Welcome to the Pokémon Golurk Rising thread!
Game information
RadicalRaptr
Author
Radicalraptr
Team
More Info
Progressing!
Status
1.0
Release
Its been a long time coming - 10 years since the first Relic Castle Game Jam!
One of the games required to achieve the first ever Game Jam badge had seemingly been lost to time when the old site was ported to the new server before Eeveeexpo had taken over.
Despite winning the community showcase, I never felt like this was my best work, and off and on over the years I had tossed around the idea of picking the story back up and doing better. I tried remaking the in ever generation style possible and rewrote expanded revised and tweaked the story in ever way imaginable. However, I never got anything off the ground. I never intended on working on this game until I was approached to upload the game on the new site for posterity but my own pride got in the way, and I instead took it upon myself to remaster the first chapter of the game from the ground up. All the work I had done over the years, all the designs, all the story beats, all the tricks I had learned and all the work that had gone into the engine in the past decade allowed me to release the game in a condition I can feel proud of. And with that in mind, I give you Pokémon Golurk Rising!
Out of respect to the original work and guidelines set by the Game Jam rules, I have uploaded this remastered work without encryption, if anyone wants to poke around and see what I did, or use the GBA screen size for their own works you're more than welcome to.
Plot summary
Welcome to the beginning of the Reckoning. Enjoy the classic Generation 2 style graphics as you embark on a quest to truly be the best, like no one ever has before.
Teamed up with Golett, you will come across many foes, and even a few Pokémon! Some old, some new! With your Pokémon and Golett at your side you'll battle your way to the top!
The game focuses on you and your rival working for the Professor as her Research Assistants. In your first expedition you stumble across an Odd Pokémon and are introduced to the villains of the game, roving bands of hooligans that differentiate their gangs by color.
Travel across Lasai to understand the mystery of your odd discoveries in the ancient ruins scattered throughout the region and stop the schemes of the evil Gang members trying to take over the cities!
There is a myth of an ancient evil. During the Before Times there was an endless cycle of destruction and rebirth. During one of the cycles, the constructs that governed the cycle and its rebirth were devoured. The Old Ones who ruled over the cycle were toppled and the One Who Came Before began the cycle anew. No more destruction. A world where the hunger lives and power is consumed by all. Or at least that is what they say.
Characters
Mark, Mary, Mickey
The protagonists of Golurk Rising! When you fill out your application to become the Professor's Assistant, you can either respond with Male, Female or N/A. The 3rd option is for players who prefer not to say, or for anyone who likes the design!
Professor Mulberry
She is the an archeologist at heart, devoting her work to uncovering the mystery of the ancient ruins scattered across Lasai. Her work is invaluable to the researchers in Barziet who have developed technology, with the help of Mulberry's research, that can revive the fossils she uncovers. As her Assistant, your expeditions take you across the region to various ruins uncovering ancient artifacts and discovering mysteries of the Before Times.
Scout
A childhood friend who signed up to become the Professor's Assistant. While he isn't much of a battler, his knowledge of the ancient ruins and field research prove invaluable along your journey. Mulberry trusts him with field research while you are left to survey various ruins.
Color Gangs
The hooligans causing trouble in the major cities differentiate themselves by their signifying colors. Anyone, trainer or NPC who is in red is a neutral and not affiliated with any other gang. Anyone in the other colors Blue, Brown, Yellow are part of the Blue Pompadour, Brown Bowl Cut, or Yellow Beehive. Any other unique color is reserved for a special NPC not affiliated with any other group.
Features
● Generation 2 Tileset
● Day/Night system that changes tiles based on time
● 480 x 320 Custom GBA Screen Size
● 8-bit Music from classic games
● Tile Puzzles
● Sewer Section
● Custom triple triad duelists in major cities
● 3 Bosses (think Gym Leaders) and a Post game optional Boss
● Rival Gangs being the main plot of the game
● Custom Sprites (Trainers, Overworlds, Pokémon, Icons)
● Golett and a Kanto Fossil as your starter
● A Following partner Pokémon like in Pokémon Yellow
Screenshots
Download
Mega link
Chapter 1 Download!
Mediafire link
Chapter 1 Download!
Credits/Thank Yous
(in NO particular order)System: Enterbrain
Graphics: Nintendo, The Spriters Resource, nuukie, Raonak, Burritomom, entei
Scripts: Cilerba, FL, Teo, Golisopod User, Luka S.J.
Pokémon Essentials:
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.
and everyone else who helped out!
"mkxp-z" by: Roza Based on "mkxp" by Ancurio et al.
And ~JV~ for this awesome page layout.
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