Completed Pokémon Kronos

History as we know it faces a terrible threat...

Hello everyone, this is our entry for the Relic Castle Game Jam #4! Pokémon Kronos was made by a team of four, OrreMIDI, Streetie, TheLightSword, and AlphaRemaster. Over the course of the month a LOT of time and effort was put into making this game as full as we could make it, and we hope you can see that from your play through. However, keep in mind that we were working to the very last second (and a bit over but Aki was so kind as to offer us an extension) and as of such there may be a few bugs in the game. We really hope none of them are game breaking, but just in case, save frequently! Now, without further ado, here is Pokémon Kronos!

Team: OrreMIDI, Streetie, TheLightSword, and AlphaRemaster

Plot:
Welcome to the Olympa Region, a very diverse and pleasant region at the foot of Mount Olympa, a large volcano. Based off of Greece, this region is home to a very diverse selection of Pokémon! However, the region becomes barren and abandoned in the future, when people stopped taking care of its natural beauty and abandoned their entire culture. Thus, Team Zeta was formed, an organization created to save the future from this great calamity. You play as a lead scientist and third admin of Team Zeta who developed the Time Cuff, a device that allows Team Zeta to travel through time without the assistance of Celebi or Dialga. However, after discovering the true intentions of the organization, to eliminate any people and Pokémon they deem unworthy throughout history, you flee with your partner, Celebi, barely escaping with your life. Celebi takes you to the past, where you meet Alexander, a philosopher who studies mythology in Olympa. He informs you that Dialga slumbers deep in the heart of Mount Olympa, and that when awoken it can freely manipulate any moment in history. This is obviously what Team Zeta is after, and so Alexander further explains that to awaken Dialga one must capture the three Lake Guardians. You then set out on a quest to save the Lake Guardians and stop Team Zeta from altering history!

Included Features:
-Completely original soundtrack, with the exception of a few remixes and two official themes used!
-Custom overworld sprites to match Magiscarf's tiles!
-A complete set of custom characters designed specifically for this game!
-The ability to travel through time (only in limited areas as we were crunched for time)
-Beautiful maps that our team worked hard to perfect!
-And most likely some bugs and glitches, hopefully none of which are game breaking!

Known Bugs/Errors:
-A variety of mapping and/or tileset configuration errors.
-A few grammatical mistakes that we didn't have time to fix (but feel free to point out anyway so we can fix them on the next release)
-The sailor in Troja Town just doesn't talk to you. (Fixed in version 1.1)
-A trainer on Route 3 does not work. (Fixed in version 1.1)
(THE FOLLOWING ARE POTENTIALLY GAME BREAKING ERRORS, SO PLEASE READ THESE FEW BUGS!!!!!)
-Sideways stairs in Athenian City in the future do not work properly like the ones in the past, and so it is recommended that you save before going down any just in case you get into a place you cannot get out of. (Fixed in version 1.1)
-If you lose in Troja Town, Route 2, or Ephescent Town and have not visited a local inn, you will be sent back to Athenian City and be unable to go back. (Fixed in version 1.1)
-There may be some warp errors, namely with the doors and cave openings. (This does not include warps in the Tomb of Uxie or Crypt of Azelf that warp you to seemingly random places in the cave, those are intentional for the puzzles.)
-Overall, just save frequently and you should be fine!

Screenshots:

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Credits List:

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Map Exporter
by Marin
Scripting Utilities
by Marin
Ultimate Title Screens
by Luka S.J.
YoshiCLONE<s>Mario Gamer
Overworld Shadows
by Marin
Elite Battle System
by Luka S.J.
PinkCatDragon<s>BadSamaritan
Tebited15<s>redblueyellow
Eli<s>Pokecheck.org
lilatraube<s>AceRidley406
Telemetius
Scripting Utilities
by Luka S.J.

Team:
OrreMIDI
Streetie
TheLightSword
AlphaRemaster

Maruno - Creator of Pokemon essentials

ELITE BATTLE SYSTEM:
Luka S.J. - He is the main developer and a genius ruby coder, you should really check this out!
Pokecheck.org - He ripped the sprites for the battle system from the games
PinkCatDragon - Converted all the animated gifs to pngs, so they could be used ingame
Tebited15 - The player back sprite in battle
Spriters-Resource(redblueyellow) - Made the sprites of the Pokéballs and Mystery Dungeon OW Sprites
Eli - Ripped the battle backgrounds from the main games and compiled them
lilatraube - Made some of the battle bases(which aren't used, but are in the game files)
Maruno - Helped and supported this project
BadSamaritan - Ripped the sound effects used by the system

Outside Tileset - Magiscarf - https://www.deviantart.com/magiscarf/art/Tileset-ver-3-Free-690477146
Cave Tileset - ThatsSoWitty(and all affiliated artists) - https://www.deviantart.com/thatssowitty/art/Public-Cave-Tileset-281775828
Indoor Tileset - ThatsSoWitty(and all affiliated artists) - https://www.deviantart.com/thatssowitty/art/Public-Interior-Tileset-281775677
Base of Statues: https://www.deviantart.com/neffertity/art/Pokemon-SS-Custom-Statues-287471172

Note: Some tiles in the tileset are made by the team itself

Dialga Battle Theme taken from Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Intro to Title Screen taken from Pokémon Origins from Ultimate Title Screens plugin by Luka S.J.

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

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



"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!

Made Using RPG Maker XP and Pokémon Essentials.

Newest Version: Version 1.6

Downloads:

Spoiler: Game Download

http://www.mediafire.com/file/et633hec8i5epj7/Pok%E9mon_Kronos_Patch_v_1.6.rar/file

Spoiler: Resource Pack

http://www.mediafire.com/file/s9kw9dkekcn9vzu/Resource_Pack.zip/file

Special thanks to everyone who contributed to this project and made this fangame possible!

NOTE: If you are doing a Let's Play of this game I would love to know, and I can also provide you with Sugimori styled concept art and the logo for the game! I can also provide MP3s of the custom music if you'd like to use in the background of an intro or something, but I plan on releasing the entire soundtrack on Soundcloud and Youtube soon, so stay tuned! I'll add the Sugimori concept art to this thread soon!

Credit Note: In the game we accidentally left out the bases for the statues, which can be found pubs here:
https://www.deviantart.com/neffertity/art/Pokemon-SS-Custom-Statues-287471172

 

[OrreMIDI]

Hey I've started playing, I haven't finished yet but I've got a few bugs to report, and I'm also a bit lost as to where to go XD

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This is just a small one, but you can actually see off the screen when standing here

You shouldn't be able to stand here but look at me on the edge!

These guys decide to come back and stand here after they've had their screentime when re-entering the map

You can stand on this door from entering from the side which actually lets you get into the arena

just a small pasability thing

This one is a bit more serious, but if I try to go to the left of the town where I can from by boat, this cutscene triggers again, and the fight happens all over again!

Anyway, I'm having trouble figuring out where to go next, I've done the double battle with the 2 rapidash but it still won't let me exit through the south.

Also are there running shoes in the game, it is just a bit slow without them, that's all.

Anyway, I do intend to finish this game, but so far it has been pretty good! All the towns I've seen so far have been pretty pretty. Also! That title screen intro thingy was very nice! It also seems like you've got yourself a fair amount of content in this game so congratz on finishing it all in a month and a bit!

Here's the patch!

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http://www.mediafire.com/file/1pjcltthrb03kiw/Pok%E9mon_Kronos_Patch_v_1.3.rar/file

Fixed the bugs and added the running shoes. You can go to Alexander's house (not Athenian Labs, the one with two stories) and talk to the man and he will give you the running shoes. Hope this helps!

 

[Days]

Same thing happens with the trees, but trees are not big deals
Don't know if this is intended or not xd
ps: sorry the picture is small

 

[OrreMIDI]

Same thing happens with the trees, but trees are not big deals
Don't know if this is intended or not xd
ps: sorry the picture is small

Sorry, I can't tell what you mean since the picture is so small :/

 

[OrreMIDI]

Version 1.4 is out, fixes some door errors in Ephescent Town!

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http://www.mediafire.com/file/cuxj1y9yv9zs7l9/Pok%E9mon_Kronos_Patch_1.4.rar/file

 

[Aldo]

Hello~ I've been enjoying the game, it has a nice plot~

I found an oversight on the Trainer Card. The protagonist's sprite is smaller than it looks like it should be.

Spoiler: Image

 

[OrreMIDI]

Hello~ I've been enjoying the game, it has a nice plot~

I found an oversight on the Trainer Card. The protagonist's sprite is smaller than it looks like it should be.

Spoiler: Image

Thank you! That sizing issue is due to EBS using smaller sized sprites than normal, the trainer card wasn't really meant to be seen so I don't think it is that big of an issue but nonetheless thank you for notifying us! We hope you continue to enjoy the game!

 

[Michael]

You get stuck in the door after exiting the inn in Ephescent Town - actually, I'm pretty sure you get stuck in every door in the town; and in reply to the previous comment about the trainer card, is there any instance in the game where you would actually see the trainer sprite besides the trainer card? If not, you could probs resize it anyway; also I've been waiting for ages in the Crypt of Azelf (assuming that's what you have to do) and nothing is happening. Did I do something wrong?

 

[A.J1]

I love your game so much. I have played it 2 times. You really make nice games. You twilight and Kronos.

 

[OrreMIDI]

You get stuck in the door after exiting the inn in Ephescent Town - actually, I'm pretty sure you get stuck in every door in the town; and in reply to the previous comment about the trainer card, is there any instance in the game where you would actually see the trainer sprite besides the trainer card? If not, you could probs resize it anyway; also I've been waiting for ages in the Crypt of Azelf (assuming that's what you have to do) and nothing is happening. Did I do something wrong?

I am sorry about the doors in Ephescent Town I have tried to fix them three times and for some reason they keep resetting, I will check about this. As for the Crypt I'm pretty sure you have to wait 3 minutes and you cannot have it run in the background or that messes the game up.

 

[OrreMIDI]

I love your game so much. I have played it 2 times. You really make nice games. You twilight and Kronos.

Thank you so much! Did you encounter any bugs in your playthrough? Because I want to make sure there aren't any game breaking bugs haha

 

[Gen8King]

I'm sorry it isn't working for you, have you tried playing it without screen recording? Otherwise try redownloading the game? I'm not quite sure what is wrong since nobody has brought an error like this to my attention but I am sure redownloading the game should solve the problem since it seems that sometimes there can be errors after downloading. I hope it works for you, and let me know if the problem persists! Also I'd love to watch your Let's Play so leave me a link when you finish! :)

What i meant was that in OBS Studio, there is only a black screen when recording the gameplay and also no sound. I mean how will I know if OBS Studio recorded the gameplay so that I can watch it before making a let's play?

 

[Deo]

What i meant was that in OBS Studio, there is only a black screen when recording the gameplay and also no sound. I mean how will I know if OBS Studio recorded the gameplay so that I can watch it before making a let's play?

I use OBS and I'm able to stream/record gameplay fine. Adjust your settings, it has nothing to do with the game itself.

 

[OrreMIDI]

Here is the patch that fixes the doors and adds the region map! You can get it from the old man in the same house you got the running shoes in (Alexander's two story house).

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http://www.mediafire.com/file/y1z872fzz9d32wt/Pok%E9mon_Kronos_Patch_v_1.5.rar/file

 

[Gen8King]

I use OBS and I'm able to stream/record gameplay fine. Adjust your settings, it has nothing to do with the game itself.

Can you tell me which settings to adjust please? I'm still new to OBS.

 

[OrreMIDI]

What i meant was that in OBS Studio, there is only a black screen when recording the gameplay and also no sound. I mean how will I know if OBS Studio recorded the gameplay so that I can watch it before making a let's play?

Oh, yeah sorry I can't help you there :/

 

[OrreMIDI]

Another day another patch! This fixes some issues with doors in the future!

Spoiler

http://www.mediafire.com/file/et633hec8i5epj7/Pok%E9mon_Kronos_Patch_v_1.6.rar/file

 

[Days]

Oh sorry
What I meant was I could walk in the lake
And now when I do it the game crashes
It was fun tho

 

[OrreMIDI]

Oh sorry
What I meant was I could walk in the lake
And now when I do it the game crashes
It was fun tho

Ohhh okay, I'll check into that, thank you!

 

[Deo]

This game is decent, and has good ideas at the core... but I have some pretty hefty gripes with it.

The game opens you with a huge exposition dump instead of easing the player into the game. It's understandable that the player is in the middle of going against the evil team, but there should still be some attempt to ease them into the game. It's also curious that the player was a member of this organization, yet the grunts don't seem to acknowledge that. (Unless I'm mistaken and some grunts actually do!)

I do like the setting of the game, but the lack of polish in this game really bogs it down. There's weird passibility errors, random signs without text, tile errors where some maps connect, some really rough warps in the middle of cutscenes, the NPCs in one house gave me a town map and running shoes where I could have missed them, a handful of the NPCs seem like one note filler or just that they're there to give me items, there's not a lot of object intractability in houses, there's a ton of grunts in the very first dungeon/area of the game, and I'm thrown into a battle the second I enter the second town... and more.

There's a fair bit, and I can't help but feel that some extra play testing might have gone a long way with this entry. I also can't ignore all of the bug reports and patches you've had to do -- things like exiting the interiors of an entire town are something we can't really overlook. This is rather frustrating as a judge because I would like to judge each game based on the strongest points they have, but I have to draw a line in the sand when the issues are this numerous.

I hope you continue working on it, though. As I said, I think there is a solid game underneath all of this. It just needs touching up and extensive play testing. I also hope this post doesn't demoralize you in any way -- I would love nothing more than to play an improved version in the future.

 

[OrreMIDI]

This game is decent, and has good ideas at the core... but I have some pretty hefty gripes with it.

The game opens you with a huge exposition dump instead of easing the player into the game. It's understandable that the player is in the middle of going against the evil team, but there should still be some attempt to ease them into the game. It's also curious that the player was a member of this organization, yet the grunts don't seem to acknowledge that. (Unless I'm mistaken and some grunts actually do!)

I do like the setting of the game, but the lack of polish in this game really bogs it down. There's weird passibility errors, random signs without text, tile errors where some maps connect, some really rough warps in the middle of cutscenes, the NPCs in one house gave me a town map and running shoes where I could have missed them, a handful of the NPCs seem like one note filler or just that they're there to give me items, there's not a lot of object intractability in houses, there's a ton of grunts in the very first dungeon/area of the game, and I'm thrown into a battle the second I enter the second town... and more.

There's a fair bit, and I can't help but feel that some extra play testing might have gone a long way with this entry. I also can't ignore all of the bug reports and patches you've had to do -- things like exiting the interiors of an entire town are something we can't really overlook. This is rather frustrating as a judge because I would like to judge each game based on the strongest points they have, but I have to draw a line in the sand when the issues are this numerous.

I hope you continue working on it, though. As I said, I think there is a solid game underneath all of this. It just needs touching up and extensive play testing. I also hope this post doesn't demoralize you in any way -- I would love nothing more than to play an improved version in the future.

Thank you so much for the feedback! We will try to fix these problems in the future, I think what the main problem for us was that we were too ambitious and we ran out of time to thoroughly playtest or add any meaningful things outside the storyline. I will definitely take all of this into consideration for next year's jam and I hope that whoever I end up working with and I will not have too many ambitious ideas that force us into a time crunch.