Completed Pokémon Castaway

Join our discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/DQjRyJN

The Team:
@Michael
@Ekat

Welcome to Pokémon Castaway! The player is the (not-so) fortunate winner of a trip to Alola. On the flight there, however, the plane is struck down. Landing on the mysterious Bermada Island, the player is tasked with exploring their environment while searching for fellow survivors and a way off of the island. As the player traverses further inland, it becomes evident that the island is anything but deserted. Will the player find a way off the island? And, more importantly, will they get to go on an Alolan vacation?

Features:

Spoiler: Features

• Pokémon from across all seven generations
• Extra secrets and minibosses to unlock
• Roughly four to six hours of gameplay
• Plenty of puzzles and challenges throughout
• HM moves are usable on the field by the player themselves
• Healing and storage access from Campfires due to lack of infrastructure
• Not Pokemon Battle Royale
• Creative and witty dialogue across different npcs
• and so much more!

Game Screenshots:

Spoiler: Screenshots

Game Download:

Spoiler: Download

MediaFire - http://www.mediafire.com/file/32163o2099x1ku5/Pokemon_Castaway_V2.1.zip/file

Notes:

Spoiler: Notes

This game is the product of just under a month’s worth of frantic DMing each other. I initially started the project solo and Ekat joined later on. It was kind of amazing how similarly we both think dev-wise. Then again, I suppose there’s nothing like scrambling to meet a deadline to make two people bond. (Think of it like signing a temporary truce with your siblings, to hide the lamp you broke and junk food you ate while your parents were out for the evening.) Creating this game together was a hectic blast, and we hope you have just as much fun playing our submission!

Resource Pack:
https://eeveeexpo.com/resources/228/

Credits:

Spoiler: Credits

Scripts Used:
Terrain Sounds
by game_guy

Overworld Shadows & Map Exporter
by Marin

Radial Menu
by Yankas

Trainer Detection
by Shiney570

Name Windows
by Mr. Gela

Signpost Locations
by Tustin2121

Elite Battle System
by Luka S.J.
PinkCatDragon
BadSamaritan
Tebited15
redblueyellow
Eli
Pokecheck.org
lilatraube
AceRidley406
Telemetius

Scripting Utilities
by Luka S.J.

Graphics Used:

Tilesets:
WesleyFG
Zein
germy21
Macuarrorro
Ramiro Maldini
Otonashi
iamherecozidraw
syansyan
Sires J Black
Cali & Alistair
Fl.
Dawn Bronze

Battler Sprites:
Smogon XY Sprite Project
Smogon SM Sprite Project

Icons:
ORAS Icon Pack - Pikachumazzinga

Battlebacks:
Pokemon Golden Silver Battlebacks - Midnitez-REMIX

Animations:
Exclamation/Question Bubble Animations - Previous
Lightning Animations - Mikker, BobDSmith, Sora Havok, Unas, TiarnyTurnabout

Misc:
Parachute Base & Fire/Smoke Autotiles - Nitro
BW Trainer Sprites - Barubary
Dark SKY Graphic - Bacon
Pokemon Summary Screen UI - Aki
Tree Fog - Aki and Dawn Bronze

Audio:

Music:
"Super Smash Brothers WiiU" - Dark Pits Theme
"Final Fantasy 7" - Costa Del Sol, Birth of A God, Fanfare
"Final Fantasy 8" - Jailed, Fanfare
"Final Fantasy 10" - Battle theme, Servants of the Mountain, Via Purifico, Macalania Woods, Jecht Theme, Besaid Island
"Final Fantasy 13" - The Yaachas Massif
"Final Fantasy 13-2" - Paradigm Shift, Fanfare
"Final Fantasy 15" - Invidia
"World of Final Fantasy" - Hunters Chance
"Mobius Final Fantasy" - Warrior of Light
Dracula9AntiChapel - Final Fantasy 5 Arranged Soundtrack- Walking the Snowy Mountains, The Cursed Earths
Pontus Hultgren - FFV Main Theme, Fate in Haze
Oryhpes - Great Forest of Moore, Gogos theme
sschafi1 - BlackJack, Setzers Theme, Cyans theme
JSF Music - Amarants Theme
Malcolm Robinson Music - Schalas Theme

Sound Effects:
Beach and Wave Sound Effects - FX Sounds
Jungle Sound Effects - iWav
Desert Sound Effects - Classical and Relax
RSE Sound Effects - iteachvader
Nokia Ring SE - thecomputerdude24
SMB2 Blast Off SE - J-Sinn

Other:

Gen 6 Project:
Project Organization:
WorldSlayer

Sprite converter:
dragonnite

Item Icons/various sprite work:
Serbii
TheDeKay
Radical Raptr

PBS file editing:
karstictrainer
WorldSlayer
TheDeKay
viperk1
SunakazeKun
Radical Raptr
RPD490
Takyon!
Pokegod7020

Scripting:
mej71
~JV~
TheDeKay
Maruno
XmarkXalanX
Ratty524
joeyhugg
Nickalooose
Lucidious89
AmethystRain
AlexTCGPro
Destiny
baaabuuu
trueegee
woobowiz
Saving Raven
DL Kurosh
p.claydon
dragonnite

Research:
Drakath569
Florio
MrDeepDarkMind
snooper117

Beta Testers
/u/Dylanrockin2122
/u/GeraldJr77
/u/Worldslayer608
/u/ZODeKay
/u/Johnnyrelic
/u/Deouen
/u/zeak6464
/u/RadicalRaptr
/u/L-rM
/u/Iasper
/u/Spyname149
/u/Pegaswift
/u/KillerMapper
/u/bbwong91900
/u/Fuck_I_Fuck
/u/JackFlynt

Gen 7 Project:
Zeak6464
Tapu Fini
SpartaLazor
leparagon
BlackOutG5
Rune
Marin
Rigbycwts
Rot8er_ConeX
James Davy
Luka S.J.
Buttjuice

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

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

"RPG Maker XP" by:
Enterbrain

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

 

[Ekat]

i just beat it!! ty for making it & letting us play! I like the pokemon variety a lot, like there are a lot of pokemon around but they all feel really appropriate for their setting & i got to use a team w/ a lot of pokemon i'd never used before!!

Tacking on to the last few people tho, my fletchinder also never evolved (found it in the PBS data & the evolution method line is in there & everything??)

Michael and I are trying to troubleshoot the issue, but we can't seem to figure out what the cause is, especially since it works just fine for the both of us inside and outside of debug. He said that he'll upload a new copy of the game soon, or at least a mirror, to see if that does the trick.

And thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the game!

 

[pokemondude]

Hi. This is a really stupid question. How do I play the game? I downloaded the correct link and then unzipped the file, which gave me a folder. Now, what do I do? I have a Mac Book Pro 2017. Is this a game I play with Desmume? If so, how do I play it? If not, how do I play it? This is a stupid question, I know, but I cannot figure it out.

 

[Iron_Rx]

Hi. This is a really stupid question. How do I play the game? I downloaded the correct link and then unzipped the file, which gave me a folder. Now, what do I do? I have a Mac Book Pro 2017. Is this a game I play with Desmume? If so, how do I play it? If not, how do I play it? This is a stupid question, I know, but I cannot figure it out.

This game is not a Romhack. Desmume won't help. It's made in RPG maker. On Windows, you just have to click Game.exe and it runs without any kerfuffle.

On a Mac, you might need to mess around with Wine or WineStaging. I can't really help with that but maybe someone will come along who can, if you get stuck.

 

[pokemondude]

This game is not a Romhack. Desmume won't help. It's made in RPG maker. On Windows, you just have to click Game.exe and it runs without any kerfuffle.

On a Mac, you might need to mess around with Wine or WineStaging. I can't really help with that but maybe someone will come along who can, if you get stuck.

Thanks! Ill try to figure something out then.

 

[pokemondude]

Thanks! Ill try to figure something out then.

Thanks! Ill try to figure something out then.

Still could not figure it out. If anyone knows how to do it, please let me know. Thanks!

 

[niels]

where can i download the game

 

[Poq]

where can i download the game

The very first post in this thread has a game download link.

 

[Dany2001]

Can I play this game on my phone?

 

[Dragonite]

Can I play this game on my phone?

Nope, PC only - or probably Wine, if you're brave enough.

 

[dg009]

hello everyone im new here and was just searching for some fan games and i liked pokeon castway but for some reason i can't download it please help me

 

[pokehacks1]

Watching some youtube videos on the game and would love to start playing, but i don’t know what to download it on. what emulator do i need to run this game??

 

[pokehacks1]

hello everyone im new here and was just searching for some fan games and i liked pokeon castway but for some reason i can't download it please help me

i’m having the same issue. the download link won’t work for me for some reason.

 

[Chambres]

That's strange, because I just debugged in a Fletchinder with a new copy of the game and it works just fine evolving. I asked Michael and he hasn't made a new upload of the game, either. Which I know for a fact is true because he's been driving since yesterday on vacation.

I have the same Problem tried to play a little bit around with PBS file. Rewrote the evolution line, tried to change it to another lvl. Nothing works. Mine has a Nickname, maybe thats what makes a problem. Playing Version 2.0.1

 

[Goldenfredkid810]

How do i download?

 

[Ekat]

i’m having the same issue. the download link won’t work for me for some reason.

Checked the download link and it is up and running perfectly fine. What are you trying to download it on? This game is PC only fangame (Windows only, unless you're going to try to use Wine on a Mac), which could be your problem if you're treating it like a romhack that needs an emulator. If it isn't the platform you're using, then it could potentially be your firewall, internet, etc.

 

[Ekat]

I have the same Problem tried to play a little bit around with PBS file. Rewrote the evolution line, tried to change it to another lvl. Nothing works. Mine has a Nickname, maybe thats what makes a problem. Playing Version 2.0.1

Thanks for poking around! I checked the game again and it is the nickname which is causing the issue for some reason. Michael's the coder, so I'm going to ask him to look at that and put out a fix when he gets the chance.

 

[Ekat]

Watching some youtube videos on the game and would love to start playing, but i don’t know what to download it on. what emulator do i need to run this game??

As I and many others have already stated on this thread, this isn't a romhack, it's a fangame. That means you do not use an emulator to play the game. You download the game from the beginning of the thread, extract the zip file, and then run game.exe. Because this is a fangame, you cannot play it on your phone, nor can you play it on something like a Mac without having a program like Wine.

 

[Thomaz113]

I may sound like a lazy guy, but are there any cheats in this game? Laptop crashed and I want to continue the game ASAP without grinding.

 

[curseofiimmortality]

This game was a delight, thank you so much for all your work! I found that for me personally, the funnest part was actually in the beginning when you were just desperately fighting for survival and trying to scavenge beach and the wreckage to find enough resources to survive.

Any news on future ideas? Would love to see a game focused more around that survival mechanic :)

 

[Ekat]

I may sound like a lazy guy, but are there any cheats in this game? Laptop crashed and I want to continue the game ASAP without grinding.

This is a fangame, not a romhack, so there are no "cheats." (If you to own RPG Maker XP and know your way around v17.2 of Pokémon Essentials and its debug mode, you can debug your party, the levels of your Pokémon, etc.) I can, however, give you some quick tips on how I did my runs through the game while it was in the playtesting phase.

Spoiler: Game Spoilers

1. Don't bother with training up any of the starter Pokémon. (But if you really want one on your team, go with Barboach.) Instead, try catching an encounter like Helioptile or Tropius on Bermada Beach. (It's important to note that the tall grass on the sand has different encounters than the regular tall grass, too.) Tropius especially has a type advantage throughout the Plane Wreckage and Bermada Rise. It's pretty bulky in addition to that.

2. Also, don't bother grinding your Pokémon on random wild encounters. Instead, fight the overworld Pokémon. These are higher-leveled than the random encounters, and they are set to give three times the amount of experience you would normally get from a wild Pokémon, to compensate for the lack of trainers in the beginning areas. The fact that you get the EXP All right after you finish the plane will help you train up your Pokémon team pretty quickly. The difficulty curve eases out once you reach the Village of Mist due to the abundance of trainer battles there.

I'm sorry to hear that your laptop crashed. As someone who does all her dev stuff on a laptop, having it crash on me while I'm in the middle of something is the absolute worst. Hopefully I was able to be of help, though!