Released Tail of Dreams

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A "tail" split between two worlds.​

Ralina is a young Skitty who's aspiring to be an author, but is feeling uninspired and finds life dull. After some words of encouragement from her mom and her partner, she decides to try and put herself out more into the world and discover what happens more in the day to day life of Viewside.
Alinra, a wandering Skitty, arrives at the Great Plains with a dream of getting stronger to defend her village by gathering Hi-Meds. What connects her to Ralina?
The two discover the world around them, interconnected but separate...

A game made in 42 days for Winter Jam 4.
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Current Issues :
- hidden items stop overworld shadows (use this info as you wish)

Spoiler: Notes

The game was made in basically 5 weeks due to the amazing amount of custom sprites I had to make with this style of overworld.
I hope I managed to flesh out the story enough to keep people hooked long enough.
Sorry about it just sort of abruptly ending in Northside, and the lack of npcs up there. My brain was fried by the end of the week and it would have been casual outfit characters, and I care more about my mental health than to pump more out lmao.
Enjoy what I managed to make regardless!

Spoiler: Download

Download 1.0.6 Here!

Spoiler: Resource Pack

https://eeveeexpo.com/resources/1193/

Spoiler: Three Settings

One: Bustling City (Viewside)
Two: Ominous Cave (Consort Cave)
Three: Whimsical Forest (Northside)

Spoiler: Team and Credits

Team:

• Mashirosakura (Story, eventing, mapping, spriting)
• nyx (spriting)
• omega (playtester)

Tiles:

• ekat
• heartlessdragoon
• wilddeadhero
• vurtax
• idilio
• frenchorange

Music:

• A Hopeful Astraea - Blue Reflection: Second Light (Viewside Academy)
• Apostle of Creation - Atelier Firis (Northside)
• Baby Bird - Atelier Ayesha (Sprita's theme;cutscene)
• City on Water - Atelier Iris 3 (Viewside)
• Don't Panic - Atelier Escha & Logy (Ruffian encounter)
• Feeling Danger Nearby - Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC Evolution (Ruffian non-ambush battle)
• Firefly Nation - Atelier Firis (Ralina's House)
• Game of Blades - Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel (PokeCards)
• Going Even Further! - Atelier Firis (Victory theme)
• Hidden Loneliness - Atelier Firis (Xan's theme;cutscene)
• Hometown Sun - Atelier Iris 3 (Cutscene)
• Pinch!! - Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC (ZANMAI) (Ruffian ambush battle)
• Solramimi (Toybox Ver. by Kazuki Yanagawa) - Atelier Ryza Special Arrange CD (Title)
• Stand Alone Knight - Atelier Iris 3 Grand Phantasm Original Soundtrack (Consort Cave)
• Tangomushi - Atelier Ayesha (Cleo's theme)
• Very Ordinary - Atelier Ayesha (Cutscene;Aecatec Bakery)
• Wind Banquet ~Atelier of Sounds vers.~ - Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis (The Great Plains)
• Yamaneko Counterattack Operation - Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky the 3rd Evolution (Boss theme)
• Various BGS and SE from Pixabay

Scripts:

• v20.1 Essentials/hotfixes
• Marin's Map Exporter/Scripting Utilities
• ThatWelshOne_'s Quest Log
• Overworld Shadows EX by Golisopod User, Wolf PP, Marin
• DiegoWT's Bag Screen with Interactable Party
• Gen 8 pack by Golisopod User, Luka S.J.
• Caruban's Gen 9 pack
• Boonzeet's Item Find
• Radial Menu by Yankas, Cony, Hallow
• Lucidious89's Essentials Deluxe

Specific credits:

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

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

- Gen 8 Pack:
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+ Berry Tree Overworlds - Anarlaurendil
Gen 6 Pokemon Overworlds - princess-pheonix, LunarDusk, Wolfang62, TintjeMadelintje101, piphybuilder88
Gen 7 Pokemon Overworlds - Larry Turbo, princess-pheonix
Gen 8 Pokemon Overworlds - SageDeoxys, Wolfang62, LarryTurbo, tammyclaydon
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, LarryTurbo
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
Script Credits:
Golisopod User, Luka S.J.
Compilation of Resources:
Golisopod User, UberDunsparce
- Gen 9 Pack:
Script Gen 9 and Adapting PLA for v20:
-Caruban
PBS for Gen 9:
-Caruban
-PorousMist (Updated the abilities, items, and moves description)
-DJChaos (TM Items)
Pokemon Gen 9 Battler Sprites:
The-King-Of-Roads-X, Mak, leParagon, Caruban, Azria, Mashirosakura, Katten, jinxed
Battler Sprites QC:
leParagon
Pokemon Gen 9 icons:
ezerart
Pokemon Gen 9 Followers:
Azria, DarkusShadow
Pokemon Gen 9 Cries:
Edited from Lightblade Absol Gen 9 Cries compilation video


Gen 9 item icons:
-lichenprincess (Tera Orb, Bamboos, Tera Shards, Mirror Herb, Loaded Dice, Leader Crest, and Kubfu Scrolls, Booster Energy, Gimmighoul coin, TM Material, Kofu's Wallet)
-Caruban (Punching Glove, Auspicious Armor, Malicious Armor, Ability Shield, Clear Amulet, Covert Cloak, Scarlet&Violet Book)
Original Pokémon: Legends Arceus Expansion Script :
-StCooler (Original script for Gen 8 Project in v18 and Status sprites)
-PorousMist and curryofthepast (Adapting the script for v19.1 use)
PLA item icons :
-AztecCroc, 3DJackArt, Caruban, lichenprincess
Pokemon cries ripped:
-Morningdew
Pokeballs battle animation and summary icon:
-Caruban
-WolfPP (Beast ball battle animation)
PLA Pokémon icons:
-LuigiTKO
Follower
-Boonzeet
-DarkusShadow
-princess-phoenix
-Ezeart
-Wolfang62
PLA Sprites from Smogon Gen8 Sprite Project :
(https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/smogon-sprite-project.3647722/)
-Blaquaza, KingOfThe-X-Roads, KattenK, Travis, G.E.Z., SpheX, Hematite
Gen 4 Style Version
Gen 9 sprites:
KingOfThe-X-Roads, Mak, Red7246, Vent, Caruban, leParagon, Sopita_Yorita, Z-nogyroP,
Alxndre~◇, Mashirosakura, NanaelJustice, KRLW890
PLA sprites:
Travis, KingOfThe-X-Roads, Blaquaza, leParagon, Red7246, G.E.Z., Katten, Vent, Cesare_CBass, AlexandreV2.0, PKMNTrainerRick., CarmaNeko, JWNutz, Erkey830
Gen 9 Icons:
Vent, Katten, leParagon, Cesare_CBass
PLA Icons:
LuigiTKO, Pikafan2000, Cesare_CBass, Vent, Cesare_Cbass, MultiDiegoDani, leParagon, JWNutz
and thanks for
Pokémon Icons Act 2.9 - Teracristalizando
(https://whackahack.com/foro/threads/pokemon-icons-act-2-9-teracristalizando-07-08-2022.63896/)
Full Sprites Credit List:

 

[Mashirosakura]

Updated the main post with a patch for errors provided to me by Mr. Kenny. Recommended download.

CHANGELOG:
v1.0.1
- Fixed an error where the game would keep returning to the title screen on fights in the Great Plains - Area 2
- Fixed a missing priority in Ralina's house
- Disabled the Trainer card as it was causing an error.

 

[KennyCatches]

Finished the game. This was an adorable game with lots of fun characters!

Spoiler: Thoughts

Things I loved -

• The use of sound effects and ambience, such as the sound of washing in the bathroom and the students talking in the academy. It made the game feel very immersive and alive.
• Great music choices too. The bgs and bgm complemented each other well.
• Alinra was an interesting character. I liked the concept of "broadening my horizons" by doing quests around the city. I'm interested to see her character development and how her relationship with Wilbur goes in the future.
• How every Pokémon had a fun and distinct personality, such as the Slowpoke walking slowly. I even waited for the Slowpoke to catch up, and I was very happy you gave it additional dialogue.
• The switch-up in gameplay in the plains. It was well-designed too. The items were helpful, and I liked how I could choose which Pokémon to level up with the hi-meds. The essentials deluxe crash with the items made the game slightly more difficult, but it's not your fault haha. The fights were challenging but also not too difficult.
• You did a fantastic job with all of the sprites! My favourite ones were Wilbur, Dewott, Krokorok and Lillipup.
• Doug.

But yeah, this was an enjoyable game, and I'm very interested to see where the story goes next. Good job!

 

[Tomix9tomix]

Some thoughts:

Spoiler

Really amazing game, just completely oozes with charm and character. I loved all the character so much, even the alt world versions of them too. And even the extremely minor characters like Doug, for being hilarious, or the Monferno for naturally coming across as super shady but in the end just being a dude who likes card games.

Kenny touched on this, but I really liked how you contrasted the gameplay between the two worlds. In one half of the game you're a highschooler running errands and dealing with a love life, and then the other half of the game full embraces JRPG mechanics. Just really cool to have both of those genres in the game, and work so well side by side.

My only critique is about the whole "if you faint you return to your last save" feature. It isn't really explained to the player and you aren't prompted to save at any point. So I feel like it would be very easy for the player to be completely sent back to the start of the game if they are just going through in one session. I think some nice ways to keep the spirit of that mechanic but make it less likely to really screw over the player, would be either to communicate it, or to make it so that everytime you visit the purple crystals your game saves. You could even go full JRPG and disable saving and make it so you can only save at the crystals.

But yeah, amazing job, I love these characters, please let Wilbur and Ralina date.

 

[Mashirosakura]

Following on from Tom's stream, I've made a new patch with all the tiny errors I've seen fixed, and updated the main post.

CHANGELOG:
v1.0.2
- Fixed a dialogue being the wrong colour
- Fixed the first Ruffian Lillipup showing up wrong
- Fixed another wrong priority in Ralina's house
- Fixed a missing priority in Consort Cave
- Fixed radial menu icons not showing up
- Fixed Crania's sprite being misaligned
- Adjusted the Strapi fight to make sure people see the whole event
- Fixed Luwrib's sprite changing to Wilbur's after unlocking the shop

Finished the game. This was an adorable game with lots of fun characters!

Spoiler: Thoughts

Things I loved -

• The use of sound effects and ambience, such as the sound of washing in the bathroom and the students talking in the academy. It made the game feel very immersive and alive.
• Great music choices too. The bgs and bgm complemented each other well.
• Alinra was an interesting character. I liked the concept of "broadening my horizons" by doing quests around the city. I'm interested to see her character development and how her relationship with Wilbur goes in the future.
• How every Pokémon had a fun and distinct personality, such as the Slowpoke walking slowly. I even waited for the Slowpoke to catch up, and I was very happy you gave it additional dialogue.
• The switch-up in gameplay in the plains. It was well-designed too. The items were helpful, and I liked how I could choose which Pokémon to level up with the hi-meds. The essentials deluxe crash with the items made the game slightly more difficult, but it's not your fault haha. The fights were challenging but also not too difficult.
• You did a fantastic job with all of the sprites! My favourite ones were Wilbur, Dewott, Krokorok and Lillipup.
• Doug.

But yeah, this was an enjoyable game, and I'm very interested to see where the story goes next. Good job!

Some thoughts:

Spoiler

Really amazing game, just completely oozes with charm and character. I loved all the character so much, even the alt world versions of them too. And even the extremely minor characters like Doug, for being hilarious, or the Monferno for naturally coming across as super shady but in the end just being a dude who likes card games.

Kenny touched on this, but I really liked how you contrasted the gameplay between the two worlds. In one half of the game you're a highschooler running errands and dealing with a love life, and then the other half of the game full embraces JRPG mechanics. Just really cool to have both of those genres in the game, and work so well side by side.

My only critique is about the whole "if you faint you return to your last save" feature. It isn't really explained to the player and you aren't prompted to save at any point. So I feel like it would be very easy for the player to be completely sent back to the start of the game if they are just going through in one session. I think some nice ways to keep the spirit of that mechanic but make it less likely to really screw over the player, would be either to communicate it, or to make it so that everytime you visit the purple crystals your game saves. You could even go full JRPG and disable saving and make it so you can only save at the crystals.

But yeah, amazing job, I love these characters, please let Wilbur and Ralina date.

Thanks very much for playing the game! I'm glad you enjoyed the fun characters and little side things since they're what I spent the most time on.
I'll take any criticisms on the nose and work on improving them post jam!

 

[Mashirosakura]

Well it's been a funny old week on Relic, but I've had a look into the more annoying bigger bugs in the game. Lucidious has updated Essentials Deluxe, and with that, the last item bug should be fixed. I've also gone and converted the map connections of Viewside into map transfers. Didn't want to do it, but it was a necessity. New download is in the original post as usual.

CHANGELOG:
v1.0.3
- Fixed there being outdoor BGS in the bakery
- Fixed Weepinbell and Bellsprout's sprites having a weird move route
- Changed all of Viewside to be map transitions instead of being connected, fixing the tone bug
- Updated Essentials Deluxe, fixing the item bug (might require new saves though)

 

[TechSkylander1518]

It looks like you've got a couple game-breaking errors at the start of the game! After putting on Raz's uniform, the screen tone doesn't change again when she's transferred to the hall. (This isn't totally game-breaking because you can stumble into a door and fix it, but it's kind of unplayable until then) And then when you leave the house, you're transferred to a non-passable tile and stuck there - probably just a matter of the map having been shifted?

It's a very fun atmosphere even with the little bit so far, hoping to write my full thoughts soon!

 

[Haunted Ditto]

I left the house and got teleported here:

Sadly I can't leave this spot.
Does restarting the game fix it?

 

[Mashirosakura]

It looks like you've got a couple game-breaking errors at the start of the game! After putting on Raz's uniform, the screen tone doesn't change again when she's transferred to the hall. (This isn't totally game-breaking because you can stumble into a door and fix it, but it's kind of unplayable until then) And then when you leave the house, you're transferred to a non-passable tile and stuck there - probably just a matter of the map having been shifted?

It's a very fun atmosphere even with the little bit so far, hoping to write my full thoughts soon!

I left the house and got teleported here:

View attachment 16976

Sadly I can't leave this spot.
Does restarting the game fix it?

I totally missed these messages until now! Sorry about that. Here's the fix! v1.0.4

 

[Haunted Ditto]

Hi, I found two additional bugs and one is game breaking:
1. After a quest (like bringing Cubone to her mom) the screen becomes black and stays like this until you load a new area
2. In the "Plains" Sprigatito triggers following error:

Spoiler

(I'm enjoying the game so far btw)

 

[Mashirosakura]

I have returned from the lab where I have found the errors in question.
Here is 1.0.5

 

[Haunted Ditto]

Hi, I encountered more issues and one broke my game:
1. The constant black screen after a finished quest is still present after Monferno's quest
2. You can walk into Joltik

Spoiler

3. I lost to Grubbin and Bellsprout (which is already odd, because Bellsprout's Vine Whip did 90% on Skitty without a crit) and it kinda destroyed my save file. Now the game keeps throwing my back to the starting screen.

 

[Mashirosakura]

Hi, I encountered more issues and one broke my game:
1. The constant black screen after a finished quest is still present after Monferno's quest
2. You can walk into Joltik

Spoiler

View attachment 17296

3. I lost to Grubbin and Bellsprout (which is already odd, because Bellsprout's Vine Whip did 90% on Skitty without a crit) and it kinda destroyed my save file. Now the game keeps throwing my back to the starting screen.

sorry for the late reply again, I've seen and sorted the first two issues. as for the last one, essentials has a weird issue with return to title screen since mkxp came into play apparently, but just restarting the game (not the save) should fix it

 

[Mashirosakura]

After watching the second part of Cade's journey, I saw a few bugs and adjustments that needed doing, so I applied all of them into a 1.0.6 patch.

v1.0.6
- Fixed an issue where the screen stays black in Cimpa's quest
- Moved Joltik's event so you can't accidentally get stuck on it.
- Fixed a teleport being wrong at the end of the demo
- Fixed the final cutscene being repeatable
- Fixed an issue where you couldn't sell to the Luwrib Shop
- Changed the Pokemon's moves in the Grubbin/Bellsprout fight (No, Mud Slap is staying)
- Changed the loss system back to a normal black out one, fixing the stuck on starting screen issue

 

[Faislittlewhiteraven]

Just finished the current demo and I have to say... I LOVE THIS GAME AND I SO VERY MUCH CANNOT WAIT UNTIL THE STORY CONTINUES!!!

Seriously this was so much fun <3 Most of my feedback is the same as most everyone elses' (great vibes, writing, art in both the sprites and the mapping, the interesting mechanics etc) so don't have too much more beyond that the choice of species for a certain handsome lad left me absolutely cackling and if there are any more stealth gags in the future I am even more excited/hopeful for a continuation than before~ XD

Spoiler: Bugs/Errors

None of these popped up with an error screen since they're more pathing/eventing softlocks but:

First one is the pathing that moves the party across to fight with the Bellsprout Grubbin fight - not sure why but first time I encountered them my characters got stuck and the little scene didn't continue. Think maybe I approached from just the wrong space and they got caught on something?

Second issue was during the 'Travel to Northside' bit. Decided to poke around the various exits and when I tried to enter Westside and it was meant to push me back, it pushed the characters down instead which retriggered the same 'no going this way' thing, pushed me down again, and repeated that over and over until I was shoved into the trees and unable to escape. (So lucky I'd saved right before that XD)

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And... Listing this here because I'm not sure if it's an error or not: Are the mini revives meant to not work in battles? Cause they weren't working. Could select the item and hover it over one of my team but it wouldn't do anything past that point.

 

[Mashirosakura]

Just finished the current demo and I have to say... I LOVE THIS GAME AND I SO VERY MUCH CANNOT WAIT UNTIL THE STORY CONTINUES!!!

Seriously this was so much fun <3 Most of my feedback is the same as most everyone elses' (great vibes, writing, art in both the sprites and the mapping, the interesting mechanics etc) so don't have too much more beyond that the choice of species for a certain handsome lad left me absolutely cackling and if there are any more stealth gags in the future I am even more excited/hopeful for a continuation than before~ XD

Spoiler: Bugs/Errors

None of these popped up with an error screen since they're more pathing/eventing softlocks but:

First one is the pathing that moves the party across to fight with the Bellsprout Grubbin fight - not sure why but first time I encountered them my characters got stuck and the little scene didn't continue. Think maybe I approached from just the wrong space and they got caught on something?

Second issue was during the 'Travel to Northside' bit. Decided to poke around the various exits and when I tried to enter Westside and it was meant to push me back, it pushed the characters down instead which retriggered the same 'no going this way' thing, pushed me down again, and repeated that over and over until I was shoved into the trees and unable to escape. (So lucky I'd saved right before that XD)

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And... Listing this here because I'm not sure if it's an error or not: Are the mini revives meant to not work in battles? Cause they weren't working. Could select the item and hover it over one of my team but it wouldn't do anything past that point.

Thanks for the great review! I've had a look at all your errors and fixed all of them for the next release. Look forward to it!