Pokemon Ladiene

[monarc]

"..One of the most intriguing things I have come across in my travels, is the memoirs of a man named Ladien; in it he tells of a meeting between. Modern Technology tells us Ladien lived around a thousand years ago, based on the time that the scrolls date back to. In it he tells of befriending a strange Pokémon who told him it would grant his greatest wish…"​

- Excerpt of Legend of the Mon Ladiene, by Dr Arthur Wainwright.​

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Contents:
1) Introduction
2) Story So Far
3) Characters
4) Features
5) Antoine's Journal
6) Credits



1) Introduction ~


Pokémon Ladiene is a fangame being made in RPGmaker XP. It, while not being the be-all end-all of my fangame wants, is a steppingstone to what I want to be: a game designer, so it is more like a learning process. It isn't something that was thought and planned out in one night; it is the amalgamation of several weeks planning. I'm currently learning to script in Ruby; i can't do much yet, but hey, in time good things come ^__^.

Ladiene is set in the Biara region, which is set far from the current generations, but based on a real world area.

Feel free to ask any questions about the plot in the thread ^_^.


2) Story So Far ~


27 years ago…
The adventurer Arthur Wainwright finished his around the world trek and released his personal diary as a publication, Intrepid, letting the world know the things he had found out; no one else had single-handedly traversed all the regions on foot before. Certain criminal organisations took notice of the intrepid Dr Wainwright, and unfortunately soon after the publication was released, Wainwright disappeared. Although, this saddened many people, others profusely rejoiced for all the information the doctor had released. Who would have thought, that the famous Regi Pokémon were resided over by a Pokémon in Sinnoh? And a temple on top of the famous Mt Coronet? Intrepid was a mass success, even though the professor never got to reap the benefits of its rewards. It also, unfortunately overshadowed some of his earlier achievements...

2 years ago…
Brendan and May defeat Team Magma and Aqua, and successfully restore peace to the Hoenn region, just as the Millenial Comet passes on its thousand year orbit around the galaxy…

The Present…
Galland and Antoine – two vagabonds travelling the vast Biaran landscape happen upon two odd Pokémon, The Mon Ladiene, siblings of the legendary pokemon Jirachi. The two pokemon explain to the two boys that the world is in danger, and that all of the Ladiene had been sent to the Pokemon world, and could only be resurrected by the one they called 'the Gal' the only one who could save the Earth from encroaching darkness. After identifying Galland, the two boys are thrust into a journey across their world find the rest of the Ladiene, and to save it from destruction.


3) Characters ~


Galland - Galland is a seventeen year old ruffian, traveling the vast deserts of Biara. He along with his "partner" Antoine, along with their joint pokemon, Taurus, search the desert looking for rare find, like fossils, and shards, to sell back in the towns. Galland is headstrong, seeing himself as the Leader of the two, although it is usually him who gets them into trouble.

Antoine - The fifteen year old younger half of the duo, Antoine is generally the quieter one, also considered the brains of the two. He is the one who usually does the research, finding out where they have to go to get what they want.

Kia - A sixteen year old theif, who finds enjoyment menacing Galland. She is unwittingly taken along on the journey, after finding our about the two's latest find.

Hirochi & Kiteichi - the two pokemon the Antoine and Galland come across, who are Dark/Psychic and Ground/Psychic respectively.

The Rogue Squadron - An elite private force, the Rogues are like a plague in Biara, taking what they want, and leaving nothing behind..


4) Features ~


- Two juvenile vigilante's wouldn't have much money, right? Especially in a region like Biara.. because of this, I've decided that (most of) the menu will be incorporated into Antoine's Journal, as well as a few other things I'd like to add in, to go along with the story.

- After a stroke of inspiration (thanks Neo-Dragon :p) I've divided Biara into several Counties, to be revealed over "hopefully" several chapters of the game (or even succesive games >.>), Gemearl bieng the main County in this portion of the story.




5) Antoine's Journal ~


Necourt Village/Town





"This is a picture of Necourt Village, what some people call the "starter town" of Biara. But Galland and me? We call it the snob town of Biara, along with the rest of the Tiike county. If you go north a bit, you'll see its attempts to expand into a fully fledged town, and Necourt cave, to the south, is just a small thing, used by rookie trainers and kids before their parents allow them to go into the wilderness. The gentle stream the mozies through the town is actually, surprisingly, part of the Great Bia-Taris River. Lots of kids from all over Biara try to get into academies just like the one located just outside of Necourt, so they can get a headstart on their own Pokemon journey"

Gemeral County (as known by Antoine)




"This is a map of the Gemeral County, where Galland and I live, it is also one of the biggest in Biara. You can usually find us at the Oger Oasis, which is green marker at the bottom right corner. Its not big enough for a town, but not small enough to call it nothing, and it is pretty recluse, kind of a gathering point for the shadier of us, and it suits desert gatherers like us just fine. If we ever desperately need something, we head up north to Capri Town, and visit one of the Marts there. The big city in the middle is Wealot City, the capital of our county, it is where the local government is located, so we genearally avoid it at all costs. The majority of our population lives to the west of the West Biaran mountain range, where it isn't so hot, only the treasure hungry of us living in the east. The island way off to the west is Dujeen Island; I went there once as a kid. It is mostly fish farmers however, it has grown now and there are two towns on it, last I heard. I'm not entirely sure, but i think the one to the south is called Castor town. Argyle City and its accompanying lake is where most of the desert-ignoring tourists stay, and last time Galland and I were there, it was booming in wealth."



6) Credits ~


poccil - thanks for the starter kit dude ;)
Nintendo! - pokemon >.>

All tiles that i've used so far are available in the Resource Thread

 

[Ac1d]

Sounds like rather an interesting story line.
Could be developed alot more, But I like the general Idea.

Try and get some spriting experience, Scripting experience etc.
Or try and gather up a small team.

I look forward to reading more about the development in your game :)

 

[monarc]

the story? Oh ^^; it is probably the most developed part haha, I just don't want to reveal much more of it, at least not until most of the game is up and running :)

 

[Ac1d]

Haha it's the same with my game, people keep going on about us not revealing various parts.
But we'll disclose that when the beta is out. Lol

I know how you feel :D

 

[monarc]

~*]post deleted[*~i just deleted it >.> it was pointless ._.

 

[KaoruMikami]

I like the idea, it's very interesting.
One of the most so far.
I feel your pain though guys.
Sometimes you just really wanna keep people in suspense.
It's the best part about being a developer though. ^-^
Anyway, I'm gonna subscribe, I look forward to more in the future.

 

[Luka S.J.]

(Just a sidenote, my computer was wiped, so every thing I had started on is gone, but all my planning was written by hand so it is all still there, ready for when my 'good' computer comes back from the computer-fixing people!)

The last 6 posts I read have the same situation. My computer this...my computer that...can you people get any more careless. I'm sorry to say this, but none of you will ever make a successful game if your stuff gets deleted all the time. Back it up somewhere. I'm sure everyone has a memory stick and in our days 8GB of storage is the size of our fingernail, so trying to gain sypathy for loosing your work is a dumb idea. I'm not directing this personally to you monarc, but it's just annoying that everyone looses their data.

 

[KaoruMikami]

The last 6 posts I read have the same situation. My computer this...my computer that...can you people get any more careless. I'm sorry to say this, but none of you will ever make a successful game if your stuff gets deleted all the time. Back it up somewhere. I'm sure everyone has a memory stick and in our days 8GB of storage is the size of our fingernail, so trying to gain sypathy for loosing your work is a dumb idea. I'm not directing this personally to you monarc, but it's just annoying that everyone looses their data.

Yeah its very true. Personally I've never had the problem because I back my things up. With a game like this you don't even need a large memory stick. If you keep the things you need all wrapped in a zip and just update it when you need to you'll have nothing to worry about.

 

[monarc]

The last 6 posts I read have the same situation. My computer this...my computer that...can you people get any more careless. I'm sorry to say this, but none of you will ever make a successful game if your stuff gets deleted all the time. Back it up somewhere. I'm sure everyone has a memory stick and in our days 8GB of storage is the size of our fingernail, so trying to gain sypathy for loosing your work is a dumb idea. I'm not directing this personally to you monarc, but it's just annoying that everyone looses their data.

that's fine, i know it is annoying too ^^' i feel really stupid actually about the whole thing >.> But just so you know, I didn't put that note up to gain sympathy, nothing could be more further away from the truth >.> I honestly hadn't done much so it wasn't really a ig deal, and I don't mind doing it again - i do it for fun :p

The whole reason I put it there was so to inform people that the initial stages of development would be slower than other peoples, i just wanted to post my thread, so i had something to keep me going :3

but yeah.. no harm done :) but, i don't expect or want any sympathy O_o don't expect that of me, please >.> haha

 

[monarc]

Updated First Post With New material in accordance with some changes i've been making to the game :)

 

[monarc]

i know it isn't much, but i posted a title graphic :p ... process is going rather slowly at the moment.... my grandma is visiting and I am really bogged down by final year =__= but Ladiene will contin ue :)

at the moment it is just in a PP stage, Passive Progression. haha

 

[monarc]

Updated Story Section, as well as "Antoine's Journal" with the region map :)

Edit: as well as Characters and Features ^__^

Edit 2: i don't want to sound.. pushy :/ but could if you look at the thread, could you please comment about the storyline :/ i mean that is the reason it is in the "Plot and Story Idea Space", so yeah.. comment? i like criticism :) anything at all >.<