Released Pokémon Eco

Game Title
Pokémon Eco

Game Screenshots

Story
Welcome to Astoria: a little town in the Sinnoh region, just west of Twinleaf Town.
Congratulations! You have just been hired for the unpaid internship
position at Hemlock Laboratories! In this game, you will assist
Professor Hemlock and his assistant Holly in their research by
catching wild Pokémon from the Wild Area next to Astoria!

Features
A Wild Area that changes depending on how many Pokémon you catch!
Sidequests!
Level Scaling!
A postgame!

Team
GVolt - Development, music, catering, emotional support

Made Using
RPG Maker XP, Pokémon Essentials v19.1, Garageband iOS, Audacity

Game Download
Resource Pack
Soundtrack

Spoiler: Plot Point and Key Character Chosen:

Plot Point: Betrayal
Key Character: Professor, father figure

Spoiler: Credits

Pokemon Eco
GVolt

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4th Gen Matt's Pokemon Resource Pack
pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=158098

4th Gen Matt

D/P Character Sets:
RM2k3Kid

Platinum Sprites and Arceus forms:
Aeonos
Mastermind_X

R/S Music:
The Ghoul

FR/LG Music, G/S Music, and Colosseum Music
sound-test.org

XD Music
Ava

PoKeMaKeR

Sinnoh Tilesets:
Kyledove
Destined

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Sinnoh Tiles
deviantart.com/kyle-dove/art/Kyledove-s-Public-Resources-103892943

Kyledove (Kymotonian)
Speed (Speedialga)

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Public Gen 4 Tileset

https://eeveeexpo.com/resources/208/

Magiscarf
WesleyFG
SailorVicious (Formerly known as Heavy-Metal-Lover)
Shawn Frost
NSora-96
PeekyChew
Kyle-Dove
Claisprojects.com
Minorthreat0987
The-Red-Ex
UltimoSpriter
TyranitarDark
DarkDragonn
rafa-cac
Phyromatical
Alucus
Newtiteuf
ChaoticCherryCake
moca

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4th gen Indoor Tileset
deviantart.com/akizakura16/art/4th-gen-Indoor-Tileset-624832808

Akizakura16

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v19.1 Hotfixes

https://eeveeexpo.com/resources/707/

Maruno

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Luka's Scripting Utilities

Resource Repository

Explore a large repository of resources. Download Pokemon Essentials for RPG Maker XP and various other plugins for it to help you make your own fan-game.

luka-sj.com

Luka S.J.

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Elite Battle DX

Resource Repository

Explore a large repository of resources. Download Pokemon Essentials for RPG Maker XP and various other plugins for it to help you make your own fan-game.

luka-sj.com

Sprites:
GameFreak | Original sprites from B/W/2 games
Pokecheck.org | Ripping the sprites from B2/W2 roms
PinkCatDragon | GIF to PNG conversion
Tebited15, WolfPP, Issei Hyoudou, Nasasu, luckygirl88 | B/W styled trainer Red/Leaf sprites
WolfPP | B/W styled trainer Leaf sprite
Spriters-Resource (redblueyellow), Damien, WolfPP | Gen 5 ball sprites
Sound Effects:
GameFreak | Original sound effects from B/W/2 games
BadSamaritan | Ripping the sound effects
Other:
Luka S.J. | Elite Battle: DX
Pokémon Essentials | Base system
Maruno, Marin, Golisopod User | General help, support, and bouncing off ideas
PinkCatDragon | GIF to PNG conversion

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Gen 8 Project

https://eeveeexpo.com/resources/670/

Battler Sprites:
Gen 1-5 Pokemon Sprites - veekun
Gen 6 Pokemon Sprites - All Contributors To Smogon X/Y Sprite Project
Gen 7 Pokemon Sprites - All Contributors To Smogon Sun/Moon Sprite Project
Gen 8 Pokemon Sprites - All Contributors To Smogon Sword/Shield Sprite Project

Overworld Sprites
Gen 6 Pokemon Overworlds - princess-pheonix, LunarDusk, Wolfang62, TintjeMadelintje101, piphybuilder88
Gen 7 Pokemon Overworlds - Larry Turbo, princess-pheonix
Gen 8 Pokemon Overworlds - SageDeoxys, Wolfang62
Gen 1-5 Pokemon Overworlds - 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,LarryTurbo, spritesstealer

Icon Sprites
Gen 1-6 Pokemon Icon Sprites - Alaguesia
Gen 7 Pokemon Icon Sprites - Marin, MapleBranchWing, Contributors to the DS Styled Gen 7+ Repository
Gen 8 Icon Sprites - Larry Turbo, Leparagon

Cry Credits:
Gen 1-6 Pokemon Cries - Rhyden
Gen 7 Pokemon Cries - Marin, Rhyden
Gen 8 Pokemon Cries - Zeak6464

PBS Credits:
Golisopod User, Zerokid, TheToxic, HM100, KyureJL, ErwanBeurier

Script Credits:
EBS Bitmap Wrapper - Luka S.J.
Gen 8 Scripts - Golisopod User, Maruno, Vendily, TheToxic, HM100, Aioross, WolfPP, MFilice, lolface, KyureJL, DarrylBD99, Turn20Negate, TheKandinavian, ErwanBeurier

Compilation of Resources:
Golisopod User, UberDunsparce

Porting to v19:
Golisopod User, Maruno

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Trainer Level Scaling Scripts
eeveeexpo.com/threads/3155/
pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=454992

NettoHikari
Nathoid

Spoiler: Notes

Inspired by this comic by Sephko

Gameplay Mechanics:

There are 7 different stages to the Wild Area (+1 extra one in the Postgame).
Catching 2 or fewer Pokémon on an in-game day will make the Wild Area improve.
Catching 3-5 Pokémon on an in-game day will make the Wild Area stay the same.
Catching 6 or more Pokémon on an in-game day will make the Wild Area debilitate.

Completing the Pokédex should be theoretically possible if I included the right amount
of evolution items required, but I haven't had time to test it.

I also lowered some evolution levels and removed trade evolution methods to make completing
the Pokédex more viable since it's a relatively short game. (I hope this wasn't a controversial decision)

Who knew that making a game in the midst of your first year of college would be time-consuming?

 

[KennyCatches]

Hey there! I just finished the game, and I have a few thoughts -

Spoiler: Thoughts

Pros:

• What an interesting concept! I really liked the ecosystem idea and how catching could affect it.
• I liked the mapping! Astoria is a lovely town, and the wild area is fun to explore - though kinda empty.
• I'm not usually a big fan of level scaling, but it worked well here since the wild area constantly changed.
• The sidequests were funny and kept the game interesting. I wanted more, though!
• The custom music is fantastic. 19 tracks are insane for a game jam. You have such a unique sound that I really vibe with. My favourites would be Battle! Hemlock and Astoria.
• Excellent Pokémon selection!
• I liked the little postgame too.
• I didn't run into any bugs!

Cons:

• The gameplay loop was a little repetitive, especially since I had to catch 6+ Pokémon every day to continue the story. I also didn't know which stage I was on, so I was confused if I was making any progress! I would suggest lowering the threshold to 4 or 5 so that it's a little less tedious!
• Though I liked the NPC dialogue, I think it would've been nice if their dialogue changed depending on the stage. e.g. talking about the sandstorm. But I know that would require a lot more effort and time!

Here's my team!

I really enjoyed your last game, and I like this one too! Great work!

 

[GVolt]

Hey there! I just finished the game, and I have a few thoughts -

Spoiler: Thoughts

Pros:

• What an interesting concept! I really liked the ecosystem idea and how catching could affect it.
• I liked the mapping! Astoria is a lovely town, and the wild area is fun to explore - though kinda empty.
• I'm not usually a big fan of level scaling, but it worked well here since the wild area constantly changed.
• The sidequests were funny and kept the game interesting. I wanted more, though!
• The custom music is fantastic. 19 tracks are insane for a game jam. You have such a unique sound that I really vibe with. My favourites would be Battle! Hemlock and Astoria.
• Excellent Pokémon selection!
• I liked the little postgame too.
• I didn't run into any bugs!

Cons:

• The gameplay loop was a little repetitive, especially since I had to catch 6+ Pokémon every day to continue the story. I also didn't know which stage I was on, so I was confused if I was making any progress! I would suggest lowering the threshold to 4 or 5 so that it's a little less tedious!
• Though I liked the NPC dialogue, I think it would've been nice if their dialogue changed depending on the stage. e.g. talking about the sandstorm. But I know that would require a lot more effort and time!

Here's my team!

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I really enjoyed your last game, and I like this one too! Great work!

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed! I'll be sure to take your suggestions into consideration after the judging period is over!