Pokémon Essentials GSC (v1.3) + Discord Server

[XVR]

POKÉMON ESSENTIALS GSC KIT​

Version: 1.3​

>> DOWNLOAD <<​

Changelog

Join the Discord and share your ideas and creations!
>> POKÉMON ESSENTIALS GSC DISCORD <<

You can also use the GitHub version to have the updates before the release.
>> Pokémon Essentials GSC Public Repository <<​

Introduction

"Pokémon Essentials GSC" is a tool kit which allows to create Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal-style fangames. It uses as a base Pokémon Essentias v18.1. This is not just and upgrade from the old v13 Pokémon Essentials GS kit, because it brings new features, polishes obsolete stuff and fixes many bugs, UIs and details to fit almost perfectly GSC-style games.

Features

• An engine already prepared to work on a GBC screen resolution and GSC-style. All stuff included tries to follow in detail the whole visuals and features from Gen II games.
  
• Pokémon sprites adapted to respect GSC sizes (until Gen II); new devamped sprites for Gen 3+ Pokémon and new party icons for each species from all Generations.
  
• A bunch of new attack animations and graphics that will serve you to create your own.
  
• "Day & Night Cycle" using a Tile-Swap system.
  
• Updated general UIs to support new features, like abilities, natures or Evs, and also tweaked the existing ones for GSC visual accuracy, like the Pokégear, Trainer Card, the Pokédex or the Pack. New Storage System!
  
• Battle UI improvements to not just to follow GSC-style, but also to support: Double battles! (triple battles are coded in Essentials since v18 comes out, but due to the smaller screen resolution, it's impossible to make triple battles "visually comfortable"); Mega Evolution; Safari Zone and Bug Catching Contest (also fixed errors from the older Essentials GS version).
  
• Functional Pokémon battle and extra features until Generation 8: abilities, items, moves and Pokémon; Fairy type, Move Relearner, Shadow Pokémon, Ready Menu for register items and much more!
  
• Many GSC music themes and SFX resources to further recreate the essence of Generation II games.
  
• Removed some unused content which wasn't on GSC games and it's not useful for most fangames: Markings and Ribbons.
  
• Other improvements and extra stuff: Headbut trees now can be defined using a Terrain Tag; PBS data are already prepared to work with the screen resolution (items, abilities and moves descriptions); now you can see moves effects in the Summary Screen pressing Z button; the Pokédex Search follows the GSC-style (types only); the Pokédex Entry page supports Pokémon descriptions of any extension...
  
• Included Turbo Mode (Pressing ALT key).
  
• MKXP: run gameplays at 60fps!

Screenshots

Spoiler:

What's still missing?

• Pokémon sprites from Generation 3 onwards.
• Mystery Gift and Purify Chamber are not included.

Known Issues

• Some attack animations may look out of place because of the screen resolution which the animation editor works with, which is not exactly the same as the game's one. Most of them look fine, but if don't, just play around with the animation sheet and the coordinates through the screen.​
• There may be some little errors in Battle Frontier, but mostly visuals.​

Useful resources

• For Gen 3+ sprites updates → https://twitter.com/nuukiie
  
• Pokémon GBC Resource Pack Discord server (for all kind of gbc stuff).

*Make sure that if you use this kit, you must credit all these people!*

Spoiler:

POKéMON ESSENTIALS GSC was created by:

- Xaveriux

With the indispensable help of: Caruban, prankster20, Vendily, AwfullyWaffley, TechSkylander1518, James Davy.

Pokémon Essentials GS base resources made by:

- COMBOY

"Pokémon Essentials" was created by:

- Flameguru
- Poccil (Peter O.)
- Maruno

With contributions from:

- AvatarMonkeyKirby
- Marin
- Boushy
- MiDas Mike
- Brother1440
- Near Fantastica
- FL
- PinkMan
- Genzai Kawakami
- Popper
- help-14
- Rataime
- IceGod64
- SoundSpawn
- Jacob O. Wobbrock
- the__end
- KitsuneKouta
- Venom12
- Lisa Anthony
- Wachunga
- Luka S.J.
and everyone else who helped out

"RPG Maker XP" by:

- Enterbrain

3rd, 4th and 5th generation Pokémon
devamped sprites made by:

- COMBOY
- DarkDoom3000
- Koolboyman
- Akailsamu
- Neslug
- NICKtendo DS
- Wes
- pokekicks
- Alpha Six
- Jeremy
- Lockerz102
- josthR69
- Koopaul
- Parasect047
- Ike
- ClawdNyasu
- Layle
- SengirDev
- Devicho

Special thanks to:

- Aioros
- The Spriters Resource
- Maruno
- FL
- Umbreon
- Pia Carrot
- Kcgaranzy
- mej71
- out written
- kiedisticelixer

Crystal GFX Files:

- Nuuk

GBC Party Sprites

- EeVeeEe1999
- QuilChess
- JF278 & Dani (from Pokémon Fierce Melody)

Sun/Moon Community Dex v2.0:

• Pia Carrot
  
• Pioxys
  
• Xeogran
  
• Lightning
  
• Enderific
  
• SirWhibbles
  
• SupahSanti
  
• JaegerLucciano
  
• patrickackerman
  
• Seyeba
  
• ubasuteyama
  
• Rangi
  
• bloodless
  
• lakeofdance
  
• datlopunnytho
  
• Leperagon
  
• Soloo93
  
• Bronzeswagger
  
• Sword/Shield Community Dex GSC style:
  
• Meltan - ???, BloodlessNS
  
• Melmetal - JuicyChickenThighs, PiaCarrot
  
• Grookey, Jozzer26, PiaCarrot, JaceDeane
  
• Scorbunny - PiaCarrot, JaceDeane, BloodlessNS
  
• Sobble - EeVeeEe1999
  
• Gossifleur - QuilChess, PiaCarrot, Copetin, JaceDeane
  
• Eldegoss - PiaCarrot, JaceDeane
  
• Corviknight - LucasSevero
  
• Dreadnaw - EeVeeEe1999, JaceDeane
  
• Wooloo - Nuuk
  
• Zacian - PiaCarrot, Copetin
  
• Zamazenta - PiaCarrot
  
• Impidimp - PiaCarrot
  
• Yamper - EeVeeEe1999, JaceDeane
  
• Rolycoly - EeVeeEe1999, JaceDeane
  
• Duraldon - Enderific, JaceDeane
  
• Alcremie - JaceDeane
  
• Weezing - PiaCarrot
  
• Menu - Toxel Dragapult Chewtle Cursola Coalossal Eiscue Dracozolt Arctozolt.
  
• Hatterene Barraskewda, Mr Rime
  
• Rookiedie - Pia Carrot
  
• Morpeko - JaceDeane
  
• Polteageist - EeVeeEe1999
  
• Cramorant - EeVeeEe1999
  
• Applin - Pia Carrot
  
• Obstagoon - Copetin
  
• Sirfetchd - Enderific, JaceDeane
  
• Ponyta - JuicyChickenThighs
  
• Zigzagoon & Linoone - EeVeeEe1999
  
• Dracovish - Nuuk
  
• Drizzile Inteleon - Pia Carrot
  
• Runerigus - EeVeeEe1999
  
• Blipbug line - Enderific (and resized by Pia Carrot)
  
• Dreepy and evo - Enderific
  
• Galarian Meowth - Enderific
  
• Hattena - Cinnaboopa

Attack Animations:

- The Spriters Resource
- COMBOY
- RZC
- Xaveriux
- MarcStudio08

Scripts:

- Caruban
- Xaveriux
- Vendily
- Pia Carrot
- Nyaruko
- Pablus94
- Marin

Gen 8 Project for Essentials 18 and 18.1:

Cry Credits:

- Gen 1-6 Pokemon Cries- Rhyden
- Gen 7 Pokemon Cries- Marin, Rhyden
- Gen 8 Pokemon Cries- Zeak6464

PBS Credits:

- Zerokid, TheToxic, Golisopod User, HM100, KyureJL, ErwanBeurier

Script Credits:

- Gen 8 Scripts: Vendily, TheToxic, HM100, Golisopod User, Aioross, WolfPP, MFilice, lolface, KyureJL, DarrylBD99, Turn20Negate, TheKandinavian, ErwanBeurier
- UberDunsparce - Compilation of Resources

Music and SFX:

- Pokémon Gold, Silver & Crystal

Pokémon is owned by:

- The Pokémon Company
- Nintendo
- Affiliated with Game Freak

 

[ChromusSama]

Hey!

I'd like to report that the vast majority of gen VI battlers sprites has transparent pixels instead of white ones, like you can see on the screenshot below.

Aside from that, this is a really good ressource, and I wish you luck for the rest of your project!

 

[CelestialFearow]

Excellent! I will use it as soon as I have the opportunity. Keep up the good work.

 

[_pheebee]

Oh wow!
Glad to see the GSC version of Essentials making a come back~!

 

[Unbayleefable]

Congrats on getting this to a working state! I'm glad some of the UIs I made could be put to some use, although I'm sorry I couldn't help out more (I'm AwfullyWaffley on Discord).

 

[XVR]

Pokémon Essentials GSC has been updated to v1.1​

Download it here --> Pokémon Essentials GSC v1.1​

I've also created a Discord server to create a community for all of those who use this kit, resolve doubts, share creations and give facilities to the people who want to create their own GSC-style project!

You can join using this link --> ​Pokémon Essentials GSC Discord Server​​​

The main post has been tweaked

Changelog

Spoiler:

• MKXP installed: now supports 60fps gameplay and the game runs smoother.
• Improved GSC font: supports more text characters and they can be printed with their original form/key. Exceptions: texts ":L" (@), "PoKé" (~€), "Pk" "Mn" ({ + }). The font now is lighter than before and fully customizable using an external editor like BitFontMaker2.
• Added more Pokémon sprites devamps.
• Party Icons: now there are for all Pokémon of all generations!
• Many bug fixes and general core improvements.
• Partially fixed the Battle Frontier, now its functional at least.
• Included an intuitive background for a more comfortable sprites positioning.

 

[Jazzy]

This is awesome! Keep up the great work

 

[XVR]

Pokémon Essentials GSC updates to v1.2!​

This huge and important update leaves this base in a high state of completion, offering a solid engine with which you have practically everything at your disposal to be able to make your own GSC-style fangame.

Download here or check the main post --> Pokémon Essentials GSC v1.2

Spoiler:

v1.2 Changelog

Textbox & messages:
- Edited the textbox space to fit the GSC-style one. The text now starts from most left and fill in the space better.
- Capitalized some texts that weren't and tweaked messages to fit GSC-style.

Scene:
- Replaced default battle transitions with GSC Battle Transitions with their spawn conditions included.

Battle:
- Accommodated many battle messages to fit perfectly into the GSC textbox.
- Deleted PP_Colors and replaced with default black text color.
- Fixed a graphic error when throwing a Ball to catch a Pokémon.
- Fixed font issues in double battle's target selection.
- Fixed cut player's Pokémon name with 10 characters.
- Added icon graphics for primal reversions and placed in battle scene.
- Fixed Cramorant's transformation.
- Fixed bug with solar moves.
- Fixed non-damaging Sandstorm and Hail effects.

Animations:
- Created a bunch of new animations for moves and polished/improved some old ones.

UI:
- Fixed nextlevel position on summary's page one when is greater or equal to 10.
- Fixed misalignments in the position of some texts when selecting a move on summary's page two.
- Fixed position of move names in summary's page two when it's bigger than 12 characters.
- Changed pp move colours to default black in same page.
- Fixed some text positions in Pokédex Main and Entry pages.
- Fixed Map Connection Editor and added a help menu option.
- Fixed Battle Animation Editor bug which prevented opening it in debug mode and resizing it when trying to create new animations.

Other UIs:
- Added the rest of minigames which left adapted to the new screen resolution but with the same operation: Voltorb Flip, Triple Triad and Mining.

Editor & Debug:
- Set small font for debug menus.
- Tweaked debug actions description for better clarity and fill the space into the textbox appropriately.
- Adjusted the position of the coordinate textbox to the screen resolution so as not to overlap the sprites.

Sprites:
- Updated a bunch of Pokémon sprites from Gen 3, 4, 5 and 6.
- Added Kleavor front sprite.
- Well positioned some more Pokémon sprites in battle.

PBS:
- Fixed some items description to fit into the Bag textbox.
- Added basic PBS for new Hisuian Pokémon and forms.

Other:
- Fixed GSCFont accented characters.
- Fixed various text errors through many UIs according to the new font.
- Edited abilities descriptions to fit into the GSC games text format.

Good luck and enjoy! ^^​

 

[XVR]

Pokémon Essentials GSC v1.3​​

This a mostly a QoL update. It fixes the latest bugs present in the kit and adds several interesting functionalities, such as a custom Encounter List UI, larger events feature from Pokémon Essentials v19 and some improvements in UIs.

In addition, I want to say that this is going to be the last official update. I think that the kit is solid and complete enough to create fangames in a GSC style with all the comforts. I recommend you to join the Discord for possible future patches or graphical resources, but in principle it can be said that this project is finished, so thank you for all the support and again thanks to all contributors who have made this possible!

Direct download --> Pokémon Essentials GSC v1.3

See the changelog here --> Changelog​

 

[Tramon81]

What version of Rpg Maker is this for/compatible with?

 

[FL]

What version of Rpg Maker is this for/compatible with?

RPG Maker XP, like its base, Essentials v18.1.

 

[elkrizz1]

Can I create new types of trainers? The kit does not allow me to edit the PBS files. :(

 

[DBT0815]

Cant open it. While i can open the normal essentials just fine it says on this version here it was made with an older rmxp version and cant be opened.
what can i do?

 

[AVAVA]

Do you have a new Discord link? @XVR

 

[FL]

Cant open it. While i can open the normal essentials just fine it says on this version here it was made with an older rmxp version and cant be opened.
what can i do?

Replace the .rxproj file on project root with the one who comes with default Essentials.

 

[PikachuFans2018]

Quick question, does the new version of this kit also have any sprites that could have been missing in the previous versions and what about the Gen 9 Pokémon?

 

[gengardelaisla93]

How I can active Celebi Event?