Mana1 · May 20, 2010

I like how (I think?) you are trying to maintain Fire Red style with the colour named towns. The story is very mysterious, it would be nice to have some ~mystery~ screens to give some hints of the story without giving anything much away because at the moment it's fairly generic.

One slight thing that puts me off is the grass tiles, it makes my eyes go weird XD.

Good luck, I'll be keeping an eye on your progress ;D

miksy91 · May 20, 2010

This looks pretty good, now that scrapbox is gone, it's hard to find good hacks here anymore...

Anyway, I don't know if you had planned to but don't change tiles, at least not to D/P/P ones. They're overused these days and I think the nintendo's ones fit in well too :)

Spherical Ice · May 20, 2010

SwiftSign said:
I like how (I think?) you are trying to maintain Fire Red style with the colour named towns. The story is very mysterious, it would be nice to have some ~mystery~ screens to give some hints of the story without giving anything much away because at the moment it's fairly generic.

One slight thing that puts me off is the grass tiles, it makes my eyes go weird XD.

Good luck, I'll be keeping an eye on your progress ;D

Yeah, all of the cities and towns are named after colours, like the official games. I see where you're coming from, and I'll get some screenshots that relate to the actual plot as I progress.

I need to fix up some of the tiles, but it isn't my main priority right now. Thanks, SwiftSign!

miksy91 said:
This looks pretty good, now that scrapbox is gone, it's hard to find good hacks here anymore...

Anyway, I don't know if you had planned to but don't change tiles, at least not to D/P/P ones. They're overused these days and I think the nintendo's ones fit in well too :)

Well, to be honest, the scrapbox didn't really have good 'hacks'. Good ideas, perhaps. But not really hacks.

I completely agree with you on the tile matter. As I said to SwiftSign, though, I do need to tweak what has been inserted anyway. Thanks!

Nintendork15 said:
Wow didnt notice it was a mods hack
O.O
Its weird how the mods hacks get and look really rwally good

(Sorry Harry. >:)

Anyway, I've had these fakemon for quite a while, but I've increasingly gone off of their names, which were originally Boaru and Inopyre, respectively. If anyone can come up with a relatively good name, I might give the winner a cameo of sorts in-game (mind you, only relatively minor characters - they may earn themselves a sidequest or something, but nothing huge).

Lord Varion · May 20, 2010

Spherical Ice said:
Yeah, all of the cities and towns are named after colours, like the official games. I see where you're coming from, and I'll get some screenshots that relate to the actual plot as I progress.

I need to fix up some of the tiles, but it isn't my main priority right now. Thanks, SwiftSign!

Well, to be honest, the scrapbox didn't really have good 'hacks'. Good ideas, perhaps. But not really hacks.

I completely agree with you on the tile matter. As I said to SwiftSign, though, I do need to tweak what has been inserted anyway. Thanks!

~~How do you think we become mods?~~
Thanks.

Anyway, I've had these fakemon for quite a while, but I've increasingly gone off of their names, which were originally Boaru and Inopyre, respectively. If anyone can come up with a relatively good name, I might give the winner a cameo of sorts in-game (mind you, only relatively minor characters - they may earn themselves a sidequest or something, but nothing huge).

Lol
The fakemon look good
I was thinking
most hcks and pkmn games
have pokeballs when you select starter pokemon
i could make you OWs of the starters and ahve it so you choose the actaul pokemon ;)

miksy91 · May 20, 2010

You misunderstood me as I seemed to explain too briefly :O
I meant to say that now progressing hacks -subforum has many hacks in it that would belong to the former scrapbox, and so it's hard to find good hacks in this forum :D

Mana1 · May 20, 2010

Spherical Ice said:
Anyway, I've had these fakemon for quite a while, but I've increasingly gone off of their names, which were originally Boaru and Inopyre, respectively. If anyone can come up with a relatively good name, I might give the winner a cameo of sorts in-game (mind you, only relatively minor characters - they may earn themselves a sidequest or something, but nothing huge).

Ooo, how about:

Firelet (Like Piglet since it's unevolved) and Charogyre (Cha-r(H)og-(P)yre).

altariaking · May 20, 2010

hack looks pretty good, and the fakemon are well sprited.
how about naming the small one
boabust (boar + combust)
and the big one
hogcano (hog + volcano)
i suck with names...

PeregrineFig · May 20, 2010

For names, I think Colpig (Coal Pig, obviously) and Cindine (Cinder Swine) would sound good.

LassLaura · May 20, 2010

I suggest Pignite (pig + ignite) and Pignition (pig + ignition) for the fakemon ~~(which are actually the names 4chan came up with for Black & White's fire starter along with Boarbeque).~~

The Cynic · May 20, 2010

Spherical Ice said:
• Love (or hate!) the many realistic characters, such as the mysterious ELTON!

And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Till touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no no no I'm a rocket man
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone :cer_tongue:

Very nice-looking very professional. Especially like the gym screenshots. This looks like this is going to be a pretty good hack, I can't see really that many faults with it. The tiles are not fabby-dabby-ding-dong but of course they're sufficient. I'll have to play the 1st Beta to properly evaluate it obviously but it looks very decent indeed.

Good luck.

Spherical Ice · May 21, 2010

Nintendork15 said:
Lol
The fakemon look good
I was thinking
most hcks and pkmn games
have pokeballs when you select starter pokemon
i could make you OWs of the starters and ahve it so you choose the actaul pokemon ;)

Thanks, and no thanks. Sticking with the Pokéballs.

miksy91 said:
You misunderstood me as I seemed to explain too briefly :O
I meant to say that now progressing hacks -subforum has many hacks in it that would belong to the former scrapbox, and so it's hard to find good hacks in this forum :D

Oh, right. :3

SwiftSign said:
Ooo, how about:

Firelet (Like Piglet since it's unevolved) and Charogyre (Cha-r(H)og-(P)yre).

I think Firelet, although I it, sounds like "Violet", and the piglet bit doesn't really seem obvious. >: On Charogpyre, it sounds like a super fire overlord from the Planet X. XD It's too complicated, to be honest. >:

altariaking said:
hack looks pretty good, and the fakemon are well sprited.
how about naming the small one
boabust (boar + combust)
and the big one
hogcano (hog + volcano)
i suck with names...

Boabust sounds like a fire-type snake, and I might consider using the volcano idea and name one Volboar.

LassLaura said:
I suggest Pignite (pig + ignite) and Pignition (pig + ignition) for the fakemon ~~(which are actually the names 4chan came up with for Black & White's fire starter along with Boarbeque).~~

I might consider Pignite. I actually really like it. I might go with PIGNITE and VOLBOAR. It sounds nice. I'll still consider other names, but I really like those.

The Cynic said:
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Till touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Oh no no no I'm a rocket man
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone :cer_tongue:

Very nice-looking very professional. Especially like the gym screenshots. This looks like this is going to be a pretty good hack, I can't see really that many faults with it. The tiles are not fabby-dabby-ding-dong but of course they're sufficient. I'll have to play the 1st Beta to properly evaluate it obviously but it looks very decent indeed.

Good luck.

~~I forgot about Elton John then.~~
Thanks, Cynic. As I mentioned before, the tiles do not a little tweaking here and there, but I'm quite content with them as it is. To avoid lawsuits I'm not mentioning how close or far away I am to finishing the first beta. :3

LassLaura · May 21, 2010

Spherical Ice said:
I might consider Pignite. I actually really like it. I might go with PIGNITE and VOLBOAR. It sounds nice. I'll still consider other names, but I really like those.

Well if you do decide to use Pignite, you don't have to credit me or anything since I just got it from 4chan and it wasn't my own original name.

Spherical Ice · May 23, 2010

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POKéMON SEPIA UPDATE

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• POKéMON SEPIA UPDATE •

This is CORDOVAN NEWS, bringing you a Pokémon Sepia Update, live from PokéCommunity! Here, we'll cover a variety of the new things that are happening, have happened, or are going to happen during the production of the hack. Sit comfortably, and enjoy today's show!

• SUNDAY CHARACTER #1 •

Every Sunday, you will be able to find out about the Gym Leaders of Imphan, the Elite Four Members of Imphan, and some of the major or recurring characters that you will encounter along your journey in Sepia.

Today, we're covering Boxer, Gym Leader of Auburn Town!
Name: Boxer
Type of Person: First Gym Leader of Imphan
Holds: Knockout Badge - Allows you to use HM06 out of battle; TM08 - Contains Bulk Up.
Place of Birth: New Saffron City, Imphan
Currently: In Auburn Town, sometimes seen in Taupe Forest chopping trees.
Rematch? After the Elite Four, Boxer can be seen in Taupe Forest every so often. He goes there randomly, so you may or may not meet him when you want to.
Other Info: Prizes his two TYROGUE.

Next week, we'll witness someone who doesn't quite seem to be who he appears to be...

• MISCELLANEOUS UPDATES •

This is the section of our update where we tell you about things that don't fall under any other categories, such as changed character names, titlescreen or world map updates, and so on!

Today, we've got an image of what plans to be the world map of Imphan! It is yet to be inserted, but work on it is underway as we speak!

• POST RESPONSES •

LassLaura said:
Well if you do decide to use Pignite, you don't have to credit me or anything since I just got it from 4chan and it wasn't my own original name.

Thanks, LassLaura. As I said before, not names are set in stone until the contest is over.

• REMEMBER! •

The fakémon-naming contest ends on Wednesday, so, if you've got an idea and haven't submitted it yet, you'd better submit soon!

Thanks for tuning in folks, hopefully next time, we'll have even more updates!

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The Cynic · May 23, 2010

Very interesting. I'm liking this weekly chracter info idea. Like me you're also implementing a Gym Leader rematch system, and like me the 1st gym leader can be rematched in a forest! Its amazing how many hacks have a forest early in the game... I guess it's just a mainstay now.

Look forward to next Sunday. The region looks nicely balanced out as well. Is Taupe forest covered in ash from a volcano? Or was it just a shade of brown you like the name of? I love that name as well. You have to have a place named Heliotrope _____. :cer_tongue:

Spherical Ice · May 23, 2010

The Cynic said:
Very interesting. I'm liking this weekly character info idea. Like me you're also implementing a Gym Leader rematch system, and like me the 1st gym leader can be rematched in a forest! Its amazing how many hacks have a forest early in the game... I guess it's just a mainstay now.

Look forward to next Sunday. The region looks nicely balanced out as well. Is Taupe forest covered in ash from a volcano? Or was it just a shade of brown you like the name of? I love that name as well. You have to have a place named Heliotrope _____. :cer_tongue:

Thanks, Cynic. I've always thought that not being able to rematch gym leaders in FireRed, LeafGreen, Ruby and Sapphire was a sin, so it was almost a necessity for me to include that. The forest part must be a complete coincedence, actually. And no, the name Taupe is becuase of the next city, Taupe CIty. It actually's got nothing to do with the volcano, as the eruption was nearer Sootopolis than anything, so it wouldn't affect something so south of Imphan. Anyway, I have already planned most of the city/town/etc. names already, but if I somehow need to change a name for one reason or the other, I might consider Heliotrope. It's quite the mouthful, though. :D

Curt_09 · May 23, 2010

Ooh, it's like Pokemon Sunday, but in English and without the weird costumes.
A gym leader that uses the fighting type to start us off, eh? Lo me gusta. Two Tyrogues is certainly interesting, but only for the rebattling possiblities... It will be a mystery as to which evolutions he has the next time you meet!
The region looks very non-linear, which I hope means that we will revisit some places.

FireRed hack: Pokémon Sepia Version

Pokémon Sepia

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Screenshots

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