FireRed hack: Pokémon Distant!

[Disturbed]

Pokémon Distant! - Now 30% more Time Warpier.

A FireRed Hack by Disturbed!

Old Awards

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Prologue

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You are the son of Gary Oak, who has recently moved to Ridge Town, in the region known as Kelios. Kelios is a beautiful region, consisting of many islands, many mountains, and many deserts. Upon turning 13 years old, your father, Gary, surprises you with one of his old Pokémon if you go deliver a message to Professor Plum, who neighbors you in Ridge Town. Returning to your father after successfully delivered the message, you are rewarded with ???. Your father tells you about his dreams of defeating the Pokémon League, and how ultimately, he accomplished that goal. You become inspired by that, and decide to give it a try on your own.

You continue down the first route (which is South of Ridge Town) and eventually head East towards Marinur Peninsula - a city consisting of a Pokemon Tower, and a Gym... along with other generic town stuff. Upon entering the town, you want to challenge your first gym. You run so quickly to the door, that you nearly bump your head against the glass. You notice a sign on the door saying: "Helping with an emergency at the Pokémon Tower. Will be back later." Too anxious to get on with your journey, you rush into the Pokémon Tower, in search of the gym leader. You notice that he is tending a sick Pokémon. You talk to him:

"I'm sorry, but I can't be at the gym right now. I need to try and tend for this poor thing, or else it may die. We've called for a delivery man to deliver some important medicine from Heshi Town over an hour ago. Oh! I know what you can do to help. Can you go check on the delivery man please? You will? Oh, that'd be fantastic. Heshi Town is just East of here. You can't miss it!"So, you decide to head East. You menuver your way through the route, and find a man along the side of one of the paths... You walk up to him, and he immediately jumps up and says:
"Gah! I was jumped! I didn't quite see who did it unfortunately. Ugh! I think I broke my back. Here, can you deliver this medicine for me? Please hurry! I'll be fine."

You head back to Marinur Peninsula, and deliver the medicine. The Pokémon is then cured, and the Gym Leader is returned back to the gym. You hurry to the gym, and rush up to the leader, and say you want to challenge him. He responds:"Thanks for helping out with that Pokemon. Without you, the poor thing most likely wouldn't have made it very long. To return the favor, I will give you a great fight! One you will not forget anytime soon! I'm not holding back! ... Huh? Who's that at the door? It looks like... Team Rocket?! I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to postpone our fight again."Team Rocket proceeds to then capture both you, and the gym leader.

You wake up in a small room. You have no memory of the events that just took place. You notice two guards arguing over who keeps watch over the prisoners. Eventually, the two give up arguing, and just set up the security system, and leave.

THIS IS WHERE THE ALPHA ENDS.

Further information will be added when there is a beta in the forseeable future.

Storyline

The stuff that happens after the Prologue
You are trapped in the prison cell named 'CONFINEMENT CENTER A' where Team Rocket is holding you. You have no memory of how you got there, or any events that happened before that. Upon escaping that prison cell, along with Mara, the Gym Leader of Marinur Peninsula, you find that the entire region has been completely overtaken by Team Rocket. Ralph, the current leader of Team Rocket is a tyrant in this region. If you do not follow his code of law, you will be imprisoned immediately. Ralph is a merciless leader. You and Mara decide to momentarily split apart. Mara will be building a rebellion, while you find more information about what the region.

Later on, you bump into a Team Rocket grunt, who immediately identifies you as one of the people that was imprisoned. He threatens to bring you back there... and promptly battles you. Upon you beating him, he mentions that your friend 'Mara' has been recaptured, and placed in 'CONFINEMENT CENTER D' - the highest security prison in Uranje.

You are now faced with three tasks at hand: One being stop Team Rocket, and drive them out of Uranje. The second: Rescue Mara from 'CONFINEMENT CENTER D'. The third: Find your way back home.Unfortunately, things go from bad to worse. You find out that there is something Team Rocket is after, located deep beneath the crust of your region, Kelios. Ralph, being a psychopath, captures Sarkaz. Sarkaz is a Pokémon that has the ability to completely manipulate land. (There is a difference between Sarkaz and Groudon. Sarkaz can completely break and bend land to its will. Groudon just droughts land, making it lose heavy amounts of water.) What Team Rocket is after underneath Kelios is beyond anyone's knowledge... but whatever it is, they want it bad enough to completely wipe a region from the map.

Features

150 Pokémon Available
You will only see, and be able to catch 150 Pokémon. No, it is not going to be the original 150 Pokemon. The Pokedex will feature completely different Pokemon than the 150 Pokemon from Red/Blue/Yellow. Distant's Pokedex will be shown at a different time.
10 Fakemon
10 Fakemon will be added to Distant. 3 of them being legendary, and 7 others. The 7 others will be playing a somewhat important role in this hack, but you will not know what that role is until a release. =)
3 Playable Regions
Well... more like 2.5. The regions that will be playable are Kelios - which is the Player's home region. Post-Apocalypse Kelios, which will be Kelios after the cataclysm, and Uranje - which will be the region you're taken to after you're captured.
New Badge System: Insignias
Yep. That's right. No more of that "go through 8 gyms while dealing with Team Rocket!!" business. Insignias are awarded to you after defeating a Rocket Executive. The Insignias will give you access to certain locations, and also give you power of using brand new HMs!
1 New Hidden Move: Time Warp
I'm not going into too much detail about Time Warp. Just the fact that you can warp through time to a different point in the game. Yes, before I get hate, it IS functional, and only a select few Pokémon will be able to learn it!
Graphical Overhaul
What I'm planning on doing, is replacing each and every tile, overworld, and Pokémon sprite by the final release. Due to this tedious process, it will not happen suddenly. I will be changing it throughout releases. For example: Beta One might have the tile change and nothing else.
New Music
Because I am slowly learning how to incorporate new music into hacks, and create my own, the hack will feature a select few of my works. Not everything will be changed though, as of now, only Battles (Wild, Trainer, Gym, Rival) and Team Rocket encounters.
Professional Mapping and Scripting
The mapping and scripting will be top-notch in this hack. (I'm so modest) I plan on trying to have the most beautiful maps and most enormous and in-depth scripts you've ever seen. Mapping, most of you know I'm very good at, but not many of you have seen my scripts... which I can say, are equally as impressive as my maps.
A Hack Which Will be Completed
I've promised this from the start, back in 2008 -- I will complete Distant, no matter how long it takes me, or how tedious it becomes.

Progress

Mapping and Scripting
Kelios - 23%
Uranje - 5%
Kelios: Post Apocalypse - 8%

Graphical Interface and Tiles
Kelios - 75%
Uranje - 50%
Kelios: Post Apocalypse - 5%
Battle: 0%

Overworlds
Kelios - 20%
Uranje - 10%
Kelios: Post Apocalypse - 10%
Battle: 0%

Ideas
Kelios - 100%
Uranje - 60%
Kelios: Post Apocalpyse - 20%

Screens

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Additional

.~`HELP NEEDED`~.
I really would appreciate a Userbar. (post in thread)
And I need heavy assistance with Overworld spriting, and tile making. If you're interested in either of those roles, PM me please with examples.

BETA TESTERS: If you ask to beta test, you will be ignored. I hardly see a need for Beta Testers, but I have already selected whom I want to test for me.

.~`CREDITS`~.
Lu-Ho for Advance Map 1.92
Hackmew for XSE, A-Trainer
??? for unLZ
EarthsVisitor for teaching me how to properly script. (<3 ya dude)
Thrace for the title screen
silver319 for YAPE

--Really appreciate all the work you guys put into constructing these tools! =)


DISCLAIMER
***When there are further releases of this hack, please do NOT mention anything related to the storyline. I do not want to see a single post mentioning anything that happens that is not in the story I mentioned above, or else this hack will no longer be public. I will remove any current downloads, and will get the thread locked. The hack will only be available to friends when completed. This may seem harsh, but this is going to be an extremely story-heavy hack, and I want absolutely NO spoilers.***

Also, please read the story if you haven't. You'll be much more interested in the hack than if you were to just look at my screenies. (I know, I too hate reading the storylines a lot. :))

 

[colcolstyles]

Alrighty then. Let's see if I can't remember some of my three paragraph, carefully-worded post that I wrote only to have lost thanks to Manipulation's modding antics.

1. Nice storyline. It'll be hard to pull off in a hack but if you can do it, I know that it'll be awesome to play
2. I like the whole Kelios/Apocalyptic Kelios idea. It reminds me of the Light World/Dark World thing from LoZ: Four Swords.
3. I'm eagerly anticipating the concept art for the three custom legendary Pokémon
4. I'm also eager to see how you plan to replace the gym system, as well as what the new HM is going to be. Honestly, I'm eager to see pretty much everything on your features list. Though I'm particularly curious as to what you mean by a "New User Interface"
5. The mapping is amazing, as always. Though you never fixed those two tile errors in that one map (screenshot 3)

It's good to have you back, man. Keep up the excellent work!

 

[Disturbed]

Alrighty then. Let's see if I can't remember some of my three paragraph, carefully-worded post that I wrote only to have lost thanks to Manipulation's modding antics.

1. Nice storyline. It'll be hard to pull off in a hack but if you can do it, I know that it'll be awesome to play
2. I like the whole Kelios/Apocalyptic Kelios idea. It reminds me of the Light World/Dark World thing from LoZ: Four Swords.
3. I'm eagerly anticipating the concept art for the three custom legendary Pokémon
4. I'm also eager to see how you plan to replace the gym system, as well as what the new HM is going to be. Honestly, I'm eager to see pretty much everything on your features list. Though I'm particularly curious as to what you mean by a "New User Interface"
5. The mapping is amazing, as always. Though you never fixed those two tile errors in that one map (screenshots 3)

It's good to have you back, man. Keep up the excellent work!

#5 - I thought it looked dumb otherwise. If it really bothers you, I'll fix it.

oh, and the HM... plays an important role as to why you get to fully visit Kelios, and Post-Apocalypse Kelios.

 

[TB Pro]

um hi. when I first read the storyline I was like "whut, this sounds kinda like a game I recently played...OH YEAH! FALLOUT 3!". it does, you know. so, like, its freakin awesome to see you hacking again...even though I'm not. xD epic luck on this dude.

 

[Megiddo-san]

Woo welcome back. I'm liking the Falloutesque story. Your maps are nice as usual =D
Also, I like the names Mara and Sarkaz, hehe.

 

[Disturbed]

Woo welcome back. I'm liking the Falloutesque story. Your maps are nice as usual =D
Also, I like the names Mara and Sarkaz, hehe.

Don't be givin away mah secret cameos in mah hack.

It's nothing like Fallout. You'll all come to see >.>

('cept for the wasteland part... that's kinda like it)

 

[chimchar8]

Awesome hack and great storyline by the way. :)
Good luck with this hack Distrubed!!!

 

[chrunch]

You're back in hacking??
Great, the Mapping looks amazing, and I love the story.
Really looking forward to this hack. :3

 

[Flandre Scarlet]

I really like the story, and the idea of 3 regions. Will you be changing the Hero's OW though? Guess it doesn't matter. The mapping is stunning, too~

Keep up the great work.

 

[Disturbed]

Of course the hero's Overworld will be changed - as soon as I get myself someone decent for that role. I can't do it by myself :|

Jesse, I swear to god if you mentioned anything I told you last night in that post, I'll eat your family. XD

 

[Vrai]

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Of course the hero's Overworld will be changed - as soon as I get myself someone decent for that role. I can't do it by myself :|

Jesse, I swear to god if you mentioned anything I told you last night in that post, I'll eat your family. XD

YES YOU CAN
AND PLEASE DON'T EAT JESSE I LIKE HIM

Anyway story looks nice and catastrophic. I'm excited to see how you're going to represent the whole "world's-going-to-go-boom" thing and how it's going to look. Maps are pleasant too, coming from a decent mapper. :3

Good luck ugly.

 

[Disturbed]

I should have a new update for you guys tonight.

 

[pikaboy1994]

This sounds really good the story is great! Can't wait for it!

 

[Ben.]

jus wat wi ned anothr n00b runin bout
Omg, ish looking very seshkey.
I looking forward to this.

 

[Disturbed]

For now, this is the best I can do as far as updates go.
It's Marinur Peninsula. Please don't mind the top part of the tower, as you won't see that area in game.
Also, don't mind the lack of tree shading. I'm planning on removing the shading to make room for more tiles/block edits.
EDIT: The area around the PC and the Mart are most likely going to be changed before a release to make this city a bit more navigable.

Spoiler:

 

[Chimchar 9]

It's good to see you're back! It's like you haven't lost your touch in mapping, though it's a bit different from last time. Have you changed your style? Or is it me? :P Anyway, good luck!

 

[Zeffy]

OMG! I remember this hack.
Good luck on this, really, good luck!

EDIT: I got bored, so I made you this:

I used the recent map you posted. Its not great, but I hope you like it. :)

 

[blaze_the_cat]

Great Storyline. I am interested as to what a high security would look like. Electric Fences? Barbed Wire?

I love the name too, sounds mysterious.

 

[Disturbed]

OMG! I remember this hack.
Good luck on this, really, good luck!

EDIT: I got bored, so I made you this:

I used the recent map you posted. Its not great, but I hope you like it. :)

Really appreciate it! Thanks!

It's good to see you're back! It's like you haven't lost your touch in mapping, though it's a bit different from last time. Have you changed your style? Or is it me? :P Anyway, good luck!

My style has been changed to add a bit more playability through the maps.... with a goal of still having an equal amount of naturalness.

 

[Lyzo]

Great Story! No really, although there is only a Prologue and an After-Prologue, I was sucked into it :P Great thinking on that part. The mapping style in the in game screens look great ;) Although I don't really like the map you recently posted... The island has a really natural form and so do the rest of the mountainous area's, which is good. But I don't like your tree, hedge and house placement. But, the playability is fine, so I'm guessing that's what you were going for. But this isn't the map rating forum :P

Your features look good and possible. The names of the three legendaries are really cool too :) I'm really interested in the new HM and the "new user interface". The game is really original and "the amazing storyline" part should be bolded, highlighted and put in a huge font :P

Anyway, I wish you a lot of luck and I really hope you complete this! ;)

Oh and just wondering, looking at all those rewards and people who know this hack, is it being restarted? And if so, is the old thread still somewhere? :P