Completed Pokémon Syvin

MegaMew47 · Mar 11, 2023

pepsilon said:
This game made me think of Alola, and not much else. It really struggles to have its own identity, I feel.

Considering the first part of the game, and the whole “Trials” thing, I can definitely see your thought process here. We tried our best to make each area feel unique. There’s much more than just the tropical beginning area.

As a player, we’d love to hear any of your ideas for ways of improving the identity and distinctiveness of the game.

Enjoyluck · Mar 12, 2023

Comic-Sans · Mar 17, 2023

So... this game just got a lot darker all of a sudden.
don't know if it's intended or not, but coming back from greenwinter to solfire town.. the area that was blocked off before by the medic chastising the trainer for letting it's pokemon get dehydrated...
the medic is gone, allowing passage. The trainer and their pokemon are still there. Pokemon still curled up on the floor, trainer staring at the ground... neither of them able to be talked to.

Did the medic seriously just leave them there to die? Is the trainer in such grief over their pokemon they are now catatonic? Is the pokemon simply in need of a drink that it will never be able to have? Did the trainer die of shock after realising what they did to their pokemon and the pokemon just forever hanging on by a thread now?

I am somehow in deep need to know.

MegaMew47 · Mar 18, 2023

Comic-Sans said:
So... this game just got a lot darker all of a sudden.
don't know if it's intended or not, but coming back from greenwinter to solfire town.. the area that was blocked off before by the medic chastising the trainer for letting it's pokemon get dehydrated...
the medic is gone, allowing passage. The trainer and their pokemon are still there. Pokemon still curled up on the floor, trainer staring at the ground... neither of them able to be talked to.

Did the medic seriously just leave them there to die? Is the trainer in such grief over their pokemon they are now catatonic? Is the pokemon simply in need of a drink that it will never be able to have? Did the trainer die of shock after realising what they did to their pokemon and the pokemon just forever hanging on by a thread now?

I am somehow in deep need to know.

This was a bug that should have been fixed in version 1.1

Ishan_897 · Mar 26, 2023

I am getting an error while I am playing it on joiplay. It says, " Script '005_SpriteWindow_text.rb' line 981 : NoMethodError occured.
undefined method 'viewport=' for #<AnimatedSprite>"

Please help

pokemonfan52413 · Mar 30, 2023

is there supposed to be roaming pokemon because i accidentally ran into a lattios and i didn't know there would be roaming pokemon if it was said i didnt see it.

Tomix9tomix · Apr 2, 2023

I encountered a crash in the game when in the desert, I was forced into a triple trainer battle but I only had 2 pokemon alive, and so the game crashed

Tomix9tomix · Apr 3, 2023

Sorry for the double post, I just found another game breaking bug, when you faint after last resting at the gondala station before wintergreen, you get stuck in an infinite loop. I think the staff member there is meant to turn off the starting over switch after saying be careful out there but it doesn't.

Tomix9tomix · Apr 4, 2023

Triple post wooo! (sorry for clogging the thread)
Finished the game now, some thoughts:

This was a really packed game, so it is hard to get my thoughts down. it is a fairly long game, and there is a lot of content to it, and not just bland repetitive content, a lot of stuff happens, and a lot of cool mechanics are introduced. And I think that is what I love about it so much. This game takes the full pokemon formula of the typical gym challenge set up, and gives it so much character. The story itself feels so much involved, it is constantly moving and characters are constantly getting involved and growing. And the gym challenges themselves involve these characters. And the whole "trial" switch for gyms is so cool, they feel really awesome and each implement unique mechanics for not only the puzzles before them, but the battles at the end. All of them were interesting, and none of the trials felt bland. I thought that was really well done.

And in a similar vain, there are so many well done unique mechanics in this game. Souvenirs giving stat boosts, ice skates making ice walkable, sledding down hills, just all very nice.

And then the graphics, holy shit the game is beautiful. Absolutely, impeciably beautiful. All the different landscapes were breath taking. Absolutely gobsmacked by that. The hoppa portals looked perfect.The hug at the catherdral GOD DAMN. Massive props to the artists on the team, and the team members who put together how the art was used.

Only real negative things I have to say are small nitpicks. Like no music on the title screen, surf being a TM but being required for progress, placement of a lot of trainers feels random and not really thought out, dowsing machine not getting an explanation, link stone being listed under the souvenir pocket and so on. But the nitpicks did add up a bit. But in the end they are just nitpicks and I don't really have much more to say about it.

The 2 issues that I think deserve a bit more attention:
1. No form of any XP share. I think in pokemon games, and especially long pokemon games where you build a team from start to finish, some form of xp share is needed. I don't mind if it is gen 5 xp share. Just something that makes spreading xp around a 6 pokemon team easier. It can get really easy for some team members to get left behind, and the only option is to step out of the main story and grind for half an hour. Which is not very enjoyable.

2. This is also pretty nitpicky to be fair, but sometimes it felt like cutscenes moved a bit fast. And I don't mean that because I had xp share on, I mean things would just jump around with not enough explaination. Like at the end of the myo city meeting, you are teleported to the island. You take 1 step, your grandma magically saw you out her window, here is a dive tm, and now you're off the island, and with not much dialogue to explain what is going on. Another example would be the cave in trial. You leave, workers tell you "hey there is a cave in, get out of here, but oh no some people are still inside" and then immedietly the player runs into the cave without saying anything, boulder falls down, victini appears and disapears, and you're free to roam without any dialogue telling you what to do. So it is rare for me to say this, but I think this game actually needed more dialogue and to draw out explanations a bit longer.

But yeah amazing game, amazing experience. I hope everyone on the team is proud of this because it is an awesome game, and I love to see a perfect example of how a "classic pokemon formula" game can still be made so unique and interesting

quentix · Apr 5, 2023

is there a list of pokemon we can get in the game ? like locations and all

harismurtaza9988 · Apr 11, 2023

where i can find sun stone

Lucifer · Apr 19, 2023

This was a fantastic game. I appreciate that Game Jam games are short due to a time constraint but still wish it had been longer and felt the climax was rushed and left some loose ends.
I want to learn more about

how Mom's ranger trauma and how stealing the legendries is affecting the trials

and there is a lot of our family stuff that was not resolved.

I need to report a problem as well. I am doing the post-game trial in Myo City and have collected 7/6 keys but access to the trial building was not triggered. The line is still there.
At first, I thought that the count out of 6 was a typo since Curtis says there are 7 hidden keys but now, I am beginning to wonder--was the 7th key a bug?

Am I screwed out of finishing the game?

Haunted Ditto · Apr 24, 2023

After 6 hours I'm finally done. Here is my feedback:

First I have to say that this game is amazing. It has alot of charm and I enjoyed the time playing this. I have a few nit picks, but does are just minor and can be forgiven since this is a jam game.

Positive things:

Beautiful tiles and mapping as to be expected from a game featuring Ekat
Souvenirs were a cute addition
The trials had some fun puzzles
I really liked those random side quests which were verywhere
Really funny dialogue which was oozing with charm
Cool character designs
VOLTORB FLIP (This was like 20% of my playtime)

Negative things:

There were a few tiles which were walkable even though they shouldn't be
In the "Hoope trial", if you interact with a chest from behind, the game crashes
Trainers didn't have custom movesets. Not even the bosses. The Togekiss from the final trial used Pound on me. Since stone evolution Pokemon have wack movesets, they kinda require a determined moveset
The TM prizes in the game corner were kinda obsolete. Ice Beam and Dark Pulse were given by trial captians so I kinda wasred my time earning

Honorable mentions: "Crawler" the Ariados and "RIP" the Galarian Corsola

Deleted member 20251 · Apr 25, 2023

Cherbear said:
Hi! So I'm at the last trial and I've found all 7 keys around the city, but I can't progress? When I talk to Curtis he only says the same thing about finding the keys and pops up the trial start logo. Am I maybe missing something?

Same thing happened to me, idk what to do

TheCountryRiolu · Jul 25, 2023

What gen are the movesets based on? I'd join the Discord to ask but it doesn't let me

bobdog · Aug 6, 2023

I talked to everyone in the ice town like twice but the test won't start. Is there a trigger?
Edit: Didn't talk to the swinub. Works fine

jeacky · Aug 10, 2023

Im stuck. the game shows script 003_Interpreter.rbline 182 EventScriptError Its in the wastelands . with the old woman who wanted to rob you before.

Mokyro · Aug 19, 2023

Hello there, the game is super awesome and I love it a lot. But there something I want to ask. Is this game only have the night version of Lycanroc ?

Completed Pokémon Syvin

MegaMew47

Under the truck

Enjoyluck

Novice

Comic-Sans

Rookie

MegaMew47

Under the truck

Ishan_897

Rookie

pokemonfan52413

Rookie

Tomix9tomix

The beetle is waking up

Tomix9tomix

The beetle is waking up

Tomix9tomix

The beetle is waking up

quentix

Cooltrainer

harismurtaza9988

Rookie

Lucifer

Fallen1

Haunted Ditto

Creator of Pokemon Pandora and Pokemon Climate

Deleted member 20251

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TheCountryRiolu

Rookie

bobdog

Novice

jeacky

Novice

Mokyro

Rookie