In Development Pokémon Espionage

For the sake of the world

Good day everyone! We are excited to announce that Pokémon Espionage is in official development!

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Game Overview

Pokémon Espionage is a primarily story-based free game that is set to take place from the Kanto region to the Galar region over the course of 15 Chapters. The game will ideally feature over 200 hours worth of material and playtime! It is a highly ambitious, but not excessively ambitious, project with a plan that is comfortably achievable.

Story Overview

Espionage occurs in an alternate Pokémon universe. The MC (player character) is a teenage orphan with great battling potential. After learning that an underground union called The Council of Restitution, Order and Balance against Tyranny (CROBAT) is actively recruiting young orphaned trainers with promising skills, Interpol has reason to doubt that global criminal organisations like the infamous Team Rocket and Team Galactic are truly extinct. In light of this, the International Police have enlisted the MC, a gifted young trainer, to spy on this questionable union and its activities by infiltrating their ranks as a double agent.

Story Features

There will be a large number of decision-based events (with one or two very large paths stemming from your own decisions!) included. At the moment, the plan is to use canon characters in large quantities with a followable amount of custom characters as to keep the story from being too cluttered. There will be at least 9 unique rivals with story arcs and themes of their own!

Screenshots

Characters

Some of the characters you'll meet on your journey!

Ciri

Ciri is a fiercely competitive, promising trainer who is devoted to her craft and lives for the thrill of the fight. Given her ties to the MC, she takes on the same spy job and joins Team Rocket as an Interpol agent. Ciri may not seem like the patient type, but she reads up on whatever she thinks is essential whenever she gets the chance, demonstrating an interest in history and education.

Looker

Looker is an officer in the International Police Force who is tasked with tracking down criminal organisations all around the world. He is quick on his feet, has a keen mind, and is prepared for any eventuality. Through a combination of cover identities and covert operations, he has maintained his status as a mystery agent of the International Police. Looker works with the Counter-Terrorism Task Force throughout the events of Pokémon Espionage, the same Task Force that he enlists the MC and Ciri to join for the espionage operation.

Logan

Because of his upbringing on the streets, Logan is a brave survivalist. He is kind, honest, and driven, but he abhors feeling inadequate. All he knows is survival, and that's why he's so motivated to help others. He has no idea who his parents are or whether he ever had a family. His dependable Manectric was once an Electrike he rescued from a pack of Poochyena and raised himself.

Gameplay Features

Pokémon from Generation 1 up to Legends Arceus

We have each and every one of them, from Bulbasaur through Calyrex and going all the way up to Enamorus! Putting together a championship-calibre team is much more stress-free when you don't need to be concerned about being shorthanded! Future plans are also put in place for when future generations of Pokémon get released, so stay tuned for those!

New Fakémon and mechanics

Keep an eye out for the newly discovered Fakemon that are now available in the complete Pokédex as you make your way through the various stages of your quests. Additionally, watch out for the new moves and abilities that are definitely worth trying out as you progress through the various regions of the game! The Smogon CAP Project is featured in Espionage.

New Mega Evolutions

The future of Mega Evolution looks bright as more and more Mega Stones are unearthed, featuring the likes of Typhlosion, Yanmega, Dusknoir, Mamoswine and many others! Even more so, Espionage sees the return of Gigantamax forms as Mega Evolutions.

New Regional forms

These don't look the same huh! That's because they're variants from other regions around the world and other-wordly dimensions! Featuring the likes of Noctowl, Snorlax, Eiscue and Magneton.

Music and Audio

We don't minimise the role that music plays in setting the scene, despite the fact that audio is typically the most underappreciated component of the gaming experience compared to the value it provides. The calibre of the music being used is nothing short of fantastic, featuring tracks from our illustrious music department, lead by CatchDalgo, as well as featured tracks from the likes of StevenMix, Zame, GlitchxCity, Kamex, AlmightyArceus, VanilluxePavillion, GaMetal, Pokestir, Bliitzit, and LittleVMills. We hope you'll jam along with us as you go on your journey! (All artists are properly credited; to learn more about them, click on the links in the Credits section.)

Theta Forms

Theta Stones cause a sudden transformation within a Pokémon's genetic makeup! The affected Pokémon have displayed characteristics that are not common among their species, such as improved stats, new abilities, and expanded movesets. Interestingly, it seems that only a subset of Pokémon species are vulnerable to these stones. How far-reaching is their impact, exactly? Furthermore, where did they first appear? Is it safe to use them? That's up to you to find out!

Randomizer and Nuzlocke mode

For those of you who enjoy pain, have no fear! Get your fix of sorrow and suffering with Espionage's dedicated Nuzlocke mode! No need to worry if you're the type who thrives on the unexpected. Because when you get into Espionage, you'll discover a Randomizer mode waiting for you there!

Level Caps

Play the game the way it was intended to be played by using the built-in level cap option! This method of play has the added benefit of allowing Rare Candies to be sold in PokéMarts, so if you ever decide against grinding out your levels (more on that below), you can always go pick some candies up!

Challenge Mode

Do you consider yourself to be tough enough? Engage in Espionage's Challenge Mode to test the range of your battle experience to its true capacity! Rare Candies sold at PokéMarts are significantly cheaper when Challenge Mode and Level Caps are both in effect at the same time.

Quest System

Quests are the primary method of progression in Espionage, and include everything from those related to the main storyline to those that involve assisting others in need. In a world where what is good and wrong is virtually always a matter of opinion, what path will you choose to take?

Multiple Save Data

If you want to go through the game again and try out some new Pokémon or different decisions, you may do so without fear of losing your prior saves thanks to the game's support for multiple save files!

eCipher

The eCipher is a multipurpose electronic gadget with features such as a Pokédex, jukebox, social networking, texting, and dialing. A must-have for any Pokémon trainer!

Easily accessible Level and Money grinding methods

Those Rare Candies are too simple, right? Not a problem! There are a plethora of quick and easy ways to level up and get some quick cash in Espionage!

Help System

The Espionage Help System is a great resource for when you're stuck or need a fast refresher on a feature! You may access the Help System by hitting H or by selecting the Help button from the menus available to you.

Ride Pager

Don't bother teaching your Pokémon any HMs. If you need help on your adventure, all you have to do is use the Ride Pager to summon a Pokémon that will gladly accompany you—so long as you don't make them take hits for you, you're not THAT close.

The Espionage Team

Lord Oofsef

Head Developer

CheckM8

Executive Developer - Feature Technician & Difficulty Stabiliser

Kacper12

Executive Developer - Narrative Author

CatchDalgo

Executive Developer - Tune Extraordinaire

Tornadsus

Difficulty Stabiliser

TNB

Difficulty Stabiliser

Malfeasance

Narrative Author

ACrazyArtist

L'artiste

DuskffyArt

L'artiste

thewaffles

L'artiste

2br-2b

Knight of the Roundtable

Spoiler: Credits

Spoiler: Plugins

• ZUD Plugin lead by Lucidious89​
  • Z-Moves by Marcello, Zumi, Ice Cream Sand Witch, Amethyst, Jan, Sardines, Inuki, StCooler, Lucidious89
  • Ultra Burst by WolfPP, Lucidious89, StCooler
  • Dynamax by Fauno, Lucidious89, StCooler
  • Max Raid by Lucidious89, StCooler
  • Dynamax Adventures by Lucidious89
  • Graphics by Game Freak, Contributors to Smogon's Sword/Shield Sprite Project
  • Audio by Game Freak
• Advanced Map Transfers, Fancy Badges, Luka's Scripting Utilities, Modular Menu, Modular Title Screen by Luka S.J.​
• Elite Battle: DX lead by Luka S.J.​
  • Sprites by PinkCatDragon, Tebited15, WolfPP, Issei Hyoudou, Nasasu, luckygirl88, Damien​
  • Sound Effects by BadSamaritan​
  • Other Aspects by Luka S.J., Maruno, Marin, Golisopod User, PinkCatDragon​
• Advanced HM Items by Moyo, Marin​
• Bag Screen w/interactable Party by DiegoWT, Rose, Vendily​
• Party Screen BW Style by DeepBlue PacificWaves,Shashu-Greninja​
• Pokedex BW Style by DeepBlue PacificWaves, NettoHikari, Xtreme1992​
• Summary Screen BW Style by DeepBlue PacificWaves, Tommaniacal, Lucidious89, Weibrot, Kobi2604, Dirkriptide, Ploaj, Mr. Gela, Shashu-Greninja​
• BW Location Signposts by Shashu-Greninja,DeepBlue PacificWaves,Shiney570​
• BW Text Entry Scene by Shashu-Greninja,DeepBlue PacificWaves,Erassus​
• Custom scene, Fame Checker, Multiple Save, BlackJack by bo4p5687​
• DiegoWT's Starter Selection by DiegoWT​
• Item Find by Boonzeet​
• Map Exporter EX by Golisopod User, Marin, Vendily​
• Overworld Shadows EX by Golisopod User, Wolf PP, Marin​
• Better Speed Up by Marin, Phantombass​
• Tileset Rearranger by Maruno​
• Player Pronouns, Nickname from the party by TechSkylander1518​
• Name Windows, Mugshots by Mr. Gela​
• Generation 8 Project for Essentials lead by Golisopod User​
  • Battler Sprites by veekun, All Contributors To Smogon X/Y, Sun/Moon, Sword/Shield Sprite Project
  • Overworld Sprites by princess-pheonix, LunarDusk, Wolfang62, TintjeMadelintje101, piphybuilder88, Larry Turbo, SageDeoxys, MissingLukey, help-14, Kymoyonian, cSc-A7X, 2and2makes5, Pokegirl4ever, Fernandojl, Silver-Skies, TyranitarDark, Getsuei-H, Kid1513, Milomilotic11, Kyt666, kdiamo11, Chocosrawlooid, Syledude, Gallanty, Gizamimi-Pichu, 2and2makes5, Zyon17, spritesstealer
  • Icon Sprites by Alaguesia, Marin, MapleBranchWing, Larry Turbo, Leparagon, Contributors to the DS Styled Gen 7+ Repository
  • Cries by Rhyden, Marin, Zeak6464
  • PBS by Golisopod User, Zerokid, TheToxic, HM100, KyureJL, ErwanBeurier
  • Scripts by Luka S.J.
  • Gen 8 Scripts by Golisopod User, Maruno, Vendily, TheToxic, HM100, Aioross, WolfPP, MFilice, lolface, KyureJL, DarrylBD99, Turn20Negate, TheKandinavian, ErwanBeurier
  • Compilation of Resources by Golisopod User, UberDunsparce, Maruno
• TM Case, Textbook Script by TechSkylander1518
• ENLS's Random Utilities by ENLS
• After-Battle Comments by Yumil
• Mystery Gift (BW), Change Form (Animation) by KleinStudio, bo4p5687
• Ride Pager by Marin, UlithiumDragon, Bhagya Jyoti, bo4p5687
• Pokémon Amie by PizzaSun, rigbycwts, BhagyaJyoti, Luka S.J, bo4p5687
• Trainer Level Scaling by Dvalor53
• Item Crafting, Type match-up summary by ThatWelshOne_
• Magnet Train Scene by PurpleZaffre, new001, SNR
• Clone trainer by Grogro
• Better Healing Machine by Rua, mej71
• Somesault Utilities, Chapters Plugin by A. Somersault
• BW Get Key Item by KleinStudio, DeepBlue PacificWaves, Izanagi, RedBlueYellow
• Boon's Phenomena by Boonzeet, DaSpirit, BadSamaritan, Maruno & Marin
• Cool Pokeball Anims for EBDX by Lichenprincess
• Full regional dexes by TheCrafters001
• Modular Selection Screen by CourteousGrizzly, Limnodromus, Shiney570
• Voltseon's Trainer Generator by Voltseon
• Voltseon's A-Star Pathfinding by Voltseon, Golisopod User
• Party Screen Ball Graphics by Lucidious89
• 1950's Kanto Map Pack Gen 4 Stylelead by DogzNDogz113
  • Original FRLG maps by GameFreak, JohtoBlaziken
  • Tiles by GameFreak, SirMalo, Alistair, Alucus, Bakura155, Blue Beedrill, Chimcharsfireworkd, CNickC/CNC, Corby,
    Dewitty, EpicDay, Fused, Gigatom, Heavy-Metal-Lover, Kage-No-Sensei, Kizemaru_Kurunosuke, Kymotonian/Kyledove, LotusKing,
    New-titeuf, Novus, Pokemon_Diamond, PrinceLegendario, Reck, Red-Gyrados, REMY35, Saurav, SL249, Spaceemotion, Speedialga,
    Stefpoke, sylver1984, ThatsSoWitty, TheEnglishKiwi, Thegreatblaid, ThePokemonChronicles, TwentyOne, UltimoSpriter, Warpras,
    WesleyFG, Yoh, 07harris/Paranoid, 19dante91, 27alexmad27, 874521, Bati', Kyledove SailorVicious, hek-el-grande, light-pa,
    zerudez, phyromatical, Flurmimon, Rayquaza Dot, ChaoticCherryCake
  • Map modifications and 50/60's Kanto by DogzNDogz113
• Modern Quest System + UI by ThatWelshOne_, mej71, derFischae, Marin
• Pokémon Amie by PizzaSun, rigbycwts, BhagyaJyoti, Luka S.J, bo4p5687
• Pokémon monitor icons by Ulithium_Dragon, bo4p5687
• Pokémon Legends Arceus Expansion by StCooler, PorousMist and curryofthepast, AztecCroc, KingOfThe-X-Roads, Morningdew, LuigiTKO, Ezerart
• Following Pokémon EX by Golisopod User, Help-14, zingzags, Rayd12smitty, mej71, PurpleZaffre, Akizakura16, Thundaga, Armin, Maruno
• Boon's Mark Ribbons by Boonzeet
• Multiple Protagonists by NettoHikari
• Party Move Relearn + Party Evolve by IndianAnimator, eriedaberrie
• Achievement System by Mega Mewthree and Vendily
• Better AI by #Not Important
• Enhanced Jukebox by Marin, DerxwnaKapsyla, FocasLens: The Gensou Ningyou Enbu Asset Collection Pack
• Marin's Scripting Utilities by Marin
• Pokémon Selection by FL
• EBDX move & common animation pack by NikDie, Luka S.J.

Spoiler: Overworld Graphics

Various Maps and Tilesets by:
KingTapir
Pablus94
WesleyFG
zetavares852
Zeak6464
Chris Sunderland
Kyle-Dove
Speedialga
Spacemotion
Alucus
Pokemon-Diamond
Kizemaru-Kurunosuke
Epicday
Thurpok
Ultimospriter
Dewitty
Minorthreat0987
Tyranitardark
Heavy-Metal-Lover
Kaitoooo
Wesleyfg
Boomxbig
Crimsontakai
ThatsSoWitty
Chimcharsfireworks
07harris/Paranoid
19dante91
27alexmad27
874521
Alistair
Alucus Alucus
Atomika
Bakura155
Blue Beedrill
Bulbapedia, Bulbaforums
chimcharsfireworkd
Chio
CNickC/CNC
Flood Fused
G-olden
help14
Jesse
TBPro
lordindy
Kizemaru_Kurunosuke
klnothincomin
Kuroda-Taiki
Kymotonian
Newtiteuf
Novus
Pokemon_Diamond
PrinceLegendario
Reck
Red-Gyrados
REMY35
RHN
Saurav
Scarexshivaking
Seiyouh
SL249
spaceemotion
spypoke
megafc
ThePokemonChronicles
SirMalo
darkdragonn

Various Overworld Graphics by:
DiegoWT
VanillaSunshine
kyledove
WolfPP
Rekiem
Phoenix Rising
Hyo
Venom
Taiga

Spoiler: Interface Graphics

Various Graphics by:
BiggusWeeabus
xZekro51
GeneralGibby

Spoiler: Battler Graphics

Fakemon by:
Skara
Jos_Louis
NocTurn
Lucrain
KajiAtsui
JWNutz
John Willow
Oranjican
Snickerblizz
Nopesicle
Axolollipop
JorgeBurgos
LogicalLoony
Culurrien
AnthiXD
Tatiana
ZestyPanties
CosmoRider
NVA
MattyMT
Spring
ZombiePikachu
HauntedDitto
cubeR
Magiscarf
Emiery/Idilio
Jess Jackdaw
Travis (PokeCommunity)
WolfPP
Wednesday
Justin Nuggets
Picarrot
PrincessPhoenix
anonscribbler
Scotsman333
Mechamudskipper
JWNutz
mechanicalape464
AnonAlpaca
Leparagon
PurpleZaffre
Nuclear Omega
PurpleZaffre
AceTrainerAvery
Thundaga
Voltseon
TristantineTheGreat
Kristiano100
SmileyFakemon
TheGreatZeKro
DiegoWT
VanillaSunshine
PandaInDaGame
DerxwnaKapsyla
Pokemon Acanthite Team

Spoiler: Design Inspiration

Design Inspiration by:
Reverendtundra
ishikane_aoi
The Ace Attorney Team
Urbinator17
@Captainpiika
@AtelierNear

Spoiler: Music

Music by:
CatchDalgo
Zame
StevenMix
VanilluxePavilion
GlitchXCity
Bliitzit
GaMetal
Pokestir
LittleVMills
Kamex
AlmightyArceus
DeNA (Shota Kageyama, Haruki Yamada (ATTIC INC))
Zufaix

Spoiler: SFX

SFX by:
RCP Tones
Pixabay

Spoiler: Collaborations

Special thanks to:
CandyEvie
Lord Emvee
Viz
Patterzz
Lockstin & Gnoggin
Pokémon Challenges
Sejun Park

For choosing to allow us the usage of their likeness in the game!

Spoiler: Pokémon Essentials

"Pokémon Essentials" was created by:
Flameguru
Poccil (Peter O.)
Maruno

With contributions from:
AvatarMonkeyKirby & Marin
Boushy & MiDas Mike
Brother1440 & Near Fantastica
FL. & PinkMan
Genzai Kawakami & Popper
Golisopod User & Rataime
help-14 & Savordez
IceGod64 & SoundSpawn
Jacob O. Wobbrock & the__end
KitsuneKouta & Venom12
Lisa Anthony & Wachunga
Luka S.J.
and everyone else who helped out

Special thanks to:
Vendily
And everyone else in the Game Dev Cafe Discord Server who helped out!

"mkxp-z" by:
Roza
Based on MKXP by Ancurio et al.

"RPG Maker XP" by:
Enterbrain

Pokémon is owned by:
The Pokémon Company
Nintendo
Affiliated with Game Freak

This is a non-profit fan-made game.
No copyright infringements intended.
Please support the official games!
All visuals & features are subject to change.

Join us!

Please feel free to join our Discord server by clicking the button below to keep up with the game's progress and become a part of the Espionage family; we'd love to have you!
The Demo is also linked in the server's Announcements channel!
And if you reckon you would be a good fit for the Development Team, feel free to contact me directly! Check out this thread for a rough idea on whether you can make a difference to the team too!

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[Zumi]

Hi, I'm Zumi, the lead artist of Rejuvenation.

It seems that someone on the team for this fangame has traced some of the official artwork I've made for Rejuv, specifically Keta's artwork (as listed in the link) for the character shown in one of the screenshots (Doctor Hemlock). While Rejuvenation is open source for a huge part, this does not include the official artwork (the custom music & custom forms aren't open source either), let alone stealing/tracing it and giving no credit whatsoever to the team. And really, using any art without the artist's permission or without giving credit is a pretty bad look for people on the team and the fangame as a whole in general.

I would kindly ask you to make your own artwork for Hemlock and not use/trace/steal any of the official art made for Rejuvenation in the future. And please... If you're using any assets from Rejuv at all, please provide credit where credit is due. I don't want to make more of a fuss out of this than necessary, but please be respectful towards other creators in the fangame scene and don't steal each other's work if you have no clear permission to use it.

Thank you in advance!

 

[Lord Oofsef]

Hi, I'm Zumi, the lead artist of Rejuvenation.

It seems that someone on the team for this fangame has traced some of the official artwork I've made for Rejuv, specifically Keta's artwork (as listed in the link) for the character shown in one of the screenshots (Doctor Hemlock). While Rejuvenation is open source for a huge part, this does not include the official artwork (the custom music & custom forms aren't open source either), let alone stealing/tracing it and giving no credit whatsoever to the team. And really, using any art without the artist's permission or without giving credit is a pretty bad look for people on the team and the fangame as a whole in general.

I would kindly ask you to make your own artwork for Hemlock and not use/trace/steal any of the official art made for Rejuvenation in the future. And please... If you're using any assets from Rejuv at all, please provide credit where credit is due. I don't want to make more of a fuss out of this than necessary, but please be respectful towards other creators in the fangame scene and don't steal each other's work if you have no clear permission to use it.

Thank you in advance!

Right, I see the similarities in the art, they do resemble each other a lot.

We'll revise Hemlock's art and change it accordingly, apologies for any inconvenience this might've caused you!

And to be perfectly clear, it is never our intention to steal any piece of resource and not give credit, on the contrary, we try to make sure we credit everyone for the resources we make use of.

 

[Aurora]

Wow..this seems amazing! I really hope I can join the bad team lol

 

[Lord Oofsef]

Wow..this seems amazing! I really hope I can join the bad team lol

The main plot has the player become a Team Rocket Grunt whilst working for the government.

In the game, you get to live a double life as both a Team Rocket Grunt and an Interpol Agent!

There's more to it than just that of course, but it's all set to be revealed as the game progresses!

 

[yanks105]

i am excited to see how it turns out when done keep up the great work.

 

[Lord Oofsef]

i am excited to see how it turns out when done keep up the great work.

Cheers! Hope it lives up to your expectations

 

[Heapofficial]

I think I'm out of the development team. can you recruit me again, please. I'll do the concept designs again since it hasn't been polished well last time.

 

[Lord Oofsef]

I think I'm out of the development team. can you recruit me again, please. I'll do the concept designs again since it hasn't been polished well last time.

Contact me regarding it on Discord. The server is still up and open.

 

[Dragor33]

Interesting concept

 

[yanks105]

has there been any new updates i check in the server but not sure if i missed it

 

[Lord Oofsef]

has there been any new updates i check in the server but not sure if i missed it

The server has any/all updates, stay tuned over there!

We will also update any new announcements here.