Opinions on a few ideas I have for a hack...

[Avara]

Hi guys! before you read this please note that I am totally new at this.

I have a few ideas for a hack I'm making, I've made a few random personal ones but I'm not great at it, always wanted to release one though. These ideas are all part of my storyline and to make the game a little harder

1. I wanted to introduce a new type (the "???" type you can choose in YAPE" and call it a sort of elemental type that can use fire, thunder and ice attacks.

2. I liked the idea of including a sort of induction at the beginning of the game, like a sort of Trainer School idea after you've chosen your first Pokemon to show you how to deal with status errors like Sleep, Paralysis etc.

3. I wanted a second rival to go along with your first, when your rival picks his starter to have a type advantage, the other will take the remaining Pokemon.

I just wanted to ask everyone their opinions on this? Does it sound a bit stupid and can it be done?

Thanks for reading, AM

 

[papayaperson]

I really like that idea you have for 2 rivals, it's actually what they did in Black/White and I think that aspect made the game really cool

For that new type, it would be really cool but it would be difficult to choose adv. and disadv.

And for the other one, that's a really interesting way to get a hack going!

 

[Speedster]

1. A new type sounds cool and I was thinking about it before but found issues with that. The only way to change the edited ???'s weaknesses, restraints, and so on is either delete those of other types or repoint and expand the table. Which is very difficult.

2. I find this idea good if you can get it to work well. In a hack called Pokemon (Old) White you began at a university and took quizzes before getting your starter and that was made right so it was fun.

3. This idea is good and it worked with B/W so I'd like seeing that.

 

[Mab]

1. I wanted to introduce a new type (the "???" type you can choose in YAPE" and call it a sort of elemental type that can use fire, thunder and ice attacks.

Uh... I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure "???" is just the "no type defined" thing in YAPE, not an actual type. Accordingly, even if you do use that type, it will have no set weaknesses or supereffectives, etc. and I'm not sure how to change them.

2. I liked the idea of including a sort of induction at the beginning of the game, like a sort of Trainer School idea after you've chosen your first Pokemon to show you how to deal with status errors like Sleep, Paralysis etc.

Yeah, I like that idea steals. Then they give you a Pokémon, then a PokéDex, then you're a trainer [need I go on?]

3. I wanted a second rival to go along with your first, when your rival picks his starter to have a type advantage, the other will take the remaining Pokemon.

LIKE BLACK AND WHITE :)

 

[chrunch]

1. I've never messed around with the ??? type before in YAPE, because I don't really think it's a usable type, but I could be wrong.

2. This can easily be accomplished with basic scripting. :D

3. Same as number two.

Good luck on the hack! If you have any more questions, feel free to PM me. ;)