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hey I'm working on my own pokemon fangame project with some friends and i was wondering if the beta pokemon sprites would work for a fangame format if not it's fine
Hey, small bug report. I'm replaying the game, and saw that the starters are now the beta starters. Which is really cool, but Green's dialogue still refers to the Kanto trio (e.g. he said he picked Squirtle, not Cruize).
hey I'm working on my own pokemon fangame project with some friends and i was wondering if the beta pokemon sprites would work for a fangame format if not it's fine
Hey, small bug report. I'm replaying the game, and saw that the starters are now the beta starters. Which is really cool, but Green's dialogue still refers to the Kanto trio (e.g. he said he picked Squirtle, not Cruize).
Yep, the Hard Mode patch uses the Beta Starters. Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out where that specific text is for Green's "choose Pokemon" dialoge, so that's a known issue. Pretty sure the game doesn't actually print out the text, it just uses some variable to print the correct starter. I had a hard time trying to identify that exact variable...
Hello Everyone!
Bill's Secret Garden (BSG) is a Vanilla+ rom hack for FireRed. The namesake feature of this hack is a new garden area accessed from a teleporter in Bill's house. Here, you will find Pokémon from the GS Spaceworld Beta that were cut from the original Gold & Silver versions! Between the Pokémon you can find in the garden and new evolutions, there are a total of 40 new Pokémon to find. In addition to that, there are many other changes to make the experience more interesting:
• This hack uses the Complete FireRed Upgrade as a base. All the changes associated with this new engine are included, such as the Fairy-type, modern moves and battle mechanics, and the DexNav.
• Encounter tables have been updated so all 386 Pokémon originally in Generation 3 are catchable, with nearly all of them able to be found before the Elite Four.
• Any pre-evolutions, evolutions, forms, or variants of the original 386 Gen3 Pokémon that were introduced in later generations have been made available. This includes Paradox forms, which are accessible as split evolutions from the original line they are based on.
• Trainer teams have been updated to take advantage of the newly available Pokémon. While this isn't intended as a difficulty hack, this does mean some trainers will naturally be harder than the base game.
• Various other changes such as new move tutors and shops, as well as adjustments to item availability and moves.
There are a ton of smaller changes as well, but these are the big ones. Just enough to put an interesting twist on your next playthrough of FireRed. While this mod isn't as flashy as some others, I hope you'll take some time to try it out! I've also included a download for the sprites I created or edited for this hack. Feel free to use them for your own projects, just be sure to credit all the other artists mentioned in the Credits file!
A Hard Mode patch is now included, introducing various changes to make the game much more difficult. Check out the Readme/Documentation for a full list of changes!
The README with a more complete list of changes and other information can be found here: Bill's Secret Garden v1.3
Documentation for the game, such as data regarding the new Pokémon, encounter locations, and important item locations, can be found here: Bill's Secret Garden Guide Info
I edited most of the new sprites for the beta Pokemon myself, creating GBA-styled sprites using existing GB-style sprites as a base. However, I did not create the original GB sprites, so I'd like to highlight the many talented sprite artists behind these original images.
Most of the Beta Pokemon sprites were edited from those found in the Pokemon GS '97: Reforged rom hack. Credit to Rool, Smalls, Pik, Bencc, Nuuk, Scarlax, Sam the Salmon, and SoupPotato for the original GS versions of these Pokemon:
The sprites used for Beta Girafarig and Tangel came from unknown/lost sources. If anyone knows the origin of these particular sprites, please let me know and I will be happy to credit the original artists.
The female trainer sprite of LGPE Blue (JP) was created by LouLilie. https://x.com/Lou_Lilie
Special thanks to the HexManiac Discord server, for helping me throughout this entire process.
8/16/24 Edit: Verison 1.1 has been released!
9/22/24 Edit: Verison 1.2 has been released!
12/25/24 Edit: Version 1.3 has been released, along with the new Hard Mode patch!
Not particularly...This wasn't originally planned to be a difficulty mod, so it wasn't really a priority. There is a Hard Mode version now, but I couldn't figure out a way to expedite EV training outside of just copying how it was implemented in Radical Red. So I just didn't add anything for it.
Now that said, there are a few things you can do. By about the mid-game, you'll have access to the Power items and the friendship berries. I'd recommend using those to passively EV train,
I'm considering adding them to my next hack...at least some of them. Problem is, most of the teraleak Pokemon weren't as interesting to me as the GS ones, so I'm kinda torn on which ones I'd even add. There are a few I like though. In fact, I added the Red Spider Lily one to v1.3 of Bill's Secret Garden, as a bit of a preview!
That said, since there aren't as many teraleak designs that caught my interest, I've been considering adding some of Smogon's CAP designs into my next hack. Only problem is that the sprites are formatted for DS, so I'd have to either find GBA formatted versions or shrink them down myself. Either way, still not sure I'll do that, but it is something I'm considering.
