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Emerald hack: Pokémon Valiant (Beta 2 released)

Shachar700

Shachar700

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    Years
    • Seen May 1, 2025
    Status
    1st Janaury 2025 - Happy new year! Beta 2 work is released. Work on Beta 3 (5 gyms) has started.

    Who am I
    I'm Shahar/Shachar700, I've been in pokecommunity since 2014.
    I reported bugs to Lucbui about Glazed and beta tested Dark Fire.
    After many years of messing around with rom hacking it's time I publish something out there.
    This rom hack has been restarted many times but thanks to Archie's community, they got me to complete its 1st beta for it.

    Story
    Unravel the story behind Celebi's special powers to travel through time and see the truth about your region's history. You've reached the age of starting your very own adventure and get your very first Pokémon. In the meantime, An evil organization called Team Smash wants to take control over the region by having Celebi in their hands. Will you save Celebi and stop the mysterious organization and learn the truth about your past? Mysteries and difficult puzzles await...

    Features
    * Venture into a brand new region, LAVAN, based on the LEVANT region. Explore new cities, routes and caves.
    * Brand new story and mysteries about the mythical time traveling Pokémon Celebi.
    * After LAVAN Pokémon League you'll be traveling to HOENN with new towns, new gym challenge, and new plot.
    * Pokémon from Generation 1-3
    * physical/special split, fairy type, more moves
    * Difficulty meant to be challenging but fair.
    * Brand new rivals that will give you run for your money and accompany you along your journey.
    * Good old Emerald music
    * Travel through time! Learn the history of the region and of your own.
    * Legendary Pokémon are located in sacred places of the region.

    Media
    Spoiler:


    Download
    Base: Pokémon Emerald (Trashman) Apply the patch onto clean the base using a rom patcher.
    This demo has 3-5 hours of play time on fast forward, 10-15 hours on casual play, includes 3 badge and ends at the end of Route D.
    [Pokemon Valiant Beta 2.0.1 Download Link]
    Debug menu disabled for public release. Save data from Beta 1 to beta 2 is not supported.

    History log
    Spoiler:


    Feedback / Report bugs
    Please feel free to leave feedback or report bugs here or in the discord server:
    https://discord.gg/wcEwv9bytW
    You can also put your team you've made.

    Events
    Periodically, I will release certain events for the game. One is programmed so far.
    Spoiler:


    Legendaries
    Spoiler:


    Documents / Follow Progression
    documents can be found in my [google spreadsheet].
    If you want to follow the progress of development, I update the [to-do list] when things are done and there's a channel in discord about changes that were pushed to github.

    Credits
    Shahar - Rom Hack Author, Writer, Mapper, Scripter, Pixel Artist
    Base - Gamefreak, Creatures Inc, Nintendo
    Decomp - pret
    1.10.0 Expansion - Rom Hacking Hideout x DizzyEgg
    Support - Archie's community
    titlescreen psd - Jaizu
    tiles - Xencleamas, Dragonflye
    region map tiles - redriders180
    Tall Grass Battleground - kWharever
    birch background - Oscar Brock
    player sprites - Dragonflye, Dante
    prof front sprite - Baro
    (If I missed you let me know so I can add you)

    Tools used
    Code/Text - Visual Studio Code, Notepad++
    Mapping - Porymap
    Art - Tilemapstudio, GraphicsGale, Aseprite
    Emulator - mGBA

    I hope you enjoy
    Shahar
     
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    This looks pretty cool, I actuall appreciate you not adding new mons since there are way too many hacks now that just want to add as many Pokemon as possible, which makes the game feel too cramped. Congratulations on finally getting a demo out!
     
    Shachar700 said:
    Who am I
    I'm Shahar and after many years of messing around with rom hacking it's time I publish something out there.
    This rom hack has been restarted many times but thanks to Archie's community, they got me to complete a demo for it.

    Story
    Venture into a new region, LAVAN, based on Levant the eastern meditertranean region. Explore new cities, routes and caves.
    Brand new story and mysteries about the mythical time traveling Pokémon Celebi.
    After LAVAN Pokémon League you'll be traveling to HOENN with new towns, new gym challenge, and new plot.

    Features
    Difficulty meant to be challenging but fair
    Pokémon from Generation 1-3
    Base: Pokémon Emerald (Trashman)
    This demo has 1-3 hours of playing time, includes 1 badge and ends in Route C.

    Media
    View attachment 168022View attachment 168023View attachment 168024View attachment 168025View attachment 168026

    Download

    Pokemon Valiant Beta 1.0.zip

    drive.google.com drive.google.com

    Feedback / Report bugs
    Please feel free to leave feedback or report bugs here or in the discord server:
    https://discord.gg/wcEwv9bytW

    Credits
    Shahar - Rom hack author, Writer, Mapper, Scripter
    Base - Gamefreak
    Decomp - pret
    1.9.3 Expansion - Rom Hacking Hideout x DizzyEgg
    Support - Archie's community
    titlescreen psd - Jaizu
    tiles - Xencleamas, Dragonflye
    region map tiles - redriders180
    tall grass battleground - ravepossum
    birch background - Oscar Brock
    player sprites - Dragonflye, Dante
    prof front sprite - Baro
    (If I missed you let me know so I can add you)

    Tools used
    Code/Text - Visual Studio Code, Notepad++
    Mapping - Porymap
    Art - Tilemapstudio, Photoshop, GraphicsGale
    Emulator - mGBA

    I hope you enjoy
    Shahar
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    Finish the game the beta not perfect but have potential

    Sprite: for new character you need to use original sprite i think because to make the game more distinct and not confuse with character from original game since there hoen in map

    Tileset: you can use more costume tilesset to build the world so it more fresh

    Pace: suddenly get challenged by someone in the forest really remind me of Pokémon glazed, i think you can use this if there some build off before this so the rival not become forgettable character like rival in pokémon glazed
     
    Wirawr said:
    Finish the game the beta not perfect but have potential

    Sprite: for new character you need to use original sprite i think because to make the game more distinct and not confuse with character from original game since there hoen in map

    Tileset: you can use more costume tilesset to build the world so it more fresh

    Pace: suddenly get challenged by someone in the forest really remind me of Pokémon glazed, i think you can use this if there some build off before this so the rival not become forgettable character like rival in pokémon glazed
    Click to expand...
    Thank you for the feedback!

    About the rivals they will all have new sprites and bigger part in the story later on.

    The tilesets are used in a way that will hopefully make each area distinct. Mountains, Paths, Rivers, Trees, etc...
    There will be more tilesets for more diverged areas such as Snow and Desert.
    Thank you for playing :pikathumbsup:
     
    This really has great potential but, I'd like to point out some things
    I know this is your first hack and it may come of as rude but you should make (or get help to make ) new sprites. It will make the game feel fresh and other than that this is a really great game.
    Nice job :pikathumbsup:
     
    Hi everyone, just downloaded the rom yesterday. After the first badge, i headed East to find a scientist in the grass with team rocket. After talking to him and getting the Devon parts, he disappears but now i have no clue where to go. There is no road anywhere. Either i need the bike, or rock smash in the cavern? Help plz
     
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    Guib18 said:
    Hi everyone, just downloaded the rom yesterday. After the first badge, i headed East to find a scientist in the grass with team rocket. After talking to him and getting the Devon parts, he disappears but now i have no clue where to go. There is no road anywhere. Either i need the bike, or rock smash in the cavern? Help plz
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    There's a sign there at the middle of route C that says it's the end of beta 1.
     
    Oleandro said:
    "Hello,

    My name is Leandro, and I'm from Brazil. I'm thoroughly enjoying your game and eagerly await future updates.

    I have a request: Could you consider updating Metagross's sprite to resemble the Black and White version? I find it particularly iconic and would greatly appreciate the change.

    Thank you for your time, and keep up the fantastic work!

    Best regards,
    Leandro"
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