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Completed Pokémon Burning Scales

This project is complete. Any future revisions will be bug fixes or small updates.
Project Status
Completed
Project Version
1.0.0
85eed2e7-cbe2-49eb-9921-82ebaed22af7


Pokémon Burning Scales

If you're looking for a narrative and exploration-focused game, inspired by games like Skyrim, Zelda,
Baldur's Gate III, and The Witcher III, in a Pokémon setting, give this game a try!


Pokémon Burning Scales is a fan game that focuses on the exploration of a small open world and its story.
You'll encounter dozens of characters who will provide interesting interactions, impactful battles,
funny moments, and, most importantly, numerous side quests.
Made with Pokémon Essentials v19.1 and RPG Maker XP.

Story
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The game's story unfolds at a significantly different pace from the series' standard.
Instead of traveling throughout Unova, you'll explore a small map filled with interactions and side quests.
You can thoroughly explore each part, interact with all the characters, or dive straight into the main quest.

You play as Nathan, an experienced trainer who is assisting professors Oak and Juniper
in their investigation of an unknown form of Pokémon. The research takes a dangerous turn
when a mysterious and powerful Pokémon begins to wreak havoc across the southern part of Unova.
It's up to you to uncover the source of the chaos and unravel the mystery behind these strange Pokémon forms.


Features
• 5 hours main quest and 10+ hours of side quests
• Impactful choices
• Small open world
• Pokémon up to gen 8
• Level Scaling
• 3 difficulty options
• Perfect IVs mode and fast EV grind
• Offline wonder trade
• Nuzlocke and randomizer modes
• English and Portuguese

Screenshots
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Downloads
Game Download

Pokémon Locations
GitHub Repository (for developers)
Made by Benito André Pepe, aka Benitex

Special thanks:

Shirou Douglas
Thundaga

Graphics:

Tilesets:

Interiors:
4th gen Indoor Tileset - Akizakura16

Exteriors:
WesleyFG:
BW BUILDINGS TILESET
BW NATURE TILESET
BW VELHICES
HGSS TILISET MY WORK COMPLETE

Caves:
Phyromatical, EVoLiNa, zetavares852 - DoT Day24 Evolina Mountains Full Set
KingTapir - Desert Tileset (Deluxe Edition)

Sewers:
paradigmi
aveontrainer

Complemented by:
KingTapir, The_Jacko_Art, NocTurn - Ready to Use: KingTapir Tilesets
dirtywiggles - Interior tileset Primal
zetavares852 - Pokemon Gaia Project Tileset 1 (trees)
Rayquaza-dot - Beach Autotile, BW2 Sea - With Ridge
spaceemotion - Goldenrod City Gamecorner HGSS, Castelia Game Corner
vazquinho - Casino Tiles, Castelia Game Corner
Hek-el-grande - Relic tiles, New pallete :3
Ulithium_Dragon - Ultra Wormhole

Yamask Variants
Frousteleous

Character Customization Resources
Poltergeist

Custom-made Official Gen 4 Day & Night Tones
VanillaSunshine

Gen 4 OW Sprites by:
Neo-Spriteman
Vanilla Sunshine
PurpleZaffre & Maicerochico
AtomicReactor

Gen 5 Characters in Gen 4 OW style
DiegoWT

Gen 4 and 5 Trainer sprites:
Mr. Gela/theo#7722

Team Plasma battle sprites
xxxSnow

Ryoku trainer sprite
flashcs

Hex trainer battle sprite
Bombbity

Hex trainer OW sprite
PokelustCompany

Officer Jenny Generation 4 Styled Sprite
78Cabbage
ultrademise

ORAS/XY themed battle backgrounds for EBDX
PhoenixOfLight92 for ripping the Gen 6 battlebacks
LackDeJurane for the combined battlebacks

Cool Pokeball Anims for EBDX
Lichenprincess

SwSh Item Icon pack
RandomTalkingBush, AiurJordan, TechSkylander1518

Screen's Updated Mining Resources
Screen Lady

Gen 8 move animation project
Project lead by StCooler.
Contributors: StCooler, DarryBD99, WolfPP, ardicoozer, riddlemeree.
Thanks to the Reborn team for letting people use their resources. You are awesome.
Thanks to BellBlitzKing for his Pokemon Sound Effects Pack: Gen 1 to Gen 7 - All Attacks SFX.

Music

Credits scene:
Song of the Storms - sentsinkanteun

Mewmore
Route 225 DP – Intro theme
Gladion – Anna's Theme
Boutique XY – Nimbasa buildings
Professor Sycamore's Theme – Desert Resort Entrance
Relic Castle – Relic Castle Entrance, B1F, B2F
Lookers Theme – Search for the girl questline
Unwavering Emotions - Storyteller theme
Dreamyard - Castelia Greenhouse
Cascarrafa - Election Clubs
Burned Tower - The Tavern
Area Zero - Beethoven's house
Battle! Professor Turo - Beethoven battle
Dark Cave - Sewer and Cave wild battles
Zinnia - University battles

GlitchxCity
Rival Bede – Nimbasa trainers
Snowbelle City – Volcarona Theme
Team Rocket Battle Remix vII - Giovanni theme
Team Plasma Remix - Plasma intelligence battle
Abandoned Ship - Aficcionada battle
Hop Battle Theme - Castelia Trainers

Vanilluxe Pavilion
Relic Castle – Relic Castle B7F
Po Town - Bikers theme
Mt. Coronet Remix - Caves
Alabaster Icelands - Relic Castle B5F, B6F, B7F wild battles
Pokemon G/S/C - Ice Path [Remix 2], "Nevermelt 2" - Team Plasma in the Relic Castle
Pokemon G/S/C Vs Johto Gym Leader - Professor Juniper battle

Zame
Relic castle - Relic castle B3F, B4F
Pokemon Center Unova - Pokémon Centers
Castelia City Nighttime - Castelia City
Vast Poni Canyon - Route 4 wild battle
Temporal Tower Remastered - Relic Castle B1F, B2F, B3F, B4F wild battles
Relic Song - Burning Scales theme
Battle! Rival Wally - Meloetta battle
Elesa's Gym: Remastered (Runway & Stage) - Nimbasa City Gym pre Elesa
Nimbasa City Gym (Stage) - Nimbasa Gym pos Elesa
Gate Remastered - Route gates
Game Corner (Johto): Remastered - Game Corner interior
Hoenn Game Corner: Remastered - Game Corner entrace
Kalos Route 15 - Ryoku encounter
Battle! Rival Sonia - Tournament oponnents
Opelucid City (Black) v1 - Robert Theme
Poké Mart (Sinnoh) - Castelia Marts
Rival Hugh (2024) - Route 4 trainer battle

sentsinkanteun
Shoal Cave - Abandoned House
Battle! (Azelf/Mesprit/Uxie) - Abysmal Cave
Sun & Moon Iki Town Remix - Café Sonata
Song of the Storms - Credits

Kamex
Nimbasa City Jazz Remix - Nimbasa city
Vs. Guzma Remix - Bikers fake leader theme
Vs Lusamine - Plasma boss battle
Vs. Gladion - Anna battle

Vetrom
Battle Marnie – Bikers and cueballs
Battle! Battle Tower – Musical Theater during the tournament
Battle! Gym Leader Black and White - Gym battles

Kunning Fox
Victory is Right Before Your Eyes! - Title Screen
Juniper Pokémon Lab from 'Back to Unova' - Juniper Lab
Join Avenue from 'Back to Unova 2' - Join Avenue

Seii
Route 111 RSE - Desert Resort theme

MarshMix Plaza
Battle vs. Marnie Remix - Bikers leader theme

Eclairattack
Team Aqua Magma Hideout Remix - Castelia Sewers

hyeonjiim
Meloettas Song of the Sunset Cover - Meloetta Room

onion_mu
Battle! (Professor Sycamore) - Desert Resort wild battle

HarmonicaFish
Team Skull Theme

Pokémon X & Y
Shopping - Route 4
Gate - Castelia interiors

Plugins
Automatic Level Scaling
Benitex, Joltik, Umbreon

Elite Battle: DX
Luka S.J.,Maruno,Marin,Pokecheck.org,PinkCatDragon,Tebited15,BadSamaritan,WolfPP,redblueyellow,Damien,Issei Hyoudou,Nasasu,luckygirl88

Following Pokemon EX
Golisopod User, Help-14, zingzags, Rayd12smitty, Venom12, mej71, PurpleZaffre, Akizakura16, Thundaga, Armin (Fairies Resource Pack), Maruno

Modular Title Screen
Luka S.J.

Voltseon's Pause Menu
Voltseon, Golisopod User, ENLS

NPC Battles (NPC vs. NPC)
hollow_ego

Modern Quest System + UI
ThatWelshOne_,mej71,derFischae,Marin

Improved AI
KRLW890

Overworld Shadows EX
Golisopod User, Wolf PP, Marin

Random Pokemon Selector
ThatWelshOne_

Encounter List UI (v19)
ThatWelshOne_,raZ,Marin,Maruno,Nuri Yuri,PurpleZaffre,Savordez,Vendily

Auto Multi Save
http404error

Unown Text
PunishedFelix

DiegoWT's Starter Selection
DiegoWT

IKazart's NPC Trade Evolution
IKazart

Always inside Bushes
Kotaro,KleinStudio

LA Moverelearner
Kotaro,IndianAnimator

B2W2 Bag
Erassus,CharizardThree3/LackDeJurane

BW Party Screen
DeepBlue PacificWaves,Shashu-Greninja, Golisopod User

Pokedex BW Style
DeepBlue PacificWaves, NettoHikari, Xtreme1992

Storage System BW Style
DeepBlue PacificWaves

BW Summary Screen
DeepBlue PacificWaves, Tommaniacal, Lucidious89, Weibrot, Kobi2604, Dirkriptide, Ploaj, Mr. Gela, Shashu-Greninja, Golisopod User

BW Location Signposts
Shashu-Greninja,DeepBlue PacificWaves,Shiney570

BW Text Entry Scene
Shashu-Greninja,DeepBlue PacificWaves,Erassus

BW PokéMart Screen
Script by DeepBlue PacificWaves, Sprites Ripped by DeepBlue PacificWaves

v19.1 Hotfixes
Maruno

Gen 8 Project
Battler Sprites: Gen 1-5 Pokemon Sprites - veekun Gen 6 Pokemon Sprites - All Contributors To Smogon X/Y Sprite Project Gen 7 Pokemon Sprites - All Contributors To Smogon Sun/Moon Sprite Project Gen 8 Pokemon Sprites - All Contributors To Smogon Sword/Shield Sprite Project
Overworld Sprites Gen 1-5 Pokemon Overworlds - MissingLukey, help-14, Kymoyonian, cSc-A7X, 2and2makes5, Pokegirl4ever, Fernandojl, Silver-Skies, TyranitarDark, Getsuei-H, Kid1513 Gen 6 Pokemon Overworlds - princess-pheonix, LunarDusk, Wolfang62, TintjeMadelintje101, piphybuilder88 Gen 7 Pokemon Overworlds - Larry Turbo, princess-pheonix Gen 8 Pokemon Overworlds - SageDeoxys, Wolfang62, LarryTurbo, tammyclaydon Milomilotic11, Kyt666, kdiamo11, Chocosrawlooid, Syledude, Gallanty, Gizamimi-Pichu, 2and2makes5, Zyon17,LarryTurbo, spritesstealer, LarryTurbo
Icon Sprites Gen 1-6 Pokemon Icon Sprites - Alaguesia Gen 7 Pokemon Icon Sprites - Marin, MapleBranchWing, Contributors to the DS Styled Gen 7+ Repository Gen 8 Icon Sprites - Larry Turbo, Leparagon
Cry Credits: Gen 1-6 Pokemon Cries - Rhyden Gen 7 Pokemon Cries - Marin, Rhyden Gen 8 Pokemon Cries - Zeak6464
PBS Credits: Golisopod User, Zerokid, TheToxic, HM100, KyureJL, ErwanBeurier
Script Credits: EBS Bitmap Wrapper - Luka S.J. Gen 8 Scripts - Golisopod User, Maruno, Vendily, TheToxic, HM100, Aioross, WolfPP, MFilice, lolface, KyureJL, DarrylBD99, Turn20Negate, TheKandinavian, ErwanBeurier
Compilation of Resources Golisopod User, UberDunsparce
Porting to v19 Golisopod User

Animated Pokémon System
Creator: Lucidious89 Based on the Generation 8 Pack by Golisopod User and EBDX by Luka S.J.
Sprite Credits: Battler Sprites Gen 1-5: Luka S.J. Gen 6: All Contributors To Smogon X/Y Sprite Project Gen 7: All Contributors To Smogon Sun/Moon Sprite Project Gen 8: All Contributors To Smogon Sword/Shield Sprite Project Gen 9: All Contributors To Smogon Scarlet/Violet Sprite Project Contributors to the original "Sprites Animados" spanish plugin: Tenshi of War, DPertierra, Skyflyer, Hellfire_raptor, Antiant, AshnixsLaw, AyanoCloud, Azrita, BR0DE0, Caruban, Creobnil, DanEx, Diegotoon20, dimbly, ekurepu, Ebaru, EricLostie, Falcon7, Federico97_ez, Fleimer_, Franark122k, Hellfire0raptor, HM100, HyperactiveFlummi, iametrine, Involuntary-Twitch, ItsYugen, jinta, justnyxnow, KingOfThe-X-Roads, kiriaura, Legitimate Username, localghost, lucasomi, MallowOut, mangalos810, MCH4R1Z4RD, N-Kin, NoelleMBrooks, Noobiess, Nolo33, OldSoulja, OmegalingYT, PKMarioG, PomPomKing, Poki Papillon, PumpkinPastel, RetroNC, RadicalCharizard, seleccion, SelenaArmorclaw, SkidMarc25, Snivy101, Sopita_Yorita, SoulWardenInfinity, TheAetherPlayer, TheCynicalPoet, Typhlito, uppababy Other Contributors: Lucidious89, Regis, Rod, kayzering
Icon Sprites Gen 1-6: Alaguesia, harveydentmd Gen 7: Marin, MapleBranchWing, Contributors to the DS Styled Gen 7+ Repository Gen 8: Larry Turbo, Leparagon Gen 1-8 (Shiny): StarrWolf, Pokemon Shattered Light Team PLA Icons: LuigiTKO Gen 9: ezerart, JordanosArt Resource Compilation: Golisopod User, UberDunsparce, Caruban
Footprint Sprites Gen 6: भाग्य ज्योति Gen 7-8: WolfPP Gen 9 & PLA: Caruban Resource Compilation: komeiji514

Pokemon Essentials

Flameguru Poccil (Peter O.) Maruno

With contributions from: 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.

"RPG Maker XP" by: Enterbrain

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

This is a non-profit fan-made game. No copyright infringements intended. Please support the official games!

I'm happy to read your opinion and answer your questions!​
 
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I've been working on this game in my free time for the last five years, so I'm thrilled to finally release it as a complete project!
I'd love to read your opinions about the game and the different narrative structure I applied.
Feel free to use any of the maps, characters, Pokémon forms, and anything else I created in your own games. Please credit me and send me a message so I can check it out!
Also, because of the very non-linear nature of the game, there may be some bugs I could not find during the playtests. Please let me know about any kind of bug you find.
 
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Hi so I found a bug in the game. when you try to go for a tour in the musical theater you get stuck and can't move at all. This is frustrating as I wanted to do this but the game freezes so i can't do it.
 
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Hi so I found a bug in the game. when you try to go for a tour in the musical theater you get stuck and can't move at all. This is frustrating as I wanted to do this but the game freezes so i can't do it.
Thank you for letting me know. I updated the download link with a version that should fix the problem. If it doesn't, please send me a message with a screenshot of the moment when the game freezes.
 
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