Released Pokémon Covenant

[ValiantSoul]

Absolutely loving it so far, but I also ran into the bug in Platinum Saucer that is preventing me from progressing any further.
It doesn't matter if I take the upper or lower path, the game always crashes in roughly the same area.

That should be fixed now! As should the tilesets not showing the Morning/Day/Night cycle correctly :]

 

[ValiantSoul]

We are currently unable to make the default Mystery Gift function work as intended, so for the time being, the NPC on the second floor of the Pokemon Center will distibute the gift in exchange for your Mystery Ticket!

 

[Blue_Lightning]

another crash happen in the throne castle (posting imagines is a pain)

 

[lnugami]

Thanks so much for the quick fix! I found a few more crashes in the Throne Castle area that might be a bit different to the one posted above?

When purchasing a Lechonk:

When talking to the second prize NPC next to the pokemon prizes:

Walking on the 11th floor:

 

[Blue_Lightning]

Lol i was about to post something about the lechonk too.

Another Bugged trying to get the lifetime ticket for the train make the train guy not move out of our way causing you to be stuck forever on both side of the train entrances.

 

[Blue_Lightning]

huh idk when or where this happen but the trainer card is broken as the custom stuff is gone.

Trying to get the mystery ticket just crashes the game..

 

[ValiantSoul]

huh idk when or where this happen but the trainer card is broken as the custom stuff is gone.

Trying to get the mystery ticket just crashes the game..

I can't fix this at all if I don't know when it happened. For now, try restarting your game and seeing when it happens; from what I can see, your character has been set to the secondary character, sprites and all. That's very specific coding to happen on accident.

The other parts, all good! Crashes in the Thunder Throne fixed, and prizes can now be claimed, and the Mystery Ticket is now claimable without a crash.

 

[lnugami]

Thank you again!! Just a quick question this time!
How far does the current version go? I know the first post says up to the 3rd vice, but does that mean obtaining the 3rd badge isn't currently fully implemented? Not 100% sure if this is a bug with this part or if it hasn't been fully added in yet. Being somewhat vague for spoiler purposes??

I chose to take the item from the 3rd vice after beating them and after the scene played, I was below the vice and able to rebattle them. After doing so, I chose not to take the item and was given the badge and it shows on my trainer card, but I'm not able to purchase anything from the NPC in the Throne Castle that says they only have things available to those with at least three badges. I also still have the item from the 3rd vice in my inventory after having taken it after the first battle and not the second.

 

[ValiantSoul]

Thank you again!! Just a quick question this time!
How far does the current version go? I know the first post says up to the 3rd vice, but does that mean obtaining the 3rd badge isn't currently fully implemented? Not 100% sure if this is a bug with this part or if it hasn't been fully added in yet. Being somewhat vague for spoiler purposes??

I chose to take the item from the 3rd vice after beating them and after the scene played, I was below the vice and able to rebattle them. After doing so, I chose not to take the item and was given the badge and it shows on my trainer card, but I'm not able to purchase anything from the NPC in the Throne Castle that says they only have things available to those with at least three badges. I also still have the item from the 3rd vice in my inventory after having taken it after the first battle and not the second.

No that was most certainly a bug. The event is behaving quite strangely, but I added an extra control switch and it should all be sorted now. The game is over after the events in the Platinum Saucer, when you return to the Mulberry Chamber one last time for the demo :]

As I fix it the patch is automatically live (thank goodness for GDrive backup), so it should be downloadable already.

 

[Blue_Lightning]

Okay so the make it rain is bugged and it keep doing the move until my pokemon fainted. (OMG i didnt faint it ran out of PP)

 

[Blue_Lightning]

The cutscene plays again here..huh now im trapped in a inifite loop i cant exit the building due the cutscene.

 

[ValiantSoul]

The cutscene plays again here..huh now im trapped in a inifite loop i cant exit the building due the cutscene.

Fix'd that one now too. I think I was putting the self switches too late on the event. The above with Make it Rain and a tweak for Hold Hands are live now too :]

 

[Pi25]

Okay so the make it rain is bugged and it keep doing the move until my pokemon fainted. (OMG i didnt faint it ran out of PP)

I see you found rotom! :)

 

[ValiantSoul]

Bug Fixes V.0.3.0

• Fixed an issue with the Lifetime Pass on the Golden Line not functioning correctly.
• Fixed an issue with the graphic on the Golden Line running backwards with Lifetime Pass.
• Fixed an issue with displaying the wrong Trainer Card due to poorly defined player gender.
• Fixed all the issues with Mints, which are now fully functional.
• Fixed an issue with the Morning/Day/Night tilesets not displaying correctly.
• Fixed issues with the KING FICTUS battle, in which certain moves caused loops.
• Fixed issues with the final VICE in the demo, causing loops and crashes.
• Fixed issues with healing events if using the remote heal option in any gatehouse.
• Fixed various tileset issues preventing access to certain areas.
• Fixed various issues with the Thunder Throne vendors. All prizes should now be claimable!
• Created a workaround for Mystery Gift. It may now be claimed on the top floor of the Pokemon Center.

Please do download the game again from the previous link, and enjoy! :]

 

[Pi25]

After playing the slots and voltorb flip for an hour, I have achieved piggy!

 

[Pi25]

We're working on making the download easier to download. It is still downloadable, but it just takes a few minutes. We've fixed major errors so that progress /shouldn't/ stop. Thank you to the people reporting bugs on here and on our disc!

 

[ValiantSoul]

Bug Fixes V.0.4.0

• Entrances removed for unfinished areas.
• Fixed Lifetime Pass causing crash.
• Illegal Baton Pass relay gets Ninjask disqualified!
• Fixed important vending machine.
• Fixed misaligned sprites for three NPCS.
• Stopped FEARMONGER NATHE from cosplaying as FEARMONGER RUBEN.
• Allowed Rare Candy to age gracefully.
• Fixed DATA LOG #4 corrupting.
• Fixed PELIPPER POST quest not advancing to next stage after JOURNEY LETTER.
• Fixed POKeRADAR not functioning.
• Fixed NPCs referring to the CRASH TICKET by the wrong name.
• Fixed a plethora of issues with the eCOIN MACHINES.
• Adjusted payout of gambling minigames to reduce frequency of large gains.
• Fixed item descriptions being cut-off for several new items.
• Adjusted cost for prizes from the PLATINUM SAUCER, to make them more expensive.
• Fixed incorrect encounter for MIMIKYU in the METUS CAVE.
• Fixed Easter Egg frame not displaying correctly.
• Fixed artists avatar not appearing in-game as intended.

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This should be everything reported, so the demo is functionally perfect after this! barring typos. there are certainly still typos.

I will apologise that there is still no .zip file to download, as until we are certain no bugs left to be found, it is far and beyond easier to keep the game updated this way. I'm sure the extra few minutes the game takes to download won't ruin anyone's experience :]​

 

[ranko]

I had a really good time playing this game! While the inspiration is very obvious (play the game you'll know it when you see it lol), the setting of the game's region is very novel, interesting, and fun! I had a lot of theories and thoughts going through the game trying piece how the world works together, and I think the way the game's story of the protagonist is very well done, because it doubles at explaining a lot of other things in the game! Also the game is very wll polished with strong dialogue, no major errors and even some surprisingly great wordplay!

Gameplay wise, I didn't find it too difficult or too easy, although I didn't really remember a ton of it either. I did enjoy playing with some of the new Pokemon however! I had a little bit of criticism with Kerning City, where it's set-up to want you to add a Pokemon to the party but the solution is to actually remove it, which I could definitely see some people getting stuck at haha.

There were a ton of fun motifs and worldbuilding ideas in the game, and the game's setting definitely makes it super easy to go really crazy on it. Currently my theory right now is

Spoiler: Story + Plot Spoiler

while I do kinda hope that the world is a hubworld for redemption that anyone can end up being in for them go on their own journeys of recovery (would be cool to see a bunch of select characters have to confront themselves too), a lot of things point to the game's setting of it just being the protagonists personal redemption. But hey, all guessing so anything goes lol

It would've been interesting to see a teensy bit of extra depth in some of the areas, the Casino level was pretty great to see more characters grow instead of every area being like "I am a civilian and I am in hell except the protagonist and like, the gym leader too". Other than that, i'm impressed that despite all the wacky world building, the game's story doesn't have any sort of confusing elements at all. The only real questions I have is just how the areas were constructed pertaining to all other NPCs in the game.

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Overall, I think the set-up for the region is really well done, and I really liked it!

 

[ValiantSoul]

I had a really good time playing this game! While the inspiration is very obvious (play the game you'll know it when you see it lol), the setting of the game's region is very novel, interesting, and fun! I had a lot of theories and thoughts going through the game trying piece how the world works together, and I think the way the game's story of the protagonist is very well done, because it doubles at explaining a lot of other things in the game! Also the game is very wll polished with strong dialogue, no major errors and even some surprisingly great wordplay!

Gameplay wise, I didn't find it too difficult or too easy, although I didn't really remember a ton of it either. I did enjoy playing with some of the new Pokemon however! I had a little bit of criticism with Kerning City, where it's set-up to want you to add a Pokemon to the party but the solution is to actually remove it, which I could definitely see some people getting stuck at haha.

There were a ton of fun motifs and worldbuilding ideas in the game, and the game's setting definitely makes it super easy to go really crazy on it. Currently my theory right now is

Spoiler: Story + Plot Spoiler

while I do kinda hope that the world is a hubworld for redemption that anyone can end up being in for them go on their own journeys of recovery (would be cool to see a bunch of select characters have to confront themselves too), a lot of things point to the game's setting of it just being the protagonists personal redemption. But hey, all guessing so anything goes lol

It would've been interesting to see a teensy bit of extra depth in some of the areas, the Casino level was pretty great to see more characters grow instead of every area being like "I am a civilian and I am in hell except the protagonist and like, the gym leader too". Other than that, i'm impressed that despite all the wacky world building, the game's story doesn't have any sort of confusing elements at all. The only real questions I have is just how the areas were constructed pertaining to all other NPCs in the game.

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Overall, I think the set-up for the region is really well done, and I really liked it!

On behalf of the squad, thank you so very much indeed for the review! The only great shame on my part at least, is that I didn't get to see you play it. All feedback is good feedback in my eyes, so many thank yous again for providing some.

If I may, how would you go about adding more depth to the areas we have so far? Each area changes with a substantial number of NPCs having evolving dialouge based on if the Vice effect is still active or not; are you meaning we need more important NPCs that do so? :]

Oh, and I won't spoil anything about what will happen next, but I will ask: did you ever revisit where a Vice was after you beat them? If so, you may have noticed they were no longer there. An NPC in the Big Bang Boom notes that he can't find Plutus anymore, for example. Something is happening behind the scenes indeed...

 

[ValiantSoul]

To all whom it may concern, a conviniently compressed .rar file is now available for download! Unless anything catastrophic is uncovered, that'll be it for bug fixes for our Demo version.

Please do look forwards to what comes next! Pokemon Covenant should return with its next major update in not too long :]