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Released Pokémon Crimson & Cobalt (Act I)

This project has a release available. The full version is still a work in progress.
Project Status
Released
Project Version
1.6
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Journey through the region of Ibara, on your quest to become the strongest Trainer - Pokémon League Champion!
Along the way, meet new friends, battle new foes, raise the ultimate Pokémon team and... take down a secret cult?!

Crimson Society, the group that ravaged the region five years ago, seeks to make a comeback!
What could they want this time, and what does this bode? One thing's for sure...

It's time you get your revenge...


----- Screenshots -----
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----- Starring -----
Protagonist (You):
A beginning Trainer, sullen but not silent. He has a fierce determination to achieve his goals!
Kane: Rival of the protagonist, an aloof and reserved older boy who is almost always one step ahead.
Valerie: The Champion of Ibara, her spirited and bubbly disposition never fails to light up any room she's in.
Gen: A member of the Elite Four, he is amiable and mild-tempered, often acting as a voice of reason.

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----- Featuring -----
New adventures:
New stories, new characters, new battles, and a new region to visit!
Familiar faces: All Pokémon (bar Starters, UBs and Legendaries) from Gen1-7 are obtainable!
Challenging battles: Mid-battle shenanigans for Gym Leaders and important boss fights!
HM Modules: They allow Pokémon to use field moves without taking up a moveslot!
Fast Forward: Press the "Alt" key to zoom through the region at up to 3x the speed!
Unreal Time: One hour in real life = one day-night cycle in game! This affects wild encounters!
Crafting Recipes: Create special Poké Balls and stat-boosting Aprishakes from Apricorns!
Secret Hollows: Optional dungeons with quests, rare items, and exclusive Pokémon!
Triple Triad: The hottest card game sensation! Challenge duelists and win their cards!

CONTENT WARNING:
A dialogue-heavy game with lots of reading and multiple long cutscenes.
Some content may not be suitable for all audiences, including and not limited to:
profanities, black comedy, flashing lights, graphic depictions, dubious morals, and possibly heavy themes.
Player discretion is advised.


----- Download -----
Game (v1.6) | Game Guide

Act I: "A Thousand Crimson Blooms" Now Available!

~Around 15+ hours of content!
~4 (out of 8) Gyms and 3 (out of 7) Secret Hollows!
~Act II currently in development!


Game may crash unexpectedly. Save regularly to avoid losing data!

~Version 1.6 - Updated 29 October 2023
~Version 1.5 - Updated 11 October 2023
~Version 1.4 - Updated 6 October 2023
~Version 1.3 - Updated 2 October 2023
~Version 1.2 - Updated 30 September 2023
~Version 1.1 - Updated 15 September 2023
~Version 1.0 - Released 7 September 2023
----- Pokémon -----
The Pokémon Company
Nintendo
Affiliated with Game Freak

----- Pokémon Essentials v18.1 -----
Flameguru
Poccil (Peter O.)
Maruno

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

----- RPG Maker XP -----
Enterbrain

----- MKXP -----
Roza
Based on MKXP by Ancurio et al.

----- Title Screen -----
Gundam Wing: Endless Duel
Font: Dark Seed by Chequered Ink
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
Game icon: Roselia (BanG Dream!)

----- Animations, Cries and SFX -----
hadecynn | James Yevon | KazoWAR | Lemon
Phasma | Random Talking Bush

----- Tilesets and Graphics -----
19dante91 | Akizakura16 | Alucus | Amras Anárion
AsdSimonE | Aten974 | aveontrainer | Barubary
BoOmxBiG | carchagui | ChaoticCherryCake | Chris M "Ranger"
CNickC | CrimsonTakai | Cuddlesthefatcat | DaNerdyDude
Dazz | Death Strike | ditto209 | DonLawride
Ekat | EpicDay | Erma96 | EVoLiNa
Flurmimon | Gaia Project | Gamezop10 | Gigatom
Heartlessdragoon | Hek-el-grande | Hydrargirium | iametrine
idilio | ItsHydro | Jack | Jackster
JesusCarrasco | J-Treecko252 | kaitoooo | KingTapir
KioRaka | Kizemaru-Kurunosuke | Kyle-Dove | LimeZu
marcosik1992 | Magiscarf | MewTheMega | Midnitez-REMIX
Minorthreat0987 | Neslug | Newtiteuf | NikNak93
norma_2d | Pablus94 | Pano26 | PixelMister
PeekyChew | Phyromatical | Poison-Master | Pokemon-Diamond
princess-phoenix | ProudToBeTasteless | PureAzuure | PurpleAladdin
Rayd12smitty | Reck | Sagaxxy | SailorVicious
Scarex | Seiyouh | Shutwig | Slaqueen
SL249 | Spaceemotion | Speedialga | SteinNaples
Sylver1984 | TeaAddiction | ThatsSoWitty | TheDeadHeroAlistair
The Libertine | The-Red-eX | Thurpok | TyranitarDark
UltimoSpriter | Vazquinho25 | Vicente Nitti | Vurtax
Wergan | WesleyFG | XDinky | Xenphoro
Xxdevil | Zein | Zeo254 | zetavares852

Cooking Mama: Let's Cook!
Meteos
Mother 3
Pokémon Café ReMix
Pokémon Shuffle
Pokémon Sword & Shield

Atomic Reactor and the Pokémon Infinity team (tiles, battle bases and panoramas)
Amethyst and the Pokémon Reborn team
Janichroma and the Pokémon Rejuvenation team

----- Battlers and Sprites -----
2and2makes5 | Appletun's Apples | Atomic Reactor | Chocosrawlooid
cSc-A7X | DarkusShadow | DiegoWT | Fernandojl |
Gallanty | Getsuei-H | Gizamimi-Pichu | help-14
kdiamo11 | Kid1513 | KingTapir | Kyle-Dove
Kyt666 | LarryTurbo | LilMicolash | LunarDusk
Maicerochico | Milomilotic11 | MissingLukey | Neo-Spriteman
piphybuilder88 | Pokegirl4ever | Poltergeist | princess-phoenix
PurpleZaffre | SageDeoxys | Silver-Skies | spritesstealer
Syledude | tammyclaydon | TintjeMadelintje101 | Tustin2121 |
TyranitarDark | VanillaSunshine | WolfPP | Zyon17

Relic Castle Staff
Smogon X/Y Sprite Project
Smogon Sun/Moon Sprite Project

----- Resource Packs -----
Pokémon and the Last Wish Part II by:
ENLS | Voltseon | PurpleZaffre

Pokémon Battle Spotlight by:
HollowGap | RankoDev | TabletPillow

Pokémon Bushido by:
LuxDiablo | Thundaga | HauntedArtStudio | Tristantine The Great

Pokémon Nightshade by:
Ekat

Pokémon Parallax by:
LuxDiablo | AnonAlpaca | Maks | ToxicStall

Pokémon Shikari by:
MewTheMega | BrysoonYe | idilio | Riddle

Pokémon Syvin by:
Ekat | MewTheMega | Michael | Monika

Pokémon Tempo Rising by:
Akizakura16 | Dusky | Deo

The Last Nurse Joy by:
AnonAlpaca | TechSkylander | Monika | nomi

----- Music -----
MapleStory Music by:
Studio EIM | ASTERIA | M2U | Creed Sound
S.I.D-Sound | SQUARE MUSIQ | ESTIMATE | Initium SoundLab
CODASOUND (LedZeper, Lee Jun-Hee)
Moonsoo Park (LoudBell Studio)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R OST by:
Anny-K | Ryosuke Terao | Erica Kiyosaki | Masaki Kuniwake
Masaki Hara | Chikayo Fukuda

Pokémon Diamond & Pearl, Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver
Super Music Collection by:
The Pokémon Company
Pikachu Records (Media Factory)

手心的蔷薇 (Beautiful) by:
JJ Lin feat. G.E.M.
Piano cover by Nice piano sheets

----- Scripts -----
"Always on bush" by:
KleinStudio

"Animated Title Screen" by:
Rayd12smitty

"Berry Trees" by:
Maurili

"Better Fast-forward Mode", "DP Pause Menu",
"Easy Questing System", "Enhanced Staircases",
"Marin's Footprints", "Marin's Map Exporter",
"Marin's Scripting Utilities" by:
Marin

"Big Push Events", "Pokemon Exploration",
"Torterra Tree Minigame" by:
Vendily

"B2W2 Bag" by:
LackDejurane | Erassus | StCooler | BadSamaritan
Maruno | Marin | Luka S.J.

"BW Save Screen"
HDrawer | shiney570

"BW 'Shout' Message Effect", "Step On Spot",
"Water Puddle Animations" by:
Boonzeet

"BW Storage System", "Pokédex BW Style",
"Gen V Summary Pack" by:
DeepBlue PacificWaves | NettoHikari | Xtreme1992 | Barubary
redblueyellow | Shashu-Greninja | Mr. Gela | Tommaniacal
Lucidious89 | Weibrot | Kobi2604 | Ploaj

"Check for Pokémon of a certain Type" by:
Defa

"Checking for shiny Pokemon" by:
Rot8er_ConeX

"Custom Gen 4 Day & Night Tones" by:
VanillaSunshine

"Diploma", "HMs as Items",
"Punch Bag Game", "Roulette mini-game",
"Triple Triad Booster Pack", "Unreal Time",
"Watch in the Pokégear Menu" by:
FL

"HGSS Trainer Card", "Message Portraits",
"Pokémon holding Mail", "Passwords" by:
Mr. Gela

"Hidden Ability by percentage" by:
Mashirosakura | Scyl | NettoHikari | Marin

"Item Crafter Scene"
kcgcrazy

"Lagless Path Finder" by:
Blizzard | khkramer

"Luka's Scripting Utilities"
Luka S.J.

"Mid Battle Dialogue/ Scripted Battles" by:
Golisopod User | Luka S.J.

"Name Windows" by:
mej71 | Vendily | Mr. Gela

"Overworld Shadows" by:
WolfPP | Marin

"Party Switcher" by:
Michael | TechSkylander1518 | Marcello | ZeroKid

"RGSS FmodEx extension" by:
Enterbrain | Nuri Yuri | GiraPrimal | Firelight Technologies

"Simple Encounter List Window" by:
raZ | Nuri Yuri | Vendily | Savordez | Marin

"Textbook Script" by:
TechSkylander1518

Voltseon and the Pokémon Splice team
Zerokid and the Pokémon Zero team

----- Additional Thanks -----
Audacity
Bulbapedia
Clip Studio Paint
donjon
KHInsider
Resource Hacker
Slip's Music Database
Smogon
The Spriter's Resource
Maybe this is my way of giving myself permission to exist.
Which is why, if you played it, and somehow enjoyed it in any way or form, you have my deepest and most sincerest gratitude. <33
 
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JustKyro

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the game looks sick! you can tell how much care has been put into the game just by visiting blumenschmidt city. however, my game keeps crashing in route 2 for some reason and thus havent been able to get out of route 2. other than that, i've really liked the game so far.
 

Armin

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Holy crap big Armin project??? Super hyped to check this out!
Nooooooooo! No hype pleaseeee!!!! >___< but thank you so much for checking it out!

ARMIN GAME WITH HOT GIRLS! SIGN ME UP
IT'S NOT AN ARMIN GAME WITHOUT CUTE AND HOT GIRLS!!!! hehehe ^___^

the game looks sick! you can tell how much care has been put into the game just by visiting blumenschmidt city. however, my game keeps crashing in route 2 for some reason and thus havent been able to get out of route 2. other than that, i've really liked the game so far.
That has... never happened, ever, in my history of playtesting, so I have absolutely no idea what could've caused it. Have you tried the following?
  • Soft resetting the game and trying again (by pressing F12, or by closing and re-opening the game)
  • Use the fast forward function at the lowest speed setting
If neither of those work, may I know what were the events/actions that triggered the crash, and the error message that popped up, if any? This is to facilitate me recifying the issue. Thank you so much!
 

JustKyro

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Nooooooooo! No hype pleaseeee!!!! >___< but thank you so much for checking it out!


IT'S NOT AN ARMIN GAME WITHOUT CUTE AND HOT GIRLS!!!! hehehe ^___^


That has... never happened, ever, in my history of playtesting, so I have absolutely no idea what could've caused it. Have you tried the following?
  • Soft resetting the game and trying again (by pressing F12, or by closing and re-opening the game)
  • Use the fast forward function at the lowest speed setting
If neither of those work, may I know what were the events/actions that triggered the crash, and the error message that popped up, if any? This is to facilitate me recifying the issue. Thank you so much!
During my first crash I thought it was just a random crash, however it kept happening even after re-opening the game multiple times.

I was playing at the lowest speed when it initially happened(tried around 3-4 more times), however, even after playing while using fast forward it kept crashing.

it has always occurred during a wild encounter at route 2 near the item and infestation TM (near the pkmn battle against the lady who likes "p"), out of which most were when I encountered a morelull ( dk if this has anything to do with it, its just something I noticed ). it usually occured during the animation phase? to the battle of the wild encounter out of which 2 were before that transition was completed and the rest was after the transition to the encounter battle. So, far most of them have been against morelull (most, as 2 crashes that happened were before the transition was complete so I didnt get to see which encounters it were)

there wasn't really any specific error message that popped up. The only thing that did come up was the default " _(the application) has stopped working".

(sorry if it's hard to understand, english isn't really my first language and I couldn't find the correct words to explain some stuff. hence, why I used words like "animation phase" & "transition")
 

Armin

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During my first crash I thought it was just a random crash, however it kept happening even after re-opening the game multiple times.

I was playing at the lowest speed when it initially happened(tried around 3-4 more times), however, even after playing while using fast forward it kept crashing.

it has always occurred during a wild encounter at route 2 near the item and infestation TM (near the pkmn battle against the lady who likes "p"), out of which most were when I encountered a morelull ( dk if this has anything to do with it, its just something I noticed ). it usually occured during the animation phase? to the battle of the wild encounter out of which 2 were before that transition was completed and the rest was after the transition to the encounter battle. So, far most of them have been against morelull (most, as 2 crashes that happened were before the transition was complete so I didnt get to see which encounters it were)

there wasn't really any specific error message that popped up. The only thing that did come up was the default " _(the application) has stopped working".

(sorry if it's hard to understand, english isn't really my first language and I couldn't find the correct words to explain some stuff. hence, why I used words like "animation phase" & "transition")
That's so strange... it seems that wild encounters on that specific route are causing the crash for you (but they're working fine on the computers I've tried it on). Perhaps you might want to try avoiding as much grass as you can as you make your way to the next city? Buying a Repel might help. Save, and return to Route 2 again and try to see the issue still persists. I hope the encounters in the other locations work out for you, at least. :(
 

mikethemaster2012

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Game solid only thing I dislike is the MC he so annoying and really edgy hope he get over himself overall a great game put alot care into the world and lore of the game.
 

TheFabledOne

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I've been also experiencing crashing not just route 2 but using speed up in general as if the system isn't processing it as fast as speed up. this happens when i speed up other games that doesn't have it built in too. i feel like the graphics are too heavy duty in some spaces also causing lag. I've had an amazing experience thus far otherwise (i've been saving after every rare catch i have, i soft reset for a timid female charmander with okay IVs, and i've got around 40 pokedex at the moment). Would love to join a discord for this community.
 

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Armin

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Game solid only thing I dislike is the MC he so annoying and really edgy hope he get over himself overall a great game put alot care into the world and lore of the game.
Thank you so much for trying it out! ^^

I've been also experiencing crashing not just route 2 but using speed up in general as if the system isn't processing it as fast as speed up. this happens when i speed up other games that doesn't have it built in too. i feel like the graphics are too heavy duty in some spaces also causing lag. I've had an amazing experience thus far otherwise (i've been saving after every rare catch i have, i soft reset for a timid female charmander with okay IVs, and i've got around 40 pokedex at the moment). Would love to join a discord for this community.
That's one beautiful Charmander! And you're probably one of the few people I've seen who uses the screen borders haha ^^

I'm so sorry for all the trouble the lag is causing :( maybe it's an issue with certain computer systems (???) since none of the computers I've tried the game on have any lag so far. Hopefully, it gets better in the later maps where there are fewer direct map connections between cities and routes. Nonetheless, thank you for continuing to play the game despite this. (And do please keep saving often! ^^)
 

TheFabledOne

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According to Pokemon database, charmander (& charmeleon), and meowth are supposed to be able to learn the early game false swipe tm, but can't. What was the intention of pokemon that are supposed to learn it early game?
 

Armin

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According to Pokemon database, charmander (& charmeleon), and meowth are supposed to be able to learn the early game false swipe tm, but can't. What was the intention of pokemon that are supposed to learn it early game?
Charmander and Meowth are only able to learn False Swipe in Gen 9, whereas this game uses Gen 7 learnsets (and pretty much everything from Gen 7). As such, they can't learn it in this game. Pokemon that can learn it are the likes of Seedot and Nincada. It's useful in helping you catch Pokemon whose levels are much lower than yours, so that you don't accidentally KO them with a regular move!
 

TheFabledOne

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i was aware what false swipe did just wasn't aware its using gen 7 movesets. that changes quite a few things. are bottlecaps or iv boosts/nature mints or nature changing/breeding in game currently or planned?
 

Armin

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i was aware what false swipe did just wasn't aware its using gen 7 movesets. that changes quite a few things. are bottlecaps or iv boosts/nature mints or nature changing/breeding in game currently or planned?
None of the above is currently available. Breeding is planned for next part. As for IV/Nature changing... I'm still undecided. ><
 

JustKyro

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having a blast playing this game!
you can tell alot of love and care has been put into the game. The minigames,funny npcs and much more.
favorite part was probably the drampa that was sitting alongside 3 old guys in the inkay restaurant.

The game isn't too hard nor too easy, except the 4th gym puzzle, still stuck in it as I'm writing this, 120 points in 1:20mins is so hard, you basically need to get near perfect points to be able to do it. The gyms are pretty well thought out, the gym leaders are pretty challenging but aren't so hard that they're near impossible.

Was kinda off-put when I read about triple-triads thinking it was something that'd i'd never play and was just gonna be a hastle but, boy was I wrong! I love it! It's so fun to play!

Really like how the characters are made. Gen is probably my favorite, Valerie being a close second as they're I found them really funny at times when they interacted with the protagonist. I Really like how lively they feel. From the gym cheering to the campfire, everything was so well made.

the game is pretty polished, the only problems that I did come across were 2 "crash-zones" where whenever I interacted , my game kept crashing however they weren't much of an issue.

hope this game excels and the full version releases soon cuz cant wait to play the whole of it,
after I beat the damn 4th gym puzzle that is ;)
 

Invincible Greninja

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Dude I love this game! It's so much fun and it gives such a realistic vibe while playing, the MC is kinda badass ngl XD, he doesn't give a shit about others haha. There's just one issue, After I reached the 2nd City, I went into the Poke Mart and interacted with a Lickilicky, That crashed the game, It can be avoided by simply not talking to it yeah but I just wanted to point it out
 

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Armin

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having a blast playing this game!
you can tell alot of love and care has been put into the game. The minigames,funny npcs and much more.
favorite part was probably the drampa that was sitting alongside 3 old guys in the inkay restaurant.

The game isn't too hard nor too easy, except the 4th gym puzzle, still stuck in it as I'm writing this, 120 points in 1:20mins is so hard, you basically need to get near perfect points to be able to do it. The gyms are pretty well thought out, the gym leaders are pretty challenging but aren't so hard that they're near impossible.

Was kinda off-put when I read about triple-triads thinking it was something that'd i'd never play and was just gonna be a hastle but, boy was I wrong! I love it! It's so fun to play!

Really like how the characters are made. Gen is probably my favorite, Valerie being a close second as they're I found them really funny at times when they interacted with the protagonist. I Really like how lively they feel. From the gym cheering to the campfire, everything was so well made.

the game is pretty polished, the only problems that I did come across were 2 "crash-zones" where whenever I interacted , my game kept crashing however they weren't much of an issue.

hope this game excels and the full version releases soon cuz cant wait to play the whole of it,
after I beat the damn 4th gym puzzle that is ;)
Aaaahhh really, thank you so much for your kind words, and for playing the game till that far!!! <3333 I hope you've cleared the 4th gym puzzle by the time you see this comment, but if not, the game guide has a map of the gym without the darkness, if that'll help. Flash is usable in the area, and you can bind Rock Smash to F/F5/Tab to speed things up. Personally, I like to do the punch bags in a counter-clockwise direction, starting with the one nearest the battle girl and traveling upwards, ending at the black belt. It's more about finding the shortest path around the bags rather than getting perfect points, if you ask me!

And I'm so, so happy you enjoyed the minigames and NPCs! (The interactions between the characters are honestly one of my most favorite things to write ^^) I feel that my "humor" is kinda hit-or-miss so it's really nice to know that it resonates with someone at least haha! Triple Triad is entirely optional (so are the sidequests!), if it's not your thing, but I'm so glad you ended up loving it. ^^

I suppose the crash-zones are Route 2 and the Power Plant boss fight? Or is it the Lickilicky like what Invincible Greninja described above? My only solution is to restart the game again... usually (hopefully) it'll sort itself out. It's quite difficult for me to solve something that I haven't been able to replicate on my computers/only occurs sometimes and randomly. Apologies for that >< but I'm glad they didn't cause too many problems for you (and that you continued playing despite them! <3)
 
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