Released Abyssal Shroud

[Hedgehoggers]

Story Info
"Congratulations on being chosen by Professor Lotus! You have been chosen to join a research project to catalog the Pokémon that inhabit an island in the archipelago. You'll be tasked with collecting and recording what you see on your journey and delivering it to Lotus. But something is wrong with this island that goes beyond the understanding of the natives who live here. Will you find out what it is and return safely, or will you fail trying?"

Screenshots


Features

• Story progression is based on your dex progress but there are traditional battles in the game!
• 1/128 shiny rate!
• Multiple saves & backup saves.
• Infinite Repel & PC system added to the PokeGear.
• Hidden abilities are 1/3 in general.
• 80 TMs. All buyable or in the overworld in some form
• A select few new abilities, moves & Fakemon.
• The player can speed up with :AUX2 (correlating to Q by default) & edit move sets, items+ in a Pokémon's summary with :USE (correlating to C, Space, Return by default).

The game is complete besides the postgame.
45 minuteish playtime assumably going by dev runs.

Developers
Felcatty, me (Hedgehog), WillowLee and Seth.

Links
Game Download
Resource Pack

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Known Bugs

• The player cannot Fly.
• If the player faints after battlign Lorraine, they will get softlocked upon returning to the base. Returning to the base without fainting fixes this!

Credits
Battler Sprites:
[*]Gen 1-5 Pokemon Sprites - veekun
[*]Gen 6 Pokemon Sprites - All Contributors to the Smogon X/Y Sprite Project
[*]Gen 7 Pokemon Sprites - All Contributors to the Smogon Sun/Moon Sprite Project
[*]Gen 8 Pokemon Sprites - All Contributors to the Smogon Sword/Shield Sprite Project
[*]PLA Pokemon Sprites - Smogon Gen8 Sprite Project
(https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/smogon-sprite-project.3647722/)
[*]Pokemon Gen 9 Battler Sprites - Abnayami, ace_stryfe AshnixsLaw, Azria, Caruban, Clara, Divaruta 666, jinxed, JordanosArt, Katten, KingOfThe-X-Roads, leParagon, Mak, Mashirosakura, OldSoulja, Skyflyer, Sopita_Yorita,
[*]Battler Sprites QC - leParagon

Overworld Sprites:
[*]Gen 1-5 Pokemon Overworlds - 2and2makes5, Chocosrawlooid, cSc-A7X, Fernandojl, Gallanty, Getsuei-H, Gizamimi-Pichu, help-14, kdiamo11, Kid1513, Kymoyonian, Kyt666, LarryTurbo, Milomilotic11, MissingLukey, Pokegirl4ever, Silver-Skies, spritesstealer, Syledude, TyranitarDark, Zyon17
[*]Gen 6+ Berry Tree Overworlds - Anarlaurendil
[*]Gen 6 Pokemon Overworlds - LunarDusk, piphybuilder88, princess-pheonix, TintjeMadelintje101, Wolfang62
[*]Gen 7 Pokemon Overworlds - LarryTurbo, princess-pheonix
[*]Gen 8 Pokemon Overworlds - LarryTurbo, SageDeoxys, tammyclaydon, Wolfang62
[*]PLA Pokemon Overworlds - Boonzeet, DarkusShadow, Ezeart, princess-phoenix, WolfPP
[*]Gen 9 Pokemon Overworlds - Azria, Carmanekko, Caruban DarkusShadow, EduarPokeN, StarWolff

Icons:
[*]Gen 1-6 Icon Sprites - Alaguesia, harveydentmd
[*]Gen 7 Icon Sprites - MapleBranchWing, Marin, Contributors to the DS Styled Gen 7+ Repository
[*]Gen 8 Icon Sprites - LarryTurbo, Leparagon
[*]PLA Icon Sprites - Cesare_CBass, Cesare_Cbass, JWNutz leParagon, LuigiTKO, MultiDiegoDani, Pikafan2000, Vent
[*]Gen 9 Icon Sprites - ezerart, JordanosArt
[*]Shiny Icon Sprites - StarrWolf, Pokemon Shattered Light Team

Item sprites:
[*]PLA Items - 3DJackArt, AztecCroc, Caruban, lichenprincess
[*]Gen 9 Items - Caruban, jinxed, lichenprincess

Cries:
[*]Gen 1-6 Pokemon Cries - Rhyden
[*]Gen 7 Pokemon Cries - Marin, Rhyden
[*]Gen 8 Pokemon Cries - Zeak6464, Morningdew

Footprints:
[*]Gen PLA-9 Pokemon Footprints - Caruban

PBS:
[*]Gen 9 PBS - Caruban, DJChaos, Futuresushi, PurousMist, Lucidious89

Scripts:
[*]Gen 8 Scripts - Golisopod User, Maruno, Vendily, TheToxic, HM100, Aioross, WolfPP, MFilice, lolface, KyureJL, DarrylBD99, Turn20Negate, TheKandinavian, ErwanBeurier
[*]Gen 9 & PLA Scripts - Caruban

Compilation of Resources:
[*]Gen 8 Pack - Golisopod User, UberDunsparce
[*]Gen 9 Pack - Caruban
[*]Resized Sprites - http404error

Other Graphics:
[*]Poke Ball Summary Icons & Battle Animations - Caruban, WolfPP

Special Links:
[*]Gen 9 Cries -
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV6k3G62oT0
(Edited from Lightblade's Absol Gen 9 Cries compilation video)
[*]Walking Wake and Iron Leaves Cries video -
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weH2W3mQ35Y
(Edited from HeroLinik's Pokemon Scarlet and Violet)
[*]Teal Mask Cries -
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQr9z4ryE40
- (Edited from HeroLinik's Pokemon Scarlet and Violet - All Teal Mask Cries video)
[*]Indigo Disk Cries -
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qqr9IzgcKE
(Edited from Joya in UK's Indigo Disk Cries video)

[*]PLA-Gen 9 Sprites - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1T-KC-4XDOeFKq0Z6tfN6Sz4JIlpaK7B8A0lbmBg9fNY/edit?usp=sharing
[*]Full Sprite Credits - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1T-KC-4XDOeFKq0Z6tfN6Sz4JIlpaK7B8A0lbmBg9fNY/edit?usp=sharing
[*]Shiny Icon Sprites - Alaguesia, Marin, MapleBranchWing, Larry Turbo, Leparagon, Starwolff, ezerart, LuigiTKO, 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
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Other Graphics:
[*]Fogs - Spritemight
[*]Loaky's Modern Type Icons - Loaky
[*]Battle Backgrounds - carchagui
[*]Volcano Background Base - Rejuvenation dev team
[*]Pokegear Icons - AnonAlpaca
[*]ORIGINAL FINAL BOSS - Shadow56bomb & Screen Lady

Tileset Graphics:
[*]Airport - Aveontrainer, Ekat
[*]Main Base exterior + Main building - Rejuvenation dev team
[*]Secondary base buildings - Ekat
[*]Desert - Rejuvenation dev team
[*]Tundra - Ekat, Vurtax, Cinna
[*]Forest - Rejuvenation dev team
[*]Marsh - Rejuvenation dev team
[*]Ruins exterior & interior - Ekat, Vurtax, HeartlessDragoon
[*]Volcano - Rejuvenation dev team
[*]Gates - AnonAlpaca

Trainer Graphics:
[*]XY Breeders - Aveontrainer
[*]ORAS Pokerangers - Aveontrainer, DiegoWT

Public Scripts & Plugins:
[*]Alphabetized Bag - Nineage
[*]Arcky's Region Map & Utilities - Arcky
[*]Auto-Multi Save - http404error
[*]Bag Screen with Interactable Party - DiegoWT
[*]Default Player Names - Hedgie, TechSkylander1518
[*]Delta Speed Up - Marin, phantombass, Mashirosakura, Golisopod User, D0vid, Manurocker95
[*]Encounter List UI - ThatWelshOne_,raZ,Marin,Maruno,Nuri Yuri,PurpleZaffre,Savordez,Vendily
[*]Gen 9 Pack - Caruban
[*]Infinite Backups - DemICE
[*]Infinite Repel - Dpierterra
[*]Hidden Abilities by Percentage - Mashirosakura, Scyl, NettoHikari, Marin, Maq47, StarWolff, Kotaro
[*]Marin's Map Exporter & Marin's Script Utilities - Marin
[*]SwSh Style Item Descriptions - Boonzeet
[*]Thieving into Bag - Hedgie, IndianAnimator
[*]Tutor.net - DemICE
[*]Rainefall Portraits & Utilities - Rainefall
[*]V21.1 Hotfixes - Maruno
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OTHER:
"Pokémon Essentials" was created by:
Poccil (Peter O.)
Maruno
Inspired by work by Flameguru

With contributions from:
AvatarMonkeyKirby, Boushy, Brother1440, FL., Genzai Kawakami,
Golisopod User, help-14, IceGod64, Jacob O. Wobbrock, KitsuneKouta,
Lisa Anthony, Luka S.J., Marin, MiDas Mike, Near Fantastica,
PinkMan, Popper, Rataime, Savordez, SoundSpawn,
the__end, Venom12, Wachunga
and everyone else who helped out

"mkxp-z" by:
Roza
Based on \mkxp\ by Ancurio et al.

"RPG Maker XP" by:
Enterbrain

Pokémon is owned by:
The Pokémon Company
Nintendo
Affiliated with Game Freak

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[Jona1]

woo i am going to enjoy this fangame too the charathers and pictures are lovely c:

 

[Hedgehoggers]

1.0.1
- Fixes a crash in the TM shop at the base.

 

[Hedgehoggers]

1.0.2
- A few typos fixed.

 

[Hedgehoggers]

Small download funkiness. Should be fixed now!

 

[Jona1]

I really love this game and the story so much too!! i enjoy these gamejams c:

 

[Hedgehoggers]

1.0.4

• Fixes the broken form handler so starters now correctly evolve into their final regional form evos.
• Two softlocks in the volcano fixed.
• Rearranged item pockets.

 

[Hedgehoggers]

1.0.5

• Corrects missing pockets
• Level scaling now correlates to -1 level of the average for wilds and average level for trainers.
• Rock Smash is now in the correct pocket. lol

 

[Hedgehoggers]

1.0.6

• A lot of softlocks (volcano & savanna in particular) fixed.
• Waterfall TM in Marsh now is a Surf TM.

 

[Hedgehoggers]

1.0.7

• Softlock preventing
  Spoiler

  Totem Piloswine from appearing.
• Updated Styxian Swampert sprite

 

[Altarax]

Hello, I started playing your game.
I stumbled on a soft lock :

Spoiler: softlock

After the first fight againt Lorraine, if I blackout, I get a cutscene with professor lotus and the four assistants and then the game freezes when the professor tries to take the stairs because the player is blocking here due to the blackout.

Here are some other passability errors I noted (they are all minor):

Spoiler: errors

One final thing I noted is that the professor has got no dialogue if I try to go to speak her just after the fight against the first assistant without capturing two pokémon from the desert and thundra.

 

[Hedgehoggers]

1.0.7

Hello, I started playing your game.
I stumbled on a soft lock :

Spoiler: softlock

After the first fight againt Lorraine, if I blackout, I get a cutscene with professor lotus and the four assistants and then the game freezes when the professor tries to take the stairs because the player is blocking here due to the blackout.

Here are some other passability errors I noted (they are all minor):

Spoiler: errors

One final thing I noted is that the professor has got no dialogue if I try to go to speak her just after the fight against the first assistant without capturing two pokémon from the desert and thundra.

Yeah the first one is known. Idk how to fix that tbh without funking up the story sequencing.

 

[Hedgehoggers]

Will note it onto this thread though.

 

[Hedgehoggers]

1.0.8

• Player is now healed before the final boss.
• Prof. Lotus no longer is invisible after defeating the final totem.

 

[Hedgehoggers]

1.0.9
- Fixes a crash with the final boss. That's it. lol

 

[Hedgehoggers]

1.0.95
- Now everything, including the final boss, is doable. Everything else left is minor bugs of some kind.

 

[Tomix9tomix]

Finished playing the game! You saw my thoughts on stream but I'll try to condense them here.

Spoiler

Overall, it's a nice okay game. It does a lot of things well. Nice ai, nice art work, nice sprites, a fun premise, nice characters. A lot of good stuff.
But there is also a lot of stuff that is so clearly lacking polish and playtesting. I can't really list it all here off the top of my head but there is a lot.
-Passability issues
-Trainers not running to you
-Aspects of the UI missing
-Incomplete features
-Typos & lengthy dialogue at times
-Most pokemon evo levels haven't been adjusted to fit the length of the game
-Trainers not having post battle dialogue
-Boss pokemon not having anything that actually make them feel like bosses
-The game having an emphasis on catching lots of wild pokemon, but not really having any features that lean into it (e.g nice rewards for catching lots of pokemon, or a less tedious catching experience)
-A lackluster hub map

Individually, none of these are really a big deal, but all together, it brings what could've been a great game to an okay game. And with the exception of stuff like boss mechanics and new catching mechanics, all of these are pretty easy to improve on or fix.

I think going forward, dedicating time to adding a layer to polish to your games would benefit immensely. That being said, I'm already seeing you improve A LOT. I found this to be a massive improvement from the jam release of Hibernation, so you're obviously learning and going places! Keep it up!

 

[Yin]

Just finished the game and wow, it was as gorgeous as the screenshots XD

Spoiler: Spoilers

I have always been a sucker for personalized menu options, and the pastel colored cloud motif of the Pokémon screen is absolutely beautiful. The entire game has such a pleasing design and colors, yes, but I especially love that part XD The fact that the summary part looks like a night sky is gorgeous, I love how detailed the battle backgrounds are. I adore the character portraits. Flutter balls are absolutely adorable XD

But I gushed about the visuals enough; the story is very interesting as well. An outworldly deity whose whole purpose is to cause chaos? Kinda reminds me of Klarion from DC, especially the Young Justice variant XD I was really expecting the old assistants to be trying to espicially awaken it or something so it was a nice curveball!

I also adore the spiral corridors we had to spiral through to reach Chaos at the end, I hated every second of it, perfect for their character XD

Definitely could use a bit more polish, but it was a very fun game overall!