Released Pokemon: Red 2

Anonymunster · Jun 3, 2020

Wow, it's been so long since I've been on Relic Castle.. I sincerely hope putting up a message isn't necro-posting here, it's been a good while since I've touched base with this site, but if it is I will remove this post without question.

I missed out on the updated screenshots, and they look really nice too! The item-mix idea sounds really good, especially the progress you must've made up to that point last year! However, I take it the long dry-spell is an indefinite hiatus, or that the idea is scrapped? Everything was looking so awesome, even if the info was limited. Where would have Faust's interests lied, I wonder.. I already mentioned before about the starters long ago, and that has not changed at all since my first comment on this thread ;) If this is no longer being developed, that's okay. It's a shame, but you done rather well with everything thus far! I wish you luck for goals you're striving toward.

Elle · Jan 11, 2023

Project Update:
Recently the project was renamed "Pokemon: Red 2" and you play with Red, or a FemC option. I was originally planning to do a 1-2 gym demo, but the winter game jam came up and I didn't wanna miss it, so I just published what I was able to finish as a little teaser demo. It's less than 1 gym, but does have 20-30 minutes of content and you get a chance to see what my project plays like. Thanks to everyone for your support and I look forward to getting back to the project in February!

UltimateNPC · Jan 11, 2023

I only just found out about this today, but for the majority of today I've been super excited to see this demo release! The graphics look amazing, and I've been eager to play a full PSDK game for quite some time. Everything about this intrigues me, from the presence of Alolan Forms, unique ones at that, to the idea of us following Red just being really bored and wanting to start all over again. I'm already really excited to see where this project is going, and I hope it all works out well!

I would like to ask out of genuine curiosity, though, how come it's designed as a sequel to the original Kanto, and not FRLG? Is there any particular reason? A matter of preference? Authenticity?

safr · Jan 14, 2023

I just finish playing this, the demo is brief and short but introduce the system pretty well and make us see what this game offers to the players, the graphics is great it pretty beautiful and minimalistic with the use of gen 3esque but everything made brand new. For me personally it pretty enjoyable maybe I just not getting used seeing red talk and he talk something little bit too smug but maybe it's just my perception and that bother me litte bit so yeah i think I need to get used to that

The minus is I think the lack of background during battle and the size of the in the screen.

In the end Thank you for this and congratulations for this game early version released, this game is something that I definitely wait to see in the future, this demo also erase some some people who feel doubt about your team capabilities because you handled many projects at the same time but with no beta or rarely have beta. So Stay healthy and stay safe once again thank you for this

Elle · Jan 14, 2023

safr said:
I just finish playing this, the demo is brief and short but introduce the system pretty well and make us see what this game offers to the players, the graphics is great it pretty beautiful and minimalistic with the use of gen 3esque but everything made brand new. For me personally it pretty enjoyable maybe I just not getting used seeing red talk and he talk something little bit too smug but maybe it's just my perception and that bother me litte bit so yeah i think I need to get used to that

The minus is I think the lack of background during battle and the size of the in the screen.

In the end Thank you for this and congratulations for this game early version released, this game is something that I definitely wait to see in the future, this demo also erase some some people who feel doubt about your team capabilities because you handled many projects at the same time but with no beta or rarely have beta. So Stay healthy and stay safe once again thank you for this

Thank you. :)

Elle · Jan 15, 2023

UltimateNPC said:
I only just found out about this today, but for the majority of today I've been super excited to see this demo release! The graphics look amazing, and I've been eager to play a full PSDK game for quite some time. Everything about this intrigues me, from the presence of Alolan Forms, unique ones at that, to the idea of us following Red just being really bored and wanting to start all over again. I'm already really excited to see where this project is going, and I hope it all works out well!

I would like to ask out of genuine curiosity, though, how come it's designed as a sequel to the original Kanto, and not FRLG? Is there any particular reason? A matter of preference? Authenticity?

Thank you, I'm glad you've liked it so far!

I think one of the original reasons is because GSC Kanto interests me. Unlike HGSS Kanto, which is fairly alike to RBY and FRLG Kanto, the hardware limitations of GSC made it so some areas in Kanto were shortened or cut entirely and that's something we rarely see. With it, that brings life to create new lore that you wouldn't come across in other games. With so many Kanto fangames and romhacks that exist out there, any chance you can take a bit of originality is good. :)

UltimateNPC · Jan 23, 2023

Elle said:
Thank you, I'm glad you've liked it so far!

I think one of the original reasons is because GSC Kanto interests me. Unlike HGSS Kanto, which is fairly alike to RBY and FRLG Kanto, the hardware limitations of GSC made it so some areas in Kanto were shortened or cut entirely and that's something we rarely see. With it, that brings life to create new lore that you wouldn't come across in other games. With so many Kanto fangames and romhacks that exist out there, any chance you can take a bit of originality is good. :)

That's really interesting, I'll be intrigued to see what you do with it, and I'm a big sucker for unique takes on Kanto, so this'll be refreshing AND exciting! Best of luck with the development. :D

Elle · Jul 26, 2023

A new demo is out! This has double the amount of content than the original demo and has a gym; I know bare minimum for a demo. lol

Krugaris · Jul 26, 2023

Just finished the new demo, looks great I love the town maps and every NPC was entertaining to talk to! Also loved the ruins route/mini-dungeon I think that was almost perfect difficulty for an early game challenge. I did fight the alternate gym leader which was a fun challenge, and the end boss was cute fun though much easier. Shout out to Virm that little dude rules.

My favorite part was the pokéchests that had multiple choices of what you want to get out of them. I've never seen that before and I was blown away by how a little change like that can boost gameplay experience. I also appreciate the in-world explanation for picking up some items like the repel in the toolboxes it really adds up to a great feeling exploring the side-routes.

Three minor things I want to bring up:

Aftermath is an underrated ability for sure, adds a lot of flavor, but on a common encounter it adds a layer of difficulty I don't think is intentional. I try to fight most encounters especially early on to make sure I don't run into trouble at the gyms and such, so having to swap out Pokémon or heal every three/four fights in a route was a bit irksome
Stantler's dope, but the experience value that is the default on it is based on it not being able to evolve, which means it gives much more exp than everything else on that route. This leads to the opposite problem from the last point of it making the last leg really easy; I caught a level 2 pokemon and had it up to level 14 in less than 10 minutes because I sat a Ghost type in front of an army of Stantlers and farmed that pretty quickly.
Real quick, the trainer in Mt. Silver has a level 1 Sandshrew and I'm certain that's just a typo lol, that's an easy fix.

Total playtime was about 2.5 hrs, and I had a great time throughout so I'll definitely be watching for more! Thanks for the great demo

Elle · Jul 27, 2023

Krugaris said:
Just finished the new demo, looks great I love the town maps and every NPC was entertaining to talk to! Also loved the ruins route/mini-dungeon I think that was almost perfect difficulty for an early game challenge. I did fight the alternate gym leader which was a fun challenge, and the end boss was cute fun though much easier. Shout out to Virm that little dude rules.

My favorite part was the pokéchests that had multiple choices of what you want to get out of them. I've never seen that before and I was blown away by how a little change like that can boost gameplay experience. I also appreciate the in-world explanation for picking up some items like the repel in the toolboxes it really adds up to a great feeling exploring the side-routes.

Three minor things I want to bring up:

Aftermath is an underrated ability for sure, adds a lot of flavor, but on a common encounter it adds a layer of difficulty I don't think is intentional. I try to fight most encounters especially early on to make sure I don't run into trouble at the gyms and such, so having to swap out Pokémon or heal every three/four fights in a route was a bit irksome

Stantler's dope, but the experience value that is the default on it is based on it not being able to evolve, which means it gives much more exp than everything else on that route. This leads to the opposite problem from the last point of it making the last leg really easy; I caught a level 2 pokemon and had it up to level 14 in less than 10 minutes because I sat a Ghost type in front of an army of Stantlers and farmed that pretty quickly.

Real quick, the trainer in Mt. Silver has a level 1 Sandshrew and I'm certain that's just a typo lol, that's an easy fix.

Total playtime was about 2.5 hrs, and I had a great time throughout so I'll definitely be watching for more! Thanks for the great demo

Thank you for the tips, I will keep them in mind when I make the first official version of the game. I'm glad you enjoy it though, thank you for playing!

JohnGohan · Jul 27, 2023

Incredible work!

Having defeated the somewhat challenging gym leader I believe I can call this a success. Stunning visuals, soothing calm OST, actually interesting alt/regional forms and best of all great client-side performance even on my old potato.
Whilst the demo isn't flawless - e.g. pokeball placement when healing and default menu assets (perhaps less background animations for more sensitive individuals, rather than the white/gray checkerboard) - it also surpasses the quality of roughly 90% fan games I ever set foot into.
You better be finishing this, I swear!

I am aware points aren't exactly a good way to measure games but nonetheless in its current state, Red 2 deserves at least an 8/10. Huge potential. Keep it up!

Elle · Jul 28, 2023

JohnGohan said:
Incredible work!

Having defeated the somewhat challenging gym leader I believe I can call this a success. Stunning visuals, soothing calm OST, actually interesting alt/regional forms and best of all great client-side performance even on my old potato.
Whilst the demo isn't flawless - e.g. pokeball placement when healing and default menu assets (perhaps less background animations for more sensitive individuals, rather than the white/gray checkerboard) - it also surpasses the quality of roughly 90% fan games I ever set foot into.
You better be finishing this, I swear!

I am aware points aren't exactly a good way to measure games but nonetheless in its current state, Red 2 deserves at least an 8/10. Huge potential. Keep it up!

Thank you very much for both your compliments and criticisms! I'm glad that overall that you enjoyed yourself. :)

safr · Aug 17, 2023

Nice. Thank you for the the demo

tyranitar.dark · Oct 4, 2023

How to change character to boy ?

Elle · Oct 5, 2023

tyranitar.dark said:
How to change character to boy ?

Currently only the girl is available in the demo. The other gender options won't be available till the first official version is complete.

Inner Rhymes · Jan 10, 2024

Tapping to ask if this is still in the works. I am a huge fan of the Kanto region, and would love to have another reason to revisit!

Muffyang · Jan 10, 2024

Inner Rhymes said:
Tapping to ask if this is still in the works. I am a huge fan of the Kanto region, and would love to have another reason to revisit!

Like most devs, Elle rarely updates the RC thread. Twitter shows recent progress though it may/may not be on the backburner for the insert-name jam.

View: https://twitter.com/Elle_Loves_Hugs/status/1745124591989895305

Released Pokemon: Red 2

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