Pokemon Protectors

[Yuoaman]

Yes, a few days of inactivity does not make it dead, he just gave us a plethora of amazing updates, so be content with that.

 

[darkerarceus]

Yes Be Grateful for what you've got

 

[txro]

Does anyone know how to make the window of the game different? if so plz tell me.

 

[scienceboy]

window as in size or how it looks?

 

[GAK]

Yes Be Grateful for what you've got

Yes, a few days of inactivity does not make it dead, he just gave us a plethora of amazing updates, so be content with that.

he just gave us 2 big updates. no need to declare this 'dead' yet, it just means that he doesn't have anything as big to show

and don't bump threads, please

:)

ok sorry guys. i just thought that it started to become ignored by people. sorry again. and sorry neo for the pressure

 

[Neo-Dragon]

Yo gak, you didn't put pressure on me.
Anyways, all the suggestions are being taught about at least. So I'm glad your posting your opinion. As I've said before your input matters.

Just a little teaser on the next update.
I've made A LOT of changes to the game.
Most of the systems are still intact and some have even gotten better.
Atomic_reator(who is also one of my "staff" members at CPF too) has been also helping me, giving me ideas. He has seen much of the stuff that is planed or in the works. He seems to like what's coming and hopefully you all will too.
Just hang tight, I'm waiting on a few things off him then I will have the update to showcase :)

 

[scienceboy]

great. now i'm even more eagerly awaiting it. i dont think i can survive ... *strangled gurgle*

 

[Atomic Reactor]

Just hang tight, I'm waiting on a few things off him then I will have the update to showcase :)

AHHH! What!
lol i feel pressured now :O
lol... is it the frames i have to complete?
is that what your talking about?

 

[Shmue]

That looks awsome!!!!!!!!!!

 

[GAK]

indeed! go and amaze us!

 

[EJames2100]

Woah nice looking game, I've been skipping through some random pages of your thread and loved the screenshots :)

I have some times this weekend I hope and I'll get round to look at your whole thread :)

I read a few pages back that you was re-doing everything, have you finished this yet ? and have you started on more of the story ?

Good Luck :)

 

[EJames2100]

Warning Big Post ahead, I'm gonnna put in spoliers :)
@ Neo-Dragon, I'm sure you read all posts and etc and it would be nice if you read this with a bit of attention, sorry about it been long but I've thrown a few suggestions in there and I have read all your thread lol and become a very loyal supporter just from doing that :P

Spoiler:

From Post #17

I like that you aren't having load times on this game, if that's still valid ? I hate it when you have to wait for it too load :(

I also like the text box you have put there, the transparency works really well :)

From Post #22

I would play the game 6 times over if the game is different each time you choose a different team, maybe have something like New Game+ or something :)

From Post #29

I can't see the screenshot of the backpack :(

From Post #31

Nice Quick Item list :)

From Post #39

Is that Auto HMing ?
If you stand in front of a bush it auto cuts ?
Or is it like Crystal and FR and others that just ask do you want to cut ?

From Post #49

Ooo those graphics are quite good, much more of a feel to them for some reason :)

From Post #55

I think the rep system should be much larger than 6 thinged scale lol, maybe a 50 one and some events change somethings and etc..

From Post #61

I was never really that bothered about Secret Bases to be honest, I hope their is something new available for them, instead of just filling with Teddy's and tiles and etc...

You could make a few events that need you to have a Secret Base, or you could make it a safe place to hide from the police if they want ?

This thought just came to my head but you did you have play the Pokémon Trading Card Game for Gameboy, how about after certain events and stuff you get an email, you can check it anywhere where there's a pc or the laptop in your base, it could be from anyone, Mum, Professor, Gang Admins recruiting you or just the local news ?

From Post #68

I've always liked the Night and Day system :)

Maybe doing some quests will give you reputation with certain gangs or Town people and etc... ?

It would be nice if there was some really long quests besides the one to be the best :)

From Post #79

Nice menu :)
I like that little Pokémon thing too :)

From Post #88

Ahh an option for transparency, I quite like it too be honest, something new, I'll definitly see how it goes for me :)

The message box seems a little small for me tho :?

From Post #117

I see the 1st screen shot and I like it :)
I don't see the 2nd however

Just a thought but I'd suggest updating your 1st post, put a few screenshots in, more info about the game and etc... :)

From Post #124

Ahh I hope this is your final bag system because it is better than the other 1 I've seen, very nice :)

From Post #133

Minerals seem a little confusing but as long as it's explained in game and as soon as I start playing it, I should catch on.

Do random battles drop more than 1 ? Same with Trainers ? Bosses/Admins/Gyms could give you more than 1 or special ones ?

Also will there be a way to prevent people farming them from lvl 5mobs at the start of the game to get really high lvld ?
Also collecting 100 tablest would/could be very hard and boring to be honest, fun at 1st be after a while very very boring :? escpecially if you catch a lvl 10 Dratini and want to lvl it to a Dragonite quickly :(

From Post #138

Ahh anwser's one of my Mineral questions :)

I dunno if I like that attack menu, I liked it when it was small so you could still see the Pokémon, just my thoughts, I could grow to like it, Maybe make it an option of how you want it ?

From Post #146

Nice Mart idea, will there be special Promo items ? Such as Buy One Get One Free or Buy 3 for the price of two, special 20% reduction sales and etc.. ?

From Post #182

Nice, I like having quite a lot of options, I like having the freedom of been able to customize a lot of things at once :)

Just another one of my thoughts, in all Pokémon games I've played, you're only allowed one game save, any chance this could be changed here or am I stuck with one ?

From Post #193

Nice, I always love reading the story bits, best parts about the game to me generally :)
It makes me wonder if Team Rocket is against Magma and Aqua or if there all against each other or there meeting up to form into one team, so many things could happen :)

From Post #202

The Rep System is nice :)
Make it so for every Pokéball that gets filled you need to have 100reputation points for the 1st one and so on for the rest :)

From Post #212

Nice, a diary is always a cool thing to look at when you've achieved a lot :)

The update for the Pokémon choosing thing is good and seems to be handy :)

From Post #216

Conscious Thoughts are always a good thing :)
An easy tutorial in the screenies and I like that small options like this affect your rep :)
If a team disrespects you quite a bit, you could have a grunt approach you to say leave them alone or else and could have an event for that, also how about a team take over. Get in a team and take over it, it would take quite a while but it's not meant to be an overnight thing :)

From Post #223

Will you be able to get unbanned from the store ?

From Post #249

New Graphics there, any chance of some more Story Screens ? This is directed at that post, haven't read any further yet :P

From Post #263 - Wow long time between post O.o anyways :P

The new effects sound good for time and day :)
I can't see the 1st screenshot :(
2nd and 3rd are very nice though :)

From Post #271

I can't see the Bulbasaur starter picture, I guessed they'd be the starters :P
Does the game only have the 1st 151 Pokémon in it ? and Is Mew involved in the Mewtwo story ?

From Post #283

haha nice, NPC's finally have a life :D

From Post #310

Does this mean you can withdraw Pokémon from storage anywhere ?

I like the old standard go to a Poké centre and withdraw but I guess I'll like this too :)

From Post #315

Nice, a phone system and a very stylish one :)
Can you ring random #'s and see who it is lol and will the Police by 911 or 999 ? :D

From Post #326

I like that is has the time and date up there :)
Question, will Day Light Saving time be implemented or will there be an option to change it in game ?

From Post #328

A scene skipper, I will like this after my 1st few goes through the game :)

From Post #332

It's nice to see that the time will affect how the battle scene looks :)

From Post #352

Very nice system :D

From Post #378

Very nice, good way of getting your rep up or down :)

Thought, maybe have certain quests the need a required amount of rep with a certain team to be able to do the quest ?

Feom Post #409

Very nice, I'm sure all will love this feature, I assume they are obtainable before you get the HM ? and if not it saves me carrying around a useless Pokémon just for the Cut HM :)

From Post 424

I like that look for the battle screen :)

From Post #434

Nice way of showing them and what they do, So we won't be able to use Fly outside of battle ?

From Post #459

Nice update, do you get to choose whether your rival is male or female and do you get to choose their names, cause that'd be good if so :)

From Post #466

Just loading the video up now :)

And it's had a meant to have a release by now, I'll see on future posts of this thread :? :)

LOve the video, it is quite nice :) Does anyone else that the feeling like the Main Hero Sprite/OW or whatever it's called doesn't fit in with the surroundings or is that just me ?
I like the way you battle and all the menu's and etc.. Very good.
Although the option menu seems very plain, no colour in it at all there ?

From Post #479

Seems very usefull :D
Like a little tutor in-game, whenever you are lost or stuck on what to do, your there to help with some tips and I don't even have to come to the forums to find out :)

From Post #481

Ahh cheats, nice, always a nice addition to the game, I will most likely not use them though as it takes away the fun :)

From Post #497

Congratz on getting in :D and I'm sure they did like it, did they get to play it ? If so I'm so jealous :(

From Post #533

Frigging sweet, mouse control wow :)

You could have it as an option to display the clock and date where it used to be ?

I guess that this is it for now :)

Good Luck with this and Good Luck with college :)

 

[~Undefined~]

EJames2100, isn't it against the rules to double post? :o

 

[scienceboy]

theres close to a day's time between them, in most forums thats fine.

 

[Neo-Dragon]

OH MY GOD! I wrote a massive post writing comments on the questions asked by EJames2100, and it never posted because I got a server error. I AM NOT writing it again... Ha sorry.

Short version is this.
The game is being revamped from the ground up. As in, new project in Rm2k3. So most of the old stuff is gone. Let me explain that though. Code... Gone....
Graphics... Gone....
Ideas... STILL THERE.

I want to make this really clear
THIS REVAMP WILL BLOW YOUR MIND ha.
It is expanding everything as well as introducing some new concepts... A lot of ideas that are new to Pokemon in general.
So please please please.....
Give me time.
I'm coding everything... EVERYTHING.... in event coding from SCRATCH!
So, continue your support guys and I promise I won't disappoint.
Remember, I am in college and most of my assignments are due before christmas, so again, give me extra time lol.

I want to give a big shout out to Atomic Reactor, who is doing me my overworld sprites for the game. With his help, I'll be able to add some interesting features.... which he only knows about for now lol....

EDIT: A lot of people have been asking me to update the first post. I will when I reveal the new revamped game. Like so far, I've only shown the concept of mouse control. So bare with me again.

 

[Mitchman]

Oh god im scared. Really scared. Everybody is slowly redoing there work and making mind blowing sutff. Yeah besides that i hope that its better then your previous product(which by the way was mind blowing already)so yeah bol!

 

[punkforlife93]

Mind blowing sounds awesome. But will it turn my anus inside out?

(would have to be pretty dang mind-blowing)

 

[~Undefined~]

theres close to a day's time between them, in most forums thats fine.

Ok, thanks for clearing that up. ^^



Er... punkforlife93, what does mind blowing have to do with your arse? O_____o

Does sound mind blowing, cant wait! ^^

 

[Neo-Dragon]

Here it is. The reveal of the revamp.

Pokemon Protectors​

Introduction
I'm Neo-Dragon. I've been running Calis Projects for awhile now. Officially have had my hosting and domain name since 2006.
Protectors has been in the works since Nov. 2006. A quick search on youtube will show you the concept video I done around that time.
The game still had firered graphics back then- and a "wild" Charizard. People complained, but those who did, must not understand what a "concept" is lol.
Then the game got a revamp. Kyledoves graphics were added in. Now after getting a patch for RM2k3 to allow mouse control, I've began a new revamp.
This revamp has been in the works since October- when I got the patch. Because of certain conditions of using the patch, I was forced to begin a new project in Rm2k3. I tried importing as much as I could from the current build of Protectors at the time. Resources were easy to import- maps were a bit harder, but code wise- it was really hard to copy and paste the code into the new project. Mainly because of the variables needed to run the mouse patch (it also allows full keyboard support)- these variables were used for menus in the old build. So I had to revamp code. All this time, I was just about a month(?) in college doing Game development. I wanted to apply what this newbie was learning lol.
So I spent all of November doing Pre production work. I think I'm on 4 A4 pages in notepad now lol. All this time, trying to code the foundation for the ideas I had.
Now- in the first week of December, I'm pretty much ready to begin showing off the development of Pokemon Protectors again.
Enjoy.

Being made with: RPG MAKER 2003

Game Location


The game doesn't take place in a full "Region" but rather a "State" or "County." This State is called The Caladan State. The Caladan State is part of the Altar Region as a whole. The plan is to have more States added after release of the game, which will then make up a the full region (there are four states in total in Altar.)
This State is broken up into smaller areas called "Districts." Each District is has a theme. For example. There is the Urban District. The main activity center of the Caladan State. The Trainers District, an area for all the trainer's of the State to live in and focus their time at.
There are also smaller areas worth noting in Caladan, such as the farm, which is located on the coast.
Also note that this Region is my own creation in my own "universe" with it's own lore. So stories on legends will be different to official games as well as no official regions appearing in Protectors.

Okay, so let me explain that map. That is a "zoomed" in version of the Caladan State.
The main red square in the centre is the Urban District. This is the main place of activity for the state.
The red rectangle up in the top left is the Trainers' District of Caladan. This map so far is the only map nearly completed- It is 148 tiles by 120 tiles.
The Blue markers are Sub-Urban Districts.
The purple markers are farming locations.
And the yellow Maker is the Pokemon theme park.

You will also notice the regions routes have more branching paths. This is to make it feel more like a State, then a full region with just up or down paths- or left and right.

Storyline:
*note: this is wrote in a kind of rough state, but is bang on to the storyline in game lol. *

The game kicks off with a bang.
The hero is at a speech being held by Mark Hogan, the CEO of the Pokemon Protectors, in the City Square in the Urban District. The hero is only young (8 years old) and is with his father.
The speech by Hogan is about the branching of the Protectors to form a sub organisation- the Pokemon Rangers, who will handle all the Pokemon related issues (and allow the Protectors to focus on enforcing the law in general).
Suddenly, mid way through the speech, a few members from the cult like Team Arceusian blow up a Protectors owned building right behind Hogan.
Everyone flees.
It is then announced on the TV that a new system is being put in place by the Protectors to help stop terrorist acts. This system is where everyone must declare their role in society (their jobs mainly) to the Protectors and carry a special passport with them at all times holding information on them. Nobody is allowed to pass between States without the passport. Only adults are given the stamp on their passport to pass after clearing a test, while anyone under 18 is not allowed leave the State without an adult (with said stamp on their passport).
Once the background story is finished, the next scene is the hero in school at the age of 16. There will be a few tutorial style stuff to introduce players into the features of the game.
The game is then in the hands of the player. The player is given the freedom to grow up in this persistent world. A world where everyone has a role or job to fill.
The player is tasked with getting a job themselves.
Become a famous Pokemon Trainer and earn money from battles?
Become a Ranger and earn money for doing quests?
The choice is yours.

Features:
Other then the obvious (such as menus, and common stuff)
The Conscious Choice System- allows the player to make choices and have different outcomes depending on the choice made.
Alignment System- Who do you wish to align yourself with? Maybe work for the Pokemon Rangers but do quests for Team Arceusian. With the aid of the Conscious Choice feature, the player will be able to align themselves with a gang or company and make choices in that gang or company which will effect the gameplay.
Reputation System- The name says it all. With the aid of the Conscious Choice system- different actions will effect how the NPCs in the game react to you.
Job Specific Systems: Each job will have custom systems to suit that job. Being a Ranger will have the player able to use the Ranger Capture system. Becoming a trainer will enable standard (official game style)battles.
PokeCyber: Acting as a device as important as a computer in the real world, this device will come with various Operating Systems(OS's) which will determine it's features. Become a Trainer and the PokeCyber will be able to store your caught Pokemon for you, allowing you to switch between storage pokemon and Team pokemon anywhere on the map.
A living world. Since everyone in the region (not just Caladan) has to announce who they are to the Protectors, and their role, every NPC in the game will live it's life. An example would be a Mart worker who lives near his shop, would get up at a certain time (is time a feature still? I count it as common stuff lol) actually go to the shop and open it. Work there until night time, close the shop and head home.
Also every NPC will have a name, which will be visible when talking to them, and will make it easy for the player to track them in the game and see how they live their life.

Screenshots

All screenshots were taken in the Trainers' District of Caladan.
Screenshot 1: Main Menu.
Screenshot 2: Bag screenshot.
Screenshot 3: The Trainers' PokeCyber Operating System Main Menu.
Screenshot 4: The Trainers' PokeCyber OS Phone Menu.
Screenshot 5: Showing the "living" NPC. Peter the Mart owner. The time is 7 AM.
Screenshot 6: Again- showing a "living" NPC. Peter the mart owner is going to open his shop in the morning.
Screenshot 7: Showing a place where the trainers live in the District. This is on the West side of the Trainers' District (unlike the last screenshots which were on the East.)
Screenshot 8: Showing the Local district Gym.

Big shout out to Atomic_reactor for the cool hero sprite. He nailed the look I asked him for. Thanks AR.

So there you have it. I would love to read your comments.
I'll be revealing more of the Trainers' standard features- including the new battle system with it's new concepts.
Other Jobs- such as being a Ranger (and un-announced jobs) and their custom systems will be revealed at a later date.

 

[O.G. Duke]

Whoa~
Impressive! I like the all revamp!
Well, if there's a screenshot on a Battle System ( Using Mouse )
That would be great!
Keep it up!