So... this game was never meant to be widely released in a public way, not just because it's a personal project that wouldn't have that much of an appeal for people who are drowning in FAR better fangames to play, but also because I'm reusing assets from a lot of projects where I was either too lazy to find credits for, or literally could not find the credits for. But then one of the VAs for this project shouted it out in a YouTube video and I kinda felt obligated to at least try and post it in a way that some random people might come across it, despite the incomplete credits. So... here goes...
WHAT IS POKEMON OUROBOROS?
Pokemon Ouroboros is not a fangame that could be easily sold to anyone. It is one fangame in an endless sea of fangames that have all come and gone. The visuals are adequate for a Gen 4 style game made on RPG Maker but nothing breathtaking and mind boggling. The music selection is good but almost none of the tracks are custom made and recording / streaming the game with the audio on will be asking for copyright strike after copyright strike. There is no vast open world for you to explore. You cannot play god by going against Arceus' plans and fusing Pokemons. Your choices don't affect the world around you, only what parts of that world you get to see. There is no in-depth character customization pushing the limits of RPG Maker XP and Pokemon Essentials. There aren't any unique fakemons and what little fakemons do exist are either there because Pokemon Pathways (which this project shares a lot of codes with) had those fakemons or they exclusively belong to trainers like the gym leaders. There is no unique gimmick to Pokemon Ouroboros, no easily marketable and eye-catching slogan that could be used to advertise it.
But enough about what Pokemon Ouroboros isn't. Let's discuss what the game actually is:
It's a very personal passion project. It's one man's labor of love, with a much appreciated helping hand from his friends. It's a linear experience, but an experience worth having nonetheless. The real heart and soul of the game lies within the people you meet, the conspiracies you will uncover and the enemies you will face. It is a game first and foremost focused around the story that it wants to tell. You are here to go through what is essentially a guided tour of the Ciclo region and experience the tales that await you there and uncover the tales that already happened before you even went there. You are here to meet new faces and take a look at a deeper and more mature version of Red from the Pallet town and people that surround him.
![[PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros [PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros](https://data.pokecommunity.com/attachments/88/88189-8d592bd9dc5ad06beea1150102c7e26a.jpg)
PLOT
Get ready to embark on a completely normal Pokemon Journey with nothing suspicious going on behind the scenes at all. Step into the shoes of Red, the former champion of the Kanto League, as he goes through a ͍̒l̞̾i͗͆g͕̿h̗̅t̖ͩh̝̳e̴̡aͥ͜r̽̄t͇̠e͈ͭd̔̍ ͜͏ journey in a brand new region called the Ciclo Region. A formerly impoverished island nation that has become the subject of rapid economical growth and urban development and is quickly becoming a favored vacation spot for celebrities and other wealthy people. As a part of the region's development, the government has decided to establish its own Pokemon League and for this year, instead of the usual tournament, Red and his old friend / rival Blue have the privilege of going through what is essentially a test run of the Ciclo League. Along the way, Red meets a mysterious, definitely crazy woman named Nocturne that he definitely shouldn't take seriously or listen to, and realizes that our... ahem... Team Rocket's great leader, Archer has decided to control the team himself and stop hedging his bets on Giovanni's return. What will happen next? You'll have to find out on your own.
FEATURES
- A lot of dialogue. Like... a LOT of dialogue. I'm being serious here, if you're the type to skip the story and only care about the gameplay, this one might not be for you
- Full use of Pokemon Essentials 19.1 and EBDX, making good use of everything they can offer to game devs
- Visual novel style presentation of the story
- Voice acting (both the use of voice clips from Pokemon Masters EX and recording our own lines for the new characters)
- A commitment to go above and beyond with every aspect of the game within my limited scope
- Pokemon up to Gen 9, with the changes and rebalancings that should be familiar to Pokemon Pathways players
- Just... a lot of stuff ripped off of Pokemon Pathways... with Born / Gray Hatred's permission
- HM items (should I even advertise them? At this point they should be mandatory in all fangames)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros [PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros](https://data.pokecommunity.com/attachments/87/87969-492b84779b7c38551c0649d565403868.jpg)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros [PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros](https://data.pokecommunity.com/attachments/87/87970-5f8d9d502a861593f82f168a82df2735.jpg)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros [PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros](https://data.pokecommunity.com/attachments/87/87971-e706e8430ac875f8ceb7a97ce9be99e8.jpg)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros [PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros](https://data.pokecommunity.com/attachments/87/87972-5405140aeeaadd17c4146ec1fabc16bb.jpg)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros [PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros](https://data.pokecommunity.com/attachments/87/87973-8b927c4d7f5a04a1ad8c31f650066c67.jpg)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros [PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros](https://data.pokecommunity.com/attachments/87/87974-3615413b7fa655e408d448519c36d6a8.jpg)
WARNING!!!
This game features mature content including but not limited to foul language, sexually suggestive language, tobacco use and themes relating to violence, murder, cult indoctrination, sexual abuse, domestic abuse and more. It's not as gory and edgy as most fangames are, but it's still my duty to inform you that this game would definitely not be rated E for everyone if it were to get a rating.
DOWNLOAD LINK
Here is the link for the first gym demo:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p20cUCJOnTpwKg0Ksa2yJVOSy-xUAtsP/view?usp=sharing
CREDITS
Sharzin "Egg" Lalebazri:
Head developer. Voice actor for the role of Zahhak.
Digital Jinny:
Sprite artist. Art assistant and mentor. Voice actor for the role of Seth Monochrome
Lufina Lulufina:
Art assistant and mentor. Voice actress for the role of Nocturne.
Terra:
Concept artist
Ikari:
Sprite artist
Verity:
composer - Musical arrangement
Milo:
Coming up with Bartender's team
Pokemon Essentials dev team:
Maruno
Poccil
Flameguru
MiDas Mike
AvatarMonkeyKirby
Unknown
Wachunga
KitsuneKouta
xLeD
Harshboy
FL
Soundspawn
Popper
EBDX, Modular Title Screen, Modular Pause Menu, Legendary Battle themes and more:
Luka S.J.
Maruno
Marin
Pokecheck.org
PinkCatDragon
Tebited15
BadSamaritan
WolfPP
redblueyellow
Damien
Issei Hyoudou
Nasasu
luckygirl88
Pathways dev team:
Born
Lygn
Fyre
Barret
Shinu Guardian
Vastus
Arcturus
Rexzo
Aruhi / Arfy
Milo
Woofa
And much, much, MUCH more
ZUD plugin:
Lucidious89
Marcello
Zumi
Ice Cream Sand Witch
Amethyst
Jan
Sardines
Inuki
StCooler
WolfPP
Fauno
Advanced HM items:
Moyo
Marin
Auto multisave:
http404error
Easy text skip:
Amethyst
Kurotsune
ENLS
EVs and IVs in summary:
Deoxysprime
Fly animation and footprints:
KleinStudio (original)
A.I.R (updating the fly animation)
Manurocker95 (updating the footprints)
Fossil revive plugin:
GT-Baka
Item find screen:
Boonzeet
Gen 8 project / Legends Arceus Expansion:
PorousMist
StCooler
curryofthepast
Roulette minigame and species intro:
FL
Stat overlay for EBDX:
Phantombass
Tileset rearranger and Essentials 19.1 hotfixes:
Maruno
Cable Car event:
Zaffre
NPC Trade Evolution:
IKazart
Fast Forward:
Marin
Mining minigame improvement:
Screen Lady
A lot of songs:
Pokemon / Nintendo sound team (especially Junichi Masuda and Shota Kageyama)
Tears (Arranged) - Femme Fatale - Saxophone Under the Moon - Bamboo Grove Village:
SNK sound team
Mutual Situation:
Raito (Original composer) - Willfox Piano and Phonysantas (Cover)
Wood Carving Partita - Theme of Dominique:
Michiru Yamane
Aphrodisiac - Pallet Town: snow on an empty grave - Vs. Born:
Verity
Heavy Noise:
Raito
Street Fighter V Main theme:
Capcom Sound Team
Bloody Nocturne:
Yosuke Kinoshita
Here I Come! - Body of Thorns:
Shady Cicada
Comedy - Re:Stung - Premonition:
Arc System Works sound team
A new face in town (normal):
Timo Baker
Logic and trick:
Masakazu Sugimori
1x1:
Bring Me The Horizon and The Nova Twins (original song) - RandomMusicRedux (Instrumental cover)
The Chosen One:
A2 (Original track) - CG Instruments (instrumental version)
Gothic Ballroom - Gothic Dolls:
Derek Fiechter - Brandon Fiechter
Moonlit Wilderness:
Satoru Kosaki
Team Magma/Aqua battle theme:
Junichi Masuda (original composer) - Dr. Pez (Metal cover)
Theme of OD - Vestiges of Corruption:
Ryusuke Fujioka
World 8:
Mahito Yokota- Toru Minegishi - Yasuaki Iwata;
Another Medium - Home:
Toby Fox
Tornado of Souls:
Megadeth
Bulletstorm:
NieN
DAW WARS (instrumental):
LongestSoloEver
Garage:
Steven Mcnair
Blood Wind:
Keita Haga
Megalovania:
Toby Fox (Original Composer) - EternalSushi (Elevator Jazz cover)
(All voice clips from Pokemon Masters EX are exported from the game by Absol-utelyPM)
Red Akamatsu:
Brandon James Winckler
Blue Oak:
Billy Kametz (Rest in Peace)
Professor Samuel Oak - Professor Samson Oak:
Joe J Thomas
Brock:
Tommy Arciniega
Looker:
Mick Lauer
Proton:
Clifford Chapin
Agatha:
Dorothy Fahn
Character customization resources:
Poltergeist
Some trainer sprite bases:
Inversia - Ls-mercenary
other set of trainer sprite bases:
Kalorian
trainer sprite base:
Horo
Trainer sprite base:
KaiserCrimson
OW sprite base:
Wergan
Gen 6 Psychic sprite (edited for Alvis sprite):
Kyledove
References for all the redesigned / redrawn Pokemon characters:
Official arts of said characters
Reference for Fer-On art:
Flying Male Super Hero Pose. By Thebigjay
Reference for Alvis art:
Gilgamesh (Caster) art from Fate Grand Order
Reference for Phantom art:
Ryu Hayabusa render from Dead or Alive 5
Reference for Zhang Chen art:
Chun-Li art from Project X Zone 2
Reference for Boris art:
Bodybuilder bundle thumbnail from 3D scan store
Reference for Lucifer arts:
K' renders from The King of Fighters 14
Reference for Crusader art:
Striker art from DNF Duel
References for Bartender arts:
Phantom Thief Amakusa Shirou Tokisada art from Fate Grand Order (façade art)
Luke Atmey sprite from Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations (unhinged art)
Pokemon Company
Gamefreak
Wergan
KyleDove
DiegoWT
Belliot419
PoffinCase
MechanicalApe464
Boonzeet
Zender1752
Porygatto
Hyo-Oppa
Akuma-Tsubasa
Ezerart
LarryTurbo
Leparagon
Duncapham
Taiga
Neo-Spriteman
Vanilla Sunshine
AtomicReactor
PurpleZaffre
izzyvivious
Fyre
Tebited
Brumirage
Flamejow
Wolfang62
DMN666
WHAT IS POKEMON OUROBOROS?
Pokemon Ouroboros is not a fangame that could be easily sold to anyone. It is one fangame in an endless sea of fangames that have all come and gone. The visuals are adequate for a Gen 4 style game made on RPG Maker but nothing breathtaking and mind boggling. The music selection is good but almost none of the tracks are custom made and recording / streaming the game with the audio on will be asking for copyright strike after copyright strike. There is no vast open world for you to explore. You cannot play god by going against Arceus' plans and fusing Pokemons. Your choices don't affect the world around you, only what parts of that world you get to see. There is no in-depth character customization pushing the limits of RPG Maker XP and Pokemon Essentials. There aren't any unique fakemons and what little fakemons do exist are either there because Pokemon Pathways (which this project shares a lot of codes with) had those fakemons or they exclusively belong to trainers like the gym leaders. There is no unique gimmick to Pokemon Ouroboros, no easily marketable and eye-catching slogan that could be used to advertise it.
But enough about what Pokemon Ouroboros isn't. Let's discuss what the game actually is:
It's a very personal passion project. It's one man's labor of love, with a much appreciated helping hand from his friends. It's a linear experience, but an experience worth having nonetheless. The real heart and soul of the game lies within the people you meet, the conspiracies you will uncover and the enemies you will face. It is a game first and foremost focused around the story that it wants to tell. You are here to go through what is essentially a guided tour of the Ciclo region and experience the tales that await you there and uncover the tales that already happened before you even went there. You are here to meet new faces and take a look at a deeper and more mature version of Red from the Pallet town and people that surround him.
![[PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros [PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros](https://data.pokecommunity.com/attachments/88/88189-8d592bd9dc5ad06beea1150102c7e26a.jpg)
PLOT
Get ready to embark on a completely normal Pokemon Journey with nothing suspicious going on behind the scenes at all. Step into the shoes of Red, the former champion of the Kanto League, as he goes through a ͍̒l̞̾i͗͆g͕̿h̗̅t̖ͩh̝̳e̴̡aͥ͜r̽̄t͇̠e͈ͭd̔̍ ͜͏ journey in a brand new region called the Ciclo Region. A formerly impoverished island nation that has become the subject of rapid economical growth and urban development and is quickly becoming a favored vacation spot for celebrities and other wealthy people. As a part of the region's development, the government has decided to establish its own Pokemon League and for this year, instead of the usual tournament, Red and his old friend / rival Blue have the privilege of going through what is essentially a test run of the Ciclo League. Along the way, Red meets a mysterious, definitely crazy woman named Nocturne that he definitely shouldn't take seriously or listen to, and realizes that our... ahem... Team Rocket's great leader, Archer has decided to control the team himself and stop hedging his bets on Giovanni's return. What will happen next? You'll have to find out on your own.
FEATURES
- A lot of dialogue. Like... a LOT of dialogue. I'm being serious here, if you're the type to skip the story and only care about the gameplay, this one might not be for you
- Full use of Pokemon Essentials 19.1 and EBDX, making good use of everything they can offer to game devs
- Visual novel style presentation of the story
- Voice acting (both the use of voice clips from Pokemon Masters EX and recording our own lines for the new characters)
- A commitment to go above and beyond with every aspect of the game within my limited scope
- Pokemon up to Gen 9, with the changes and rebalancings that should be familiar to Pokemon Pathways players
- Just... a lot of stuff ripped off of Pokemon Pathways... with Born / Gray Hatred's permission
- HM items (should I even advertise them? At this point they should be mandatory in all fangames)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros [PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros](https://data.pokecommunity.com/attachments/87/87969-492b84779b7c38551c0649d565403868.jpg)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros [PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros](https://data.pokecommunity.com/attachments/87/87970-5f8d9d502a861593f82f168a82df2735.jpg)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros [PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros](https://data.pokecommunity.com/attachments/87/87971-e706e8430ac875f8ceb7a97ce9be99e8.jpg)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros [PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros](https://data.pokecommunity.com/attachments/87/87972-5405140aeeaadd17c4146ec1fabc16bb.jpg)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros [PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros](https://data.pokecommunity.com/attachments/87/87973-8b927c4d7f5a04a1ad8c31f650066c67.jpg)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros [PokeCommunity.com] Pokemon Ouroboros](https://data.pokecommunity.com/attachments/87/87974-3615413b7fa655e408d448519c36d6a8.jpg)
WARNING!!!
This game features mature content including but not limited to foul language, sexually suggestive language, tobacco use and themes relating to violence, murder, cult indoctrination, sexual abuse, domestic abuse and more. It's not as gory and edgy as most fangames are, but it's still my duty to inform you that this game would definitely not be rated E for everyone if it were to get a rating.
DOWNLOAD LINK
Here is the link for the first gym demo:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p20cUCJOnTpwKg0Ksa2yJVOSy-xUAtsP/view?usp=sharing
CREDITS
Spoiler: Pokemon Ouroboros dev team
Sharzin "Egg" Lalebazri:
Head developer. Voice actor for the role of Zahhak.
Digital Jinny:
Sprite artist. Art assistant and mentor. Voice actor for the role of Seth Monochrome
Lufina Lulufina:
Art assistant and mentor. Voice actress for the role of Nocturne.
Terra:
Concept artist
Ikari:
Sprite artist
Verity:
composer - Musical arrangement
Milo:
Coming up with Bartender's team
Spoiler: Codes and plugins
Pokemon Essentials dev team:
Maruno
Poccil
Flameguru
MiDas Mike
AvatarMonkeyKirby
Unknown
Wachunga
KitsuneKouta
xLeD
Harshboy
FL
Soundspawn
Popper
EBDX, Modular Title Screen, Modular Pause Menu, Legendary Battle themes and more:
Luka S.J.
Maruno
Marin
Pokecheck.org
PinkCatDragon
Tebited15
BadSamaritan
WolfPP
redblueyellow
Damien
Issei Hyoudou
Nasasu
luckygirl88
Pathways dev team:
Born
Lygn
Fyre
Barret
Shinu Guardian
Vastus
Arcturus
Rexzo
Aruhi / Arfy
Milo
Woofa
And much, much, MUCH more
ZUD plugin:
Lucidious89
Marcello
Zumi
Ice Cream Sand Witch
Amethyst
Jan
Sardines
Inuki
StCooler
WolfPP
Fauno
Advanced HM items:
Moyo
Marin
Auto multisave:
http404error
Easy text skip:
Amethyst
Kurotsune
ENLS
EVs and IVs in summary:
Deoxysprime
Fly animation and footprints:
KleinStudio (original)
A.I.R (updating the fly animation)
Manurocker95 (updating the footprints)
Fossil revive plugin:
GT-Baka
Item find screen:
Boonzeet
Gen 8 project / Legends Arceus Expansion:
PorousMist
StCooler
curryofthepast
Roulette minigame and species intro:
FL
Stat overlay for EBDX:
Phantombass
Tileset rearranger and Essentials 19.1 hotfixes:
Maruno
Cable Car event:
Zaffre
NPC Trade Evolution:
IKazart
Fast Forward:
Marin
Mining minigame improvement:
Screen Lady
Spoiler: Music
A lot of songs:
Pokemon / Nintendo sound team (especially Junichi Masuda and Shota Kageyama)
Tears (Arranged) - Femme Fatale - Saxophone Under the Moon - Bamboo Grove Village:
SNK sound team
Mutual Situation:
Raito (Original composer) - Willfox Piano and Phonysantas (Cover)
Wood Carving Partita - Theme of Dominique:
Michiru Yamane
Aphrodisiac - Pallet Town: snow on an empty grave - Vs. Born:
Verity
Heavy Noise:
Raito
Street Fighter V Main theme:
Capcom Sound Team
Bloody Nocturne:
Yosuke Kinoshita
Here I Come! - Body of Thorns:
Shady Cicada
Comedy - Re:Stung - Premonition:
Arc System Works sound team
A new face in town (normal):
Timo Baker
Logic and trick:
Masakazu Sugimori
1x1:
Bring Me The Horizon and The Nova Twins (original song) - RandomMusicRedux (Instrumental cover)
The Chosen One:
A2 (Original track) - CG Instruments (instrumental version)
Gothic Ballroom - Gothic Dolls:
Derek Fiechter - Brandon Fiechter
Moonlit Wilderness:
Satoru Kosaki
Team Magma/Aqua battle theme:
Junichi Masuda (original composer) - Dr. Pez (Metal cover)
Theme of OD - Vestiges of Corruption:
Ryusuke Fujioka
World 8:
Mahito Yokota- Toru Minegishi - Yasuaki Iwata;
Another Medium - Home:
Toby Fox
Tornado of Souls:
Megadeth
Bulletstorm:
NieN
DAW WARS (instrumental):
LongestSoloEver
Garage:
Steven Mcnair
Blood Wind:
Keita Haga
Megalovania:
Toby Fox (Original Composer) - EternalSushi (Elevator Jazz cover)
Spoiler: Voice acting (aside from Ouroboros original voice lines)
(All voice clips from Pokemon Masters EX are exported from the game by Absol-utelyPM)
Red Akamatsu:
Brandon James Winckler
Blue Oak:
Billy Kametz (Rest in Peace)
Professor Samuel Oak - Professor Samson Oak:
Joe J Thomas
Brock:
Tommy Arciniega
Looker:
Mick Lauer
Proton:
Clifford Chapin
Agatha:
Dorothy Fahn
Spoiler: Bases and reference material
Character customization resources:
Poltergeist
Some trainer sprite bases:
Inversia - Ls-mercenary
other set of trainer sprite bases:
Kalorian
trainer sprite base:
Horo
Trainer sprite base:
KaiserCrimson
OW sprite base:
Wergan
Gen 6 Psychic sprite (edited for Alvis sprite):
Kyledove
References for all the redesigned / redrawn Pokemon characters:
Official arts of said characters
Reference for Fer-On art:
Flying Male Super Hero Pose. By Thebigjay
Reference for Alvis art:
Gilgamesh (Caster) art from Fate Grand Order
Reference for Phantom art:
Ryu Hayabusa render from Dead or Alive 5
Reference for Zhang Chen art:
Chun-Li art from Project X Zone 2
Reference for Boris art:
Bodybuilder bundle thumbnail from 3D scan store
Reference for Lucifer arts:
K' renders from The King of Fighters 14
Reference for Crusader art:
Striker art from DNF Duel
References for Bartender arts:
Phantom Thief Amakusa Shirou Tokisada art from Fate Grand Order (façade art)
Luke Atmey sprite from Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations (unhinged art)
Spoiler: Sprites and graphics
Pokemon Company
Gamefreak
Wergan
KyleDove
DiegoWT
Belliot419
PoffinCase
MechanicalApe464
Boonzeet
Zender1752
Porygatto
Hyo-Oppa
Akuma-Tsubasa
Ezerart
LarryTurbo
Leparagon
Duncapham
Taiga
Neo-Spriteman
Vanilla Sunshine
AtomicReactor
PurpleZaffre
izzyvivious
Fyre
Tebited
Brumirage
Flamejow
Wolfang62
DMN666
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