OriginWizard
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I'm currently working on a Rom Hack of Pokemon Emerald, I've called it "Magic Emerald" because of my online alias being a wizard. Not very inspiring I know.
It started off with me experimenting with what I can make, I've extended a lot of the towns and cities already and I'm adding new areas, such as my own take on the battle frontier which I realise will be the longest and hardest thing to make for the Rom.
I'm using Advance Map for the most part with a separate scripting program. The custom scripts are very light at the moment but I want to learn to make bigger and better scripts.
I'm also looking for some fun and novel ideas, since this started off as me making my own Emerald for my own enjoyment I've started to run low on ideas aside from keep adding more areas until I run out of space.
I'm not thinking of changing the story, just adding to the game, maybe new post-game stuff, more legendaries, and the biggest thing I'm trying to do is include events such as the EON ticket in the game but as of yet I haven't found a way of doing so.
So yeah if there's something you would like to see in Emerald then please let me know and I'll see about implementing it if I can.
Below are screenshots of some of the things I've done so far.
I'm still working on rustboro but I've added new buildings and a second gym in a similar style to the dojo in R/B/Y, no badge but they will help you train.
Lilycove now has a gym and some new events including a cave system and a special building which houses the police department, they may be looking for bounty hunters and pay well.
Lilycove has a vast underground water system that smugglers have used for hundreds of years.
A new area which houses an EV training tower, Steven wants to train up a new breed of super trainers so be sure to pop in and visit.
Pacifidlog town is often ignored, you can beat the game without ever visiting it and few Rom Hacks us it, so I gave it a special dungeon that houses some extremely powerful pokemon.
Slateport has a new attraction in town! A brand new store opened up, calling itself the "Nintendo" store, it has some new, classic and three very rare decorative items for your secret base!
And the aforementioned biggest project of all, the Pokrpark! My take on the battlefrontier. It is loosely based on the Pokemon theme park from 2005, using a similar shape from the drawn maps handed out.
At the Pokepark you will be able to get one of each event pokemon distributed from the real pokeparks (I have all the pokemon, just need to find a way of adding them in)
There's also a special tournament where you'll be going up against previous real world champions and their pokemon teams during their year as champion.
You can now access event locations without neeting to hack the game.
RED is currently in the game, all his pokemon are level 100 with the best AI the game has to offer.
Some other things of note:
Various in-game screenshots:
It started off with me experimenting with what I can make, I've extended a lot of the towns and cities already and I'm adding new areas, such as my own take on the battle frontier which I realise will be the longest and hardest thing to make for the Rom.
I'm using Advance Map for the most part with a separate scripting program. The custom scripts are very light at the moment but I want to learn to make bigger and better scripts.
I'm also looking for some fun and novel ideas, since this started off as me making my own Emerald for my own enjoyment I've started to run low on ideas aside from keep adding more areas until I run out of space.
I'm not thinking of changing the story, just adding to the game, maybe new post-game stuff, more legendaries, and the biggest thing I'm trying to do is include events such as the EON ticket in the game but as of yet I haven't found a way of doing so.
So yeah if there's something you would like to see in Emerald then please let me know and I'll see about implementing it if I can.
Below are screenshots of some of the things I've done so far.
Spoiler:
I'm still working on rustboro but I've added new buildings and a second gym in a similar style to the dojo in R/B/Y, no badge but they will help you train.
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/86799400377b6d85db0b837e3bba6bd1.png)
Lilycove now has a gym and some new events including a cave system and a special building which houses the police department, they may be looking for bounty hunters and pay well.
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/807844a8c463655d919b7801a878c02a.png)
Lilycove has a vast underground water system that smugglers have used for hundreds of years.
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/556cadc6b8162e304cedc7919d32c59d.png)
A new area which houses an EV training tower, Steven wants to train up a new breed of super trainers so be sure to pop in and visit.
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/3bd3a04d903c04684462a84a16467df2.png)
Pacifidlog town is often ignored, you can beat the game without ever visiting it and few Rom Hacks us it, so I gave it a special dungeon that houses some extremely powerful pokemon.
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/15c805b645365062480cb1faad56e27f.png)
Slateport has a new attraction in town! A brand new store opened up, calling itself the "Nintendo" store, it has some new, classic and three very rare decorative items for your secret base!
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/727f04b49038c8a97fd453ffe9ddd31a.png)
And the aforementioned biggest project of all, the Pokrpark! My take on the battlefrontier. It is loosely based on the Pokemon theme park from 2005, using a similar shape from the drawn maps handed out.
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/0552f3f89513f70b9c2b262d5d226b9f.png)
At the Pokepark you will be able to get one of each event pokemon distributed from the real pokeparks (I have all the pokemon, just need to find a way of adding them in)
There's also a special tournament where you'll be going up against previous real world champions and their pokemon teams during their year as champion.
You can now access event locations without neeting to hack the game.
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/83315bcbc15222bd5cfb0db88c570acf.png)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/3cf344910330f9075d170997e6a9c475.png)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/06973a95bd003768c826b262bc31b545.png)
RED is currently in the game, all his pokemon are level 100 with the best AI the game has to offer.
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/965d72f718d25498fe90b32b0b2fe992.png)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/fe0e9ef4a6d00d2a43c6dcecdb613076.png)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/900ef38e5beee3c3377936b50c52ab21.png)
Some other things of note:
- Towns now have grass and wild pokemon, the pokemon you find will often be from Kanto or Johto as they feel safer in the towns.
- The game is slightly harder, not a kaizo but the gyms have 6 pokemon and the elite four start at level 80.
- Red, Blue, Green and Steven exist in the post-game and all have level 100 pokemon.
- Self inserts of myself and my friends will be added, I will be using a slightly modified version of the team I took to the nationals back in the day. My friends have yet to pick their teams. I have no shame, this was meant for me at the beginning so why not!
- Feebas now spawns a little more frequently because his spawn conditions were stupid.
- Fossil pokemon can now be caught or bought but are either very rare or very expensive (There's a 1% chance of finding one in lilycove)
Various in-game screenshots:
Spoiler:
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/38824e54b09cc103d40def1c32317584.png)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/b5ffb3a3065b39f7818cb800607e6589.png)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/bebf47b3250da67e8750eb6808579b86.png)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/ea92810deefcdad7f318fcc0d6bf2faf.png)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/f17ec9e18b3a012e1696fea933fca3fb.png)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/4be04fa251556d29abe98c761cdb5245.png)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/1484d45adc82a15b86b861430840d295.png)
![[PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas [PokeCommunity.com] Working on a small-time rom hack and looking for ideas](https://i.gyazo.com/9c32cb3693d0a09d03163e42852d7b8b.png)
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