Pokemon: Ruins of Alvaron

[Valora17]

Welcome to the Pokemon: Ruins of Alvaron Thread!

Information

Valora17

Author

P-RoA

Team

Spriting and Scripting

Status

Unknown

Releases

Hi there, I'm Valora17. I'm currently a Senior in High school, a Cheerleader, and a Theatre Kid. There isn't much to say really, but this is my game: Pokemon - Ruins of Alvaron. As you might have inferred, this is a Pokemon Fan Game. I'm currently leading the project with some help from some friends on other forums, though we could always use the extra help. Originally this project started in February 2010 as Pokemon Abysmal Summer and Primordial Winter, but I scrapped the old idea and created this one anew. A lot of the info is posted below with few pieces left out for suspense purposes --actually, it's not much that's left out. Anyway, I'd love some feedback and help if anyone is interested..

Special Features

Special Features
***150 BRAND NEW pokemon***
***New starter trio! (Steel > Ice > Ground > Steel)***
***New region to explore***
***4 Main Legend!s***
***Explore Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh!!***
***"Befriend" Pokemon instead of Capture!***
***Get a Job for extra cash and skills!***
***Unique Storyline!***

The Alvaron Region

Spoiler:

This here is the Alvaron Region where your journey begins. It is a region forged originally by the four PokeGods of Seasons. It is formed from several small islands which maintain a wide variety of terrain and habitats in which pokemon thrive. On several islands are the Ruins which are home to the legendary PokeGods and their servants, the Storm Guardians. (And there you have it, seven legends so far. :])

Story and Background

Welcome to the region of Alvaron where pokemon and humans leave harmoniously with one another on a day-to-day basis. The people of Alvaron are best known for their exports to other regions as well as their broad array of skilled workers throughout the region. The people and pokemon of Alvaron are highly, as one might call it, religious; they praise the four legendary PokeGods who maintain the natural stability in their large island paradise. For as many generations as anyone can remember, a story has been passed down which foretells a forthcoming disaster that the deities would ensue when the world needed punishment, so the people of Alvaron have always taken it upon themselves to keep the deities happy by providing offerings at the start of each season to the Ruins of Alvaron.

The general populace of Alvaron does not battle and would rather live with their pokemon as friends, however there is still a relatively large amount of men and women who befriend pokemon for battle as the law states must be done. The region itself does not possess a lab, nor are there individuals who freely give trainers pokemon; a trainer must befriend a pokemon who will then become his or her partner and from then on can freely roam as a trainer.

Plot Line

The intro of the game is very Pokemon Mystery Dungeon like in the sense that you MUST watch it at least once because it's the intro to the game itself. After that you can save in-game and skip whenever you like. Regardless, the intro is a video which shows you whats going on in the region, explaining that the following day is the start of Summer and showing the PokeGod of Summer, Ete. The "player" then goes to sleep and you enter the creation process, which we won't go in to right now.

As you enter the game it starts with you going to work an befriending your first pokemon. You then are introduced to your "Rival(s)." Your character has /always/ wanted to travel, though his parents would not let him/her without protection, and once you acquire your first pokemon they agree to let you travel the region, but you are not allowed to leave Alvaron by any means. Of course, as a child raised in Alvaron your character's main priority is not the endangerment of his friends through the Gym Circuit. His/her main goal is to create a home for his friends, a ranch --so to speak. You can increase the size of your ranch by moving through the region and finding shops that allow such, as well as items and what-not; however your ranch remains very plain with only the basic necessities for your pokemon if you do this. If you enter the gym circuit you are rewarded with additional add-ons such as ponds, forested areas, etc.

However, you soon find that Ete has not awoken from his slumber and Printemps, the PokeGod of Spring, as well as Automne, PokeGod of Autumn, are both aware of this. Automne and Printemps --Opposites-- wage a war for control which highly disrupts the natural flow of things in Alvaron as sections of the region have undergone strange transformations.

--This is all I'm willing to leak right now.--

Sub-Plots

Minor sub-plots for your entertainment can be found here. You do not HAVE to participate in these, unless you want to.

Plot Name: Pirates of Everette Bay
Given by: Lady in Pokemon Center
Information: Meet the Pirates and Barbos, trying to steal what they can from the village and get off with it. Why not teach them that stealing is wrong?
Reward: Cash && Items

Images

Characters

Spoiler:

Jason and Angie

Playable Characters - Jason and Angie (obviously, you may change their names)
These are the original designs for my characters --which are being altered still. They are the protagonist and are sixteen when the game starts. Yes, I know the boy is in a very feminine pose, I work best with female poses for some odd reason.

Auntie Maple
[IMAGE PENDING]
Auntie Maple is your neighbor as well as your boss. She eventually acts as a daycare person for you.

Mom and Pop
[IMAGE PENDING]
Pretty simple, your mother and father.

Christine and Alexandre
[IMAGE PENDING]
Christine and Alexandre are your "rivals," in theory. They are actually your neighbors and good friends to you, or at least Christine is. Alexandre doesn't quite like you as much. Regardless, they too befriend pokemon, newly-hatched actually. Alexandre is, in theory, on his way to becoming the Champion of the Region, while Christine is a lot like you and simply wants to explore, though she is more interested in the history of Alvaron and thus wants to explore the ruins of the PokeGods. You encounter them quite a few times throughout the game, both together and individually.

Pokemon and Fakemon

Spoiler:

Because my style of spriting is very different from the pokemon style of spriting, I will be doing EVERY sprite in my style when the game is finished. So this is broken up into Pokemon Sprites and Fakemon Sprites, respectively.

Pokemon Sprites
[None]

Fakemon Sprites
Currently I have planned a total of 150 Fakemon, I'm attempting to have NO evolutions and Pre-Evolutions of existing pokemon, though if people want them enough I may. Also, this will be updated frequently as I try to do 1 Fakemon Sprite daily if I possibly can, sometimes I do more than one at a time.

CURRENTLY DESIGNED: 8
---Only have the idea
CURRENTLY SPRITED: 6
---Have the Outline
CURRENTLY FINISHED: 37
---Colored and completed
BACKSPRITES: 1
---Backsprites..

TOTAL: 51

Badges and Keys

Spoiler:

Simple Badge and Forest Key
-Location: Lynn City
-Leader: Kristie
-Type: Normal/Bug

Growth Badge and Garden Key
-Location: Ophelia/Eufloria Town (Debating)
-Leader: Laura Ophelia
-Type: Grass/Rock

Rotten Badge and Aqua Key
-Location: Everette Bay
-Leader: Raymond & Alfredo
-Type: Ground/Water

Decay Badge and Cave Key
-Location: Dirpoet Town
-Leader: Eric
-Type: Flying/Fighting

Cryptic Badge and Grave Key
-Location: Victoria Tower
-Leader: Kelly
-Type: Steel/Dark

Heat Badge and Volcano Key
-Location: Presctine Scape
-Leader: Manuel
-Type: Fire/Electric

Dream Badge and Night Key
-Location: Evalion Mission
-Leader: Rebecca && Kevin
-Type: Psychic/Ghost

Snow Badge and Ice Key
-Location: Friimore Lodge
-Leader: Brittney
-Type: Ice/Dragon

Screenshots

Spoiler:

[New Screenshots coming SOON]

Progress

Images rounded to nearest percentage (or multiple) of "10"

Fakemon: 30%

Maps: 5%

Storyline: 5%

Trainers: 1%

Over worlds: 1%

Support

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Team Member

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Winter

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Spring

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Summer

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Autumn

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Team

Valora17 - Fakemon, Storyline Writer, GFX, Items, Mapping, Tile Artist (Also leading the project)
PokeWebsites - Elaborator (Helps to fill in gaps I may have missed in storyline)
PichuIchu - Elaborator (Helps to recreate and fix areas of storyline)
Killaz - Event Artist (Helps come up with events)
One-That-Never-Was - Tile Artist (Creates Indoor and Building Tiles. Rarely Nature)
Wilcomon - Support Banners && Mapper

Recruiting

Composers (To make Music)
Trainer Artists (To Sprite Trainers)
Mappers (Because I suck at mapping)
Scripters (To help update some scripts and write new ones possibly)
OverWorld Artists (To create Fakemon Overworlds)

 

[Pichuichu]

Sounds good i could help with the plot at the Moment it's a little bit,
Get starter, Find legendary, Beat bad guys, save world kinda thing. Also just so you know the fifth gen region is Isshu. ( Want more info goto https://serebii.net)
not my website Kay just good info.

 

[brokenxnote]

Oh hey, I watch you on dA [optimisticxpessimist]. Fancy seeing you here haha. From what you've got so far, your game actually sounds pretty unique. I'll keep an eye on this thread.

 

[Involuntary Twitch]

Oh, that's very cool. :3 Seems like you've got a good head on your shoulders when it comes to developing, and I look forward to seeing where you take this game! I'd like to see some of your fakemon and sprites, too. :3

 

[Valora17]

@PichuIchu That'd be great :] I'll PM you about it.

@BrokenxNote Hey OxP :] Well, you get the updates faster than most people here will :) Considering I put everything on dA before I put it anywhere else. Hahahaha ^^

@Zephyr+ Hey! I watch you on dA... if you have that same avatar there, that is. Anyway, I'll be posting them up soon enough... Need to make a new template to go with the new title ^^

 

[brokenxnote]

@PichuIchu That'd be great :] I'll PM you about it.

@BrokenxNote Hey OxP :] Well, you get the updates faster than most people here will :) Considering I put everything on dA before I put it anywhere else. Hahahaha ^^

@Zephyr+ Hey! I watch you on dA... if you have that same avatar there, that is. Anyway, I'll be posting them up soon enough... Need to make a new template to go with the new title ^^

awesome haha. well, id say the same to you, but i update here and on dA at about the same time usually lol. youll see the fakemon in advance though i guess haha

 

[Valora17]

Hehe ^^; Well, whatever the case 8D

NOTE: Going to be updating the map since that one is Old and still says Thespi... I'm hoping to have this update done by tonight.

 

[Valora17]

Quick update, Here is the NEW map of Alvaron (Completely made by me using the pallet that my tiler made originally for the old map)

[Yes, the full, or almost full, process of making the map]
NOTE: Not all areas you can explore are marked, just the significant ones (ie: Gym Cities, the Ruins, Pokemon league, etc. etc.]

As well as a sample (rough draft) of the house tiles for one of the cities.

And finally, an idea of one of my fakemon. This little guy comes in late in the dex, approximately 10 from the end.

Dark/Poison (in theory) It has two other pokemon that share a similar quality in that they have the same type and all have that liquidy-concept within their bodies somewhere. I call them a Pseudo-trio which 'control' Invaders (Special: Poison, Paralysis) Extractors (Healing... basically) and Damagers (Physical: Burn, Freeze)

So yeah... I plan on updating every once in a while.

 

[pokewebsites]

Nice sprites! I'm not exactly loving the dark/poison fakemon. It looks really wacking in my opinion.:\

 

[Valora17]

Brief Team Update:

PokeCommunity:
PokeWebsites - Storyline Help
PichuIchu - Storyline Help

Alternia RPG:
Killaz - Storyline Help
Chaos James - Insight
Snow - Trainers (In theory >>)

DeviantArt:
One-That-Never-Was - Tiles
Sayame Hyuuga - Trainers (and Bases)
Lalo0101 - City Tiles

All:
Me! Valora17 - Fakemon, Storyline Writer (Overall), GFX, Items, Mapping

If you would like to help at all, just drop me a PM. :) Could use Trainer Spriters and OverWorlders the most, or someone with Flash experience.

 

[KingCharizard]

I like the detail you have put into this game, you've put much thought into it, more than most ill be keeping my eye on this...

 

[ChrisTom]

Hey, I'd really like to write some of the story for you. As long as you stick to this project unlike other Hackers, I'd really like to devote my story writing services and see what you think. If you accept or decline please let me know via Visitor Message. I have a large amount of experience including the winning of an award for writing a short story. I'd really like to help you!

With all regards,

-ChrisTom

 

[pokewebsites]

Another one? Really? He already has like 4. (I'm included)

 

[Valora17]

@KingCharizard: Alrighty then :]
@ChrisTom: I'll keep that in mind, but for now I think I'm fine :]

UPDATE: My tilers went missing so I've forced myself to learn to Tile :/ These are the ones I have made currently... Daycare Center and "barn" as well as a fence and an attempt at a nature tile (which will not be used >>; )

 

[KingCharizard]

Thats your first attempt at creating tiles? Seriously?

 

[Valora17]

Yes? >>; Though I kinda just looked at the style one of my Tilers works in and kind of did what I could to "mimic" it.

 

[pokewebsites]

What he's saying is that your AMAZING at that. N'uff said.

 

[Valora17]

Oh, haha. Thank you :) I'm trying to broaden what I can do myself >>; It'll --in theory-- make things go by faster.

 

[Valora17]

UPDATE: THere is a new story and [rewritten and somewhat new] Plot :) Here they are for your enjoyment:

Welcome to the region of Alvaron where pokemon and humans leave harmoniously with one another on a day-to-day basis. The people of Alvaron are best known for their exports to other regions as well as their broad array of skilled workers throughout the region. The people and pokemon of Alvaron are highly, as one might call it, religious; they praise the four legendary PokeGods who maintain the natural stability in their large island paradise. For as many generations as anyone can remember, a story has been passed down which foretells a forthcoming disaster that the deities would ensue when the world needed punishment, so the people of Alvaron have always taken it upon themselves to keep the deities happy by providing offerings at the start of each season to the Ruins of Alvaron.

The general populace of Alvaron does not battle and would rather live with their pokemon as friends, however there is still a relatively large amount of men and women who befriend pokemon for battle as the law states must be done. The region itself does not possess a lab, nor are there individuals who freely give trainers pokemon; a trainer must befriend a pokemon who will then become his or her partner and from then on can freely roam as a trainer.

The intro of the game is very Pokemon Mystery Dungeon like in the sense that you MUST watch it at least once because it's the intro to the game itself. After that you can save in-game and skip whenever you like. Regardless, the intro is a video which shows you whats going on in the region, explaining that the following day is the start of Summer and showing the PokeGod of Summer, Ete. The "player" then goes to sleep and you enter the creation process, which we won't go in to right now.

As you enter the game it starts with you going to work an befriending your first pokemon. You then are introduced to your "Rival(s)." Your character has /always/ wanted to travel, though his parents would not let him/her without protection, and once you acquire your first pokemon they agree to let you travel the region, but you are not allowed to leave Alvaron by any means. Of course, as a child raised in Alvaron your character's main priority is not the endangerment of his friends through the Gym Circuit. His/her main goal is to create a home for his friends, a ranch --so to speak. You can increase the size of your ranch by moving through the region and finding shops that allow such, as well as items and what-not; however your ranch remains very plain with only the basic necessities for your pokemon if you do this. If you enter the gym circuit you are rewarded with additional add-ons such as ponds, forested areas, etc.

However, you soon find that Ete has not awoken from his slumber and Printemps, the PokeGod of Spring, as well as Automne, PokeGod of Autumn, are both aware of this. Automne and Printemps --Opposites-- wage a war for control which highly disrupts the natural flow of things in Alvaron as sections of the region have undergone strange transformations.

--For now, I shall leave it there :]--

 

[pokewebsites]

Maybe you should update the original thread now... :)