[Essentials] Pokémon: Prismatic Darkness

[mr fish]

(PrisDark for short)
Plot

Prismatic Darkness takes place in the lively Aovena region, a popular vacation spot. Darkness Pokémon, who were thought to be extinct for 3000 years, have been appearing in the wild recently, threatening to ravage the region. Coincidentally, you and your best friend, Max, had an ominous dream, where a mysterious voice told you to venture out and stop the Darkness. As you head through the region to collect the 8 gym badges and catch Pokémon, you'll learn about the Ancient Hero who defeated the King of Darkness with the help of Prism Pokémon, and uncover why Darkness Pokémon are appearing again.

Description

Prismatic Darkness is a Pokémon fan game that me and two of my friends (random0064 and slumplowkey) are working on. We're using Pokémon Essentials v21.1 and EBDX to make this game. It's set in the Aovena region, which is based on Brazil and some of its surrounding countries. The battles will be mainly in doubles format, and they will be pretty challenging and strategy encouraging. We want this game to have an immersive story while not being too edgy (despite the edgy sounding name).

Positions

Coders: I plan to do most of the coding, but this is going to be my first attempt at using Pokémon Essentials. I'd appreciate it if someone who has done this before could help, especially with making cutscenes and abilities stuff like that.

Mappers: Again, my first time using Essentials, so we need help making the map for the region. We want the routes to be engaging, so someone who is good at doing that would be a big help.

Artists: I'm an artist myself, and I've made a decent amount of Fakemon for our region already. We're looking for artists who can design human characters ('m terrible at drawing humans) and more Fakemon. I've already made a Google Doc with about 120 Fakemon concepts in it, but I haven't gotten around to drawing most of them. Feel free to add your own or make suggestions.

Spriters: None of us have any idea how to do pixel art, so we're looking for people who can make sprites for Fakemon, Trainers, the title screen, etc. Preferably, I'd want animated sprites in this game to add more life to the battles, but it's okay if that isn't possible.

Balancers: I've given my Fakemon stats, made new moves, new abilities, and new items, but I've never balanced a Pokémon game before. Currently, stuff might be a little too broken or too weak, so someone who knows how to balance a Pokémon game would be a good addition to the team. One thing I wanna prioritize is making every (at least fully evolved) Pokémon usable and not completely outclassed.

Composers: We need someone to make cries for the Fakemon. It would also be awesome if PrisDark could have an original soundtrack.

So basically, we need all the help we can get. If you want to join development or are just interested in the project, DM mrfish4 on Discord, or comment here. I'm more active on Discord, though. If anyone does decide to help us, thanks! I want it to be one of the best Pokémon experiences ever.

Features

- Interesting story
- Plenty of sidequests and optional areas
- Gen 5 artstyle
- Animated sprites
- Mainly double battles
- Gyms have unique gimmicks in battle
- No Pokémon is unviable! Use your favorites!
- 400+ returning Pokémon
- 100+ Fakemon
- 12 Aovenan forms
- 6 cross-gen evolutions
- Mega evolution is back with 13 new Mega forms!
- 75+ new moves
- Shadow-type moves return!
- 50+ new abilities
- New competitively viable items!
- New Pokeballs!
- Prism Pokémon and Spectrum Forms!
- New battle gimmick: Chain Attacks!
- Intense boss battles against Darkness Pokémon!
- Expansive post game
- Battle Facilities
- Challenge modes (randomizer, nuzlocke, etc.)
- Lots of QOL (early-game nature mints, early-game key item that changes abilities in exchange for money, consumable items don't disappear after use in battle, etc.)

Screenshots

I don't have any screenshots yet, so I'll put some of my Fakemon here instead. I also post my Fakemon on r/fakemon on Reddit (my Reddit account is u/Sobblesquad107 if you wanna check it out).


Starters:



Early-game mons:



Regional forms:



Cross-gen evolutions:


Prism Pokémon and Spectrum forms:

Darkness Pokémon:



Credits

Pokémon Essentials v21.1 by Maruno
Unofficial EBDX Port for Essentials 21.1 by Manurocker95​