Released Pokemon Tempo Rising

Whether by luck or by fate, you've encountered a mythical Pokemon and formed a psychic bond. Now you're on a journey with your Pokemon to find inspiration together and discover Meloetta's true potential.

Don't know what version you have? If your titlescreen looks different than the above image, or doesn't say version 2.3, please update!

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This game is designed to be free range. I guess I might mean "Open World" but it's not as if there's a large open field with infinite directions to travel in, so by calling it free range I mean that it's really chill and has features like these:​

Features:

You can completely ignore the story and what characters tell you to do

Wild Pokemon and trainers will scale with your party, so do things in any order you want

The region map isn't filled out, at least not with route markers. If a character mentions a certain area or asks you to travel somewhere, they'll try to mark the path for you.

Gyms have no strict order or type, so challenge them in any order! Or not at all! They'll also rematch with different teams.

Following Pokemon! The first Pokemon in your party can be toggled as a following partner, and they'll unique reactions or pick up items based on your surroundings.

Catching Mechanics Earn exp for catching Pokemon, and have the option of switching them into the party immediately.

Unreal Time Some Pokemon might only appear at night or might appear more often in the day, but time moves fast so you don't worry about resetting your system clock.

Elite Battle System Battles look great, thanks Luka!

Breeding Heck yeah the daycare is in get those egg moves and hidden abilities.


Known issues/bugs:

There's no credits sequence or clear ending yet
There's obvious content gates where stuff was cut for completion time
Playing with the game screensize set to "Large" causes some closeup pictures to be cutoff/not display correctly.
The prompt asking to sleep in a bed might appear twice in a row, and appear before interacting with an object/person in the bed
Using the PC and swapping two Pokemon may cause the game to crash. Withdrawing/Depositing and setting Pokemon in empty spaces should work fine.

F.A.Q.:
Q: Why did HeroVoltsy get a shiny Zorua and I didn't get a Pokemon?
A: It's an easter egg! If your character is named Voltsy, or Jasmine, you'll get a shiny Zorua.

Q: Are there other easter egg names?
A: Heck yeah. I love adding gifts for my friends so there's a bunch of names and you might even find something by accident.

Q: Why do I have to play as the boy character? Why do I have to play as the girl character?
A: The character is chosen at random, you can reset if it really bothers you. I prefer to write without using pronouns, but both protagonist's pronouns are they/them.

Q: What's the shiny rate?
A: Higher than normal. If you wanna have a giggle, there's also some names you can give your character (Glitter, Glimmer, Shimmer, Sparkle, or Shiny) that will make your whole game shiny. (some stuff is shiny locked though and won't be affected)

Q: Which Pokemon are available?
A: There's not a plan, I just add whatever suits the areas I design. At time of writing I can say that all the starters from generations 1-5 are available, and there's also some regional forms and split evolutions.

Q: How many badges are there?
A: Currently, 4 badges.

Q: Was that a reference to another fan game?
A: Probably, I like fan games and I'm not subtle about it.

Q: Why isn't this working with my emulator? What emulator do I need? Can I play this on mobile?
A: This game isn't played with an emulator, so if someone told you it was playable on mobile, they lied! The game should work fine on any Windows PC without any extra programs to run it. Macs should be able to run it through Wine(? Sorry I don't know the details on this one).

Q: How do I update to a new version? Can I keep my old save file?
A: Save files are stored on your computer separately from the game files, so it's safe to completely delete an old version of the game. The new/updated version of the game will recognize an old save file and use it with no problem.

Q: Is the game finished?
A: No, it's not complete. There's several areas that were blocked off (probably by rocks) because they're not finished. I don't know when the next big chunk of content will be done; I make games for fun so

Q: When will it be done?
A: I don't know! Making games like this is my idea of fun, so I'm not gonna like, recruit people to make parts of the game just to get it done faster. And some days I feel like playing games instead of making them :P



Note for devs: If you want something from the game please download the resource pack, but don't rip or take files directly from the game, most of this stuff is a public resource and not made by me.


Credits are linked to all the public resources I used if you want them for your own game!

Spoiler: Credits

This game was originally made for the Relic Castle Game Jam #5!
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Dev team:
Lead design and development by Aki
Custom audio and music tracks by DogzNDogz113
Support both emotional and intellectual by Deo
Special thanks to all my friends who playtested through the bugs. Your support means everything to me and I'm so glad I can make games that put a smile on your face. I wouldn't have made it this far without you. ♥
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Tempo Rising is only made possible by all the following resources!
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Pokémon Essentials
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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
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Audio
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Gen 4 Sound effects by Deo

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Scripts
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Deo's custom Day & Night tones for Pokemon Essentials
Following Pokemon by mej71, based off of work by Help-14, zingzags, Rayd12smitty, and venom12
Party Switcher by Michael, Marcello (Reborn) and ZeroKid
Script Utilities and Common Tiles by Marin
Simple Exit Arrows by Tustin2121
Unreal Time System by FL
Ambient Pokémon Cries by Vendily
Name Windows by Mr Gela and mej71
Password Entry by Mr Gela
Simple Quest System by Mej71 with edits by derFischae
Always on bush by KleinStudio with edits by derFischae
MinigameDuel edited by ShadowFiendZX
Location signposts Updated by LostSoulsDev / carmaniac & PurpleZaffre


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Elite Battle System
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Sprites:
• GameFreak | Original sprites from B/W/2 games
• Pokecheck.org | Ripping the sprites from B2/W2 roms
• Luka S.J. | Indexing and formatting the sprites
• PinkCatDragon | GIF to PNG conversion
• Tebited15 | B/W styled trainer Red sprite
• Spriters-Resource (redblueyellow) | Gen 5 ball sprites

Battle Backgrounds:
• Eli | Ripping and compiling the backgrounds
• lilatraube | Some B2/W2 battle bases

Custom UI:
• Luka S.J. | Design, formatting and implementation

Scripts:
• Luka S.J. | Elite Battle System
• Maruno | General help and support
• PinkCatDragon | GIF to PNG converter
• Pokémon Essentials | Base system

Sound Effects:
• GameFreak | Original sound effects from B/W/2 games
• BadSamaritan | Ripping the sound effects

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Graphics
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Gen 5 Overworlds by Radical Raptr
Tiles by Princess-Phoenix, Zeo254, Magiscarf, Kyledove, Hek-el-grande, Gallanty, PeekyChew, Morelockhater, LunaMaddalena, KingTapir
Pokemon icons by Pikachumazzinga

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Gen 7 Overworlds
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piphybuilder88

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Gen VI Overworlds
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-princess-pheonix
-LunarDusk

-Formatted by Sparta
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GenI-V Overworlds
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-Neo-Spriteman
-MissingLukey
-help-14
-Kymoyonian
-cSc-A7X
-2and2makes5
-Pokegirl4ever
-Fernandojl
-Silver-Skies
-TyranitarDark
-Getsuei-H
-Kid1513
-Milomilotic11
-Kyt666
-kdiamo11
-Chocosrawlooid
-Syledude
-Gallanty
-Gizamimi-Pichu
-Zyon17

Smogon XY Sprite Project

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Gen 7 Sprite Pack
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Amethyst
Jan
Zumi
Bazaro
Koyo
Smeargletail
Alex
Noscium
Lepagon
N-kin
fishbowlsoul90
princess-phoenix
DatLopunnyTho
Conyjams
kaji atsu
The cynical poet
LuigiPlayer
Falgaia of the Smogon S/M sprite project
Pikafan2000
Lord-Myre

A-Exeggutor Fix/Multiple Dex Forms scripts by Marcello

 

[Atomic Reactor]

That contrast in design is cozy, looking forward to the update. That bottom new one looks so alive!

 

[Aki]

It's finally ready! Pokemon Tempo Rising version 2!

One year later, the game is brand new! It's been reworked from start to the new finish, and now Tempo Rising is a whole new game, and has a custom soundtrack! Please check it out! I've already updated the resource pack and this thread's OP if you need a refresher. I hope you'll give the game a try at least just to hear the great stuff DogzNDogz113 has composed.

If you played before, I strongly recommend starting a new game. I didn't force save files to break, but you're missing out on a ton of reworked and new content. If you insist on keeping an old file (again, I don't recommend) then saving in the Mythic Forest where the game begins is probably the safest place. Pretty much every other area has been redesigned and you're likely to get stuck in a wall if you just boot up the new version.

Thanks for reading my whole post, here's the download!

Spoiler: Changelog

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Changelog for release version 2
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♫ New music and audio composed by DogzNDogz113 ♫
Route names are no longer just mashups of the cities they connect (updated names are used in this changelog)
Credits written properly in the game script and not just in the .txt file (how credits are accessed in game is yet to be seen as there's no ending)

Added:
> Swing Sandbar
> Hymn Hills
> Bolero City
> +2 Performance circles
> A burst of inspiration when earning a gym badge
> Ambient Pokemon Cries, and BGS
> Nameplates on text boxes for important characters and Pokemon (Because honestly, every Pokemon is important)
> Fishing and the Fishing Rod
> Trainers are now in the game proper!
> More sidequests and Inspiration

Buffed:
> Natural chances for wild Pokemon to be shiny and/or have pokerus (Each is about a 1.5% chance now)
> Shiny Charm but it's not in the game yet
> Bike speed
> Following Pokemon interactions got cleaned up, added to, sprites improved and pickup items pools expanded

Fixed:
> Minor bug/spelling/metadata/audio fixes!
> Warps that were going to the wrong city now act like they're suppossed to
> The Pokedex was displaying as both the Kanto and Regional dexes
> Patched a visual effect that made wading through water look...glitchy. Characters will now stay completely under water/grass when walking through it

Redesigned/Updated:
> Ace trainers are gayer
> Chasse Ruins
> Cadence City and opened up the Cadence Underground
> Uprock Beach
> Labamba Brushwood
> Moombahton Island and opened up the Moombahton Cave
> Mythedge Village to include the Mythedge Greenhouse, which is now open
> Slide Shoreline and opened up the Slide Cave
> Tweaked the level scaling system (for both wild Pokemon and trainers)
> Some tiles were updated and new graphics added
> Changed how performance circles work- they now have unique inspiration values required instead of all being late game content
> Dance battles now have better cues, and there's a practice/tutorial area now in Cadence Town
> TMs have been pulled from shops and can now be found instead. There's a TM list.TXT now included with their locations

Also, there's a badge now!

If you play enough to have collected 3 of the teleportation charms, you can hit up Relic Castle staff and get this cute little Meloetta to hang out under your username on all your posts!
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[Aki]

As usual someone found a crash, you can never do enough playtesting.
New version is 2.1 and top post is changed too. You can tell what version you have by checking the bottom left corner of the title screen!

 

[Aki]

Whoops one more crash was found, so another fixed version is out! >_<
Now the latest edition titlescreen says 2.2 and it has music!

 

[Aki]

Sorry I've got one more patch, I made a mistake while editing last time. It's not a crash but one of the gyms isn't working!

There's a trainer in Uprock Gym who acts like you already battled her and so you can't challenge the leader? Here's a tiny download to fix that. It's not the whole game this time so just drop this file into the Data folder and override the existing file. Done!

As I write this I'm uploading version 2.2 again, so anyone who downloads the full game after this won't have to apply the fix.

 

[Caelestie]

Shady miner on Swing Sandbar doesn't sell Sun Stone. Is that on purpose?

 

[Aki]

Shady miner on Swing Sandbar doesn't sell Sun Stone. Is that on purpose?

I dunno...It's perfectly legal to sell a Sun Stone, I think that guy is just holding out on you.
(I misspelled it so it's not showing up properly on his shop list, sorry! Will be fixed in whatever's the next patch)

 

[chins4tw]

Game crashed with no warning when I tried to rematch the guard with the beedrill to the right of the water gym.

Second time I tried after reloading an error popped up.

 

[theblueblur92]

I caught a Dhelmise, saved, and when I tried to open the Pokemon screen the game got a weird error and crashed. Now the game crashes when I go to the file select screen with the same error.

 

[Aki]

Thanks for the error reports guys! ♥
I've got a new version (2.3) that should fix things up.

 

[theblueblur92]

I found another, I'm not even sure how to categorize this, a bug I guess you would call it. I'm using both Shedinja and Ninjask on my team temporarily but something weird happens between the two that I'm not sure how to describe. It's like any changes that are made to the moves of one of the pokemon gets applied to the other. When I taught my Shedinja Spite in the third moveslot it overwrote the third move slot on Ninjask with spite even though Ninjask can't learn Spite except by move tutor. Also when I have either use a move in battle it takes PP away from both Ninjask and Shedinja as if they both used the move. I even tested it by removing Shedinja from the party and using a TM on Ninjask to see if Shedinja and the same move it had the same move in the same slot as Ninjask. It's not anything game breaking or anything but it is very weird and thought I should bring it to your attention.

 

[AlolanIvysaur]

This game is so well-made so far!!
I found a tile error the hard way: or
Idk why the image isn't inserting, but it's a ledge in the southwestern corner of Mythic Forest. I don't think you're supposed to be able to jump over it, and I don't think there's a way for the player to get out.

Edit: it's the same picture posted two different ways, so if one isn't loading don't fret.

 

[Plasick]

I need help. It appears that I am stuck at this part where I have talked to these guys here. The game crashed and autosaved. Then I tried to get back and when I did, I couldn't move. Little help here, please? I got a shiny farfetche'd that I rather not lose. Also, I am kind of fond of the team that I have. This is the save file

 

[Aki]

I need help. It appears that I am stuck at this part where I have talked to these guys here. The game crashed and autosaved. Then I tried to get back and when I did, I couldn't move. Little help here, please? I got a shiny farfetche'd that I rather not lose. Also, I am kind of fond of the team that I have. This is the save file

Hey thanks for sending this to me, I'm totally humbled by that playtime! I booted up the save and didn't seem to be stuck, but I moved you a couple paces away from those guys just to be safe :P
Here's your save back, I also fixed all the wild pokemon being asleep, sorry about that one!

 

[Plasick]

Hey thanks for sending this to me, I'm totally humbled by that playtime! I booted up the save and didn't seem to be stuck, but I moved you a couple paces away from those guys just to be safe :P
Here's your save back, I also fixed all the wild pokemon being asleep, sorry about that one!

Thank you for your trouble! I will boot it up and see what happens.

 

[Plasick]

Update: It works! I will be sure to provide more information such as bugs in the game.

 

[Kychu]

Who would I credit for the indoor gatehouse tiles if I use them? They look so nice compared to the bw ones I'm using.

 

[Aki]

Who would I credit for the indoor gatehouse tiles if I use them? They look so nice compared to the bw ones I'm using.

Princess-Phoenix! She has her own Gatehouse tileset, but I mixed a few different sets of hers to make the gatehouses in TR.

 

[marrowbone]

oh my GOSH this is amazing!!!! it's such a beautiful game in scenery and music and I love all the charming little details put in!!!

I'm having some issues with plot flags:
- I went to mambo before going to uprock. when I got back (to mythicedge), uncles acted as if I had already been to uprock and told me to go see my parents
- I read every book in the room before leaving prof camphor's to go to the pokemon center and to have a battle like she suggested. when I got back she suggested I read meloetta a book in the room, which I couldn't do. talked to her again and she said welcome back, how was the museum? and nothing further

that's where I am now and I have no idea where to go from here!

 

[Aki]

that's where I am now and I have no idea where to go from here!

Oh geez I'm sorry things have gotten so out of order!
It sounds like the professor skipped straight to the end stuff... have you already gone back towards Mythedge and woken up the Snorlax?