Emerald hack: Pokemon Transform v1.4 - a daycare puzzle mini-hack

[phantonomy]

Pokemon Transform

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poketransform is a project which follows the story of a Ditto dropped off at the daycare on Route 117 in the Hoenn region, tasked with obtaining an Egg. The thing is... no one, not even the Daycare Man, knows where Eggs come from. Additionally, Pokemon in the daycare seem quite confused about how they are supposed to be gaining EXP. You will to follow the journey of Ditto as it learns the secrets behind where Pokemon Eggs come from and how EXP is gained in the daycare.

About the game

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Features

* Play as Ditto on an adventure to find its Mythical Egg
* Overworld Transformation System
* In battle Transformation System
* NPCs may treat you differently depending on what you look like
* Modern UIs
* PMD music
* PMD mugshots
* Lucky Eggs act as currency
* Whiteout counter for high scoring (with secret reward)

How To Play

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Download

Download the zip file containing the patch file in the Releases section here.

Current version is v1.4.

The zip file contains:

* A patch file for poketransform, to be applied to Emerald
* A copy of this ReadME file

Patching your ROM

Use Rom Patcher JS to patch the files.
You will need to provide your own legally obtained copy of Emerald.

* Upload the Emerald.gba file to the "ROM file" section
* Upload the poketransform patch file to the "Patch file" section
* Look for a green checkmark and hit apply patch.

This will automatically download your new poketransform.gba ROM for you to play!

New!
We now have a dedicated patcher!

Transform

teamaquashideout.github.io

Just upload your legally obtained copy of emerald and patch your rom right on the site!

Recommended Emulators

* For PC/Mac: mGBA
* For Android: pizzaboy, Lemuroid, Retroarch w/ mGBA core.
* For IOS: Retroarch w/ mGBA core, Ignited.
* For Linux Handheld Devices: Retroarch w/ mGBA core.

Support

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For further assistance, join the discord!
*note, you will need to react to get a player role in the #roles channel to chat in the server!

Credits

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Hack Developers

* Phantonomy
* Zatsu

Codebase

* pokeemerald decomp, pret
* pokemerald-expansion, RHH

Features

* Easyfade title screen colors, Bivurnum
* main menu UI, Archie and Mudskip
* options plus menu, theXaman, Archie and Mudskip
* heat start menu, vol
* BW Summary Screen, RavePossum
* battle Ui, Nico
* key item wheel, merrp
* QoL field moves, psf
* universal voicegroup, aichiya
* field mugshots and nameplates, Mudskip + Tustin
* battle speedup, alexonl1ne
* FRLG font, PurrfectDoodle

Tools

* poryscript, shantytown
* porymap, griffinR and others
* triple layer metatiles converter tool, SBird

Tilesets

* ORAS tiles, leob0505
* Desert, Beach Cave, and Temple tilesets, Rahtek

Music

* PMD music, LibertyTwins + online google drive of transcribed midis

Other art

* PMD Mugshots, PMD sprite repo, specific credits in attached .txt file.
* Stars on title screen, pokabbie
* surfing pokemon OW sprites, Wally217 and slawter666
* CFRU battle bgs, WesleyFG

Other acknowledgement

* Transformation basics, Archie, Wiz, Mudskip from the Pit.
* Skip battle trainer intro, Jamie
* Swimming code basis, pokabbie
* Scripting tips, Celia Dawn
* Copyright screen, idea borrowed from pokabbie
* The homies in TAH

Playtesters

* Celia Dawn
* Montblanc

 

[Inner Rhymes]

This is so cute! I love the concept. May we know how many hours long the current release is?

 

[phantonomy]

This is so cute! I love the concept. May we know how many hours long the current release is?

Depends on how quickly you figure things out, should be 1.5-2 hours on your first run.

 

[TheWizardOfRoms]

This is so cute! I love the concept. May we know how many hours long the current release is?

With it being a TARC influenced game, it took me about 3.5 hours. 🤘

 

[CeliaDawn]

Happy to see this come out!

I'm always glad to see more Pokemon puzzle adventures, and this one was very cute!

 

[Cilenthemaster]

this was great

 

[phantonomy]

Glad you enjoyed!

 

[Lalazarith]

Hey can someone help me i defeated the arcanine in the volcano but can't change my form to his pls help 😭

 

[phantonomy]

Hey can someone help me i defeated the arcanine in the volcano but can't change my form to his pls help 😭

I think if you use turbo a sometimes when gaining a transformation there's a chance you can disrupt and stop it from running the script properly. If you share your save file i can fix it

 

[phantonomy]

Update regarding the transformation mash A softlock. This has been fixed in 1.3.5

 

[Mewgirl505]

Hey does anyone else get weird glitchy music playing when you speak to pokemon? It really hurts my ears. I've tried several different emerald roms to see if it fixes the issue but it keeps doing that. Also crashes if i use rock smash..

 

[phantonomy]

Hey does anyone else get weird glitchy music playing when you speak to pokemon? It really hurts my ears. I've tried several different emerald roms to see if it fixes the issue but it keeps doing that. Also crashes if i use rock smash..

This seems odd. Did you patch correctly? What device are you playing on?

 

[Coralbirds]

how do I change forms?

 

[Cilenthemaster]

how do I change forms?

L I think

 

[phantonomy]

how do I change forms?

Talk to any ditto for control tips!