FireRed hack: Pokémon Gaia Version

[AllTimeIndie]

A lot of people seem to be doing these so I thought I'd give it a crack

Spoiler:

 

[Ocular Stratus]

Ugh...you sir are killing me. This Beta update has been long waited...

 

[KLM_SpitFire]

I had nothing better to do so I designed a new library. It's up to you if you use it, I don't mind if you don't.

Spoiler:

1. Original:

2. New library:

3. Original roofcolour:

4. Simplified library:

5. Simplified original roofcolour:

It's based on the museum in Pewter City from FireRed. I personally like option 3 the best.
Here are also four images with just the library:

Noice! Although they all look great, I'd have to say that #3 and #5 are my favorites.

@KLM_SpitFire Your coverart inspired me to make a cover too! I hope you like it!

Spoiler:

Spherical, feel free to use it as official "cover art", again, I don't mind if you don't. It's mainly just fan-art

I dig it. Nice job Porto.

I tried searching the thread for TM and TMs with nothing coming up, so I hope this hasn't been said before, but the TMs are not infinite even though the first post said they would be? I'm not sure if this is just not implemented yet, or a bug. Sorry if somebody already said it, I didn't check every page.

I was thinking the same thing. If anyone is willing to provide any insight into this I'd greatly appreciate it!

 

[Shinoya]

I tried searching the thread for TM and TMs with nothing coming up, so I hope this hasn't been said before, but the TMs are not infinite even though the first post said they would be? I'm not sure if this is just not implemented yet, or a bug. Sorry if somebody already said it, I didn't check every page.

I was thinking the same thing. If anyone is willing to provide any insight into this I'd greatly appreciate it!

It's implemented in the next Beta release

Ugh...you sir are killing me. This Beta update has been long waited...

Patience is a virtue. Trying to rush things will make the Beta come out with poor quality (Or the unwanted quality that was expected to be).

It will be worth the wait once it comes out, so, please be pantient

 

[iClipse]

Have to say that after pokémon Glazed this is the best hack I've ever played.

One thing I'd like to see is more challenging gym battles though. I understand it's hard to make them of the right difficulty, but there are ways of making it more interesting. In adventure red there were battles where before the battle started, all your pokémons were frozen/poisoned/paralyzed/... , which made the fight a lot more fun.

Another way is working with a variable leveling system, where the gym leader's pokémons are always x levels (3 or so) above yours. I'm not sure if something like that is possible to code in, although I do know that variable pokémon teams are possible from pokémon Glazed, where Mewto had a team exactly like the one you started fighting him with.

Anyway, it's not real criticism other than a suggestion. It's still a great hack in all aspects. Love the fact that you can get gen6 pokémon, with which I've never played before. Anyway, keep up the good work!

 

[Ocular Stratus]

It's implemented in the next Beta release



Patience is a virtue. Trying to rush things will make the Beta come out with poor quality (Or the unwanted quality that was expected to be).

It will be worth the wait once it comes out, so, please be pantient

It has been 6 months since the last Beta

 

[BlackStorm20x]

It has been 6 months since the last Beta

Well he probably has personal things going on. Plus, some beta take longer than that so... Yeah. lol It's coming though.

 

[devilliers_steyn]

iam getting starters chimchar,turtwig,piplup can u say y?????

 

[AllTimeIndie]

iam getting starters chimchar,turtwig,piplup can u say y?????

I'm pretty sure Ice said that torterra and infernape relate to the ancient feel of the game. Also, he just likes the sinnoh starters I think xD

 

[Wrennekin]

First, gorgeous looking game! I really dig the concept. c:

Apologies if this has been covered somewhere previously, but I can't get the beta to work for some reason. I patched it as usual and then tried to the game with VisualBoyAdvance, but all I get is a white screen. Does anyone know what might be up?

 

[Xencleamas]

The Windmist Theme is the original composition I've heard in the game so far. Nice dude. Well, the song is better in 2x speed and pitch. XD

 

[KLM_SpitFire]

iam getting starters chimchar,turtwig,piplup can u say y?????

To add on to what AllTimeIndie said: Spherical originally thought about making Tangela, Swinub, and Yanma starter choices. However, after much deliberation amongst the fan community, he ended up using the gen 4 starters.

Source: https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/326118/page-4

 

[AllTimeIndie]

Ugh, the tension on this thread is killing me

 

[Spherical Ice]

Ah, you amazes me yet again, Spherical! I do not agree that the Map should be called Town Map, maybe you could change that? But, anyway, the style of the "map" is very simple, but, really beautiful, nice work! And, so is that custom messages! Lovely updates, I am hoping that I will see the 2nd beta!

I think Town Map as a name is fine, anything else would either be inaccurate (World Map) or weird (Region Map). Orbtus Map could work, but I'm too lazy to text edit everything for that, haha.

Stellar work, Spherical, daniiIS, FBI agent, Shinoya, MrDollSteak, and giradialkia!

I stopped playing Pokemon about five years ago, but this game has gotten me back into it. The story is perceptive, the graphics are gorgeous, and the music is fresh yet nostalgic. I love it.

Since I use OpenEmu I wanted to do this game justice and make it its own custom box art. Figured I might as well share it here, in case anyone else has use for it. Here's the link:

klmart.deviantart.com/art/Box-Art-Pokemon-Gaia-Version-522545200

Looking forward to Beta 2.x!

Thank you! I've added yours, and the other fan art, to the first post!

I tried searching the thread for TM and TMs with nothing coming up, so I hope this hasn't been said before, but the TMs are not infinite even though the first post said they would be? I'm not sure if this is just not implemented yet, or a bug. Sorry if somebody already said it, I didn't check every page.

Ah, I should clarify that that is only true for Beta 2, which is currently unreleased.

Ugh...you sir are killing me. This Beta update has been long waited...

I know, I'm sorry! I'm trying to do things as fast as possible but exams are fast approaching and I can't spend too much time on this.

Have to say that after pokémon Glazed this is the best hack I've ever played.

Thank you!

One thing I'd like to see is more challenging gym battles though. I understand it's hard to make them of the right difficulty, but there are ways of making it more interesting. In adventure red there were battles where before the battle started, all your pokémons were frozen/poisoned/paralyzed/... , which made the fight a lot more fun.

Another way is working with a variable leveling system, where the gym leader's pokémons are always x levels (3 or so) above yours. I'm not sure if something like that is possible to code in, although I do know that variable pokémon teams are possible from pokémon Glazed, where Mewto had a team exactly like the one you started fighting him with.

Anyway, it's not real criticism other than a suggestion. It's still a great hack in all aspects. Love the fact that you can get gen6 pokémon, with which I've never played before. Anyway, keep up the good work!

That's a very interesting suggestion! At the moment I feel I've perfected the level curve for Beta 2, so I won't be trying to adjust the current system yet, but it would be a neat addition for a Hard Edition or something, definitely! I appreciate the suggestion.

iam getting starters chimchar,turtwig,piplup can u say y?????

They're the starters! At the beginning, I had planned to use the AncientPower evolution Pokémon, but ultimately decided against it due to balance reasons.

First, gorgeous looking game! I really dig the concept. c:

Thank you!

The Windmist Theme is the original composition I've heard in the game so far. Nice dude. Well, the song is better in 2x speed and pitch. XD

Thank you! Windmist City's theme is indeed great, thanks to the amazing giradialkia!

Ugh, the tension on this thread is killing me

I'm sorry! I hope you believe me when I say I'm working on it basically every bit of free time I have (more or less, lol) perfecting it. I want it to be as good as possible for you guys!

As most of the work I've been doing are bug fixes, balance adjusting and other, small things, here's a pitifully small update to tide you guys over:

This features the new, fixed snow effect by daniilS, as well as the TM Poké Ball sprite, in line with how they appear in Generation 6!

 

[zerocielX]

Oh man, I can hardly wait.

 

[theodoremk]

I don't get it, everyone's talking about updates and stuff but the latest version I see is Beta 1.1. Am I missing something here? :C

 

[Percy]

I don't get it, everyone's talking about updates and stuff but the latest version I see is Beta 1.1. Am I missing something here? :C

Nope, you're not missing anything here :)
We just talk about new updates because that's the sign that the beta's coming nearer and nearer.

 

[Pepperton]

I've been lurking on this for a while, and I have to say, you've done a wonderful job sir. The graphics are exquisitely utilized, and the many mechanics you've added to modernize the FRLG base ROM makes it all that much better. Can't wait for more.

 

[Ijkee]

Still a little buggy in places, but overall great!

 

[Spherical Ice]

Oh man, I can hardly wait.

I'm glad you're excited!

I've been lurking on this for a while, and I have to say, you've done a wonderful job sir. The graphics are exquisitely utilized, and the many mechanics you've added to modernize the FRLG base ROM makes it all that much better. Can't wait for more.

Thank you!

Still a little buggy in places, but overall great!

Thanks, almost all of the bugs have been fixed!

One year ago today, I posted this very thread for Pokémon Gaia. With that in mind, I think it's time for a celebration! How about a Beta release?

Pokémon Gaia - Beta 2 Release

Screenshots

Team

• daniilS - ASM.
• FBI agent - ASM.
• Shinoya - Testing and feedback.
• Ijkee - Testing and feedback.
• MrDollSteak - Battle-related work, testing and feedback.
• giradialkia - Music.

Special thanks and credits

• Cuddlesthefatcat - Tiles.
• Mateo - Tiles.
• Fangking Omega - Tiles.
• Neslug - Pixel art.
• Contributors to The DS-style 64x64 Pokémon Sprite Resource - Resized sprites.
• DoesntKnowHowToPlay - The Generation 4 physical / special / status split patch, the Generation 6 capture experience hack, hazards code and abilities.
• Darthatron - The Generation 4 physical / special / status split icon hack and the B2 / W2-styled Repel port.
• Jambo51 - The player-facing routine, the Rival-naming routine, the NPC gender routine, the Wild Battle music routine, the Trainer Class music routine and abilities.
• karatekid552 - Abilities.
• JPAN - Parts of his hacked engine.
• knizz - Very tall grass, ashy grass and short grass fixes.
• Contributors to the Move Resource Thread - Move scripts and animations.
• HackMew - Running indoors hack and the Pokédex classification name bug fix.
• Contributors to the Gen VI: DS-Style 64x64 Pokemon Sprite Resource - Gen. 6 sprites.
• Touched - ASM.
• Crazy_chu - Support banner.
• Terra - Support banner.
• RedPrime - Support banner.
• KLM_SpitFire - Fan art.
• Porto - Fan art.
• AllTimeIndie - Support banner.

Downloads

• Gaia Beta 2
  Release date: 11th May, 2015
  Mirror links: sphericalice.com
  Notes: This beta ends in Telmurk City, with a total of five Gym battles. Please read the included README.txt file for important information. Saves from previous versions are NOT compatible with this version.