Completed Pokémon: Giovanni Origins [JOHTO - OUT NOW!]

Welcome to Pokémon: Giovanni Origins



In this story, set roughly 20 years before the events of Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue,
you play as the childhood friend of Team Rocket Boss Giovanni.

Growing up in Saffron City, you and Giovanni will traverse Kanto and Johto together, challenging for gym badges
and championships along the way. You will witness first hand the backstory of Giovanni,
watching from the sidelines as your friend ventures down a dark path, turning to a life of crime.

As you explore Kanto and Johto, you will see the vast difference 20 years can make to a region.
You will find characters and references to the future games hidden everywhere you look.
Enjoy exploring the Pokémon world long before the stories of legendary Pokémon trainers such as Red and Blue.
... and if you are Team Rocket inclined yourself, you can now train your very own Dark Pokémon!

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ATTENTION JOIPLAY USERS
if the game freezes when Giovanni attempts to battle you for the first time,
you need to download the below file and put it into the same folder as game.exe
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Transfer your save to a newer version of the game:

Transfer the following file your existing directory of the game into the same folder in your newly downloaded version of the game,
and you should be able to carry on from where you left off!

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Key features:

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Set roughly 20 years before the events of Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue versions.
Adventure across both Kanto and Johto.
Explore the regional differences between the Kanto and Johto you know, to the Kanto and Johto of old!
Explore various areas before their demise, such as Pokémon Mansion and the Kanto Power Plant!
Use your very own 'Dark' Pokémon! As debuted in the Team Rocket trading card set, Dark Pokémon feature in this game!
Seek out the original 16 Gym Leaders and Elite Four, hidden around the region as Easter Eggs.
Predominantly Kanto Pokémon, with other Pokémon from all other regions available in limited numbers.
Find out the backstory of Giovanni, the criminal mastermind behind Team Rocket!
Boss battles! Hunt and beat powerful wild Boss Pokémon for special rewards!
Side quests - talk to NPCs to discover various side quests with various rewards.
Generation 1 and 2 soundtrack, including soundtracks from other Pokémon games.
Speed up button - press Q to accelerate the game. Please use sparingly!
Level Caps to prevent over-levelling, and late game repeatable trainers within Victory Road for late game grinding.
A big plot twist to end the game!
DaleFails developer house! Find and battle me once you've beat the Kanto and Johto Leagues!
Post-game content and side-quests to ensure you have plenty to do!
Hidden post-game battles to find; Giovanni, Pierce, Dale, Scott, Red, Blue, Silver, Oak and Cynthia. More to come in future updates!

Screenshots:

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Socials - let's talk Pokémon! I collect and play!
Twitch - DaleFails
TikTok - DaleFails
Instagram - DaleFailsGaming

Special thanks:
General help, bug fixing and playtesting - Amallah!
Amallah gaming on Twitch! Check him out!

Essentials version and Plugins used:

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• Pokémon Essentials v20.1​
• Pokémon Essentials v20.1Hotfixes​
• Essentials Deluxe​
• Always in Grass​
• Generation 8 Pack Scripts​
• Overworld Shadows EX​
• Speed Up 2.0​
• Pre-looped Music Library by ENLS, Thundaga, YTKrakerwat & Sulucnal​
• Public tiles as sourced from Relic Castle​
• Tiles and Overworlds from various sources across the Pokémon from over the years​
• and a huge thanks to the developers of all of the above!​

Credits:

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Game development (mapping, scripting, eventing, everything!):
Myself - DaleFails

Bug fixing - Everybody reporting bugs, but especially Amallah who has made a huge contribution to bug testing.

Pokémon 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

This is a non-profit fan-made game.
No copyright infringements intended.
Please support the official games!

Essentials Deluxe: Lucidious89

Always in Bushes: Kotaro, Titania318, Kleinstudio, derFischae

Overworld Shadows EX: Golisopod User, Marin, WolfPP

Generation 8 Pack for Essentials v20.1:

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

v20.1 Hotfixes: Maruno

Public tiles and overworlds: SailorViscious, Magiscarf, Kyledove, WesleyFG

Speed Up 2.0: Marin for the original script, Phantombass for updating to 19.1

Pre-looped Music Library: ENLS, Thundaga, YTKrakerwat & Sulucnal

Rocket Pokeball graphics: alberto64674yt

Enhanced UI: Lucidious89, Ball Sprites: Poq and BlueEye007


Officially licensed Pokémon credits:
The Pokémon Company
Nintendo
Affiliated with Game Freak

Thank you again to all the above - these are some incredible resources.

 

[DaleFails]

Latest Patch (v1.0.9)!

Updates:​

• Numerous typos and bug fixes.​
• Fixed a bug where the game locked into a 'This door is locked' cycle in Vermilion City.​
• Region Map updated - this will give you some hints about how Johto will look.​
• Johto is well underway, however all of Johto is locked for this release.​

Thanks all!​

 

[Ok-Opportunity8921]

Just defeated Elite 4, Cant wait for Johto to release

 

[DaleFails]

Merry Christmas all!

This is my last update before Christmas, but as mentioned before I have been hard at work on the game in the background. Johto has been completely mapped and most of the scripting is done. I just need to wrap up the final trainers and boss battles, wrap up the story, and then go back through and add some additional eventing and quests.

As a thank you for your patience, some additional screenshots below!

I'm super excited to see the game getting so close to the finish line.

 

[safr]

Merry Christmas all!

This is my last update before Christmas, but as mentioned before I have been hard at work on the game in the background. Johto has been completely mapped and most of the scripting is done. I just need to wrap up the final trainers and boss battles, wrap up the story, and then go back through and add some additional eventing and quests.

As a thank you for your patience, some additional screenshots below!

I'm super excited to see the game getting so close to the finish line.

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Joohhhtooo

did i see two free dragonair there easy to catch

Also the HM function to proceed in the world is (maybe if you can and not clash with the vision you have about the game) needed to be replaced with key items because move slots on Pokémon pretty precious so we don't need to put cut in Pokémon just to proceed in the world map

Stay healthy and thank you for this amazing news

 

[Amallah]

Merry Christmas all!

This is my last update before Christmas, but as mentioned before I have been hard at work on the game in the background. Johto has been completely mapped and most of the scripting is done. I just need to wrap up the final trainers and boss battles, wrap up the story, and then go back through and add some additional eventing and quests.

As a thank you for your patience, some additional screenshots below!

I'm super excited to see the game getting so close to the finish line.

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These are looking really good man! Hope you enjoy your break

 

[safr]

Merry Christmas eve everyone. I hope everyone having great day today

 

[Amallah]

Been working through my second playthrough to (hopefully) finish it before Johto's release, and came across some new stuff (plus a softlock!) and some old typos that got missed in some of my earlier reports, probably because they were edited in afterward or got buried. Enjoy!

I hit A too quickly so this might be wrong, but when speaking to Blaine for the first time in Cinnabar Mansion he says "brains of the brawn" instead of "brains or the brawn".

When speaking to a trainer in the Cinnabar Lab, the one that talks about the Day Care and finding an egg calls it a "Day Cared"

The first trainer you speak to in the Cinnabar gym I believe says "If answer correct the first time", it should probably read something like "If you answer correctly the first time" or similar, but I might have misread the sentence when I passed through.

The Porygon 2.0 patch notes in Cinnabar Mansion says "Various small bg fixes" instead of "Various small bug fixes"

And finally, the softlock! When speaking with Giovanni about the mission to steal from Digga, after you put on the uniform if you speak to Giovanni from his right, you get stuck facing Pierce since the move route assumes you spoke with Giovanni from the left. It could be fixed by placing something behind the plant, or making the blue chairs in there impassable, as they are in some other houses.

 

[Amallah]

Been working through my second playthrough to (hopefully) finish it before Johto's release, and came across some new stuff (plus a softlock!) and some old typos that got missed in some of my earlier reports, probably because they were edited in afterward or got buried. Enjoy!

I hit A too quickly so this might be wrong, but when speaking to Blaine for the first time in Cinnabar Mansion he says "brains of the brawn" instead of "brains or the brawn".

When speaking to a trainer in the Cinnabar Lab, the one that talks about the Day Care and finding an egg calls it a "Day Cared"

The first trainer you speak to in the Cinnabar gym I believe says "If answer correct the first time", it should probably read something like "If you answer correctly the first time" or similar, but I might have misread the sentence when I passed through.

The Porygon 2.0 patch notes in Cinnabar Mansion says "Various small bg fixes" instead of "Various small bug fixes"

And finally, the softlock! When speaking with Giovanni about the mission to steal from Digga, after you put on the uniform if you speak to Giovanni from his right, you get stuck facing Pierce since the move route assumes you spoke with Giovanni from the left. It could be fixed by placing something behind the plant, or making the blue chairs in there impassable, as they are in some other houses.


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Another typo spotted from my current playthrough:

In the house in Pewter that has the girl that lost her doll, the TV's dialogue should say "rare Dome Fossil off of the coast of Cinnabar Island".

And another issue that I vaguely remember spotting last time, but I think I forgot to report it:

When entering the Pewter Gym, the animation of you entering the gym plays twice.

 

[quentix]

Looks like I linked to my old project! Whoops!

Linked is fixed.

I promise the game is less buggy than my linking of files

say there is a team i wanna make but i aint sure if they are easy to get : ponyta, staryu, bellsprout, hitmonlee, aerodactyl and pikachu :o

 

[orresporre1993]

Hi just playing through the game again and i am still trying to do the lavender tower thing but all i get is i get to a hellish landscape and i look at all the graves but all i get is game over am i doing something wrong?

 

[DaleFails]

Hi just playing through the game again and i am still trying to do the lavender tower thing but all i get is i get to a hellish landscape and i look at all the graves but all i get is game over am i doing something wrong?

You’re doing it right. Keep clicking through the game over screens, trust me.

P.s, thanks for playing!

 

[Amallah]

Another typo spotted from my current playthrough:

In the house in Pewter that has the girl that lost her doll, the TV's dialogue should say "rare Dome Fossil off of the coast of Cinnabar Island".

And another issue that I vaguely remember spotting last time, but I think I forgot to report it:

When entering the Pewter Gym, the animation of you entering the gym plays twice.

Some more to add to my last two reports, including another softlock/crash.

This rock to my right and the wall behind the red/pink flowers don't have collision, so you can get on top of Mt. Moon



The person to the left of Cerulean's Pokémon Center says, "Some of my buddies when caping out on Cerulean Cape." The "when" should probably be "went".

A sign in Cerulean Cape says "The text on the sign is ineligible." It should probably be "illegible"

A scientist at the Power Plant says "Where would scinence be without books, hm?"

Giovanni says he'll heal your Pokémon when you're ready to begin the Power Plant event, but doesn't actually heal your Pokémon. I did say that I wasn't ready initially and came back later to start the mission, so maybe healing your party isn't set up on the second page that handles when you come back to speak with him.

An item spawn in Cerulean Cape causes a script error:

 

[orresporre1993]

You’re doing it right. Keep clicking through the game over screens, trust me.

P.s, thanks for playing!

Ok its just when i do that the game just restarts itself to the beginning of the game

 

[Amallah]

Ok its just when i do that the game just restarts itself to the beginning of the game

If I remember that event correctly, just keep playing :)

 

[darku.sayzzz]

Waiting for release of the johto came back here after 4 months to see if johto release but my bad luck still waiting for johto release

 

[Amallah]

Waiting for release of the johto came back here after 4 months to see if johto release but my bad luck still waiting for johto release

Shouldn't be much longer

 

[DaleFails]

Waiting for release of the johto came back here after 4 months to see if johto release but my bad luck still waiting for johto release

Watch this space, it’s coming… soon!

 

[DaleFails]

Hi all - welcome back!

The full release and Johto have arrived! The thread has been updated for the full release of the game, v2.0.3!

For anybody returning to the game, please do not attempt to transfer your existing save file across. A lot has changed throughout the entire game, and you will experience bugs if you do not start a fresh save.

Enjoy!

P.S., does anybody know how to remove the attachments from the main post? I can't work it out, and they are all dead links!

 

[DaleFails]

Ladies and Gentlemen, v2.0.4 is here!

Bug fixes:

• Dark Alakazam and Dark Gyarados evolutions now work as intended.
• A repeatable trainer has been added, granting big experience points, at MooMoo Farm to avoid grinding too much in Johto.
• The player no longer ends up in the trees after leaving sprite-artist Adam's house.
• Encounters list/PBS added to the Game Docs.

Pokémon: Giovanni Origins v2.0.4 - DOWNLOAD

Thank you for playing, giving feedback and reporting bugs!

 

[gohstar95]

When I download the link, and tried to open the game, it says no game scripts specified. Any way to resolve this?