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A Relic Castle Community Project
Introduction
Today, I'm proud to announce that Pokémon Amethyst Version is complete! After twelve months of hard work -- YOUR HARD WORK -- the community game we started just only a year ago is ready for release. Your blood, sweat, and tears went into this tall order of a project, but we all banded together to complete it in the end.
Not only did you, the community, do all the heavy lifting with this project -- you were involved in every major decision about the project: from the title of the game, to the final Pokémon battle.
I'm absolutely thrilled to introduce Pokémon Amethyst Version: A Relic Castle Community Project to you. Let's dive in.
Story
Welcome to the Yurruc region! The story takes place many, many years before the start of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, before the region had its name changed to the “Sinnoh” region. In this game, explore the exciting region of Yurruc before the war. You are a ten year old Pokémon trainer school student with an itch for adventure. Professor Koko, recognizing your potential, allows you take one of his Pokemon on a journey with you.
As time passes, the war will begin to unfold, and you’ll find yourself at the center of a dual-region conflict. The more you play, the more you’ll learn that a mysterious, completely new Pokemon seems to be at the heart of the conflict. The decisions you make throughout the game will determine the fate of both regions. There will be multiple endings to represent your decisions as the player.
A New Threat: Amethyst Pokémon
While exploring the Yurruc region, you'll come across the ever-menacing Amethyst Pokémon! These strange creatures seem to act in unison, as if they're taking orders from something... In battle, these Pokémon are Amethyst type. Type matchups against Amethyst types is generated on the spot when the attack lands -- you'll never know what your attack, or the Amethyst type's, will do.
Passage of Time
Pokémon Amethyst Version is a fairly long game, totaling over 80 hours of game time. When you start the game as a young child, you'll notice that over time your character will grow older the longer you play. A popular request and eventual decision by the community was to have your player character eventually die of old age -- Pokémon Amethyst Version isn't just a race against the impending destruction of both regions, but against time itself.
Online Play
The evolution of fan games is here! Pokémon Amethyst Version utilizes the latest scripts from Luka S.J. to implement online play with the powerful Lua language!
Battle and trade online with your close friends, maybe you'll even want to mix records, which replaces the rival character with your friend's player character! Not only that, but your adventures might even be intertwined with new events happening in both your games -- exclusive to those who have mixed records with others!
If you aren't a fan of competing with your friend, you're also welcome to dive into the feature rich cooperative mode we have in place for you! You and three other friends can band together, and defeat the Amethyst Pokémon, which will scale in difficulty the more friends you play with! Or maybe you'll want to take a trip to Sambasé Island, where the toughest of groups compete in 4v4 Pokémon battles!
Battle and trade online with your close friends, maybe you'll even want to mix records, which replaces the rival character with your friend's player character! Not only that, but your adventures might even be intertwined with new events happening in both your games -- exclusive to those who have mixed records with others!
If you aren't a fan of competing with your friend, you're also welcome to dive into the feature rich cooperative mode we have in place for you! You and three other friends can band together, and defeat the Amethyst Pokémon, which will scale in difficulty the more friends you play with! Or maybe you'll want to take a trip to Sambasé Island, where the toughest of groups compete in 4v4 Pokémon battles!
And So Much More!
There's so much more to talk about! From replacing HMs with Shoes (Light-up Sneakers replacing Flash, Steel-toed Boots for kicking to replace Strength), to catching every single known Pokémon and writing your own Pokédex entries, the community has made sure this feature rich game is packed full of content to keep you occupied. That being said, we want it to be a surprise! There's so much to discover in Pokémon Amethyst Version!
However, at the current moment, we're still fixing bugs with the game. We want this to be a completely bug free experience, and we're nearly there! We won't be releasing until all the bugs are gone, so just sit tight!
However, at the current moment, we're still fixing bugs with the game. We want this to be a completely bug free experience, and we're nearly there! We won't be releasing until all the bugs are gone, so just sit tight!
Credits
Maruno - Pokémon Essentials
Luka S.J. - Online Lua Scripts
Evan - Ethereal Gates Source Code
mej71 - Following Pokémon Script
Atomic Reactor - Theme song vocals
One Last Community Decision: The Contributor Badge
Contributors to this amazing feat of a project will receive the Amethyst Contributor Badge! Just like the rest of the project, however, we want you to vote on what the badge should look like!
Please vote in the poll at the top of the thread! The poll will last for ONE day only!
Contributors
Aki - Fog Machine Manager
Atomic Reactor - Cartographer
Deo - Discord Intergration Engineer
Jayrodd - Junkrat Main
Kiedisticelixer - Player Psychology Technician
Capptier - Geologist
Cilerba - Mascot
Dawn Bronze - Creature Design
LlamaMinister - Religious Figure
NuclearOmega - Berry Farmer & Analyzer
RadicalRaptr - Cheif of Internal Rock Physics
Shgeldz - Social Media Campaigning
SmokedPaprika - Author of the Story, Novel, and Feature-length Film
Yuoaman - He did...something? Never heard of him, but I'm sure he did something.
Amethyst - Inspirational Muse
Tomix9Tomix - Executive Director of staying out of the way
Mantager - Gibberish Expert
Taquillastudios - Allways messed up my lunch order
Hukon - Filled up every map with events so that the important ones were buried
Alaguesia - Might have done something, who knows
Hematite - Exterminator (Fired)
SpartaLazor - Fashion Consultant
Makattack202 - Gathered the Chaos Emeralds
Ras - Owner of the Easy Button
Baaabuuu - Canceller
Domiok - Porter and Starboarder
Kronalord - Record Keeper
Fontbane - Type Charter
and more!
If we've missed you on this list, please post in this thread saying you contributed, and what you contributed! We don't want to miss anyone receiving due credit, and their badge!
![[K]arma Badge](/data/medal/104_1641428355l.jpg)
