Completed Pokémon Gaia Version

DestinyBond · Apr 7, 2017

I remember highly of T-Tar's LP of this ROM-hack and of this game itself.
However, shouldn't this be in Other games and ROM-hacks?
Don't get me wrong, this game definitely earned its place here, but, y'know, rules are rules?

Mr. Gela · Apr 7, 2017

Gaia's been my favourite hack since I gave it a go a year or two ago. It's incredibly wide in terms of content, and has many features that take a lot of ASM knowledge to forge (the new stairs/slopes, Battle Marsh, Mega Evolution...) and some graphic work that makes you go "Ah!" because it's so refreshing to see in a hack!

DestinyBond said:
I remember highly of T-Tar's LP of this ROM-hack and of this game itself.
However, shouldn't this be in Other games and ROM-hacks?
Don't get me wrong, this game definitely earned its place here, but, y'know, rules are rules?

Normally, yeah! But Gaia's soooooo good it's got a spot in the Project Showcase which "overrides" all other possible categories. But let's not discuss that here! Let this be a reminder that if you feel something isn't where it belongs, you should use the Report button instead. (On top of that, you can't really post a thread in the Project Showcase - a staff member would have had to move the thread in the first place)

Djaco75 · Apr 26, 2017

The game looks absolutely amazing in every respect. It doesn't even look like Fire Red! I love all of the mechanics that you've included. They add so much to the game, both in appearance and quality. The details on the maps are intricate and look absolutely amazing!

I can't wait to see this finished! Good luck!

Fontbane · Apr 26, 2017

I finished this game last night, and I have to say, you did a really great job with it! The mapping is great, the new graphics look great while still looking like something from FRLG, the story seems intriguing so far, and I love the Pokémon selection! The difficulty was mostly well managed; some of the Gym Leaders were really hard to beat, and at one or two points I feel there was a bit of a level jump.

One detail I really liked was how Vernon won his Beedrillite in the Bug Catching Contest. You really thought out the Mega Evolutions- for example, a ton of Swablu being next to Sabulo, with an NPC encouraging you to catch a lot (I caught like 20 lol).

I also like the rival character. He's competitive while still being mature, like Cheren, and also gives you convenient healing points. Can't wait for the final release!

Radical Raptr · May 17, 2017

This game man :weary_face:
It made me love fangames again, it gives me life!!!

You did such an amazing job, had such a fantastic story, showed how you can have progression in such a small area (with the ability of back tracking to earlier areas by going essentially in a big circle) and the level curve was perfect.
The level of polish and passion you clearly put into this game shines through, and I love it more and more I look at it! It's one of the few games I have beaten, and desperately want to replay!! It's so much fun, and it looks so great!

I can't sing it's praises enough!! you did such a wonderful job, and I can't wait for you to complete it!

Mozart · May 23, 2017

Hi, I'm getting my feet wet with romhack fangames with this one! I'm pretty excited to play it, it looks very interesting so far.

One thing though, it mentions something about not having a motherboard something or other when I load it up? And also mentions "save error" when I save but seems to log the save anyway so I dunno if that's because I didn't use the rom you based your hack on or something unrelated.

Spherical Ice · May 26, 2017

Kiedisticelixer said:
Gaia's been my favourite hack since I gave it a go a year or two ago. It's incredibly wide in terms of content, and has many features that take a lot of ASM knowledge to forge (the new stairs/slopes, Battle Marsh, Mega Evolution...) and some graphic work that makes you go "Ah!" because it's so refreshing to see in a hack!

Thanks Kied!

Djaco75 said:
The game looks absolutely amazing in every respect. It doesn't even look like Fire Red! I love all of the mechanics that you've included. They add so much to the game, both in appearance and quality. The details on the maps are intricate and look absolutely amazing!

I can't wait to see this finished! Good luck!

Thank you!

Fontbane said:
I finished this game last night, and I have to say, you did a really great job with it! The mapping is great, the new graphics look great while still looking like something from FRLG, the story seems intriguing so far, and I love the Pokémon selection! The difficulty was mostly well managed; some of the Gym Leaders were really hard to beat, and at one or two points I feel there was a bit of a level jump.

One detail I really liked was how Vernon won his Beedrillite in the Bug Catching Contest. You really thought out the Mega Evolutions- for example, a ton of Swablu being next to Sabulo, with an NPC encouraging you to catch a lot (I caught like 20 lol).

I also like the rival character. He's competitive while still being mature, like Cheren, and also gives you convenient healing points. Can't wait for the final release!

Thanks!

Radical Raptr said:
This game man :weary_face:
It made me love fangames again, it gives me life!!!

You did such an amazing job, had such a fantastic story, showed how you can have progression in such a small area (with the ability of back tracking to earlier areas by going essentially in a big circle) and the level curve was perfect.
The level of polish and passion you clearly put into this game shines through, and I love it more and more I look at it! It's one of the few games I have beaten, and desperately want to replay!! It's so much fun, and it looks so great!

I can't sing it's praises enough!! you did such a wonderful job, and I can't wait for you to complete it!

:blush: you're too kind!

Mozart said:
Hi, I'm getting my feet wet with romhack fangames with this one! I'm pretty excited to play it, it looks very interesting so far.

One thing though, it mentions something about not having a motherboard something or other when I load it up? And also mentions "save error" when I save but seems to log the save anyway so I dunno if that's because I didn't use the rom you based your hack on or something unrelated.

That's an issue with your emulator: you need to set the Save Type to Flash 128KB. This will mean your current save is broken, however, so you'll need to start over I'm afraid.

Edashore Town's Meteor Festival is under way! Check out some of what the stalls have to offer:

Mozart · May 26, 2017

Yep that did it. I mean technically I could write save states with my emulator buuuut starting over sounds fun too.

Yrgulian · May 28, 2017

This game has been one of my favorites for a long time now, keep up the good work Spherical Ice! :)

Mozart · May 28, 2017

Okay so now I'm back with a proper review: I really enjoyed this game and it was really interesting exploring all of the little nooks and crannies of the world you built up. I genuinely forgot it was even a romhack at all it was so engaging and layered as a story.

I can't wait for the continuation so I can finally show those New Elders what for once and for all.

kelsey · May 28, 2017

The sideways stairs alone are super cool. This looks amazing. I especially like that like olivey-toned grass area. It fits with the style of that gen but also adds a new vibe. Totally going to play as soon as I get a free second in my life.

Spherical Ice · Sep 23, 2017

Gawerty said:
This game has been one of my favorites for a long time now, keep up the good work Spherical Ice! :)

Thanks!

Mozart said:
Okay so now I'm back with a proper review: I really enjoyed this game and it was really interesting exploring all of the little nooks and crannies of the world you built up. I genuinely forgot it was even a romhack at all it was so engaging and layered as a story.

I can't wait for the continuation so I can finally show those New Elders what for once and for all.

You're very kind, thank you!

kelsey said:
The sideways stairs alone are super cool. This looks amazing. I especially like that like olivey-toned grass area. It fits with the style of that gen but also adds a new vibe. Totally going to play as soon as I get a free second in my life.

Thanks!

In an earlier update I showed Edashore Town. One of its attractions is the Edashore Observatory:

To the east of Edashore Town is the Gyarados Bridge.

After the Gyarados Bridge is Atsail City, which I won't be showing today. However, north of Atsail is Loamas Fields.

Spherical Ice · Feb 25, 2018

Here are some more, assorted screenshots of the recent progress I've made.

Atomic Reactor · Feb 26, 2018

Everything is looking wonderful. The maps have great balance and spacing, it has a very neo-gen 3 feel, it is all polished so well. Keep it up man, things are looking nice and spicy, looking forward to the next update!

Bentoxx · Mar 5, 2018

Hey ! I love your job ! I make a pokemon fangame too with 3 Gen. tiles and you are a great inspiration for me !
You prove that the 3G graphics are still up to date and beautiful to see when they are in use.

Marina · Mar 18, 2018

Spherical Ice said:
Here are some more, assorted screenshots of the recent progress I've made.

That's me as a NPC Trainer, lol
Those graphics, overworlds and tileset are too good that it even doesn't look like FireRed anymore
If Essentials Vanilla would of had that amount of FRLG Outside Tileset, it would feel much better to use the vanilla ones.
We always have to download tiles on DeviantArt or Spriter Resource and use them.

Did you made the tiles by your own, you have my respect!
because it is very, very good to see that much effort into a game, the story those characters and the different cities also the Events
I love everything on that. I think everyone played your game once if they didn't they lost everything in life.

This screenshots inspires every game developer here and every rookie too!
I kinda have that inspiration of wanting to learn how to make Tiles to do them for Essentials Vanilla! :D
(Tilesets are easy done) the tiles like mountains, houses
I just can sprite Trainers, and 3rd gen npc but I have to work to progress myself

I love the style of 3rd gen. But I see there must've been custom tiles being used there..... I can think of how expanding those tilesets are
It's really inspiring to see this........ even if this is a rom hack..... It's Insipiring, the maps are well done without to much of space, everthing neat!

also there is a city in portugal(europe) which name is "Gaia"!!
that's true. look into google maps ;)

Spherical Ice · Apr 19, 2018

Atomic Reactor said:
Everything is looking wonderful. The maps have great balance and spacing, it has a very neo-gen 3 feel, it is all polished so well. Keep it up man, things are looking nice and spicy, looking forward to the next update!

Thank you!

Bentoxx said:
Hey ! I love your job ! I make a pokemon fangame too with 3 Gen. tiles and you are a great inspiration for me !
You prove that the 3G graphics are still up to date and beautiful to see when they are in use.

Thanks!

Marina said:
That's me as a NPC Trainer, lol
Those graphics, overworlds and tileset are too good that it even doesn't look like FireRed anymore
If Essentials Vanilla would of had that amount of FRLG Outside Tileset, it would feel much better to use the vanilla ones.
We always have to download tiles on DeviantArt or Spriter Resource and use them.

Did you made the tiles by your own, you have my respect!
because it is very, very good to see that much effort into a game, the story those characters and the different cities also the Events
I love everything on that. I think everyone played your game once if they didn't they lost everything in life.

This screenshots inspires every game developer here and every rookie too!
I kinda have that inspiration of wanting to learn how to make Tiles to do them for Essentials Vanilla! :D
(Tilesets are easy done) the tiles like mountains, houses
I just can sprite Trainers, and 3rd gen npc but I have to work to progress myself
I love the style of 3rd gen. But I see there must've been custom tiles being used there..... I can think of how expanding those tilesets are
It's really inspiring to see this........ even if this is a rom hack..... It's Insipiring, the maps are well done without to much of space, everthing neat!

also there is a city in portugal(europe) which name is "Gaia"!!
that's true. look into google maps ;)

Thank you! I have actually made a lot of the tiles I've made for Gaia public, so feel free to use them in your project.

This update is dedicated to the incredible revolocities, who redesigned Gaia's main characters and rival. Meet (from right to left) Gaia, Terra and Coulter!

A huge, huge thanks to revolocities. Please follow him on Twitter (https://twitter.com/revolocities) and send him some love!

Spherical Ice · Jun 24, 2018

Here are a few assorted screenshot from various places on the progress I have made in the past few months on v3 of Gaia:

ranko · Jun 24, 2018

hey i played through everything! It's pretty great and the smoothest fan-game experience i've had yet (romhacks+games). good job!

i recommend it to everyone lurking these threads

Completed Pokémon Gaia Version

Pokémon Gaia Version - a hack of FireRed

Story

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