Released Pokemon: Lament of the Children

AngelusMortis · Aug 11, 2019

FloofOtter said:
I believe t'is just a placeholder for now.

Yeah, it was a placeholder as I finished getting everything together. Game may still have a few minor issues here and there as I wanted to get it up before the curtain fell, just let me know. I'm still applying minor fixes on my end. Hopefully though, everyone enjoys.

Kartik · Aug 12, 2019

The game has got a few errors like these-

The "you are dead" screen won't go away.
It has a few text errors here and there.
The first rattata event is triggered as many times as you stand beside the mewtwo statue
The gastlys when invisible are just too hard to pass through.
The music isn't creepy but irritating at times.
At a few places, you are teleported back to the first save point in the mansion.

Apart from these I haven't progressed much further due to gastlys, the game really is creepy and the story seems great. Perhaps you can add a bit more gameplay before going into the mansion.

At the end it's really a great game but needs polishing.

AngelusMortis · Aug 12, 2019

Thank you.

I've been working on an update, which fixes a lot of the issues in the game (I've got a large list to go through), some of which you mentioned above, such as the music volume being dropped in many areas, text issues, and warp points being wrong (I don't understand why either; All of that should've been changed.)

As for the Gastly, they are meant to be a pain. If you haven't made it past too far past Sebastian, then I'm sorry, as you'll really hate me about half to two-thirds. I may reduce the number of steps between each opacity change to help out if more people have difficulty with it.

Also, out of respect for you and everyone else that plays: Once you meet the Chef, do NOT attempt to finish the game. One map (an event specifically) is heavy broken and requires the speed/frequency settings being dropped to 4 to be beatable currently. Not a full update, but I have fixed the event I was speaking of and uploaded it.

AngelusMortis · Aug 12, 2019

It was brought to my attention that I forgot my resource pack. I'm sorry. Currently working on getting it all together to edit into the top post.

Thunder · Aug 13, 2019

The game is alright, although I have a few issues with it.

The left Bookshelf event during the "collect 3 books" sequence (Shelf D) is missing the switch check (77: Retrieve Books).
The first Force Orb Box allows you to use it before collecting the force orb outside.
I would let Adrian pick up the piece of paper to read later for the fossil puzzle, but that's just me.
Event 12 on map 27: Dining Hall doesn't work properly and softlocks the game when Nibbler attack the Ratatta.
In the Duskull Boss Room, Map 21, event 14 (the lit 4 candles check) never runs Adrian's dialog and warps him out before it runs.

When putting the Ratatta heads on the pikes, the game should ask you if you want to put the heads on or not instead of just giving a Yes/No answer with no textual context.

Alakazam doesn't move fast enough to be actually be a threat, which kinda makes this whole chase thing pointless.
The boxes during the Alakazam Boss Room chase never appear because it's reusing a variable.

Not a bug, but I find the Ditto event in map 28 (Closet) to be a bit silly. How can a Ditto kill you? I understand Gastly and the Ratatta, but Ditto? I would have given Adrian either a chance to run away and lock the door behind him or let him duel the Ditto or something. Maybe have the Ditto transform into a copy of Adrian and you have to outsmart it to win? That's just me, though.

The music can get a bit repetitive, loud, and annoying at times.

Perhaps consider making the Game Over common event a bit better?

The credits move too fast and are hard to read.

Aryesh · Aug 13, 2019

Is it a good game

yes amazing

AngelusMortis · Aug 13, 2019

Thunder said:
The game is alright, although I have a few issues with it.

The left Bookshelf event during the "collect 3 books" sequence (Shelf D) is missing the switch check (77: Retrieve Books).
The first Force Orb Box allows you to use it before collecting the force orb outside.
I would let Adrian pick up the piece of paper to read later for the fossil puzzle, but that's just me.
Event 12 on map 27: Dining Hall doesn't work properly and softlocks the game when Nibbler attack the Ratatta.
In the Duskull Boss Room, Map 21, event 14 (the lit 4 candles check) never runs Adrian's dialog and warps him out before it runs.

When putting the Ratatta heads on the pikes, the game should ask you if you want to put the heads on or not instead of just giving a Yes/No answer with no textual context.

Alakazam doesn't move fast enough to be actually be a threat, which kinda makes this whole chase thing pointless.
The boxes during the Alakazam Boss Room chase never appear because it's reusing a variable.

Not a bug, but I find the Ditto event in map 28 (Closet) to be a bit silly. How can a Ditto kill you? I understand Gastly and the Ratatta, but Ditto? I would have given Adrian either a chance to run away and lock the door behind him or let him duel the Ditto or something. Maybe have the Ditto transform into a copy of Adrian and you have to outsmart it to win? That's just me, though.

The music can get a bit repetitive, loud, and annoying at times.

Perhaps consider making the Game Over common event a bit better?

The credits move too fast and are hard to read.

Thank you for playing. I appreciate your feedback and lengthening of my work list, no sarcasm intended. Music seems to be a common thing between the four plays that I know of.

Aryesh said:
Is it a good game

yes amazing

Thank you.

C0d3Nam3M · Jan 12, 2020

Man its 2020. Im still waiting for the next part of this game. I really wanna see how this ends. Amazing story-- Pls release the next part!

AngelusMortis · Jan 21, 2020

C0d3Nam3M said:
Man its 2020. Im still waiting for the next part of this game. I really wanna see how this ends. Amazing story-- Pls release the next part!

Lol! It is funny that you say that... I had started working on it again around September or October and am actually in the process finishing off the last few maps, editing another sprite, and adding a few more icons in the update, along with some alterations to the UI, Audio, and a few other 'surprises'.
On that note... Sadly, when I do release the update, a few variables were added and some events have been altered, which will soft lock gameplay further down the road, so it will have to be restarted. Luckily, the game isn't too terribly long ATM and I decided to do this now instead of further down the road.
Episode 2 shouldn't be much longer than the demo, maybe doubling game time, but I'm hoping that you and others will like it as well. Just a busy man who doesn't have much free time during the week.

Magic · Mar 26, 2021

im confused, how to play this game....

Released Pokemon: Lament of the Children

AngelusMortis

Novice

Kartik

Disappointment

AngelusMortis

Novice

AngelusMortis

Novice

Thunder

Novice

Aryesh

¯\_(ツ)_/– •Peter

AngelusMortis

Novice

C0d3Nam3M

Novice

AngelusMortis

Novice

Magic

Novice