Recruiting Pokémon Tropico - Using Essentials - Getting started & looking for a bit of everything (+info inside)!

[juancgutro]

Hello gang! I'm new here. Was recommended Eevee Expo to find people to join my project.

Project name: Pokemon Tropico
Tool: Pokemon Essentials
Project size: Full game (single region, 8 gyms + league + a bit of post-game)
Current team size: 2 people (myself included)

Looking for:

• Programmer: Pokemon Essentials, scripting, events
  
  
• Sprite Artist: Pokemon front/back, overworld (follower), and party sprites for ~120 mons
  
  
• UI Artist: Menus, buttons, battle UI, textboxes, party UI, pokedex UI, pokenav UI
  
  
• Character Artist: Trainer sprites, overworld sprites, back sprites, battle start animations
  
  
• Overworld Artist: Spritesheets, assets, nature, buildings, etc
  
  
• Overworld Designer: Map design, routes, cities, towns, caves, forests, jungles, etc
  
  
• Item Artist: Custom items, custom pokeballs, custom icons for bag, dex, etc
  
  
• Writer: NPC dialogue, in-game lore writing (books), pokedex entries, etc
  
  
• Team Lead: Work coordination, resource management, team management, etc
  
  
• Creative Advisor: Ideas, proposals, fleshing out mechanics and such

Concept: Pokemon Tropico is a fangame designed to feel like the traditional mainline games but with QoL features, a fleshed out story and characters, and unique experiences that bring the classic formula to the 2020s. It's based on the Akuna region, a tropical paradise based on the Latin America tropics (subtle influence) where an evil organization of poachers act as main antagonists. Themes of natural preservation vs modernity and a focus on Pokémon evolution (branching and variants).

Amount of work done so far:

• Concepts for over 120 new Fakemon (70% of them illustrated and fleshed out)
  
  
• Main story arc and milestones
  
  
• Branching evolution mechanics and lore implementation
  
  
• Box legendary, legendary trio, and mythical Pokemon concept, lore, and story relevance
  
  
• Entire map of the Akuna region with route/town/city progression and sub-areas
  
  
• Character designs for main cast (playable characters, Professor Cyrilla + her daughter/assistant, rival, evil org grunts, 3 playable characters (non-picked options become friendly rivals)
  
  
• Encounters with evil organization throughout the story (6 admins + boss)
  
  
• A lot more I'm probably forgetting now

Check out the our project introduction documentation to learn more about Pokemon Tropico: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OoZSbtxLLGZVIncShcQAlVzDu-bIA5Iv4pXdS8OiGyw/edit?usp=sharing

The following are some of the new Fakemon designed for Pokemon Tropico:

 

[Willøw]

Ha, so it's you from Reddit, remember me with the Mew on the profile? XD
Well as you know, I offered you my help, maybe in the morning here I can show you some examples there on the Discord

 

[juancgutro]

Ha, so it's you from Reddit, remember me with the Mew on the profile? XD
Well as you know, I offered you my help, maybe in the morning here I can show you some examples there on the Discord

I do remember! Looking forward to hearing back from you! :)
My Discord is juancgutro

 

[Willøw]

I do remember! Looking forward to hearing back from you! :)
My Discord is juancgutro

We actually talked today on the Eevee Expo Discord, I was the person who had "Legends Mew" in the nickname XD

I only have an example map, but I'll show it in the morning since I can't turn on my PC rn

 

[juancgutro]

We actually talked today on the Eevee Expo Discord, I was the person who had "Legends Mew" in the nickname XD

I only have an example map, but I'll show it in the morning since I can't turn on my PC rn

No worries! Hit me up tomorrow!

 

[Darkshock1]

I would be interested in being a writer! I'm a writer for a couple of fangames such as;
Pokemon Nihility
Pokemon Evergreen

My own fangame; Pokemon: The Stairway to Destiny (Isn't released)

I am making my own fangame but I'm solo. So for now, as I work on my own fangame, I'm willing to join other fangames in my spare time. I've done Pokédex entries and NPC dialogue.

 

[juancgutro]

I would be interested in being a writer! I'm a writer for a couple of fangames such as;
Pokemon Nihility
Pokemon Evergreen

My own fangame; Pokemon: The Stairway to Destiny (Isn't released)

I am making my own fangame but I'm solo. So for now, as I work on my own fangame, I'm willing to join other fangames in my spare time. I've done Pokédex entries and NPC dialogue.

I'd be happy to have you join the team.

Message me on Discord: juancgutro

Also, just a fair warning. I'm not really going for a storytelling epic. I'm trying to stick to the classic Pokemon formula in terms of story (get starter, go out adventuring, take on the gyms, stop calamity from destroying the world, fight the elite four, become champion).

The real storytelling aspects of Tropico will mainly come from NPC interactions, side-quests, and character development. Think smaller and more human story beats.

Additionally I'd love help in fleshing out the vibes, cultures, and stories in towns and cities. There's a fair bit of lore about the legendaries that I'd like to include as semi-optional information in like books and some NPC dialogue so a writer would be great to have!

 

[pizzataco890]

Hello gang! I'm new here. Was recommended Eevee Expo to find people to join my project.

Project name: Pokemon Tropico
Tool: Pokemon Essentials
Project size: Full game (single region, 8 gyms + league + a bit of post-game)
Current team size: 2 people (myself included)

Looking for:

• Programmer: Pokemon Essentials, scripting, events
  
  
• Sprite Artist: Pokemon front/back, overworld (follower), and party sprites for ~120 mons
  
  
• UI Artist: Menus, buttons, battle UI, textboxes, party UI, pokedex UI, pokenav UI
  
  
• Character Artist: Trainer sprites, overworld sprites, back sprites, battle start animations
  
  
• Overworld Artist: Spritesheets, assets, nature, buildings, etc
  
  
• Overworld Designer: Map design, routes, cities, towns, caves, forests, jungles, etc
  
  
• Item Artist: Custom items, custom pokeballs, custom icons for bag, dex, etc
  
  
• Writer: NPC dialogue, in-game lore writing (books), pokedex entries, etc
  
  
• Team Lead: Work coordination, resource management, team management, etc
  
  
• Creative Advisor: Ideas, proposals, fleshing out mechanics and such

Concept: Pokemon Tropico is a fangame designed to feel like the traditional mainline games but with QoL features, a fleshed out story and characters, and unique experiences that bring the classic formula to the 2020s. It's based on the Akuna region, a tropical paradise based on the Latin America tropics (subtle influence) where an evil organization of poachers act as main antagonists. Themes of natural preservation vs modernity and a focus on Pokémon evolution (branching and variants).

Amount of work done so far:

• Concepts for over 120 new Fakemon (70% of them illustrated and fleshed out)
  
  
• Main story arc and milestones
  
  
• Branching evolution mechanics and lore implementation
  
  
• Box legendary, legendary trio, and mythical Pokemon concept, lore, and story relevance
  
  
• Entire map of the Akuna region with route/town/city progression and sub-areas
  
  
• Character designs for main cast (playable characters, Professor Cyrilla + her daughter/assistant, rival, evil org grunts, 3 playable characters (non-picked options become friendly rivals)
  
  
• Encounters with evil organization throughout the story (6 admins + boss)
  
  
• A lot more I'm probably forgetting now

Check out the our project introduction documentation to learn more about Pokemon Tropico: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OoZSbtxLLGZVIncShcQAlVzDu-bIA5Iv4pXdS8OiGyw/edit?usp=sharing

The following are some of the new Fakemon designed for Pokemon Tropico:

I be happy to help you out with game testing if needed it I'm kinda experienced with that but I do it at a slow pace not to miss anything.

 

[juancgutro]

I be happy to help you out with game testing if needed it I'm kinda experienced with that but I do it at a slow pace not to miss anything.

That would be helpful! DM me on Discord if you can: juancgutro

 

[RoyalDays]

Hey I'm the guy who recommended you to check out Eevee Expo over on reddit! I'm currently in the process of learning Pokémon essentials, but things I can confidently bring to the table is writing (especially lore books and dex entries), and being a creative advisor, I can also help with game balance especially if you plan on implementing a built in Nuzlocke mod / tools.

 

[juancgutro]

Hey I'm the guy who recommended you to check out Eevee Expo over on reddit! I'm currently in the process of learning Pokémon essentials, but things I can confidently bring to the table is writing (especially lore books and dex entries), and being a creative advisor, I can also help with game balance especially if you plan on implementing a built in Nuzlocke mod / tools.

Oh hey yeah! Great advice btw haha.

DM me on Discord: juancgutro

 

[juancgutro]

Bump! Still looking for people that want to collaborate.

• Sprite artists
• Map designers
• Writers