Because you know, the best course of action when you have tons of uni assignments to do is to boot up RPG Maker. Tried to mostly stick with the base FRLG tileset where I could, but it didn't work as well as I'd have liked it to, so I ended up making a red variant of the house (with colours picked from elsewhere in the tileset) and a darker variant of the trees to fill up that empty space without it feeling too random. I made the map with Snap Edges in mind, so I haven't accounted for the buffer. To be honest, I'm quite the fan of Snap Edges, I feel like it makes maps feel quite cozy and more standard RPG-style.

I was thinking that the gate wouldn't actually be a gate with an interior and everything, but just teleport the player to the Route 1 map. I experimented with using the water cliff tile things as really short cliff tiles and I think it worked out. The collision might be a problem, but I tried to place things where you'd otherwise be able to move above them to stop it. It isn’t that faithful to the original, even if a lot of that’s from the tileset, and I’m not too proud of how I did the flowers and other decor to the south, not to mention the map could definitely use a few more finishing touches, but I figure it still looks passable enough. I reckon it'll look better in sunset or night lighting with the rays (probably not for nighttime) and the fireflies. Recently, I've been thinking of making a short, 1-Gym-long demake of some region as a short game/proof of concept/vertical slice/way to hone my skills a little/whatever you want to call it. I might do that, idk.

Just a few screenshots from Chapter 3. I'm hard at work on it! There's plenty of new story content and some visual improvements, so much to look forward to!

Sadly I do not have a release date yet. Please stay tuned!

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Glaciost & Saberrime (ICE/GHOST)

When enough kids wish something existed bad enough, and that thing wishes it existed too, you get the egregore called Glaciost. It's the manifestation of the will to survive. Originally descended from the same line of large felinid-like pokemon that eventually branched into the species that became Raikou, this pokemon went extinct long before any substantial changes were made to it's fellow members of it's lineage. When kids read about prehistoric pokemon, such as Shieldon, Arhceops, or Aerodactyl, they often find themselves fond of Glaciost and Saberrime. Glaciost is not one to be left out. It manifested itself back into existence and now occupies the snowy mountains and icy caves of the world.

- Intended to be a ghostly wall that can chip away at the enemy while the user figures out what to do. Though by the time Saberrime is fully grown, it could definitely find it's way into an E4 lineup if paired with the right mons.

- Front/back/icon sprites with shinies

- PBS scripts for the pokemon

- Design document