In Development Pokémon Zirconium

Created in Pokémon Essentials v18.1 (+MKXP)
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Plot
It is by chance one day that you fall into the Honnis Underground, left to fend for yourself with only a single Pokéball. It is through a rather unusual series of events that you find yourself wrapped up in a conspiracy involving the beloved "Baker's Dozen"! Will you save the region from chaos? Will you uncover the secrets of the Honnis Region? Will you beat 8 gyms and the Pokémon League in the process? ...Probably.
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The Honnis Region

The Honnis region is a sprawling and diverse land filled with countless different Pokémon and cities filled with all kinds of interesting people and places.
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Though it contains countless secrets of its own, its most interesting feature is undoubtedly the Honnis Underground, a vast network of cave systems containing hundreds of Pokémon that cannot be found anywhere else in the region. Pokémon within it are more active than their surface counterparts, and there are some individuals that have demonstrated unusual amounts of strength and aggression.
It is said that the Pokémon within have the mysterious property of 'scaling' to the strength of your party!



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Features

Treat Traits

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• Special abilities granted upon consuming specific items, Traits come in a wide variety of effects that can be granted to any Pokémon!​
• Grants varying stat boosts depending on a species' strength, allowing even weaker Pokémon to keep up with their evolved counterparts​
• While a Pokémon possesses a Trait, it loses the ability to evolve via level-up, requiring it to be evolved through the party menu.
• Through the use of the EZ-Oven and some recipes, you can even craft your own Pokétreats at any time!​

New Forms and Evolutions

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• The Honnis region contains an utterly massive amount of Pokémon, and depending on what part of the region you are in, some species will even take on entirely new forms.​
• It appears that some Pokémon even possess entirely new evolutions.​
• Yet what are the mysteries surrounding this mysterious 'Flux Stone'?​

New Moves and Abilities, and Rebalances

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• Freeze has been changed to Frostbite, as seen in Legends Arceus​
• Certain 'weaker' moves and abilities have had their effects strengthened in some form​
• Many Pokémon have had their learnsets expanded, and certain species that lacked secondary or hidden abilities have now gained them​
• There are also a variety of brand new moves, items, and abilities!​

Various QOL Touches​

• NPCs that allow you to fast travel between previously visited towns and areas​
• All trainer battles can be forfeited, rather than requiring a loss​
• TMs can now be taught directly from the summary screen (and even in PC boxes) instead of requiring you to manually sift through your bag.​
• Sun Dust and Moon Dust, held items that let you make time-based evolutions at any time​
• Marks can also be acquired through defeating wild Pokémon instead of being limited to newly captured Pokémon​
• HMs can now be used just by having them in your inventory​
• IVs and EVs are visible on the summary screen​
• Pokémon with hidden abilities have a 10% chance of appearing in the wild​
• Egg Moves can now be taught at any Pokémon Center (costs Heart Scales)​
• 'Shards', items that allow you to boost a Pokémon's IVs​
• Happiness-based evolutions have a much more lenient threshold​
• The PC-Link, a rechargeable machine that lets you heal and use the PC from anywhere.​

And Many More...!
Including...​

• 2v1 Boss Battles against particularly powerful Pokémon​
• Two additional shiny variations for every Pokémon​
• Secret Bases​
• Over 250 obtainable TMs​
• Multiple battle facilities​
• Raid Dens​
• A wide variety of sidequests with exclusive rewards and encounters​
• Wild encounters have a 20% chance of starting as double battles when possible, you can capture Pokémon even with two opponents on the field​
• Soft level caps that slow experience gain past a certain threshold, boosted with each badge​
• Online Trading & Battling​

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Team
Mak
Lead Dev, general stuff-doer
Vendily
Scripting
AOZero2
Composing
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Demo Download Link coming eventually!
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Credits
https://pastebin.com/k6mMZ7iD
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[Mak]

(posting mostly to actually bump the thread. since because it was made in preparation for the Eevee Expo and wasn't approved until it aired, it's displayed as having been posted in October rather than today oops)

Progress is going relatively smoothly for the game, with the main story content of the demo being long-done and the remaining effort being put into the missing graphics and side content scattered throughout the game. Even for just a demo, I want the player to have a good variety of side activities to do.
And since I'm the only one working primarily on the meat of the game and I'm still occupied off-and-on with school, I can't guarantee any real release date other than "2024 probably".

...But I can show off some examples of the miscellaneous features I didn't put screenshots for in the thread, mostly because they weren't implemented when I first got around to creating the thread.
Namely:

• Two additional shiny variations for every Pokémon
• Marks can also be acquired through defeating wild Pokémon instead of being limited to newly captured Pokémon
• TMs can now be taught directly from the summary screen (and even in PC boxes) instead of requiring you to manually sift through your bag.

There's quite a bit more in the way of additions and neat little bits of polish I haven't even touched upon, but I'd rather just leave that as a surprise for the demo that will probably come out eventually.

Spoiler

though I will try to post actual documentation when the time actually comes

 

[mikethemaster2012]

Damn this look great want to try it out now. Hope the demo has some hours to it. I want to think my teeth into it

 

[safr]

Seeing the evee expo, good trailer

 

[pizzataco890]

Created in Pokémon Essentials v18.1 (+MKXP)
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Plot
It is by chance one day that you fall into the Honnis Underground, left to fend for yourself with only a single Pokéball. It is through a rather unusual series of events that you find yourself wrapped up in a conspiracy involving the beloved "Baker's Dozen"! Will you save the region from chaos? Will you uncover the secrets of the Honnis Region? Will you beat 8 gyms and the Pokémon League in the process? ...Probably.
​

---

The Honnis Region

The Honnis region is a sprawling and diverse land filled with countless different Pokémon and cities filled with all kinds of interesting people and places.
​

Though it contains countless secrets of its own, its most interesting feature is undoubtedly the Honnis Underground, a vast network of cave systems containing hundreds of Pokémon that cannot be found anywhere else in the region. Pokémon within it are more active than their surface counterparts, and there are some individuals that have demonstrated unusual amounts of strength and aggression.
It is said that the Pokémon within have the mysterious property of 'scaling' to the strength of your party!



​

---

Features

Treat Traits

​

• Special abilities granted upon consuming specific items, Traits come in a wide variety of effects that can be granted to any Pokémon!​
• Grants varying stat boosts depending on a species' strength, allowing even weaker Pokémon to keep up with their evolved counterparts​
• While a Pokémon possesses a Trait, it loses the ability to evolve via level-up, requiring it to be evolved through the party menu.
• Through the use of the EZ-Oven and some recipes, you can even craft your own Pokétreats at any time!​

New Forms and Evolutions

​

• The Honnis region contains an utterly massive amount of Pokémon, and depending on what part of the region you are in, some species will even take on entirely new forms.​
• It appears that some Pokémon even possess entirely new evolutions.​
• Yet what are the mysteries surrounding this mysterious 'Flux Stone'?​

New Moves and Abilities, and Rebalances

​

• Freeze has been changed to Frostbite, as seen in Legends Arceus​
• Certain 'weaker' moves and abilities have had their effects strengthened in some form​
• Many Pokémon have had their learnsets expanded, and certain species that lacked secondary or hidden abilities have now gained them​
• There are also a variety of brand new moves, items, and abilities!​

Various QOL Touches​

• NPCs that allow you to fast travel between previously visited towns and areas​
• All trainer battles can be forfeited, rather than requiring a loss​
• TMs can now be taught directly from the summary screen (and even in PC boxes) instead of requiring you to manually sift through your bag.​
• Sun Dust and Moon Dust, held items that let you make time-based evolutions at any time​
• Marks can also be acquired through defeating wild Pokémon instead of being limited to newly captured Pokémon​
• HMs can now be used just by having them in your inventory​
• IVs and EVs are visible on the summary screen​
• Pokémon with hidden abilities have a 10% chance of appearing in the wild​
• Egg Moves can now be taught at any Pokémon Center (costs Heart Scales)​
• 'Shards', items that allow you to boost a Pokémon's IVs​
• Happiness-based evolutions have a much more lenient threshold​
• The PC-Link, a rechargeable machine that lets you heal and use the PC from anywhere.​

And Many More...!
Including...​

• 2v1 Boss Battles against particularly powerful Pokémon​
• Two additional shiny variations for every Pokémon​
• Secret Bases​
• Over 250 obtainable TMs​
• Multiple battle facilities​
• Raid Dens​
• A wide variety of sidequests with exclusive rewards and encounters​
• Wild encounters have a 20% chance of starting as double battles when possible, you can capture Pokémon even with two opponents on the field​
• Soft level caps that slow experience gain past a certain threshold, boosted with each badge​
• Online Trading & Battling​

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Team
Mak
Lead Dev, general stuff-doer
Vendily
Scripting
AOZero2
Composing
​

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Demo Download Link coming some time in 2024 (probably)!
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Credits
https://pastebin.com/k6mMZ7iD
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Cool and epic game. If needed I might be able to help you out with beta testing if needed. I'm really experienced with it. Tho but I do it at a slow pace.

 

[Mak]

Cool and epic game. If needed I might be able to help you out with beta testing if needed. I'm really experienced with it. Tho but I do it at a slow pace.

I appreciate the offer, but I should be fine on beta testing right now, since I've already got a few beta testers lined up on top of the fact I already try and playtest pretty thoroughly myself

 

[Nick Blaze]

DAMM SON that looks beautiful cant wait to play it ❤❤❤❤

 

[pizzataco890]

I appreciate the offer, but I should be fine on beta testing right now, since I've already got a few beta testers lined up on top of the fact I already try and playtest pretty thoroughly myself

How many new eeveelutions and new regional variants are going to be in this game? I'm excited to test out this game when the time comes.

 

[Mak]

How many new eeveelutions and new regional variants are going to be in this game? I'm excited to test out this game when the time comes.

The only type that's not represented with an Eeveelution is Normal, but with the Treat Trait making base Eevee perfectly viable, that's not really much of an issue.

Also, I'm not going to give an exact number of how many regional variants there are, partially to keep it a surprise but mostly because it's very subject to change, but there are more than 30 currently in the game, and significantly more planned for the full game

 

[safr]

The treats system sound pretty good

 

[A-D]

So when will it be released? Like 2025/26 or more?... I can't wait to explore that underworld

 

[Mak]

So when will it be released? Like 2025/26 or more?... I can't wait to explore that underworld

A demo that will contain three gyms plus a bit of extra story content (but the game already has quite a lot of content as is and the level curve goes up to the mid 40s even despite being only three gyms) is slated for release in the next few months.

As for when the full game releases, I have no way of being certain, since my development schedule isn't fully consistent and I'm still occupied with school and soon work when I'm not working on this.

 

[pizzataco890]

Hey mak because it might be a 3 gym demo does that mean that all starter evolutions will be ready within the game?

 

[Maor80]

When this game will be playable?

 

[Jona1]

I really like those new mons and the screenshots make sure you have a plenty of rest c:

 

[Nutcase71733]

hope this is still being worked on, we have a new site after all.

 

[Mak]

hope this is still being worked on, we have a new site after all.

It is. Development's just slowed down a little since I'm still focusing on school.

 

[Nutcase71733]

It is. Development's just slowed down a little since I'm still focusing on school.

Figured I'd check in anyway.

 

[Mak]

Still kicking. Just been dealing with other stuff for the past couple of months.

 

[safr]

Still kicking. Just been dealing with other stuff for the past couple of months.

Glad to see this good screenshot update and you're healthy. I honestly thought the development maybe on hiatus or stop but I'm glad is wrong. Hope the demo out someday and stay healthy