Released Pokémon Photon [NEW UPDATE 8/19/2023]

catchneko · Mar 31, 2023

Well, today's March 31st, the planned release day of the game, but as expected it's still not finished. I don't want to rush this game for the sake of meeting an arbitrary deadline I myself set, but the game is close to being finished and I've put over a year's worth of time and effort into it.

This is a solo project with only one person working directly on it, so it is going to take a long time, especially with my real-life responsibilities.

If you want a progress report:

The main story is completely playable and working up to a plot segment right after Gym 8.
Of the 400 Pokémon that are in the game's regional Pokédex, 232 of them have revised stats and level-up movesets. (I'm a nerd and I take balancing very seriously, until I find a Pokémon I like and make it obnoxiously broken to be funny)
3 of the 8 Gym Leaders have finished sidequests.
29 of the 47 new regional forms have completely finished sprites (most of them still need overworld follower sprites and that's it)
As for human character sprites, only the E4 and one more plot character needs them for now.
I only need to map a few more late-game locations, Victory Road, and the Pokémon League.

On top of that there are still minor issues and bugs I need to iron out, such as cutscenes/events being weird, certain mapping errors that went unnoticed, and the game crashing under some specific circumstances (such as a big one caused by the v19 version of the Following Pokémon plugin that crashes the game if you use certain HMs (I know Fly triggers it) with the Pokémon currently following you). Overall though, I think the game is at least 80-90% finished and will be released... eventually.

Dragor33 · Apr 4, 2023

Take care

pizzataco890 · Apr 6, 2023

catchneko said:
Well, today's March 31st, the planned release day of the game, but as expected it's still not finished. I don't want to rush this game for the sake of meeting an arbitrary deadline I myself set, but the game is close to being finished and I've put over a year's worth of time and effort into it.

This is a solo project with only one person working directly on it, so it is going to take a long time, especially with my real-life responsibilities.

If you want a progress report:

The main story is completely playable and working up to a plot segment right after Gym 8.

Of the 400 Pokémon that are in the game's regional Pokédex, 232 of them have revised stats and level-up movesets. (I'm a nerd and I take balancing very seriously, until I find a Pokémon I like and make it obnoxiously broken to be funny)

3 of the 8 Gym Leaders have finished sidequests.

29 of the 47 new regional forms have completely finished sprites (most of them still need overworld follower sprites and that's it)

As for human character sprites, only the E4 and one more plot character needs them for now.

I only need to map a few more late-game locations, Victory Road, and the Pokémon League.

On top of that there are still minor issues and bugs I need to iron out, such as cutscenes/events being weird, certain mapping errors that went unnoticed, and thecrashing under some specific circumstances (such as a big one caused the v19 version of the Following Pokémon plugin that crashes the game if you use certain HMs (I know Fly triggers it) with the Pokémon currently following you). Overall though, I think the game is at least 80-90% finished and will be released... eventually.

Your doing great so far I'm kinda excited to play this game whenever time comes I'm really super excited about it. Maybe you should contact the YouTuber HeroVolsty to make a lets play on your game if
wants to https://m.youtube.com/@HeroVoltsy/about

pizzataco890 · Apr 28, 2023

catchneko said:
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Explore the region of Prism Outpost in a new adventure! A region with ties to the lore of both Sinnoh and Alola, its human population is rather sparse, but its Pokémon variety is quite impressive. There are even some forms you won't find in other regions...
After waking up in a strange crater outside of the house of a young researcher, the two of you set off on a journey, uncovering mysteries of the region along the way. You eventually discover that there was more to his past, and to the region, than initially met the eye. What is with the strange glowing Pokémon? What is Neo Aether? What is the lore behind Prism Outpost?
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Some features!

New story and region!

Regional dex of 400 Pokémon!

All Pokémon, moves, and abilities up to the Pokémon Sword and Shield DLC are implemented in the game, plus a little bit from Pokémon Legends: Arceus!

40+ new regional forms!

Some Pokémon, moves, and abilities have been altered/rebalanced (some i just buffed bc i like them lol)

I went through and manually revised every single Pokémon's level up moveset (at least the ones in the regional dex), so none of them should be stupid like in mainline.

Freeze has been changed to be mechanically similar to PLA's Frostbite (i'd have renamed it but i'm lazy and i already added an ability called frostbite)

New mechanic involving the unusual Aether Burst forms and the mysterious Light type (trust me I did not just throw it in as an arbitrary fakemon type it's actually important)

Mega Evolution is in the game (didn't add Z moves maingame since they're more annoying to balance), and Gigantamax Pokémon have been reworked into "G-Mega Evolutions"

Plenty of sidequests, including sidequests for each Gym Leader!

Following Pokémon! (you guys like that right?)

Cool soundtrack (from other games but it does go hard)

Future updates coming soon containing things like difficulty settings and postgame content!

What is this game like? (I got bored one night and wrote a wall of text)

Gameplay:
If you're playing this game I'm to assume you're a Pokémon veteran and know how the flow of the games works. This is just kind of meant to be a game that's easy to get into and still feel familiar while providing a bit of a challenge that the increasingly dumbed down official games are noticeably failing to provide. If you thought Black 2/White 2 Challenge Mode and Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon were a refreshing challenge, and are looking for something a step or two above that, you'll probably enjoy this game. I wanted to try to experiment with teambuilding and strategies in a way both the official games and the ultra-tryhard difficulty uberspam games have not. This is not a competitive-focused game, however, and if sheer competitive difficulty like RadRed is more your style, this game probably isn't for you.
It is the kind of game that would be pretty fun to nuzlocke, though :)
Although my experience with fangames is minimal and I'm not an excellent coder, I did try to find ways to add quality-of-life features into the game. Many rare items that are valuable for proper teambuilding (such as Vitamins and TMs/TRs or Evolution Stones/other items) are directly buyable in various shops set up throughout the game, with some prices being adjusted. In addition, I tried my hardest to make grinding unnecessary without making overleveling something the player would have to actively avoid doing (cough cough Gen 6 Exp Share). I left HMs in the game for story progression reasons, but I buffed the HM moves themselves to be more than a wasted move slot (Rock Smash is now 60 BP instead of 40 for example, and is no longer mandatory once it starts falling off in usefulness).
Several Pokémon and moves have been buffed or rebalanced to give more species a chance. A lot of underrated and underused Pokémon are held back by bad stats, shallow movepools, or not very useful abilities, so I've put some consideration into how to make them better.
Mega Evolutions were a pain in the ass to balance. I eventually settled for making the stat boost scale based on the specific mega. The BST boost is no longer a universal +100.
The only type change for a vanilla Pokémon I made was turning Mega Banette from pure Ghost to Ghost/Normal. I hope that's okay. It always bothered me. The type chart was very slightly adjusted though. Mostly just adding or removing a handful of resistances for the sake of improving underpowered types.
Additionally, at least 6 new abilities have been added, mostly to fill interesting roles existing abilities haven't filled, and a few other abilities were changed a bit, and a handful of moves were adjusted (Wild Charge doesn't suck anymore???)
TL;DR It's a step above the official games in terms of difficulty, and some steps were made to attempt to streamline gameplay, mitigate grinding, and balance the pocket monsters themselves.

Narrative:
It's not hard to make a "dark" Pokémon game. The official games are aggressively family-friendly for the most part, and topics such as death and violence are not touched upon often or in detail. I see a lot of people trying to make the darkest, grittiest, and most violent and "mature" fangames they can but I'm not trying to do that. I don't think maturity is measured necessarily by how dark and shocking and violent a piece of media is, and in a lot of ways many attempts at telling a "mature" story backfire and come off as edgy and immature instead.
This game is overall pretty PG-13. Yeah, there's death and violence in it, but I'm only including it to better tell the story I have in mind, and sparingly at that. The language is pretty tame, words like "damn" and "hell" are the worst you'll probably see. I'm not throwing in slurs, violent murder scenes, or child trafficking sidequests for shock value. I'm here to collect Pokémon, not trigger warnings.
I genuinely tried my best to write a story that fits with Pokémon. It is an inherently unrealistic series so I didn't hold myself to realism when designing the region or the cast.
I'd assume once you meet the pink-haired elf witch who runs the fairy gym that that would become apparent.
I had fun writing the story. It ended up how it ended up content-wise, it's not meant to be edgy and the tone is pretty consistent with the kind of JRPG anime-type stuff Pokémon works well with.

CREDITS!
Most of the game was made by me (catchneko) and I was the only person who directly worked on the project but there were many assets and plugins that were made by other people who were not directly involved

Credits (If there's something in the game that isn't listed here PLEASE tell me so I can add it! I'm a little dumdum cat so I often forgor)

Lolw3e932 on DA - Route 4 (North) overlay graphic

Clara-Dragon on DA - Ultra Wormhole Sprite

Panorama Graphics: Various stock images I edited

Hidden Ability Capsule script: Kirik, Marin, Maruno, AiurJordan, ThatWelshOne_

Most sprite edits and custom tiles were done by me

Pokémon Essentials was created by:

Flameguru

Poccil (Peter O.)

Maruno

MKXP-z by:

Roza

Based on MKXP by Ancurio et al.

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

RPG Maker XP by:

Enterbrain

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

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

Full Credits

-Z-Move Credits-
Base Script (v16.2): Marcello
Additional Credits (v16.2): Zumi, Ice Cream Sand Witch, Amethyst, Jan, Sardines, Inuki
Adaptation to Essentials v18.1: StCooler
Adaptation to Essentials v19.1: Lucidious89

-Ultra Burst Credits-
Base Script (v17.2): WolfPP
Adaptation to Essentials v18.1: Lucidious89, StCooler
Adaptation to Essentials v19.1: Lucidious89

-Dynamax Credits-
Original Tutorial (v17.2): Fauno
Adaptation to Essentials v18.1: Lucidious89, StCooler
Adaptation to Essentials v19.1: Lucidious89

-Max Raid Credits-
Original Scripts (v17.2): Lucidious89
Adaptation to Essentials v18.1: Lucidious89, StCooler
Adaptation to Essentials v19.1: Lucidious89

-Dynamax Adventures Credits-
Original Scripts (v19.1): Lucidious89

-Graphic Credits-
Official Item/Pokemon Icons: Game Freak
Gigantamax Pokemon Sprites: Contributors to Smogon's Sword/Shield Sprite Project

-Audio Credits-
All audio files: Game Freak

Golisopod User, Help-14, zingzags, Rayd12smitty, Venom12, mej71, PurpleZaffre, Akizakura16, Thundaga, Armin (Fairies Resource Pack), Maruno

EV/IV in Summary Plugin: Deoxysprime

Fossil Revive: GT-Baka

Hyper Training: Jonas930

Luka's Scripting Utilities: Luka S.J.

Multiple Save v19: bo4p5687

19.1 Hotfixes: Maruno

Voltseon's A-Star Pathfinding: Voltseon, Golisopod User

"A Formidable Enemy" - Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Composer/Arranger: Yasunori Mitsuda, ACE, Kenji Hiramatsu, Manami Kiyota, Mariam Abounnasr

"Aether Paradise Labs" - Pokémon Sun/Moon
Composer: Junichi Masuda, Gō Ichinose

"Wild Pokémon ~ Area Zero" - Pokémon Scarlet/Violet
Composer/Arranger: Minako Adachi, Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose, Hiromitsu Maeba, Teruo Taniguchi, Hitomi Sato, Toby Fox

"Ballonlea" - Pokémon Sword/Shield
Composer: Minako Adachi

"Battle! Team Plasma" - Pokémon Black 2/White 2
Composer/Arranger: Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose

"Battle! (Trainer)" - Pokémon Black 2/White 2
Composer/Arranger: Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose

"Battle! (Wild Pokémon)" - Pokémon Black 2/White 2
Composer/Arranger: Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose

"Battle! Gladion" [GaMetal Ver.] - Pokémon Sun/Moon
Arranged by Jonny Atma
Original Ver. Composed by Go Ichinose

"Battle! (Gym Leader)" - Pokémon Black 2/White 2
Composer/Arranger: Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose

"Team Star Grunt Battle Theme" - Pokémon Scarlet/Violet
Composer/Arranger: Minako Adachi, Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose, Hiromitsu Maeba, Teruo Taniguchi, Hitomi Sato, Toby Fox

"Moebius Battle" - Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Composer: TOMOri Kudo (ACE)

"Bone-Dry Dunes" - Mario Kart 8
Composer: Shiho Fujii

"Bringer of Chaos! Ultimate" - Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Composer: ACE

"Castelia City Gym" - Pokémon Black 2/White 2
Composer/Arranger: Junichi Masuda, Hitomi Sato

"Tartarus_0d04" - Persona 3
Composer: Shoji Meguro

"Colony 6 - Future" - Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
Composer: Manami Kiyota

"Colony 9" - Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
Composer: Yoko Shimomura

"Colony 9 (Night)" - Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
Composer: Yoko Shimomura

"Deep Dark Galaxy" - Super Mario Galaxy
Composer: Mahito Yokota

"Death Match With Torna" - Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Composer: ACE

"Epic Story" - Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Composer: Yoko Shimomura

"Forest of the Nopon" - Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
Composer: Manami Kiyota

"Forest of the Nopon (Night)" - Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
Composer: Manami Kiyota

"Gormott" - Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Composer: ACE

"Gormott (Night)" - Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Composer: ACE

"Pokémon Gym" - Pokémon Black/White
Composer/Arranger: Junichi Masuda/Shota Kageyama

"Incoming!" - Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Composer: ACE

"Kingdom of Uraya" - Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Composer: Kenji Hiramatsu

"Kingdom of Uraya (Night)" - Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Composer: Kenji Hiramatsu

"Lentimas Town" - Pokémon Black 2/White 2
Composer: Hitomi Sato

"Melty Molten Galaxy" - Super Mario Galaxy
Composer: Mahito Yokota

"Mor Ardain - Roaming the Wastes -" - Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Composer: Kenji Hiramatsu

"Mor Ardain (Night)" - Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Composer: Kenji Hiramatsu

"Pokémon Center" - Pokémon Black/White
Composer/Arranger: Junichi Masuda/Shota Kageyama

"Poké Mart" - Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver
Composer/Arranger: Go Ichinose/Shota Kageyama

"Press Start" - Pokémon Platinum
Composer: Hitomi Sato

"Relic Castle" - Pokémon Black/White :)
Composer: Shota Kageyama

"Reversal Mountain (Pokémon White)" - Pokémon White 2
Composer: Hitomi Sato

"Rival's Theme" - Pokémon Black 2/White 2
Composer: Go Ichinose

"Route 8" - Pokémon X/Y
Composer: Minako Adachi

"Route 12 (Spring/Summer)" - Pokémon Black/White
Composer: Hitomi Sato

"Sorrow" - Xenoblade Chronicles
Composer: Manami Kiyota

"Spirit Crucible Elpys" - Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Composer: Manami Kiyota

"Strange House" - Pokémon Black 2/White 2
Composer: Go Ichinose

"Team Plasma Returns" - Pokémon Black 2/White 2
Composer: Go Ichinose

"Tephra Cave" - Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
Composer: Manami Kiyota

"The Road to Reversal Mountain" - Pokémon Black 2/White 2
Composer: Hitomi Sato

"Ultra Space Wilds" - Pokémon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon
Composer: Minako Adachi

"Urayan Tunnels" - Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Composer: Manami Kiyota

"Valak Mountain (Night)" - Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
Composer: ACE+

"Victory Lies Before You!" - Pokémon Black 2/White 2
Composer: Junichi Masuda, Go Ichinose

"Victory! (Gym Leader)" - Pokémon Black/White
Composer/Arranger: Junichi Masuda, Shota Kageyama

"Victory! (Team Plasma)" - Pokémon Black/White
Composer: Minako Adachi

"Waterfall Cave" - Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
Composer: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ryoma Nakamura, Ken-ichi Saito

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I don't have any cool trailers or anything so maybe these screenshots will do lol

Anyway the game is still a WIP and it probably will release sometime by early-mid 2023. I hope people play it I spent a lot of time and effort on this

Shoutout to Nuzcord and the Relic Castle server btw! :)

https://twitter.com/Pokemon_Photon <-- Follow this for updates!!

This game sounds epic keep up the good work I'm also kinda curious about the games starters as well I wonder if they are regional variants too.

catchneko · May 12, 2023

pizzataco890 said:
This game sounds epic keep up the good work I'm also kinda curious about the games starters as well I wonder if they are regional variants too.

It's just Snivy/Fennekin/Piplup. They aren't regional forms because I couldn't really come up with anything good for them.

catchneko · Jun 29, 2023

Hello everyone,

I've decided the upcoming 0.10 update is going to be an open beta, so the game will be released to the public for the first time.
In the meantime, I've opened the Discord server, in case anyone wishes to join --> https://discord.gg/jrk6ws6tct

The game is not quite finished, but it's approaching a state that I can show to the public confidently, and I need some more people to help me detect any bugs or errors I've overlooked.

catchneko · Jul 6, 2023

I have finally released 0.10! Please play it, I worked very hard on it, and join the Discord if you want!
This isn't the final release of the game, but I wanted community feedback, so that's why I did this.

Zinkatron · Jul 6, 2023

Looks great! I have a few chapters to go in Vanguard but will start this right after. A few QQs:

- Read your game synopsis and you allude to specific rebalancing efforts, ability changes, etc. Is there a list of these changes somewhere, or is it just in the individual files in the PBS folder that is in most downloads?

- Is there a level cap?

- Did you change the shiny odds?

- You also mentioned a new typing and that you rebalanced the chart a bit. Is that something you shared in the download or somewhere else?

Thanks in advance!

catchneko · Jul 6, 2023

Zinkatron said:
Looks great! I have a few chapters to go in Vanguard but will start this right after. A few QQs:

- Read your game synopsis and you allude to specific rebalancing efforts, ability changes, etc. Is there a list of these changes somewhere, or is it just in the individual files in the PBS folder that is in most downloads?

- Is there a level cap?

- Did you change the shiny odds?

- You also mentioned a new typing and that you rebalanced the chart a bit. Is that something you shared in the download or somewhere else?

Thanks in advance!

Oh yeah, I do need to finish/include the documentation. The current stats can all be found in the PBS files, but the changes specifically will be included in the docs once I finish them.
- Here's the ability changes:

Here are the level up sets: [LINK TO SPREADSHEET]
The stat changes aren't in an easy-to-read format yet, but I'll post them here when they are.
The type chart changes are explained by an NPC, but here they are here as well (the Light type matchups picture is right there in the game's folder as well):

There are no hardcoded level caps, but if you want to self-impose them, the level caps for the gyms are 14/23/27/32/39/47/55/61 (the E4 isn't finished yet, the current version ends at the entrance to Victory Road)
The shiny odds are 1/1024

Zinkatron · Jul 6, 2023

Wow, thanks for responding so quick! This will help out for sure, I'll let you know what I think once I get far enough to give constructive feedback.

And no worries on the stat changes, if the stats are in the pokemon file in the PBS, that'll do!

Penny55gg · Jul 6, 2023

Wow! The game publicly released, that's amazing! Congratulations on releasing your fangame! I'll check it out soon!

safr · Jul 6, 2023

I need to download the game through github right?

catchneko · Jul 6, 2023

safr said:
I need to download the game through github right?

Yes. That's where the download is for now.

Zinkatron · Jul 6, 2023

Started your game; put a female prism Chespin in the daycare and the egg that hatched came out as a regular Chespin. Just wanted to let you know in case this wasn't intentional. Some games I've played let eggs produce both forms randomly (e.g. Grimers can be regular or alolan).

Having fun so far, no other bugs or things to report.

EDIT: All 5 chespin eggs I hatched are the normal grass type variant, so I am guessing it is a bug (I could be wrong tho and just be unlucky!). That said this does seem like an interesting way to get normal versions into your game but I am just gonna reload an older save and go from there as I don't think this was intentional. :-)

catchneko · Jul 6, 2023

Zinkatron said:
Started your game; put a female prism Chespin in the daycare and the egg that hatched came out as a regular Chespin. Just wanted to let you know in case this wasn't intentional. Some games I've played let eggs produce both forms randomly (e.g. Grimers can be regular or alolan).

Having fun so far, no other bugs or things to report.

Hmm, that isn't intended to happen. I didn't really test breeding, so some quirks can occur. I had simply assumed it would inherit the form but I could take a look at it.

Zinkatron · Jul 6, 2023

No worries! Yeah they all turned out the normal grass type. I bred the original with a male Braixen and then a few with a male grass Chespin if that helps the data collection on your end.

Reignburst00 · Jul 7, 2023

How far does the gameplay take you and is there a speed up button?

catchneko · Jul 8, 2023

Reignburst00 said:
How far does the gameplay take you and is there a speed up button?

The current version has most of the complete game, and ends at the entrance to Victory Road.
There is no speedup button, but the game isn't particularly slow-paced or anything.

Zinkatron · Jul 8, 2023

Enjoying the game thus far! Starts off like a standard pokemon game, the story doesn't start picking up until gym 5-6 in terms of progression.

I like that you have access to a lot of things as the game goes, some a lot earlier than others. Like why put the mints, capsules, a hyper training at the literal end of the game when you don't even need them anymore? Love that most of these things are available before gym 4, and the EV training and power items are also available I think around gym 3.

I ran into a progress bug after beating gym 7. The game just doesn't move forward. It doesn't crash, it just "hangs"...I am guessing awaiting a dialogue prompt or something. Regardless, I can't move, interact, open a menu, etc. I re-loaded a save and got the same issue so it wasn't a one time thing. See attached. Hoping you can take a look.

Also feel a bit silly reporting the breeding bug given that breeding is totally unnecessary in this game, lol. But I did test it with magikarps to see if I could replicate the bug and yeah you get kanto magikarps if you breed 2 prism ones together. Anyways, here is the screenshot of what I mentioned above:

catchneko · Jul 8, 2023

Zinkatron said:
Enjoying the game thus far! Starts off like a standard pokemon game, the story doesn't start picking up until gym 5-6 in terms of progression.

I like that you have access to a lot of things as the game goes, some a lot earlier than others. Like why put the mints, capsules, a hyper training at the literal end of the game when you don't even need them anymore? Love that most of these things are available before gym 4, and the EV training and power items are also available I think around gym 3.

I ran into a progress bug after beating gym 7. The game just doesn't move forward. It doesn't crash, it just "hangs"...I am guessing awaiting a dialogue prompt or something. Regardless, I can't move, interact, open a menu, etc. I re-loaded a save and got the same issue so it wasn't a one time thing. See attached. Hoping you can take a look.

Also feel a bit silly reporting the breeding bug given that breeding is totally unnecessary in this game, lol. But I did test it with magikarps to see if I could replicate the bug and yeah you get kanto magikarps if you breed 2 prism ones together. Anyways, here is the screenshot of what I mentioned above:

Hmm. I haven't seen anybody else run into the issue in the Draconis Gym. There were 2 people in the Discord who have been streaming their playthroughs and they both got past that part without any softlocks or issues, so it seems unique to your playthrough and I'm not sure what could have caused it. Can you give more details on when exactly it happened? Like after what line, etc so I could try to replicate it myself and figure out the problem?

Edit: I wasn't able to figure out or replicate the issue, but there were 2 more issues that I found (and fixed) that were pretty big as a result of you pointing out this problem

Edit 2: I found the issue! I'm implementing a fix for it now.

Released Pokémon Photon [NEW UPDATE 8/19/2023]

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average goomy enjoyer

Cooltrainer

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average goomy enjoyer