Completed Pokemon Bonfire Stories

Djaco75 · Apr 26, 2017

I love this game for two reasons: it's creative and it looks amazing! The tiles you've used are brilliant and the sprites match them perfectly. The animated sprites also look amazing, especially the Espeon. Also, I love the story behind it - the bonfire stories add heaps to the game due to their originality.

One thing on a critique note, the Zorua looks a little out of place. This probably means that a few are out of place in the actual game. It's a small issue, but if you have time, it would look heaps better if you corrected it.

Anyway, the game looks really good. I can't wait to see where you go with it if you decide to continue development.

Radical Raptr · May 17, 2017

Underrated game, best game ever played 200/10 would play every day

This is the cutest game ever, it has so many stories, the main character is called Cupcake, and you play through a ton of different stories and the eventing is A+ on point!!
I love it so much, and you get to play as a maid, so already best game feature of all time

Having multiple stories told at a campfire is so relaxing and just a really chill concept, and you handled it so perfectly. The creepy stuff was creepy, the silly stuff was fun, and the cute stuff was hecking adorable!!!

Aki · May 17, 2017

Thanks for the praise guys but it's excessive! Matching gen 5 sprites with gen 5 tiles is brilliant?? 200/10 would play every day??? :cold_sweat:

One of these days I need to finish that update though, I think Radical Raptr would appreciate that the maid playtime like...at least doubled in length.

Radical Raptr · May 17, 2017

Just make the whole game where you're a cute maid :eyes:
But heck yeah!!!
FINISH.THE.UPDATE!!!!!

Mozart · May 17, 2017

The download link says it's no longer there, is that normal?

Aki · May 18, 2017

Mozart said:
The download link says it's no longer there, is that normal?

Thanks for telling me! I checked and it didn't work for me either, so I just changed the link to a fresh one.

Mozart · May 18, 2017

No problem! Looking forward to actually playing it now :3

Hawky · May 18, 2017

When I tried to open the game I see either white or black and nothing else

Aki · May 18, 2017

Hawky said:
When I tried to open the game I see either white or black and nothing else

Since you're posting this same problem in other game threads it sounds like this could be an issue with something outside the game. Would you mind posting a help thread? Including some info like if other RMXP games work, what program you're using to unzip, maybe even what OS you use could help.

Hawky · May 18, 2017

Actually whatever had been the issue seems to have resolved itself, I deleted, redownloaded and re-extracted the files and now they work fine, I don't know what the issue was, but thank you for listening anyway :)

NuclearOmega · Jun 9, 2017

This game is truly something magical. It's a totally unique experience I've never had playing a Pokemon game, & I enjoyed every second of it! The characters, the sprites, & of course the mystery surrounding each story was so fun! :grinning:

princessprt · Jul 3, 2017

um hi, quick question/request.Could I have permission to record Pokemon bonfire for youtube and have it link back to this thread?

Deo · Jul 5, 2017

princessprt said:
um hi, quick question/request.Could I have permission to record Pokemon bonfire for youtube and have it link back to this thread?

I'm 100% sure Aki is fine with it since there's other videos doing the same thing, but she's also on vacation right now and I asked her to made extra sure:
"Linking back to the thread is awesome, and I'd love to watch the video!"

Darren · Aug 13, 2017

I cant play this game A win rar diagontic message pops up when i open it.....

Aki · Aug 26, 2017

Sorry Darren, I don't know what the diagnotic message is...from my end the file still looks like it's working.

Sooo I wanted to write some stuff I was thinking about today; I'm well aware this would be better as a blog post but I haven't talked much about Bonfire Stories on my Tumblr and I don't feel like compressing my words into tweets so the thread seems like the relevant place.

There's not any kind of game update in the spoiler so feel free to ignore but if you're interested in Dev motivation/inspiration kinda stuff then maybe you'll like.

Today while eating dessert it struck me that the last time I'd had peanut butter pie was at my grandparent's bonfire.

A few people have said that the bonfire in Bonfire Stories has a really cozy/comfy feeling to it, and that makes me really happy to hear, because I based that feeling off my own that I got at my grandparent's bonfire every October. When I made BS I didn't know that I'd already gone to my last bonfire with them or that it'd already been the last time I'd have Grandma's pie...

Some people may have noticed that while the player character looks like a lady, they're actually set as a male trainer in the metadata; it's not a mistake but just me telling a joke to myself. At the bonfire my grandpa would allways start the night by wearing a costume and often it was him crossdressing. This isn't in the current release, but in my working version of BS the default name for the player character is his. Grandpa allways said, "If I was as cute as you I'd have at least 5 boyfriends" so tbh the offscreen canon is that the player character has 5 boyfriends, I'm calling it.

On a less depressing note, while the tone came from my grandparents, other aspects of the bonfire hub came from time with my friends. The setting is from a night we spent in a field far out of the city. It was so dark that our flashlights weren't much help, but the fire was bright and we had a couple of logs to sit on and roast hot dogs.

On a different night we made s'mores in the backyard; that's where the stories an the characters really came from. In particular I remember Mimi telling a story about a dark hallway where we kept having to choose between 2 doors to go through, and then she'd pause after each choice as if remembering where that would take us (as if the choice mattered) and at the end the choice was between two doors leading to different deaths.

Anyway it's been a year since BS came out during the last game jam, so even though this wasn't a development update I hope it's entertaining or interesting to ya. hopefully next time I'll show off some progress.

Tomix9tomix · Aug 26, 2017

Aki said:
Sooo I wanted to write some stuff I was thinking about today; I'm well aware this would be better as a blog post but I haven't talked much about Bonfire Stories on my Tumblr and I don't feel like compressing my words into tweets so the thread seems like the relevant place.

There's not any kind of game update in the spoiler so feel free to ignore but if you're interested in Dev motivation/inspiration kinda stuff then maybe you'll like.

Today while eating dessert it struck me that the last time I'd had peanut butter pie was at my grandparent's bonfire.

A few people have said that the bonfire in Bonfire Stories has a really cozy/comfy feeling to it, and that makes me really happy to hear, because I based that feeling off my own that I got at my grandparent's bonfire every October. When I made BS I didn't know that I'd already gone to my last bonfire with them or that it'd already been the last time I'd have Grandma's pie...

Some people may have noticed that while the player character looks like a lady, they're actually set as a male trainer in the metadata; it's not a mistake but just me telling a joke to myself. At the bonfire my grandpa would allways start the night by wearing a costume and often it was him crossdressing. This isn't in the current release, but in my working version of BS the default name for the player character is his. Grandpa allways said, "If I was as cute as you I'd have at least 5 boyfriends" so tbh the offscreen canon is that the player character has 5 boyfriends, I'm calling it.

On a less depressing note, while the tone came from my grandparents, other aspects of the bonfire hub came from time with my friends. The setting is from a night we spent in a field far out of the city. It was so dark that our flashlights weren't much help, but the fire was bright and we had a couple of logs to sit on and roast hot dogs.

On a different night we made s'mores in the backyard; that's where the stories an the characters really came from. In particular I remember Mimi telling a story about a dark hallway where we kept having to choose between 2 doors to go through, and then she'd pause after each choice as if remembering where that would take us (as if the choice mattered) and at the end the choice was between two doors leading to different deaths.

Anyway it's been a year since BS came out during the last game jam, so even though this wasn't a development update I hope it's entertaining or interesting to ya. hopefully next time I'll show off some progress.

That's really heartwarming, thank you for sharing some of the backstory to the development of the game :blush:

TechSkylander1518 · Aug 26, 2017

It's so wonderful to hear how your experiences with your loved ones shaped this game, thank you for sharing it with us! I hope BF helps you maintain a connection with them!

Aki · Oct 23, 2017

I shared screenshots on Twitter, so why not an update post?

From my changelog:

Remapped the Bonfire map and moved characters around a bit
Aki now keeps track of the number of stories played and how many are left
Aki now runs a PC system which automatically stores your pokemon (items need to be manually stored)
Aki now plays the credits after all the stories are completed
Storytellers now hint at their story's content, and prompt a save before starting
Increased the character limit for player names from 7 to 13
Fixed some spelling errors (Thanks Pap!)
Added/improved certain tiles
Added the National Pokedex

"Flashing Lights" was revamped
+All new maps
+Now includes a level with wild pokemon to battle/catch
+Pokedex actually gets use

"Duplicates" was revamped
+Second half completely redone with all new maps
+More story and more battles
+Swablu was given a specialty moveset, instead of the default which had no attacking moves
+Changed so that the party is not automatically healed after every battle
+Changed so that Maids heal the party
+Fixed the text error with Rotom and added support for changing to any/all of the forms

I don't like teasing; the reason I feel comfortable making an update post is because the above two stories are 100% complete, save for having someone besides myself playtest them.

I also shared this screenshot, but "The Changeling" is only like half finished, it just happens to be the one that got a significant visual change. Another story has a large forested area too, and it felt a little too similar. Changeling and changing seasons seemed like a good fit to make both forests feel unique.

Aki · Oct 31, 2017

Hi everyone! I managed to get the new demo out in time for Halloween! :blush:
I'm calling this version 4s because it has 4 complete stories to play through! If you've played before, I reccommend making a new save file, because although you might think you know the twists and turns of the 3 old stories, they've been doubled in content.

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Completed Pokemon Bonfire Stories

Djaco75

MasterMind

Radical Raptr

Bug Maniac

Aki

Ace trainer

Radical Raptr

Bug Maniac

Mozart

Annoying Twit

Aki

Ace trainer

Mozart

Annoying Twit

Hawky

Novice

Aki

Ace trainer

Hawky

Novice

NuclearOmega

AHHHHHHHHHH

princessprt

Rookie

Deo

Ex-Staff

Darren

Rookie

Aki

Ace trainer

Tomix9tomix

The beetle is waking up

TechSkylander1518

Wiki Dweeb

Aki

Ace trainer

Aki

Ace trainer