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Introduction:
This fangame is designed around the sandstorm weather and is located mainly in a large desert with many sub areas.
There are a lot of changes to all the Pokémon, many moves, and some abilities in this fangame.
I manually rewrote all the movesets for this fangame's roster.
Open "Improvements to the Pokémon" spoiler for more info.
This fangame isn't compressed. Players can modify their copy of this fangame to make your own fun with what I've made so far using RPG Maker XP.
This will also be the case in later versions. I left a lot of comments throughout the events and scripts.
This fangame contains very brief references to other fangames and games that aren't Pokémon officially or fanmade.
This is my first created Pokémon fangame.
I've been playing these fangames for about a couple years, but in March '24 I decided to start making my own.
My main goal of creating this fangame is to create my own favorite fangame.
v0.2.0 update now available!
Highlights of features in this fangame:
- The total roster planned for this fangame is 154 species including evolutions.
- A gigantic amount of balance changes to all the Pokémon in all aspects.
- Atypical starter trio, based on battle niche instead of type triangle.
- All trainer battles are in doubles format.
- Radial game world layout. You don't have to remember which town each NPC service is located, they'll all be in one place as you unlock them.
- Access to healing your party for free in the middle of every route.
- More specific details on changes are accessible in-game. You don't need to open a wiki for this fangame.
- Unobstructive grass. You don't have to trudge through grass encounters to progress through areas.
- There are always repeatable trainer battles available for money and experience. They're not always caught up with the player's level.
- Animated battle sprites and dynamic camera. These are from plugins that came with the Pokémon Essentials package I started this with.
A lot of planning went into designing this fangame to make everything useful.
Spoiler: Download
Only the current and immediately previous versions will be available for download.
v0.2.0:
Proton Drive
Securely store, share, and access your important files and photos. Anytime, anywhere.
drive.proton.me
v0.1.0:
Proton Drive
Securely store, share, and access your important files and photos. Anytime, anywhere.
drive.proton.me
Read more of this post for more information on this fangame.
The file is currently uploaded to Proton Drive, which is inaccessible to some countries including Russia and Turkey.
Spoiler: Changelog
October 11 2024, v0.2.0 release
v0.2.0 changelog here:
[Released] - Pokémon Dustbowl (v0.2.0) - The PokéCommunity Forums
Introduction: This fangame is designed around the sandstorm weather and is located mainly in a large desert with many sub areas. There are a lot of changes to all the Pokémon, many moves, and some abilities in this fangame. I manually rewrote all the movesets for this fangame's roster. Open...
www.pokecommunity.com
September 15 2024, v0.1.0 release
Spoiler: Progress
This fangame is currently in version 0.2.0.
My plan is to alternate between versions that add new content and versions that fix a lot of bugs, for a total of ten versions where the tenth is v1.0.0 instead of v0.10.0. I've planned out future areas, encounters, some general map layouts, and features to add to this project but I'm also open to feedback and suggestions.
I've completed a few test playthroughs so far to check for bugs, but I'm sure there are more problems that I haven't found or fixed.
There's a developer room accessible in-game that contains a bunch of my notes. Check it out if you don't mind being un-immersed and want some insight on how this fangame is designed.
Spoiler: Story
The story begins with the player's father going missing while far from home working at a sawmill in the desert. The player's dad would send letters home telling about how things are going, but at some point the letters stopped coming and the company he worked for is trying to pay off the player's family. The player decides to venture down to the desert and search for the player's father personally. Along the way the player deals with gangs of criminals making problems in the desert and chasing away the locals. The player also meets a stranger that helps the player along the way, giving useful items or telling the locals about the player's accomplishments.
Spoiler: Improvements to the Pokémon
- A lot of balance changes to base stats, moves, abilities, etc.
- Standardized level required to learn new moves.
- Everything gets STAB with the favored physical/special attacking stat.
- Mixed attackers get both physical and special attacks, typically at the same level for players that want to only use one of them.
- Custom created abilities, especially ones that grant immunity to sandstorm's chip damage.
- I created custom scripts to improve a lot of moves to be a lot more useful, so be sure to read the descriptions and try using everything!
- I'm also still working on creating more custom scripts for more interesting and useful effects!
- There's a lot of custom created abilities that grant immunity to the sandstorm weather chip damage. If you see a custom-created ability, assume it has this.
- Atypical starter options. Three starters that aren't the typical fire, grass, water trio.
- The starters each have a powerful ability with multiple effects.
- The summary screen shows IV and EV numbers.
- Part of the v0.1.0 postgame unlocks EV training spots where only one species can be encountered per room.
- Everything yields effort in multiples of four, and only in one stat. First-stagers yield 4 effort in one stat.
- Convenient ways to optimize Pokémon you already have are available in v0.1.0! No need to hunt for nature or special learnable moves.
- You can get nature mints, resetting effort, remember moves, and change nicknames.
The total amount of Pokémon planned to be obtainable in this fangame by full release, including evolutions, is
Spoiler: Improvements to the World
- A very frequent and recurring stack of books with information on a lot of the gameplay changes.
- Drink water to fully recover your party for free and can be used as often as you want.
- Every "route" has one of these around the middle of it.
- Each "route" has a total of five Pokémon that can be encountered and caught that are only in that area.
- This fangame is designed with a central town, and all the "routes" surround it.
- The central town, Dustbowl, contains all the important services including the Name Rater, Move Reminder, effort removal, and more.
- The services are optional and can be unlocked while venturing through the world.
- None of the services get softlocked to lose access to unlocking them if you progress past the area they're available in.
Spoiler: Trainers
- Trainers will use Pokémon locally available and/or in the lower level area nearby.
- Trainer battles are all in doubles format.
- Trainer battles inside caves or buildings will have sandstorm weather during the battle, so any effects that rely on sandstorm being active will still work.
- There are trainers that can be rematched an unlimited amount of times. Most of them are in the v0.1.0 postgame.
Spoiler: Items
- Very low cost medicine items. Healing items like potions have much lower cost. Buy them in bulk so you don't have to retreat and fully heal so often.
- Higher tier healing items have their cost versus healing amount scaled to proportionally match "Potion" including drinks like Lemonade.
- There are no HMs to navigate the overworld.
- There are no overworld items, hidden or in item balls.
- There are NPCs that can give you items.
Spoiler: Difficulty
- Level caps. The overall level cap for v0.1.0 is 20. The long term max level cap for the full version of this game is 50.
- Max party size is 4 instead of 6. This also applies to all trainers. Choose your team carefully and adapt to your current area.
- All individual values are zero. This displays on the summary screen when checking your Pokémon. This also applies to all trainers.
- Evolution accessibility is very tightly controlled. Everything has its evolution condition edited.
- Only learn moves by level up. No tutor, TM, or egg moves.
- All Pokémon only have one ability. There are no second or hidden abilities.
- Move pools are heavily restricted. A lot of coverage moves are removed.
- The max amount of effort per stat is 200 instead of 252, and the max total effort is 500 instead of 510.
Spoiler: Credits
Pokémon Dustbowl is a fangame made using Pokémon Essentials 20.1 with additional music from the official Pokémon games downloaded from ENLS's Pre-Looped Music Library.
Pokémon Dustbowl is made by me, using the many resources credited below.
Pokémon is owned by The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, and affiliated with Game Freak.
No copyright infringement is intended with this fangame. No right is claimed to the Pokémon intellectual property. I don't claim ownership or distribution of Pokémon as intellectual property. This fangame is not presented as being an official or legitimate Pokémon product.
The specific Pokémon Essentials package I started this fangame with is from here:
GitHub - Manurocker95/Pok-mon-Essentials-20.1-with-Elite-Battle-DX
Contribute to Manurocker95/Pok-mon-Essentials-20.1-with-Elite-Battle-DX development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
Spoiler: copied from README.md
# Pokémon-Essentials-20.1-with-Elite-Battle-DX
- Credits:
EBDX (Essentials v19.1) + Pokémon Essentials:
- Luka S.J.
- Maruno
- Marin
- Pokecheck.org
- PinkCatDragon
- Tebited15
- BadSamaritan
- WolfPP
- redblueyellow
- Damien
- Issei Hyoudou
- Nasasu
- luckygirl88
Port to v20.1:
- Manurocker95
================================================================
Gen 8 Pack:
Battler Sprites:
Gen 1-5 Pokemon Sprites - veekun
Gen 6 Pokemon Sprites - All Contributors To Smogon X/Y Sprite Project
Gen 7 Pokemon Sprites - All Contributors To Smogon Sun/Moon Sprite Project
Gen 8 Pokemon Sprites - All Contributors To Smogon Sword/Shield Sprite Project
Overworld Sprites
Gen 6+ Berry Tree Overworlds - Anarlaurendil
Gen 6 Pokemon Overworlds - princess-pheonix, LunarDusk, Wolfang62, TintjeMadelintje101, piphybuilder88
Gen 7 Pokemon Overworlds - Larry Turbo, princess-pheonix
Gen 8 Pokemon Overworlds - SageDeoxys, Wolfang62, LarryTurbo, tammyclaydon
Gen 1-5 Pokemon Overworlds - MissingLukey, help-14, Kymoyonian, cSc-A7X, 2and2makes5, Pokegirl4ever, Fernandojl, Silver-Skies, TyranitarDark, Getsuei-H, Kid1513, Milomilotic11, Kyt666, kdiamo11, Chocosrawlooid, Syledude, Gallanty, Gizamimi-Pichu, 2and2makes5, Zyon17,LarryTurbo, spritesstealer, LarryTurbo
Icon Sprites
Gen 1-6 Pokemon Icon Sprites - Alaguesia
Gen 7 Pokemon Icon Sprites - Marin, MapleBranchWing, Contributors to the DS Styled Gen 7+ Repository
Gen 8 Icon Sprites - Larry Turbo, Leparagon
Cry Credits:
Gen 1-6 Pokemon Cries - Rhyden
Gen 7 Pokemon Cries - Marin, Rhyden
Gen 8 Pokemon Cries - Zeak6464
Script Credits:
Golisopod User, Luka S.J.
Compilation of Resources:
Golisopod User, UberDunsparce
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Gen 9 Pack
Script Gen 9 and Adapting PLA for v20:
-Caruban
PBS for Gen 9:
-Caruban
-PorousMist (Updated the abilities, items, and moves description)
-DJChaos (TM Items)
Pokemon Gen 9 Battler Sprites:
The-King-Of-Roads-X, Mak, leParagon, Caruban, Azria, Mashirosakura, Katten, jinxed, OldSoulja
Battler Sprites QC:
leParagon
Pokemon Gen 9 icons:
ezerart
Pokemon Gen 9 Followers:
Azria, DarkusShadow
Pokemon Gen 9 Cries:
Edited from Lightblade Absol Gen 9 Cries compilation video
Gen 9 item icons:
-lichenprincess (Tera Orb, Bamboos, Tera Shards, Mirror Herb, Loaded Dice, Leader Crest, and Kubfu Scrolls, Booster Energy, Gimmighoul coin, TM Material, Kofu's Wallet, Sandwich, Herba Mysticas)
-Caruban (Punching Glove, Auspicious Armor, Malicious Armor, Ability Shield, Clear Amulet, Covert Cloak, Scarlet&Violet Book)
Original Pokémon: Legends Arceus Expansion Script :
-StCooler (Original script for Gen 8 Project in v18 and Status sprites)
-PorousMist and curryofthepast (Adapting the script for v19.1 use)
PLA item icons :
-AztecCroc, 3DJackArt, Caruban, lichenprincess
Pokemon cries ripped:
-Morningdew
Pokeballs battle animation and summary icon:
-Caruban
-WolfPP (Beast ball battle animation)
PLA Pokémon icons:
-LuigiTKO
Follower
-Boonzeet
-DarkusShadow
-princess-phoenix
-Ezeart
-WolfPP
PLA Sprites from Smogon Gen8 Sprite Project :
(https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/smogon-sprite-project.3647722/)
-Blaquaza, KingOfThe-X-Roads, KattenK, Travis, G.E.Z., SpheX, Hematite
Animated gen 6 and Megas:
Diegotoon20
Snivy101
Typhlito
Legitimate Username
Ayanocloud
N-Kin
Turtleye
Siiilver
Wyverii
Branflakes325
princessofmusic
Layell
branflakes
Falgaia
aXl
Wobblebuns
N-Kin
zerudez
Brylark
princess-phoenix
TrainerSplash
Gnomowladny
Gardow
RockAdam
Vanilla Style Version
Pokémon sprites:
KingOfThe-X-Roads, Mak, Red7246, Vent, Caruban, leParagon, Sopita_Yorita, Z-nogyroP,
Alxndre~◇, Mashirosakura, NanaelJustice, KRLW890
Blaquaza, KattenK, Travis, G.E.Z., SpheX, Hematite
Gen 9 Icons:
Vent, Katten, leParagon, Cesare_CBass, Alxndre~◇, Jordanos11
PLA Icons:
LuigiTKO, Pikafan2000, Cesare_CBass, Vent, Cesare_Cbass, MultiDiegoDani, leParagon, JWNutz
and thanks for
Pokémon Icons Act 2.9 - Teracristalizando
(https://whackahack.com/foro/threads/pokemon-icons-act-2-9-teracristalizando-07-08-2022.63896/)
Walking Wake and Iron Leaves sprites:
Jordanos11
Terapagos, munkidogi, okidogi, Fezandipiti sprites:
Ruben1986
Full Sprites Credit List:
Sprites list
docs.google.com
EBDX Extra moves: NikDie
And let me know if there is someone that I forget to mentions here.
Spoiler: Plugins
Animated Sprites, by Manurocker95, KleinStudio, Luka SJ
Better Healing Machine, by mej71, Rua
Easy Mouse System, by Luka S.J.
Elite Battle DX, by
Luka S.J.,Maruno,Marin,Pokecheck.org,PinkCatDragon,Tebited15,BadSamaritan,WolfPP,redblueyellow,Damien,Issei Hyoudou,Nasasu,luckygirl88,NikDie,Manurocker95
Roulette minigame (which I haven't been able to get working), by FL (Eevee Expo)
Following Pokémon EX, by
Golisopod User, Help-14, zingzags, Rayd12smitty, Venom12, mej71, PurpleZaffre, Akizakura16, Thundaga, Armin (Fairies Resource Pack), Maruno
Generation 8 pack scripts, by Golisopod User, Luka S.J.
Generation 9 pack script, by Caruban
KFootprints Ex, by Manurocker95, KleinStudio
Lin's IV and EV display, by LinKazamine (Relic Castle)
Luka's Scripting Utilities, by Luka S.J.
Modular Menu, by Luka S.J.,Manurocker95
Modular Primal Forms, by Manurocker95
Modular Title Screen, by Luka S.J.
No bump sound, by Manurocker95
Overworld Shadows EX, by Golisopod User, Wolf PP, Marin
Showdown Utils, by AceOfSpadesProduc100,Cilerba,Marin,Nuri Yuri,Manurocker95
Better speed up, by Marin, Phantombass
Sun Rays, by Polectron, Manurocker95
v20.1 hotfixed, by Maruno
Auto Multi Save, by http404error
Spoiler: Animated sprites
Images have been copied from the following plugin:
v21.1 - Animated Pokemon System [DBK Add-On] [v21.1]
Animated Pokemon System for v21.1 Upgrades your game with animated Pokemon sprites for Gens 1-9 and other animation flourishes. Overview This plugin builds upon the Deluxe Battle Kit to implement fully animated Pokemon sprites for all species...
eeveeexpo.com
I don't know the individual credit per sprite, so I'll credit the entire list that's credited for the battler sprites.
Plugin Credits:
Creator: Lucidious89
Based on the Generation 8 Pack by Golisopod User and EBDX by Luka S.J.
Battler Sprites
- Gen 1-5: Luka S.J.
- Gen 6: All Contributors To Smogon X/Y Sprite Project
- Gen 7: All Contributors To Smogon Sun/Moon Sprite Project
- Gen 8: All Contributors To Smogon Sword/Shield Sprite Project
- Gen 9: All Contributors To Smogon Scarlet/Violet Sprite Project
- Contributors to the original "Sprites Animados" spanish plugin:
Tenshi of War, DPertierra, Skyflyer, Hellfire_raptor, Antiant, AshnixsLaw, AyanoCloud, Azrita, BR0DE0, Caruban, Creobnil, DanEx, Diegotoon20, dimbly, ekurepu, Ebaru, EricLostie, Falcon7, Federico97_ez, Fleimer_, Franark122k, Hellfire0raptor, HM100, HyperactiveFlummi, iametrine, Involuntary-Twitch, ItsYugen, jinta, justnyxnow, KingOfThe-X-Roads, kiriaura, Legitimate Username, localghost, lucasomi, MallowOut, mangalos810, MCH4R1Z4RD, N-Kin, NoelleMBrooks, Noobiess, Nolo33, OldSoulja, OmegalingYT, PKMarioG, PomPomKing, Poki Papillon, PumpkinPastel, RetroNC, RadicalCharizard, seleccion, SelenaArmorclaw, SkidMarc25, Snivy101, Sopita_Yorita, SoulWardenInfinity, TheAetherPlayer, TheCynicalPoet, Typhlito, uppababy - Other Contributors: Lucidious89, Regis, Rod, kayzering
Cacti sprites are from the "Wild West" tileset created by Ekat99 on DeviantArt, linked below.
Wild West by Ekat99 on DeviantArt
www.deviantart.com
Hopefully that covers everything...
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