Relic Castle
The Story:
One night, you start to have a strange dream. You're walking up an unstable staircase, but...you can see glimpses. Glimpses of what may be. At the end of the stairway, you meet a man calling himself Professor Kanzan.
A Pokémon Professor.
It's your first interaction with the world of Pokémon, and it won't be your last. Your journey begins the next day as you find a doorway in the middle of your local glade.
You're tasked by the door's resident to find the scattered Axis items, the source of its power...Your goal is clear.
Welcome to the Azarium region, where people are disappearing, Pokémon are attacking the local populace, and a sinister force called Team Void lurks in the shadows...but are they the true threat?
Features:
- Level caps based on number of badges (7/14 badges in v3.1 for cap of 55)!
- Autosave button(F8) and fast forward button(Alt)!
- A large selection of Pokémon to obtain, now with a Trade Cable item for those pesky trade evolutions!
- Overworld encounters!
- Pokémon have Birthsigns that can grant various effects!
- A new, never before seen catchable Celestial Boss will be available. (Be warned, though, it's very strong. Save before you attempt it!)
- Sidequests that help flesh out the Azarium region!
- Your choices matter, and now have quite the impact...
Note from the developer:
Hi, Mashirosakura here! So, Pokémon Axis first released in March of 2017. Which is, uh, quite a long time ago, now that I think about it.
The game has evolved quite like the Pokémon within; sometimes to huge extents, sometimes in other, smaller ways.
At the start, I was just messing around with RPGMaker and Essentials, just breezing through the map-making and making a slightly half-assed story. And then it happened: the great bug purge of v2. Man, what a mess. And that honestly made me rethink how I was going about the whole game making process.
So progress on v3 started. I redid everything, the maps, the Pokédex, and most importantly the story. Now the story, honestly, hasn't gone through nearly as many changes as you'd think. The dialogue was mostly rewritten, but the events are for the most part the same as v2.
The update came out, there were a few bugs to start, and then the game slowly just stopped being checked. Sure, we had a Discord, and I was fixing small bugs, but for the most part I was just focused on slowly going through the rest of the leftover events from v2 that had to be remade for v3.1.
And then October 2019 happened. A fair few Youtubers had played the game before then, but this one blew it up. The Discord was flooded, I was getting bug reports left right and centre: it was pretty overwhelming for one guy just making a game at his own pace. Thankfully this flood sent a bunch of testers and even a fellow dev to help out. Hopefully, this shows in v3.1.
I also do have a Discord server you can join if you'd like!
Screenshots
Credits
Game made in RPGMaker XP by Enterbrain with the Pokémon Essentials v17.2 plugin currently being updated by Maruno.
Tiles:
- Hiker/Lady/Camper/Picnicker/Supernerd overworld sprites courtesy of Young-Dante on deviantART
(https://young-dante.deviantart.com/)
- The Pokémon Reborn and Rejuvenation teams for their multiple tilesets and move animations.
- The Smogon team for their multiple Gen 6 and Gen 7 sprites, with some Alolan forms sprinkled in.
- Akiza16 for her Pokémon Go styled summary screens.
- Aldo for his help making the party screen.
- Nyjee credited for his Piplup/Prinplup designs. https://www.deviantart.com/nyjee
- Arma for his work on interiors from Draig Town onwards.
- PokeMiner20 for finding a load of bugs and getting the Trainer Card and map proportions
in order.
- Lytje for his work on the battle ui.
- SweeperSnivy for his Dhelmise sprite.
- Pikachumazzinga for his gen 6 shiny party icons, Alaguesia for her adjustments.
Music:
GAMEFREAK
- Item obtain sound effects (Pokémon Sun and Moon)
Aoki Katsumata 勝俣蒼気
- Battle! Down To The Wire (Pokémon BW/Victory Lies Before You! (Symphonic Remaster))
AlmightyArceus
- Battle! Gym Leader 2 (Pokemon Sun and Moon - Vs Elite 4 Remix)
Amuza
- Towns! -Aurae City (Pokémon Gold-Silver-Crystal - Violet City (Jazz Arrangement))
bauerklos
- Side! -Bike (Sunnyshore City Remix)
Best Dude55
- Side! -Gym Theme (Gym Theme remix)
Black Time
- Encounter! Marina Encounter (Lillie's Theme)
Bliitzit
- Battle! Team Void Royal (Vs Team Galactic)
Dasgust
- Towns! -Typhos Town (Pokémon BW - Lacunosa SummerMix(Collab with Mewmore))
- Side! -Star Observatory (This song deserves a name yet I can't think of anything fitting)
- Battle! Mysterious People (Pokémon BW2 - Neo Team Plasma Battle (Remix))
- Side! -Ultra Wormhole (【ｍｉｎｅｃｒａｆｔ】)
Eclairattack
- Side! -Ancient Ruins (Sinjoh Ruins remix)
EndureRibbon
- Towns! -Katla Town (Pallet Town(RBY) remix)
GlitchXCity
- Atmosphere! -Paranoia
- Atmosphere! -Progressive
- Side! -Ladanax Mining Cave (Pokémon Tower Remix v2)
hanta1117
- Battle! Team Void Admin(Pokémon Sun and Moon Team Skull remix)
I-KYRO-I
- Routes! Bahor Mountain (The Desert Caravan)
Jfaferrie
- Routes!Azarium Seas (Pokémon RSE/ORAS Orchestrated - Abandoned Ship/Sea Mauville)
JimmuKi
- Towns! -Hometown (Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon- Tree of Life Roots Remix (Tropical-Deep house))
Kamex
- Atmosphere! The Old Ways (Hang in there)
- Battle! Gym Leader (Vs Unova Gym Leader)
- Side! -Pokémon Center(Night) (The Center at Night)
- Battle! Spectral Avengers (Pokemon B/W/B2/W2 - Vs. Team Plasma Grunt Remix)
KunningFox
- Battle! Rival Marina (Battle! Friend XY)
- Battle! Southern Trainer (Versus Sinnoh Trainer)
- Battle! Team Void Grunt (Battle! (Team Galactic))
- Encounter! Marina Wants To Fight! (It's A Pokémon Battle(XY Rival Encounter))
- Routes! 1 + 2 (BW Route 2 (Summer))
- Side! - Evolution (Evolution Theme)
- Towns! Draig Town (New Bark Town (Piano Cover))
loz44
- Dimension! Ghost Dimension (Old Chateau remix)
Mewmore
- Routes! -Golduck Bridge (Skyarrow Bridge remix)
- Side! -Neak Forest (Lillie's Theme)
- Side! -Imogi Sewers (Virbank Complex)
- Side! -PokéMart (XY Boutique)
- Side! -Surf (Mantine Surf)
- Towns! -Ikuchi Crossroads (Dreamyard)
- Towns! -Selinus City (Lavender Town)
- Towns! -Typhos Town (Pokémon BW - Lacunosa SummerMix(Collab with Dasgust))
- Routes! 7 (Route 15 Remix)
MPeeniksM
- Side! Eunomia Hall (Kimono Girl Encounter)
Nexi
- Side! -Pokémon Center(Day) (Pokémon Center remix)
PokeRemixStudios
- Towns! Imogi Town (Lilycove City remix)
- Routes! 4 + 5 + 6 (GSC Surfing remix)
- Side! -Game Corner (GSC Game Corner remix)
sheddy
- Towns! Alcyone Town (Decisions)
- Towns! Eunomia City ('East West Festival' (Daytime in Malie City Remix))
- Side! -Erebokia (Ad Perpertuam Memoriam Aster)
- Side! -Gateways (Thousands of Hues)
TGH
- Side! -Begin The Dream (PSMD - Choosing - Personality Test)
VanilluxePavilion
- Battle! Hina (Pokémon BW Elite 4 Battle Remix)
- Side! -Geryon Cave (Pokémon Route 216-217 Remix)
- Routes! 3 (Eterna City Remix)
- Routes! Alilou Cave (Pokémon B/W - Nuvema Town Remix - "Overcast")
- Towns! -Ladanax Island (Pokémon Sun and Moon Seafolk Village Remix)
Zame
- Atmosphere! -Invasion (Infiltration into the Plasma Frigate (Remastered))
- Atmosphere! -Technophobia (Deep Within The Team Galactic HQ! (Remix))
- Atmosphere! -Dramatic (Champion Cynthia)
- Encounter! Odd Characters (Clair's Theme)
- Encounter! Royals (Team Galactic Appears!)
- Routes! Deep Neak Forest (Eterna Forest Remix)
- Side! -S.S. Vienna (Royal Unova (Remix) | Pokémon Black & White)
- Side! -Typhos Lighthouse(Rai's Theme) (Lacunosa Town | Piano Arrangement)
- Side! Title (Submarine_POKÉMON RANGER_GS)
CHICKING
- Routes! Atlanta Isle (太古の夢 Ancient Dreams)
Scripts:
- Z-Move Script by Marcello
- Battle lines and music by HeliowaltonAU & venom12
- Wild Drops by Cilerba
- Windowbox by Mr.Gela
- Better Fast-Forward Mode by Marin
- Ambient Cries by Vendily
- Birthsign Scripts by Lucidious89
- Game Corner Script by Mr.Gela
- TechSkylander1518 & Streetie for their Star Gazer ability script
- Multiple Saves by Mej
- Gen 8 Item Find Description by Boonzeet
Tiles:
- Hiker/Lady/Camper/Picnicker/Supernerd overworld sprites courtesy of Young-Dante on deviantART
(https://young-dante.deviantart.com/)
- The Pokémon Reborn and Rejuvenation teams for their multiple tilesets and move animations.
- The Smogon team for their multiple Gen 6 and Gen 7 sprites, with some Alolan forms sprinkled in.
- Akiza16 for her Pokémon Go styled summary screens.
- Aldo for his help making the party screen.
- Nyjee credited for his Piplup/Prinplup designs. https://www.deviantart.com/nyjee
- Arma for his work on interiors from Draig Town onwards.
- PokeMiner20 for finding a load of bugs and getting the Trainer Card and map proportions
in order.
- Lytje for his work on the battle ui.
- SweeperSnivy for his Dhelmise sprite.
- Pikachumazzinga for his gen 6 shiny party icons, Alaguesia for her adjustments.
Music:
GAMEFREAK
- Item obtain sound effects (Pokémon Sun and Moon)
Aoki Katsumata 勝俣蒼気
- Battle! Down To The Wire (Pokémon BW/Victory Lies Before You! (Symphonic Remaster))
AlmightyArceus
- Battle! Gym Leader 2 (Pokemon Sun and Moon - Vs Elite 4 Remix)
Amuza
- Towns! -Aurae City (Pokémon Gold-Silver-Crystal - Violet City (Jazz Arrangement))
bauerklos
- Side! -Bike (Sunnyshore City Remix)
Best Dude55
- Side! -Gym Theme (Gym Theme remix)
Black Time
- Encounter! Marina Encounter (Lillie's Theme)
Bliitzit
- Battle! Team Void Royal (Vs Team Galactic)
Dasgust
- Towns! -Typhos Town (Pokémon BW - Lacunosa SummerMix(Collab with Mewmore))
- Side! -Star Observatory (This song deserves a name yet I can't think of anything fitting)
- Battle! Mysterious People (Pokémon BW2 - Neo Team Plasma Battle (Remix))
- Side! -Ultra Wormhole (【ｍｉｎｅｃｒａｆｔ】)
Eclairattack
- Side! -Ancient Ruins (Sinjoh Ruins remix)
EndureRibbon
- Towns! -Katla Town (Pallet Town(RBY) remix)
GlitchXCity
- Atmosphere! -Paranoia
- Atmosphere! -Progressive
- Side! -Ladanax Mining Cave (Pokémon Tower Remix v2)
hanta1117
- Battle! Team Void Admin(Pokémon Sun and Moon Team Skull remix)
I-KYRO-I
- Routes! Bahor Mountain (The Desert Caravan)
Jfaferrie
- Routes!Azarium Seas (Pokémon RSE/ORAS Orchestrated - Abandoned Ship/Sea Mauville)
JimmuKi
- Towns! -Hometown (Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon- Tree of Life Roots Remix (Tropical-Deep house))
Kamex
- Atmosphere! The Old Ways (Hang in there)
- Battle! Gym Leader (Vs Unova Gym Leader)
- Side! -Pokémon Center(Night) (The Center at Night)
- Battle! Spectral Avengers (Pokemon B/W/B2/W2 - Vs. Team Plasma Grunt Remix)
KunningFox
- Battle! Rival Marina (Battle! Friend XY)
- Battle! Southern Trainer (Versus Sinnoh Trainer)
- Battle! Team Void Grunt (Battle! (Team Galactic))
- Encounter! Marina Wants To Fight! (It's A Pokémon Battle(XY Rival Encounter))
- Routes! 1 + 2 (BW Route 2 (Summer))
- Side! - Evolution (Evolution Theme)
- Towns! Draig Town (New Bark Town (Piano Cover))
loz44
- Dimension! Ghost Dimension (Old Chateau remix)
Mewmore
- Routes! -Golduck Bridge (Skyarrow Bridge remix)
- Side! -Neak Forest (Lillie's Theme)
- Side! -Imogi Sewers (Virbank Complex)
- Side! -PokéMart (XY Boutique)
- Side! -Surf (Mantine Surf)
- Towns! -Ikuchi Crossroads (Dreamyard)
- Towns! -Selinus City (Lavender Town)
- Towns! -Typhos Town (Pokémon BW - Lacunosa SummerMix(Collab with Dasgust))
- Routes! 7 (Route 15 Remix)
MPeeniksM
- Side! Eunomia Hall (Kimono Girl Encounter)
Nexi
- Side! -Pokémon Center(Day) (Pokémon Center remix)
PokeRemixStudios
- Towns! Imogi Town (Lilycove City remix)
- Routes! 4 + 5 + 6 (GSC Surfing remix)
- Side! -Game Corner (GSC Game Corner remix)
sheddy
- Towns! Alcyone Town (Decisions)
- Towns! Eunomia City ('East West Festival' (Daytime in Malie City Remix))
- Side! -Erebokia (Ad Perpertuam Memoriam Aster)
- Side! -Gateways (Thousands of Hues)
TGH
- Side! -Begin The Dream (PSMD - Choosing - Personality Test)
VanilluxePavilion
- Battle! Hina (Pokémon BW Elite 4 Battle Remix)
- Side! -Geryon Cave (Pokémon Route 216-217 Remix)
- Routes! 3 (Eterna City Remix)
- Routes! Alilou Cave (Pokémon B/W - Nuvema Town Remix - "Overcast")
- Towns! -Ladanax Island (Pokémon Sun and Moon Seafolk Village Remix)
Zame
- Atmosphere! -Invasion (Infiltration into the Plasma Frigate (Remastered))
- Atmosphere! -Technophobia (Deep Within The Team Galactic HQ! (Remix))
- Atmosphere! -Dramatic (Champion Cynthia)
- Encounter! Odd Characters (Clair's Theme)
- Encounter! Royals (Team Galactic Appears!)
- Routes! Deep Neak Forest (Eterna Forest Remix)
- Side! -S.S. Vienna (Royal Unova (Remix) | Pokémon Black & White)
- Side! -Typhos Lighthouse(Rai's Theme) (Lacunosa Town | Piano Arrangement)
- Side! Title (Submarine_POKÉMON RANGER_GS)
CHICKING
- Routes! Atlanta Isle (太古の夢 Ancient Dreams)
Scripts:
- Z-Move Script by Marcello
- Battle lines and music by HeliowaltonAU & venom12
- Wild Drops by Cilerba
- Windowbox by Mr.Gela
- Better Fast-Forward Mode by Marin
- Ambient Cries by Vendily
- Birthsign Scripts by Lucidious89
- Game Corner Script by Mr.Gela
- TechSkylander1518 & Streetie for their Star Gazer ability script
- Multiple Saves by Mej
- Gen 8 Item Find Description by Boonzeet
Downloads
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