Completed The Tower of Hats V1.2

nix_at_nite · Jul 23, 2022

Loving this so far. I'm doing a scout-playthrough so that I can attempt to optimize and Nuzlocke it--love the balancing of the different trainers so far, love how easy it is to get access to resources so that you can focus on team-building and strategy stuff.

Also, I just adore the concept. Is there a posted pokedex showing the new forms and/or what pokemon are available that I missed? just got absolutely rocked by a Froball, and was absolutely pleasantly surprised by the cool design, but I wanna see what else is new!

Reginald says "Hi!"

Elle · Jul 23, 2022

nix_at_nite said:
Loving this so far. I'm doing a scout-playthrough so that I can attempt to optimize and Nuzlocke it--love the balancing of the different trainers so far, love how easy it is to get access to resources so that you can focus on team-building and strategy stuff.

Also, I just adore the concept. Is there a posted pokedex showing the new forms and/or what pokemon are available that I missed? just got absolutely rocked by a Froball, and was absolutely pleasantly surprised by the cool design, but I wanna see what else is new!

Reginald says "Hi!"

Thank you! I was actually wondering if someone might nuzlocke it; I'm too intimidated to try, but I'd totally watch it happen. There actually isn't a Pokedex, I thought it would be more fun to make people guess at what they are facing. In any case, I hope you and Reginald do great; I'm sure you will! When you finish the game, I'd love to see your final team. :D

nix_at_nite · Jul 23, 2022

Elle said:
Thank you! I was actually wondering if someone might nuzlocke it; I'm too intimidated to try, but I'd totally watch it happen. There actually isn't a Pokedex, I thought it would be more fun to make people guess at what they are facing. In any case, I hope you and Reginald do great; I'm sure you will! When you finish the game, I'd love to see your final team. :D

Admittedly, just given the concept and format, I think I'm gonna have a tough go of it--making due with the first pokemon I see will be exceptionally difficult. I also typically play with a level cap rule, so this is looking to be pretty brutal. That said, I'm incredibly excited, and I'll let you know how it goes!

Will definitely be posting my final team--and I'll let you know what happens on the next playthrough!

nix_at_nite · Jul 23, 2022

Elle said:
Thank you! I was actually wondering if someone might nuzlocke it; I'm too intimidated to try, but I'd totally watch it happen. There actually isn't a Pokedex, I thought it would be more fun to make people guess at what they are facing. In any case, I hope you and Reginald do great; I'm sure you will! When you finish the game, I'd love to see your final team. :D

Oh, on that same note re: level caps--I don't need a full list of pokemon or anything, but would you be able to tell me what the highest level pokemon is for each of the four hats, so I can make sure not to overlevel?

Elle · Jul 23, 2022

nix_at_nite said:
Oh, on that same note re: level caps--I don't need a full list of pokemon or anything, but would you be able to tell me what the highest level pokemon is for each of the four hats, so I can make sure not to overlevel?

Sure thing!

Red Hat - Lv.14
Green Hat - Lv.21
Pink Hat - Lv.26
Blue Hat - Lv.32

On a side note, if you need a bit of training before the tower, I'd recommend checking out the Training Hall. In the foyer, head left to the trophy room and take the bottom exit. They have trainers with Pokemon from Lv.3-6, so that can help a lot in gradually reaching your goal.

nix_at_nite · Jul 23, 2022

Elle said:
Sure thing!

Red Hat - Lv.14
Green Hat - Lv.21
Pink Hat - Lv.26
Blue Hat - Lv.32

On a side note, if you need a bit of training before the tower, I'd recommend checking out the Training Hall. In the foyer, head left to the trophy room and take the bottom exit. They have trainers with Pokemon from Lv.3-6, so that can help a lot in gradually reaching your goal.

Perfect, thank you so much!

Elle · Jul 23, 2022

nix_at_nite said:
Perfect, thank you so much!

Good luck! I'll be around for the rest of the day if you need any more help.

nix_at_nite · Jul 23, 2022

Elle said:
Good luck! I'll be around for the rest of the day if you need any more help.

Ah! The game ended so quickly, I wasn't able to grab a picture of my team!

Reginald, the Camerupt,
Drezzy, the Drifblim,
Poppy, the Brionne,
Luna, the Lurantis,
Shelby, the Crustle
Sorbet, the Vanillish

Tons of fun, and while I think there's a couple of tweaks I'd like to see implemented, I'm really hungry for more of this. Going to compile my notes and see what this Nuzlocke looks like--I think this is turning into the rest of my evening, haha.

Elle · Jul 23, 2022

nix_at_nite said:
Ah! The game ended so quickly, I wasn't able to grab a picture of my team!

Reginald, the Camerupt,
Drezzy, the Drifblim,
Poppy, the Brionne,
Luna, the Lurantis,
Shelby, the Crustle
Sorbet, the Vanillish

Tons of fun, and while I think there's a couple of tweaks I'd like to see implemented, I'm really hungry for more of this. Going to compile my notes and see what this Nuzlocke looks like--I think this is turning into the rest of my evening, haha.

I love Brionne, it's one of my favorite starter middle stages. Nice to see someone use a Crustle, I always find it gets overlooked. Anyway, I appreciate you sharing your team, playing in general and look forward to hearing more about your locke!

Almeidarts · Jul 25, 2022

Just finished the game yesterday, and had a really good time!
Only having 5 Pokéballs to build my team was very unique and really fun. The whole thing was also consistenly gorgeous! Each and every map was really beautiful and well designed, in many I just stayed still for a time just admiring the scenery! I particularly loved the little schools of fish Pokémon, that was a really charming touch.
The battles were also really fun, and the fact that the trainers had some new forms and Pokémon to them made every battle unique! (Although I wish we could get some of those Pokémon... Gorochu my beloved...) And the hats themselves were really well designed!
Overall I enjoyed it quite a lot, but there's is one little grip I have.

At the end of the little treasere gathering sidequest, there really isn't any reward? It isn't a huge dealbreaker since the treasure is really easy to find, but it still feels weird. She just says that she'll give us a letter at night, so I thought it would be after we defeat all of the hats, but the game just ends, so I was left scratching my head.

At the end of the day it's just me nitpicking, and I had lots of fun with the game! Well done!

Elle · Jul 27, 2022

Almeidarts said:
Just finished the game yesterday, and had a really good time!
Only having 5 Pokéballs to build my team was very unique and really fun. The whole thing was also consistenly gorgeous! Each and every map was really beautiful and well designed, in many I just stayed still for a time just admiring the scenery! I particularly loved the little schools of fish Pokémon, that was a really charming touch.
The battles were also really fun, and the fact that the trainers had some new forms and Pokémon to them made every battle unique! (Although I wish we could get some of those Pokémon... Gorochu my beloved...) And the hats themselves were really well designed!
Overall I enjoyed it quite a lot, but there's is one little grip I have.

At the end of the little treasere gathering sidequest, there really isn't any reward? It isn't a huge dealbreaker since the treasure is really easy to find, but it still feels weird. She just says that she'll give us a letter at night, so I thought it would be after we defeat all of the hats, but the game just ends, so I was left scratching my head.

At the end of the day it's just me nitpicking, and I had lots of fun with the game! Well done!

Awesome, congrats on finishing!
Thank you, I tried to put my best in all my maps, so I appreciate the compliment. Also yeah, I wish I could have added the fakemon too, but sadly, no backsprites available.

There is secret content and the reward is tied into it. Granted the secret content is very hard to find, so I can imagine it would be a little disappointing.

Regardless, thank you and thanks for commenting!

Elle · Jul 28, 2022

The Tower of Hats v1.1 is out! Comes with some event fixes, typo corrections and level adjustments! To move to the new game, take the files from your old "Saves" folder and put them in the new game's Saves folder. Make sure to delete the old game file as well.

Elle · Jul 29, 2022

Made a rookie mistake; flipped one wrong switch and broke the fogs in half the maps in the game. Flipped that switch back to normal, patched, all set.

JoyceK · Dec 19, 2022

I apologize if this is a repeat question, or I'm just missing something obvious but is there a way to change the screen size? The screen window doesn't have the option to enlarge the screen and there isn't anything in the options menu. Or was this not meant to be played on a PC?

Elle · Jan 5, 2023

JoyceK said:
I apologize if this is a repeat question, or I'm just missing something obvious but is there a way to change the screen size? The screen window doesn't have the option to enlarge the screen and there isn't anything in the options menu. Or was this not meant to be played on a PC?

As far as I know, for this version of the game, there is no screen size option, sorry.

JoyceK · Feb 14, 2023

Elle said:
As far as I know, for this version of the game, there is no screen size option, sorry.

Just wanted to make sure. The screen is the size of a GBA's screen, so I thought I missed something.

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