Released Pokemon The Lost Jewels of Poke-Island

Iron_Rx · Aug 13, 2021

It freezes on extracting "Misty Trees" for me every single time. Could you perhaps provide a zipped download or something?

Samdeman123124 · Aug 13, 2021

Very, very much agreed

Iron_Rx said:
It freezes on extracting "Misty Trees" for me every single time. Could you perhaps provide a zipped download or something?

ImagiNATIVE · Aug 14, 2021

Iron_Rx said:
It freezes on extracting "Misty Trees" for me every single time. Could you perhaps provide a zipped download or something?

I uploaded the whole file in zip/rar format. If ever you experience any more problems feel free to message me! <3

Porygon2 · Aug 15, 2021

There's a strange error with the Sandy Beach map where entering it seems to cause some kind of overlap with the Grassy Steep map. The tiles from the Grassy Steep are still on the screen when you're at Sandy Beach, and they move around when you move. The Sandy Beach NPCs are still there and I used them as landmarks to keep track of where I was.

Also, when the Wooper's Quagsire parent enters the scene after the Wooper was saying goodbye to the Luvdiscs, the game freezes.

I used RPG Maker to get myself past those bugs and continue the game.

A non-game breaking one: after you've recruited Bayleef to the city, if you go back to the grove where Bayleef was originally, it'll be there again in front of the berries, wishing you luck with planting them. Bayleef being back there doesn't erase Bayleef being in the city.

I liked the atmosphere of this game, I felt happy whenever I helped Pokemon and recruited them to the city!

NocTurn · Aug 15, 2021

Hey! Just finished up until the point suggested to me by the developer, Gusty Grounds. I have a lot to say about this game, it's got some good and some bad. So let's get into my list.

Pros:

The mapping! I have to mention this one first because it's always the first thing I notice as a mapper myself and as a player. Ekat's tiles are really used to their fullest potential here and the fogs do a great job at hightlighting the maps.
The concept is really fun, I always like the types of games with one central hub that builds up over time, and I like how that's all due to your efforts and the experiences you gain with these Pokemon.
The music was very pleasant. I had a good time with it, and it highlights the game fairly well.
Overworld Pokemon! I liked how I was given a choice as to wether or not I'd like to engage in encounters., especially considering how much backtracking the game has.

Cons:

Balancing. This is especially bad at the start, what with the level 15 Purugly and all, but it got really bad later in the game especially with the distance between healing spots. That made traversal really difficult, and not in a fun engaging way.
Dialogue. This is the point I really hit or miss on with most games, but the dialogue here is pretty bland and uninteresting. None of the characters engaged me in any way, and it was really the standard faire. Plus, there were a lot of typos. Periods missing, Pokemon not capitalized, etc.
Backtracking. There was too much of it, and maybe a fast travel system plus more frequent healers would have helped, but the town wasn't central enough to really justify how many times we had to go all the way back there by foot. I had to play on Debug just to avoid walking all the way back there so many times.
The story could have been better. It was really standard, and this isn't really supported by the fairly bland dialogue either.

That's it! Could have been better, could have been worse. I can tell this is a first game so I can't wait to see what the developer does next and how they advance as a creator. Cheers!

There were actually too many bugs. I couldn't include them all in this spoiler so I'll send the rest via Discord)

Couldn't get the fonts to work on Em for some reason? I'm sure I downloaded them. All the other options are fine.