Released Pokemon Alden (5 Badge Demo)

Hello!

I am excited to be sharing a project I've been quietly working on: Pokemon Alden, a fan game based loosely on my long running D&D game. This is a pretty modest project, but I want to share it regardless! I've done my best to fill this first big chunk of the game with as much detail and intrigue as possible.

PLOT

Pokemon Alden is set in the Helephen Region, a small portion of a larger nation ruled over by the technologically advanced Aldenian League. Your story begins when you are tasked with making a simple delivery for your neighbor, the local Pokemon Professor. As you travel North, you'll start to learn more about the region's problems. Pokemon are becoming sick and strange debt collectors are harassing the people of Helephen. All these unsavory happenings seem to point back to the Aldenian League, and you'll find yourself going from simple errand runner to hero.

You may also find yourself joining factions such as the Pokemon Rangers and the archeologists of the Thaelian Society. You'll help the Pokemon Rangers in their fight against a group of poachers known as Team Plunder. If you choose to join the Thaelian Society, you'll pursue artifacts that tell the history of Helephen.

And of course you'll also collect gym badges, hunt rare Pokémon, and achieve Pokedex milestones.

FEATURES (Available in this Demo)

• Over 100 original regional variants.
• More than 300 new moves and more than 40 new abilities.
• 5 Gyms to challenge.
• More than 100 quests to complete.
• Basic crafting system with drops from wild Pokemon.
• The "Ancient" type. This includes all fossil mons, Relicanth, and a few others + several new variant species.
• A couple other things I don't want to spoil :)

POKEMON CHANGES

I have rebalanced almost every original Pokemon available in the game to fit better with the pacing of a single player adventure. In general I changed the following:

• Pokemon have higher stats but evolve later (sometimes significantly).
• Pokemon have expanded learn sets that sometimes include a lot of original moves.
• All evolutions have been streamlined to be either: Level up, Stone, or Happiness.
• Megas and Gmax forms are not present. Instead many of these have been repurposed and rebalanced as permanent evolutions for Pokemon like Lopunny, Lapras, Pinsir, Manectric, Garbodor, and many others.
• Check the 'Pokemon' and 'Pokemon Forms' documents in the PBS folder of your game directory if you want to confirm a specific evolution level or method.

I know some folks won't like these changes, but I had a great time doing it, and I hope you'll see some new life breathed into old favorites.

DOWNLOAD

Download the Demo Here!

DISCORD

Join the Discord Here!

CREDITS

BUILT IN POKEMON ESSENTIALS v19.1
Flameguru
Poccil (Peter O.)
Maruno

AvatarMonkeyKirby
Marin
Boushy
MiDas Mike
Brother1440
Near Fantastica
FL.
PinkMan
Genzai Kawakami
Popper
Golisopod User
Rataime
help-14
Savordez
IceGod64
SoundSpawn
Jacob O. Wobbrock
the__end
KitsuneKouta
Venom12
Lisa Anthony
Wachunga
Luka S.J.

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

RPG MAKER XP
Enterbrain

ART & ASSETS FROM THE COMMUNITY
Ekat99
idilio
KyleDove
Jinxed
Caruban
Aki
BiggusWeeabus
TheDeadHeroAlistair
Scizor User
KingTapir
AnonAlpaca
LuigiTKO
CinnaYva
Pikafan2000
Cesare_CBass
Vent
Cesare_Cbass
MultiDiegoDani
leParagon
JWNutz
princess-pheonix
LunarDusk
Wolfang62
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piphybuilder88
Azria
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EduarPokeN
Carmanekko
StarWolff
MissingLukey
help-14
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cSc-A7X
2and2makes5
Pokegirl4ever
Fernandojl
Silver-Skies
TyranitarDark
Getsuei-H
Kid1513
Milomilotic11
Kyt666
kdiamo11
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Syledude
Gallanty
Gizamimi-Pichu
2and2makes5
Zyon17
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spritesstealer
PhantomBass
wrigty12
Screen Lady
Taiga
PorousMist
StCooler
curryofthepast
Kidkatt
NocTurn
Jess Jackdaw
Travis
Beliot419
Tristantine The Great


SCRIPTS, PLUGINS, AND RESOURCE COMPILATION FROM THE COMMUNITY
Thundaga
Golisopod User
Moyo
Marin
mej71
derFischae
ENLS
Voltseon
LukaSJ
thatonekriegerwriter
-FL-
Caruban
UberDunsparce
ThatWelshOne
Lucidious89
LinKazamine
DiegoWT
Vendily
TechSkylander1518
IndianAnimator
Kotar
clockstops
Astefia
eattwo
DeepBlue
PacificWaves
NettoHikari
Xtreme1992
Phantombass

FEEDBACK AND TESTING
Zinkatron

SPECIAL THANKS
My best friends for playing the D&D campaign that inspired this game and for being my enthusiastic testers.
Alex, Dan, Kevin, thanks for hanging out, playing, and testing.

 

[JFTV_Feels]

from the screenshots the game looks cool but I'm wondering, what are the shiny odds???

Shiny odds are around 1 in 700. There are also 2 opportunities to get an item that will make any Pokemon shiny.

 

[JFTV_Feels]

Hi all,

Some small update notes. Use the main download link if you'd like to update your game.

BUG FIXES
Garbodor now properly evolves at level 60.
Random eggs given by breeders and purchased at Acre Market no longer sometimes causes errors.
Goomy line's abilities are now consistent.
Luxio and Luxray are now Electric and Dark-Type as Shinx is.
Aurorus is now Ice and Ancient-Type as Amaura is.
Cranidos and Rampardos are now both Rock and Ancient-Type as intended.
You can no longer get infinite Silk Scarves for free
The event with Dido no longer repeats itself if you revisit the alternate version of Beholder Peak.
The message "You have already completed this quest." should no longer appear.
Fixed collision issues in: Duskpine Dale, Beholder Village, Barrow, and Bidingwood - East
Fixed issues with several quests reappearing in quest logs (Unfortunately if you have already had them re-added, I can't remove them)

CHANGES
Added the Advanced Pokedex plugin from -FL- so PBS info can be viewed in game.
Added a Speed Up Toggle. Press Q by default to cycle between 3 speed stages.


If continuing from a previous save, talk to the assistant in Wisteria's lab to add the PBS info to your Pokedex.