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Completed Pokémon: The Slowpoke Shack

This project is complete. Any future revisions will be bug fixes or small updates.
Project Status
Completed
Project Version
1.0.1


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A Restaurant Simulator X Slice of Life Story!


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Archer and his partner Growls the Growlithe have recently moved to Silverspring Town and opened The Slowpoke Shack.

Running a successful restaurant was never going to be easy, but Archer never expected so many difficult challenges to come his way...


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GAME DURATION: 8 HOURS




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DISCORD




DEVELOPER NOTES
I've made a lot of fangames before, but this is the first one featuring completely original (human) characters and setting. This is probably the best story I've written so far!

Special thanks to @ENLS for playtesting and scripting.
Also, keep an ear out for his amazing music compositions, including the main cooking theme, library/school theme, cave theme, and two tracks for Mia.
Check out the SoundCloud Album here

The main inspirations for this game include Eevee's Spooky Diner, Pokémon Family Restaurant, Pokémon Nightshade, Pokémon Halcyon, and Stardew Valley. @Ekat has always been a big inspiration for me, and you can easily see her influence in the style and tone of this game.


Lastly, after this and Farfetch'd 2, I'm eager to explore new game engines (like Godot) for future jams. I’m still open to making games in Essentials, but probably not on this scale again, especially solo.

I hope you enjoy Archer's story as much as I enjoyed creating it!





CREDITS
"POKéMON: THE SLOWPOKE SHACK"

A Game By:
KennyCatches
ENLS

Battle Animations:
Pokémon Reborn Team
StCooler

Music:
MezmerKaiser

Zame (Cobalt Coastlands)
ENLS
Meeow's Music (National Park)
Sumfira
Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald

Tilesets:
Pokémon Syvin
Pokémon Nightshade
Pokémon Halcyon
Pokémon Abstract Team (School)
Ekat99
Vurtax
Heartlessdragoon
Alistar
Morlockhater
Nemu
Ross Hawkins
Pokemon Dawn
Slimshady
Thedeadheroalistar
The-Red-Ex
Zein
Edoardo Zuliani (Kitchen)

Fogs:
Pokémon Nightshade
Pokémon Halcyon

Accurate FRLG-style NPC Megapack by:
Maribel Hearn and Renko Usami sprites courtesy of Hemoglobin_A1C (Playable Characters in Touhoumon fangames).
HGSS OWs in FR Style courtesy of Delta231, Mimi, M.vit, and Kimoras."
Accurate" Fire Red Overworld Sprite ResourceAvatar: Psychic (Male), Rich Boy, Cue Ball (Dismounted)
Aveontrainer: Lass, a lot of bases for Emerald's Overworld Sprites
Daman: Professor Ivy, Professor Ivy's Assistant
Kalarie: Aroma Lady, Blackbelt, Burglar, Crush Girl, Dragon Tamer, Engineer, Juggler, Lady, Pokémon Breeder, Psychic (Female), Rocker, Tamer, Twin, Young Couple, All Anime Sprites
MrDollSteak: Cue Ball, Cue Ball (Dismounted), Painter, PokéManiac, Pokémon Ranger (Male), Pokémon Ranger (Female)
Pokésho: Various First Frames of Anime Overworld Sprites
Spherical Ice: Biker (Dismounted), Bird Keeper, Expert (Male), Expert (Female), Kindler, Ruin Maniac
FRLG Style RSE NPCs, ORAS Brendan and May courtesy of Poffin_Case
Gen 4 and 5 Trainer sprites and PBS Courtesy of Mr. Gela/theo#7722
TR Grunt courtesy of Othienka

"v20.1 Hotfixes" v1.0.7 by:
Maruno

"rainefallUtils" v.1.1 by:
rainefall

"Visible Overworld Wild Encounters" v.20.0.0.4 by:
derFischae

"Tip Cards" v.1.2 by:
wrigty12

"Better Speed Up" v.2.0 by:
Marin for the original script
Phantombass for updating to 19.1

"Radial Menu v20" v.3.0 by:
Yankas
Cony
Hallow

"RSE Trainer Card" v.1.1.0 by:
Shashu-Greninja
Gazza teh Fox

"Overworld Shadows EX" v.2.0.3 by:
Golisopod User
Wolf PP
Marin

"Modern Quest System + UI" v.1.0.2 by:
ThatWelshOne_
mej71
derFischae
Marin

"Luka's Scripting Utilities" v.3.3.2 by:
Luka S.J

"Following Pokemon EX" v.2.2.3 by:
Golisopod User, Help-14, zingzags, Rayd12smitty, Venom12, mej71, PurpleZaffre, Akizakura16, Thundaga, Armin (Fairies Resource Pack), Maruno

"Emerald UI Pack" v.1.1 by:
Voltseon

"Easy Debug Terminal" v.1.1 by:
ENLS

"ENLS's Fancy Camera" v.1.0.0 by:
ENLS

"Drawer/Cabinet Script" v.1.0 by:
TechSkylander1518
AnonAlpaca
ENLS

"Pokémon Essentials" was created by:
Flameguru
Poccil (Peter O.)
Maruno

With contributions from:
AvatarMonkeyKirby<s>Marin
Boushy<s>MiDas Mike
Brother1440<s>Near Fantastica
FL.<s>PinkMan
Genzai Kawakami<s>Popper
Golisopod User<s>Rataime
help-14<s>Savordez
IceGod64<s>SoundSpawn
Jacob O. Wobbrock<s>the__end
KitsuneKouta<s>Venom12
Lisa Anthony<s>Wachunga
Luka S.J.<s>
and everyone else who helped out

"mkxp-z" by:
Roza
Based on "mkxp" by Ancurio et al.

"RPG Maker XP" by:
Enterbrain

Pokémon is owned by:
The Pokémon Company
Nintendo
Affiliated with Game Freak

This is a non-profit fan-made game.
No copyright infringements intended.
Please support the official games!


 
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Unfolding

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Maybe Essentials is a lot quicker than traditional romhacking... but holy crap this is a massive accomplishment. Not only is there a lot of game in this game, but it's all polished extremely well and is very fun and satisfying to play.

A lot of longer Pokemon games try to have an emotional throughline, with something like your rival realizing that being cruel isn't great. I have never seen any Pokemon game do that better than The Slowpoke Shack. It goes so far as to send you back to live with your parents and reconcile your issues with your father! In a lesser hack, Daddy would have just been a black and white villain, but the devs take the time to take you back to your parents' house, characterize him strongly, and do an entire mini-act in a park where you prove yourself and remind him of his own dreams. Only a very dedicated dev would spend all that extra time mapping and scripting for that kind of emotional payoff.

So, go play this hack! It's a wonderful labor of love!
 
Maybe Essentials is a lot quicker than traditional romhacking... but holy crap this is a massive accomplishment. Not only is there a lot of game in this game, but it's all polished extremely well and is very fun and satisfying to play.

A lot of longer Pokemon games try to have an emotional throughline, with something like your rival realizing that being cruel isn't great. I have never seen any Pokemon game do that better than The Slowpoke Shack. It goes so far as to send you back to live with your parents and reconcile your issues with your father! In a lesser hack, Daddy would have just been a black and white villain, but the devs take the time to take you back to your parents' house, characterize him strongly, and do an entire mini-act in a park where you prove yourself and remind him of his own dreams. Only a very dedicated dev would spend all that extra time mapping and scripting for that kind of emotional payoff.

So, go play this hack! It's a wonderful labor of love!
Wow! Thanks so much for the kind words! Honestly, you should definitely check out Ekat's games such as Apathy, Nightshade and Halcyon. I take great inspiration from those games and all of them feature very realistic and relatable characters.
 

KotNad

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I really love this game and it's cooking mechanic and chill vibe, but sadly I got softlocked in the Natural Park area so I can't continue the game without resetting my save. I sent Growls into the box because I caught a new pokemon and wanted to level it up. Then the cutscene with Ursaring happens and you need to evolve him into an Arcanine. Except I cannot do that as I can't leave the scene but I also have no access to the box 😅
I feel like this is a big oversight that can be easily resolved if you give access to box management from whenever and wherever (like in one of the menus) or just don't allow Growl to leave your party at all.
 
I really love this game and it's cooking mechanic and chill vibe, but sadly I got softlocked in the Natural Park area so I can't continue the game without resetting my save. I sent Growls into the box because I caught a new pokemon and wanted to level it up. Then the cutscene with Ursaring happens and you need to evolve him into an Arcanine. Except I cannot do that as I can't leave the scene but I also have no access to the box 😅
I feel like this is a big oversight that can be easily resolved if you give access to box management from whenever and wherever (like in one of the menus) or just don't allow Growl to leave your party at all.
Hey yeah someone had this same issue yesterday. Normally, you can't store Growls in the PC, but it seems you can if you've caught a Pokémon, which I didn’t realize.

If you want to continue, DM me your save file (located in %appdata%\KennyCatches\Pokemon The Slowpoke Shack), and I can move Growls into your party for you. Sorry about that!
 

KotNad

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Hey yeah someone had this same issue yesterday. Normally, you can't store Growls in the PC, but it seems you can if you've caught a Pokémon, which I didn’t realize.

If you want to continue, DM me your save file (located in %appdata%\KennyCatches\Pokemon The Slowpoke Shack), and I can move Growls into your party for you. Sorry about that!
Ah don't worry I just began a new game and kept the same team as before, this time with Growls ;)
The game is great man don't worry about it, keep up the good work it was great fun!
 

Folk

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Thank you for complete developing the game and congratulations. With how amazing this game is i hope someday you will also make full gym and league game because honestly I always wondering about that because of your capabilities but well that just me daydreaming lol. In the end thank you
 

Karthik_

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Posts
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Hey Kenny, I finally finished the game, and I had so much fun!

I was so curious about what you did with the cliffhanger, I can’t wait until today to finish the game. It really gave me satisfaction. I loved the way you handled time and the legendary aspects - such nice touches!

I don’t really like my family, especially my dad in the game, he can be awkward and annoying, lol. The past and present elements were a nice way to reflect on our mistakes, and I learned some life lessons through Archer that I often forget.

Thanks for creating such a great game! I enjoyed the interactions with Jeffery and the other community members, it reminded me of Eeeve Expo. What you did is fantastic!

Cheers to you - I'm sure you'll be a full - time game dev soon. There are subtle hints in the game, I hope you pursue it as a career. Good luck and cheers!

You should try itch.io jams, they also provide some decent Usd also it could help you

Team
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Hey Kenny, I finally finished the game, and I had so much fun!

I was so curious about what you did with the cliffhanger, I can’t wait until today to finish the game. It really gave me satisfaction. I loved the way you handled time and the legendary aspects - such nice touches!

I don’t really like my family, especially my dad in the game, he can be awkward and annoying, lol. The past and present elements were a nice way to reflect on our mistakes, and I learned some life lessons through Archer that I often forget.

Thanks for creating such a great game! I enjoyed the interactions with Jeffery and the other community members, it reminded me of Eeeve Expo. What you did is fantastic!

Cheers to you - I'm sure you'll be a full - time game dev soon. There are subtle hints in the game, I hope you pursue it as a career. Good luck and cheers!

You should try itch.io jams, they also provide some decent Usd also it could help you

Team
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Thanks so much for playing, Karthik!! You're always one of the first ones to play this game. I'm very happy to hear you found the story satisfying! And yes I definitely would love to try the itch jams in the future!
 

2ndLifeRetro

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Absolutely loved playing through this! Story was great, characters were fun, this is my new favourite. Honestly such a good job with this! I added it to a games round up vid on my channel, hope I did it justice! Thanks for the great game!
 

WhiteDaddy69

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I LOVED this game. I had a really fun time playing it: the graphics, the history, the character's personalities, everything it's top. You inspire me to create my own pokemon game. But I have a question, is there any post-game content? I don't think so but I ask anyway to be sure (I will say it again, CONGRATS FOR THE GAME!!)
 
I LOVED this game. I had a really fun time playing it: the graphics, the history, the character's personalities, everything it's top. You inspire me to create my own pokemon game. But I have a question, is there any post-game content? I don't think so but I ask anyway to be sure (I will say it again, CONGRATS FOR THE GAME!!)
No post-game content. Thanks for playing! Glad you enjoyed.
 
---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☐ Teens
☐ Adults
☑ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☑ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☑ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☑ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☑ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☑ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☐ 8
☐ 9
☑ 10

---{ Author }---
https://vojtastruhar.github.io/steam-review-template
 

Pyropia

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Can you add an option to disable that thing the camera does where it lags behind the player when you're walking? I think it's from the "Fancy Camera" plugin you're using. It's very disorienting and triggers my motion sickness, making the game unplayable for me.
 
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