Released Pokemon Helix

Pokemon Helix
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Journey through the Merima Region as you set off
to become its champion!

Choose from Chespin, Cyndaquil or Mudkip, and
set off on an adventure, collecting 8 gym badges,
catching various different Pokemon, exploring
a the Merima region, and thwarting the plans of
an evil team!



Tools Used to Create This Game:
Pokemon Essentials v18.1
paint.net
Adobe Photoshop
Audacity
PaintTool SAI

Screenshots:

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(Some screenshots show content set for release in a later version of the game)
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Demo Now Available!

Features:

• Over 250 Pokemon in the Regional Dex, ranging from Kanto to Galar (Limited number available in the demo)​
• 8 planned main game gyms to battle (2 currently available in the demo)​
• Major post-game content planned (More info to come)​
• Cameo appearances from major characters throughout the Pokemon games​
• Mega Evolution (Not available in the demo - Will be featured in a later release)​

Download Demo (v.0.5.6)
Pokemon Helix Demo v.0.5.6
Patch for v.0.5.6 (IMPORTANT - See post in the thread below)

Credits

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A HUGE Thank You to everyone working
on Pokémon Essentials, without whom
I wouldn't have been able to accomplish
making this game!

Shout-out and thank you to Thundaga for
his tutorials, which were an immense help
in learning how to get this project off the
ground and running.

Another shout-out and thank you to the
Thundaga discord, for help and feedback
when I needed it!

Trainer battle sprites by:
KyleDove
Spriters Resource
FoxyBluereaver
Flamejow
crueldude100
BrendanBass
ps2105
Gnomowladny
RichardPT
duncapham
IceJKai
Brumirage
TheRedeemedGamer

Additional Pokémon Battle Sprites:
Smogon XY Sprite Project
Smogon Gen VII Sprite Project
Smogon Gen VIII Sprite Project

Additional Overworld Sprites by:
UlithiumDragon
Aveontrainer
purplezaffre
lolw3e932
Tonitur20
Young-Dante
skeizerr
Anarlaurendil
SageDeoxys
Larryturbo
piphybuilder88
TheRedeemedGamer

Additional Tilesets/Tileset Credits:
Skillmen - Johto tower tiles
Voltseon - Swamp/bog trees

Magnet Train tiles
from "Theft on the Magnet Train Express"
Color modified by TheRedeemedGamer

Trainer Intro Art by:
TheRedeemedGamer

Music By:
The Pokémon Company
Nintendo
Affiliated with Game Freak

Additional Music:
"Toxic Shock"
By Undercover Snowflake

Location Signposts:
PurpleZaffre
LostSoulsDev/carmaniac

Luka's Scripting Utilties:
Luka S.J.

Luka's Fancy Badges:
Luka S.J.

Item Find v1.2:
Boonzeet

Always on bush:
KleinStudio

RGSS Linker, FmodEx & LOOP_TABLE:
Nuri Yuri
GiraPrimal

"Pokémon Essentials" was created by:
Flameguru
Poccil (Peter O.)
Maruno

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



"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!

Please report any bugs or errors you find in the thread below.

If you encounter any game crashes, please report them with as much detail as possible (what route or town you were in, what you were doing in game, etc.). It's best if I can try to re-create the crash to discover the issue and resolve it. I did run a full test playthrough of the demo before uploading, but it's possible I may have missed something (as evidenced by neglecting to interact with the statue in Bayberry Gym after defeating the gym)

If you see your scripts or resources used and you're not credited, please let me know! I downloaded a lot of stuff prepping to make this, not all of it got used, and I was sloppy in making notes of creators, so there's potential for mistakes. But I want to make sure that everyone whose resources I use is properly credited!

And of course, if you have any feedback on the game, please feel free to provide it!

 

[TheRedeemedGamer]

Pokemon Helix has been updated to v.0.5.4!

Spoiler: v.0.5.4 Patch Notes

• Fixed text issue with Bayberry City Gym's statues labelling it as "Birchquartz City Gym"
• Fixed issue with Bayberry Gym statues displaying the player as a winning trainer before the gym was even battled (due to it being set to "Defeated Gym 1" by mistake)
• Deleted several non-essential graphics files, as well as the .rxproj file

Also, here's a preview of an area (it's the last playable area in the current demo) that's getting a major overhaul in a later release:

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(Screenshot shown is the updated version of the route not available in the demo. Final version will be different than both demo and screenshot.)

 

[TheRedeemedGamer]

Had to revert back to v.0.5.3 due to accidentally deleting a graphics file pertaining to an event in the demo.

I am currently without internet, so it's easier to fix the issue by changing the link rather than trying to find a way to upload a new version. The event still occurs, but players find themselves talking to an invisible character.

In the meantime, I'll be prepping v.0.5.5 for upload as soon as possible!

 

[Ozander]

You can fix the snow tiles a little or use these (sorry for the Polish answer earlier, I'm from Poland):

Mapping-Tilesets

Um Pokémon-Maps zu erstellen, benötigst du entsprechende Tilesets. Hierbei handelt es sich um spezielle Grafik-Sammlungen, die in Mapping-Programmen wie Tiled oder MapPainter verwendet werden.

fanart.pokefans.net

(fanking omega)

 

[ThatWelshOne_]

Just finished playing through the demo content. Nice little game so far. I enjoyed the nods to features and characters in some of the main series games. Based on some of the dialogue, I feel we have a similar sense of humour! I have a few points of feedback (I know you didn't ask for feedback, so feel free to ignore me), happy to message you privately on here or Discord, if you're interested/I'm allowed. Either way, looking forward to what's next for Helix!

 

[TheRedeemedGamer]

Just finished playing through the demo content. Nice little game so far. I enjoyed the nods to features and characters in some of the main series games. Based on some of the dialogue, I feel we have a similar sense of humour! I have a few points of feedback (I know you didn't ask for feedback, so feel free to ignore me), happy to message you privately on here or Discord, if you're interested/I'm allowed. Either way, looking forward to what's next for Helix!

I definitely welcome feedback! I'd love to hear ways I can improve the game!

 

[TheRedeemedGamer]

Pokemon Helix has been updated to v.0.5.5!

Spoiler: v.0.5.5 Patch Notes

• Fixed text issue in Bayberry City Gym where statues were displaying the wrong city name
• Fixed issue with Bayberry City Gym statues displaying Player as a winning trainer before the gym was defeated
• Lowered levels of Pokemon Ranger Kate
• Lowered levels of Pokemon Ranger Alan
• Lowered levels of Hiker Nicholas
• Increased encounter chance when using Headbutt on Routes 50, 54, 55 and Maple Forest
• Various text fixes
• Updated Title Screen to reflect proper version number
• Updated brown grass on Route 55 to allow for wild encounters when walking in it
• Updated TM compatibilty for Flash and Headbutt
• Increased overall game difficulty by removing Pokemon Box Link
• Added Pokemon Center to Route 50
• Fixed bug with Watson/Phoebe event on Route 53 that didn't switch back to route music after event
• Fixed back door of Rock Smash House in Birchquartz Town to allow access to Rock Smash garden
• Various tiling error fixes
• Adjusted triggers for various events
• Fixed bug with Pokemon in one of the houses in Birchquartz
• Customized/updated battle UI
• Changed encounter music for Fisherman Matthew and Dragon Tamer ???
• Added new trainers to Routes 54 and 55
• Visual/layout overhaul of Route 55
• Slight layout changes to Routes 49, 50 and 54

 

[TheRedeemedGamer]

UPDATE:

I'm working on v.0.5.6, but I had a computer crash and it resulted in data corruption that led to a significant loss of progress on the overall game. I'm working on double-checking all the bug fixes I had implemented recently, as well as adding in new stuff I had intended on adding.

I can't say when v.0.5.6 will be out, but hopefully it'll be soon!

 

[GalacticGaming]

Yellow haired trainer on route 55 crashed my game. Got this error

Script 'Main' Line 14: RuntimeError occurred
Traceback is too big. Output in Traceback.log

 

[TheRedeemedGamer]

Yellow haired trainer on route 55 crashed my game. Got this error

Script 'Main' Line 14: RuntimeError occurred
Traceback is too big. Output in Traceback.log

Thanks for letting me know! I mislabeled the intro in the trainer event, so it's looking for a trainer that doesn't exist when the event gets triggered. I'm working on a fix for that in the next update, and I hope to have that out soon!

 

[TheRedeemedGamer]

Pokemon Helix has been updated to v.0.5.6!

Spoiler: v.0.5.6 Patch Notes

• Added encounter music for Bird Keeper Adrian
• Fixed crash when encountering Bird Keeper Adrian
• Fixed void visibility on Route 49
• Added Sandshrew and Sandslash to Merima Regional Dex, as well as other slight dex adjustments
• Animated several Pokemon icons
• Fixed flowers on Route 53
• Set encounters on Route 54 Meadow
• Fixed bugs in select trainer events
• Adjusted gift Bulbasaur to not require party space
• Various tiling fixes
• Added new map south of Route 55
• Customized/updated Bag screen, Party screen and Load/New Game screen
• Added VS transition for Bayberry City Gym Leader
• Text fixes
• Adjusted certain time-based events to work properly
• Door event is now present on Route 50 to transfer player into Pokemon Center
• Separated Nature Preserve on Route 54 into its own map
• Added new trainer battle on Route 54

 

[TheRedeemedGamer]

Just discovered that certain custom switch based events aren't working properly. None of these are game-breaking, but I'm going to work to fix them ASAP. An unfortunate byproduct of the PC crash I recently suffered. I had previously thought that only my maps were lost, but it appears so were several of the custom switches I had set up. And as a result, certain events aren't working properly.

I'll have these fixed soon, and will post when the updated project is posted.

 

[TheRedeemedGamer]

I've posted a link for a patch folder in the main post, right under the link to the demo. This folder contains four files: Map081.rxdata, Map161.rxdata, Map251.rxdata and Tilesets.rxdata.

Copy these to your "Data" folder.

ESPECIALLY Tilesets.rxdata.

I guess in my rush to get out an update after my PC crashed and my files were corrupted, I didn't realize there was a major issue with the passage of some of my custom tiles. If you don't patch the game, you will find yourself unable to progress upon reaching Birchquartz Town.

The map files are less important fixes. One fixes the time-based vendor near the table in Birchquartz Town, another fixes music inside one of the houses in the town, and the third fixes an issue with fog persisting after leaving the most recent map added to the game. Two different vendors are supposed to appear in Birchquartz depending on whether it's day or night, but due to an error in how the event was set up, the daytime vendor appears in the day, but the nighttime vendor doesn't appear at all. For the other house, it's set to the same music as the town, but under a different file name, so when entering or exiting the house, the music restarts. Neither of these are critical issues, but again, the tileset issue is a gamebreaker.

I will be combing over all of my tilesets before releasing the next update to ensure that this isn't a problem anywhere else.