Released Pokemon Helix

TheSheikahScholar · Oct 17, 2020

Pokemon Helix has been updated to v.0.5.4!

Fixed text issue with Bayberry City Gym's statues labelling it as "Birchquartz City Gym"
Fixed issue with Bayberry Gym statues displaying the player as a winning trainer before the gym was even battled (due to it being set to "Defeated Gym 1" by mistake)
Deleted several non-essential graphics files, as well as the .rxproj file

Also, here's a preview of an area (it's the last playable area in the current demo) that's getting a major overhaul in a later release:

(Screenshot shown is the updated version of the route not available in the demo. Final version will be different than both demo and screenshot.)

TheSheikahScholar · Oct 19, 2020

Had to revert back to v.0.5.3 due to accidentally deleting a graphics file pertaining to an event in the demo.

I am currently without internet, so it's easier to fix the issue by changing the link rather than trying to find a way to upload a new version. The event still occurs, but players find themselves talking to an invisible character.

In the meantime, I'll be prepping v.0.5.5 for upload as soon as possible!

Ozander · Oct 19, 2020

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ThatWelshOne_ · Oct 19, 2020

Just finished playing through the demo content. Nice little game so far. I enjoyed the nods to features and characters in some of the main series games. Based on some of the dialogue, I feel we have a similar sense of humour! I have a few points of feedback (I know you didn't ask for feedback, so feel free to ignore me), happy to message you privately on here or Discord, if you're interested/I'm allowed. Either way, looking forward to what's next for Helix!

TheSheikahScholar · Oct 19, 2020

ThatWelshOne_ said:
Just finished playing through the demo content. Nice little game so far. I enjoyed the nods to features and characters in some of the main series games. Based on some of the dialogue, I feel we have a similar sense of humour! I have a few points of feedback (I know you didn't ask for feedback, so feel free to ignore me), happy to message you privately on here or Discord, if you're interested/I'm allowed. Either way, looking forward to what's next for Helix!

I definitely welcome feedback! I'd love to hear ways I can improve the game!

TheSheikahScholar · Oct 21, 2020

Pokemon Helix has been updated to v.0.5.5!

Fixed text issue in Bayberry City Gym where statues were displaying the wrong city name
Fixed issue with Bayberry City Gym statues displaying Player as a winning trainer before the gym was defeated
Lowered levels of Pokemon Ranger Kate
Lowered levels of Pokemon Ranger Alan
Lowered levels of Hiker Nicholas
Increased encounter chance when using Headbutt on Routes 50, 54, 55 and Maple Forest
Various text fixes
Updated Title Screen to reflect proper version number
Updated brown grass on Route 55 to allow for wild encounters when walking in it
Updated TM compatibilty for Flash and Headbutt
Increased overall game difficulty by removing Pokemon Box Link
Added Pokemon Center to Route 50
Fixed bug with Watson/Phoebe event on Route 53 that didn't switch back to route music after event
Fixed back door of Rock Smash House in Birchquartz Town to allow access to Rock Smash garden
Various tiling error fixes
Adjusted triggers for various events
Fixed bug with Pokemon in one of the houses in Birchquartz
Customized/updated battle UI
Changed encounter music for Fisherman Matthew and Dragon Tamer ???
Added new trainers to Routes 54 and 55
Visual/layout overhaul of Route 55
Slight layout changes to Routes 49, 50 and 54

TheSheikahScholar · Oct 23, 2020

UPDATE:

I'm working on v.0.5.6, but I had a computer crash and it resulted in data corruption that led to a significant loss of progress on the overall game. I'm working on double-checking all the bug fixes I had implemented recently, as well as adding in new stuff I had intended on adding.

I can't say when v.0.5.6 will be out, but hopefully it'll be soon!

GalacticGaming · Oct 24, 2020

Yellow haired trainer on route 55 crashed my game. Got this error

Script 'Main' Line 14: RuntimeError occurred
Traceback is too big. Output in Traceback.log

TheSheikahScholar · Oct 24, 2020

GalacticGaming said:
Yellow haired trainer on route 55 crashed my game. Got this error

Script 'Main' Line 14: RuntimeError occurred
Traceback is too big. Output in Traceback.log

Thanks for letting me know! I mislabeled the intro in the trainer event, so it's looking for a trainer that doesn't exist when the event gets triggered. I'm working on a fix for that in the next update, and I hope to have that out soon!

TheSheikahScholar · Oct 25, 2020

Pokemon Helix has been updated to v.0.5.6!

Added encounter music for Bird Keeper Adrian
Fixed crash when encountering Bird Keeper Adrian
Fixed void visibility on Route 49
Added Sandshrew and Sandslash to Merima Regional Dex, as well as other slight dex adjustments
Animated several Pokemon icons
Fixed flowers on Route 53
Set encounters on Route 54 Meadow
Fixed bugs in select trainer events
Adjusted gift Bulbasaur to not require party space
Various tiling fixes
Added new map south of Route 55
Customized/updated Bag screen, Party screen and Load/New Game screen
Added VS transition for Bayberry City Gym Leader
Text fixes
Adjusted certain time-based events to work properly
Door event is now present on Route 50 to transfer player into Pokemon Center
Separated Nature Preserve on Route 54 into its own map
Added new trainer battle on Route 54

TheSheikahScholar · Oct 25, 2020

Just discovered that certain custom switch based events aren't working properly. None of these are game-breaking, but I'm going to work to fix them ASAP. An unfortunate byproduct of the PC crash I recently suffered. I had previously thought that only my maps were lost, but it appears so were several of the custom switches I had set up. And as a result, certain events aren't working properly.

I'll have these fixed soon, and will post when the updated project is posted.

TheSheikahScholar · Oct 25, 2020

I've posted a link for a patch folder in the main post, right under the link to the demo. This folder contains four files: Map081.rxdata, Map161.rxdata, Map251.rxdata and Tilesets.rxdata.

Copy these to your "Data" folder.

ESPECIALLY Tilesets.rxdata.

I guess in my rush to get out an update after my PC crashed and my files were corrupted, I didn't realize there was a major issue with the passage of some of my custom tiles. If you don't patch the game, you will find yourself unable to progress upon reaching Birchquartz Town.

The map files are less important fixes. One fixes the time-based vendor near the table in Birchquartz Town, another fixes music inside one of the houses in the town, and the third fixes an issue with fog persisting after leaving the most recent map added to the game. Two different vendors are supposed to appear in Birchquartz depending on whether it's day or night, but due to an error in how the event was set up, the daytime vendor appears in the day, but the nighttime vendor doesn't appear at all. For the other house, it's set to the same music as the town, but under a different file name, so when entering or exiting the house, the music restarts. Neither of these are critical issues, but again, the tileset issue is a gamebreaker.

I will be combing over all of my tilesets before releasing the next update to ensure that this isn't a problem anywhere else.

TheSheikahScholar · Oct 27, 2020

I was just made aware of another issue with impassible tiles on Route 50. I have updated the patch file to include a new updated tilesets.rxdata as well as Map003.rxdata

These should fix the issue with the map, as well as provide a slight visual update to the Route 50 exit/entrance of Maple Forest.

TheSheikahScholar · Oct 28, 2020

Updated the Tilesets.rxdata in the patch file again, this time to fix a terrain tag issue with the grass on Route 50.

TheSheikahScholar · Oct 29, 2020

Just posted another patch. This patch contains several map fixes as well as yet another updated Tilesets.rxdata. This also contains a new file for the Graphics folder. Just copy it to the Titles folder and replace the file named "splash". This will update the title screen to say "Demo v.0.5.7"

TheSheikahScholar · Oct 29, 2020

Pokemon Helix has been updated to v.0.5.7!

Fixed issue with fog persisting on Route 55 when exiting Bayberry Graveyard
Fixed passability issue with railroad tracks in Birchquartz Town
Fixed time-based merchants in Birchquartz Town
Fixed issue with music restarting when going in or out of Looker's House in Birchquartz Town
Updated battle backgrounds
Updated passability issue with Route 50 exit of Maple Forest
Updated passability issues in ~~Bayberry Gym and~~ Saur Tower (Download "Map110.rxdata" and copy it to the Data folder to fix passability issue in Bayberry Gym)
Various map fixes
Fixed crash when trying to battle Hex Maniacs in Bayberry Graveyard

Half of this stuff probably wouldn't have been in this update, or been an issue at all were it not for my computer crash and data corruption. Fortunately, I think at this point I have everything fixed that was messed up by the loss of data. I'm still rebuilding some maps, but since I've been working on maps and trainers in a completely non linear way, the lost maps that haven't been recovered are late game maps.

I had planned on opening up a few new areas with the next update, but I couldn't fix the Hex Maniac crashes with just map file uploads, and I hadn't properly fixed the Bayberry gym issue like I thought I had, so I pushed out a small update to fix those things, as well as add in the updated battle backgrounds.

TheSheikahScholar · Nov 8, 2020

Hey y'all.

I'm working on the next update, I've just been a bit busy. I'm overhauling most of the maps I plan on dropping in the next update, making sure they have all of their trainers and items, and double checking music to make sure it all loops properly.

Once all that is all set, I'm going to run a full playthrough test of the entire demo before releasing it. I've consistently dropped buggy releases, and I want to not do that as much going forward, as I know it reflects poorly on my project and me as a dev.

I'm aware that there is a Hiker on Route 55 whose battle sprite doesn't appear and that will be fixed in the next update.

TheSheikahScholar · Nov 19, 2020

Finished playtesting the next update, but I've decided to add more to it before release. So the wait will be a bit longer. This will likely be the biggest update I've released so far.

TheSheikahScholar · Jan 3, 2021

Happy New Year!

Pokemon Helix has been updated to v.0.6.1! This is easily the biggest update, at least doubling the number of available areas to explore! See the spoiler for the update notes.

Demo v.0.6.1 Change Log

Opened access from Kanjo Caves to Hydrangea City
Fixed error where Hiker Nicholas was not appearing in battle
Renamed Mail Pocket to Power-Ups Pocket
Moved Evolution Items, Vitamins, Mints, Rare Candies and Mega Stones to newly renamed Power-Ups Pocket
Various map fixes
Minor layout changes in Maple Forest, Route 50 and Birchquartz Town
Updated various attack animations
Updated the Region Map (modified placement of several locations, as well as added some new -though currently inaccessible- locations to the map)
Various metadata fixes
Modified Title Screen and Pause Menu
Modified Berry Mechanics. Added Mulch Maniac to Bayberry Mart
Increased base power of Strength, Cut and Rock Smash. Changed Cut to a Grass-type move and Strength to a Fighting-type move. Reduced PP of Cut.
Changed Rock Smash from TM104 to HM08
Added minor character customization. Players now have the choice of one of eight characters at the start of the game (4 male, 4 female)
Added approximately 100 additional Pokemon to the Merima Regional Dex
Added Name Rater to Pokemon Centers
Modified Bayberry Juice to heal status conditions instead of restore HP. Also fixed an issue where Bayberry Juice could not be used in battle.
Flash now reduces accuracy and causes confusion

Released Pokemon Helix

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