FireRed hack: Pokémon: The New World

[violentiris777]

So, I'm fairly new here, I guess you could say, but at the same time, I've been lurking for a while, so I know (most of) what I'm doing. I know the thread's not as fancy as some of you are used to, but it's gonna work for now until things get rolling.

Let me introduce myself, and my hack. You can just call me…Jed. Or violentiris. I really don't mind, either way. And you can call my hack:

POKEMON: THE NEW WORLD

It's a hack of FireRed. Now, let's get started.

STORYLINE

Spoiler:

Your parents have recently been divorced, and since it's the summer, you're going home to Wichita to stay with your Dad for a while. He picks you up at the airport, and you two go home. Once you get there, he says that he wants to take you somewhere to surprise you, and you leave the house.

Outside, when you're almost there, you're ambushed by a member of Team Rocket. He tries to threaten your Dad into giving up his money and Pokemon, but he refuses. But when the grunt threatens you, your Dad engages in battle. He disposes of the grunt easily and you keep going.

Next, you enter a Pokemon Pet Store that's closing down soon. The owner shows you that there are five Pokemon left in stock: Eevee, Pikachu, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and Charmander. Your Dad only has money for the last three, and you choose. And thus, your Pokemon adventure begins.

WHAT IS THIS?

Spoiler:

So, let's see. I'm sure that was all a bit confusing, right? After all, a Pokemon game based in Kansas would pretty much be the worst case scenario (no offense meant to any Kansas based Pokefans). But this game does have Kansas. And Chicago, Illinois. And Toronto, and various European locations.

My game is meant to be modeled after Earth itself.

I'm not exactly sure about space restrictions for this game, but it would be amazing to make this happen. I have a decent amount of time, though I'm going into college this fall, so it shouldn't be too much of a hassle to put in an hour or so per day. I'm doing it with 3 AP classes and band practice as it is.

Moving on…

FEATURES

Spoiler:

-Day and Night system with RTC implemented (thanks to Mastermind_X)
-All Pokemon from first 3 Generations, plus a couple others (not a fan of the 4th, plus, if we were to attempt it, we'd have to delete originals)
-Custom soundtrack (courtesy of yours truly, with songs you'll probably recognize at least a few of)
-Entirely rebuilt maps (including insides, though I haven't gotten around to much of that yet)
-The manga's storyline with characters we know and love integrated with the normal world (it'll be interesting fo sho)
-Two rivals (one has to be a guy, and the other has to be a girl, you get to choose which for which though)
-Taxis, harbors, and airports (not exactly cheap, but fast for the start of the game!)
-Various other things I want but don't have the scripting knowledge to know whether it's possible on this platform or not (I'll get to that later)

There'll be a lot of other stuff, hopefully, but I'm not sure how much of it is reasonable.

CHARACTERS

Spoiler:

Protagonist: The good old hero of old – you. You've had a somewhat troubled childhood, with your parents being divorced and overall unfortunate circumstances, but this new life as a Trainer is the equivalent of turning over a new leaf.

Dad: The donator of the "seed" that spawned you. He loves you dearly, and seeing you achieve something great would make him happy beyond belief. He also very much worries about you, but knows that longer you stay here as a Trainer, the longer you're with him and not Mom.

Mom: Lives in France with her new lover. If she didn't have him, there was no way you'd be coming to Wichita to visit your Dad, but you got lucky. She loves you, deep down, but she's also very self-centered. It might be a midlife crisis, but she's gone off her rocker lately, and her morals have become…how can I say it? A bit unbalanced.

Rival 1: This person has been a jerk to you since you were born, and he/she would love nothing more than to see you fail. He/she'll often set you up to fail during the game too, and enjoys sneaking up and pounding on you when you're weak. If you're going to be careful of anyone, make it this person.

Rival 2: Is rival the right word? You've known this person since you were born as well, and they've always treated you with respect. They're a bit hippy-esque, peace, love, and understanding borne, but they're always true to their friends. They'll help you often on your adventure.

Ash Ketchum: Guess who? That's right, Ash is back, and he's about as embarrassing as he started out in the TV show. But he's got a good heart, and he tries to help you out when he's capable.

Gary Oak: This dude's here too. No joke. He's not as much of a tool as your rival, but that doesn't speak volumes about his character, as your rival is pretty much evil incarnate. His grandpa's a decent guy, but himself? You'd be best avoiding him.

Professor Oak: Spoiler alert – he doesn't give anyone Pokemon at the start of the game. Why should I make it that easy? But he plays several important roles, juggling the five of you at the start of the game, trying to help you all out at once.

Team Rocket: Preparing to fight doesn't begin to cover it. There's a lot of these guys, and wherever there's something bad, it's usually them. Don't rule out the other teams, but these are definitely the main antagonists.

SCREENIES

Spoiler:

Because I have to. Nothing special, but you get the idea.

MAPS

Spoiler:

Wichita
Route 1

PROGRESS

Spoiler:

Maybe 0.5% now, wewt. Rapid City's next to get done, and I'm working on Route's 2 and 3.

TEAM

Spoiler:

I need one.

I'm sorry, but I'm an utter failure at scripting. I've ruined two attempts at this trying to already, and in order for this to succeed, I need scripters. And spriters – I'm not a great spriter, hell, I'm not a decent one. As a matter of fact, I'll just list all the positions. If you're interested, just feel free to apply for multiple positions.

Scripter (works with all the hxc scriptorz, or xse in this case.)
Mapper (tiles included, palettes as well, I'm not great with this. I'll send you the rough draft, and you can have a day with it.)
Spriter (includes overworlds if you want to, and if you want to do new pokemon sprites, that's fine too. It's nice to make this original)
Story Editor (I have an outline, but I'll send it to you to get second opinions. And if you have an idea to make it better, feel free!)

Don't ask about beta testing; it's not going to happen for a while most likely.

If you want to apply, PM me with this information:

POSITION:
EXPERIENCE:
PROOF OF WORK:
TIME FREE:

TOOLS USED/CREDIT

Spoiler:

Day and Night by Mastermind_X
eXstreme Script Editor
Advance Map 1.92
Yet Another Pokemon Editor
Mew_Ryn's Rom Base
Advance Text
UNLZ GBA

…that's it.

Feel free to post comments on how I can improve this. I'm not half perfect. Suggestions are also welcome. :)

 

[tjwilliams24]

I like the maps of the first town, and i like the general story. i just think you should have some twists in it, like your dad gets kidnapped and taken to france where your mother lives and you have to save him. just a suggestion

 

[Natsu Dragneel]

I love the story, but i saw some map errors. Btw do u need a mapper? if u do just PM me.

~Drak

 

[BMansuper]

if you need a beta tester then i am the man

 

[siper x]

this looks good! i'd like to help map, but i'm only a novice (because the maps i make don't get good ratings), but they are good at playability.

 

[donaldc]

thats got a good story to it, ill be glad to help in any way i can

ive just started to make pokemon sprites i you want to look ive put some of them on my profile so have a look and tell me what you think

 

[Binary]

The story sounds okay, more like the events in your hack though :\
Make the screen shots smaller so that it doesn't fill up too much of the thread. The hack looks promising although you're only just on 0.3%. You also need to credit Kyledove (I think) for the tree tiles. Good luck.

 

[Xela]

Ah.. The storyline is simple and I like it. :)
The features is ok from my point of view. :P

I wish you best of luck with this hack! And If you need any help with mapping/scripting, just leave me a PM or VM :)

 

[INV]

Nice Hack!
I really loved the earth locations but i cant understand what's the main story?
in the story you wrote the begining but how you keep up?team rocket doing something?or is it just for the start?
I'll keep an eye on this hack :P

 

[violentiris777]

I like the maps of the first town, and i like the general story. i just think you should have some twists in it, like your dad gets kidnapped and taken to france where your mother lives and you have to save him. just a suggestion

Don't worry. There WILL be twists. But the first Team Rocket guy was just a sentry sent out to sort of "mug" people of their Pokemon, and having him kidnap your Dad would just be annoyingly cliché. So we'll try and avoid that for now. :)

I love the story, but i saw some map errors. Btw do u need a mapper? if u do just PM me.

~Drak

That would be great. For mapping, I'm not nearly a pro, and I was just trying to get the rough idea out there. Not to mention, I think it'd be nice to have six houses instead of ten, I think that was a bit overboard. Do you have any work you could show me? PMed!

thats got a good story to it, ill be glad to help in any way i can

ive just started to make pokemon sprites i you want to look ive put some of them on my profile so have a look and tell me what you think

Pokemon sprites aren't a huge deal tbh. But maybe in the future, when we've got the basics tied up.

The story sounds okay, more like the events in your hack though

Make the screen shots smaller so that it doesn't fill up too much of the thread. The hack looks promising although you're only just on 0.3%. You also need to credit Kyledove (I think) for the tree tiles. Good luck.

Not sure what you mean by "more like the events in your hack," but I've gotcha. And Kyledove's tiles are used, but that goes under Mew_Ryn's rom base since he helped with it.

Ah.. The storyline is simple and I like it.

The features is ok from my point of view.

I wish you best of luck with this hack! And If you need any help with mapping/scripting, just leave me a PM or VM

Scripting is huge, I deff need help with that. PMed!

Nice Hack!

I really loved the earth locations but i cant understand what's the main story?
in the story you wrote the begining but how you keep up?team rocket doing something?or is it just for the start?
I'll keep an eye on this hack

It's just for the start. Trust me, I've got some interesting ideas in mind for this hack. ;)

 

[vietazn654]

This looks like a good hack! :p The story line so far is good, that map doesnt look bad, though it looks empty :p. And the text doesn't have any grammar mistakes. So good luck on this!

 

[Binary]

Not sure what you mean by "more like the events in your hack," but I've gotcha. And Kyledove's tiles are used, but that goes under Mew_Ryn's rom base since he helped with it.

"more like the events in your hack," as in more like the scripts in your hack. The story should give a brief background, but I think you have that more or less.

 

[Shiny Quagsire]

The pokemon regions were based off of Japan. This 'Kansas' idea is actually quite good.

 

[violentiris777]

Let's see.

Mapping some Canadian cities would be cool. It's going to be interesting coordinating all of the palettes, though. I'll give you a shout when we get to that. :)

Yep, the map is fairly empty. I'm not a great hacker as of now, but I'm definitely trying. This idea could take off if it has enough support, since it's such a cool idea to implement.

Ah. I see what you're saying. But yeah, the storyline is something I don't want to spoil too much of, seeing as we're just getting started on this. But whoever is going to be the scripter for this is going to get ALL of the storyline dumped on them, seeing as they're the one to implement it – I'm going to be thorough, but make it so that it shouldn't be too hard to do.

It will be fun to do this. Especially since the gyms are all in very, very different places, but ones that match the area that they should be in.

 

[Natsu Dragneel]

Sent the proof of works. I might not be that good in tiles too but im good in editing map, the events especially a little scripting (like changing the script where Prof.Oak gives u pokemon)

~Drak

 

[Stiwo's rule]

the story is nice, but I suggest you to change the tilesets^^ (if you need some help to do that, I can help you ^^)

 

[The Cynic]

Good luck basing it on the real world. I thought of making Pokemon Saltire based on Scotland, and then Pokemon Stars & Stripes, based on the USA, but I came up with a better idea based on an original region. I may return to the idea one day though.

Your screenshots arn't particularly interesting and your map is too large and empty. Storyline is mediocre. There isn't really much to get people interested besides the "real-world" component. You need to get more exciting screenshots, sprites whatever.

 

[violentiris777]

the story is nice, but I suggest you to change the tilesets^^ (if you need some help to do that, I can help you ^^)

Yes, please! I'm renovating the first map of Wichita currently, and that would be amazing to have. Coult you send me some instructions, or help perchance? It would be awesome.

And to the post above...I hate giving out spoilers. Any whatsoever. I'd like to give out a bit more, especially to do with Professor Oak, and how this ties back to the actual series. I'd like to say that there will be a lot of trust being betrayed, and twists that range from slightly easy to see beforehand to completely mindblowing. But I don't like giving stuff away.

I will say that you'll need to pay very, very close attention to little things people in the game will say. The casual stuff. Because it might help you get the jump on the rest of the game.

 

[chrunch]

Your mapping really needs work. Ten houses is definantly too many, and the first town is way too empty.

 

[violentiris777]

UPDATE

I've finished redoing the first town, and it looks a lot better than before. I've also got Route 1 all done, mapping wise. Both can be seen under the spoiler bit below, and in the first post of this thread.

Spoiler:

Wichita
Route 1

Again, I desperately need help with this, so I'm open to anyone's suggestions...the person who said he might script hasn't replied back, so that's still an area that's very much lacking. Also, it'd be nice to have someone experienced in tiles and/or palettes on the team, so that the visuals can be more unique.