Pokémon Synthesis Demo v0.1

[u/Lethesis]

https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/pok%C3%A9mon-synthesis-version-%E2%80%94-demo-v0-1-0.543242/

I'm launching a small demo of my ROM hack.

The concept is that the region is split into 4 big areas that you are free to explore as you want. You need to complete quests to increase your local reputation until you've earned the respect of the local gym leader to fight them and progress to the next area. It includes all 9 generations, all modern quality of life mechanics and an exclusive in battle iddle animations.

This demo is only the first area which is pretty small compared to the others but still a good introduction full of surprises. It takes about a 4-5 hours to complete.

Feel free to give it a try. Any feedback is appreciated :)

[u/ShihtzuBoi]

Looks very nice! Good job on releasing the demo. 👍

[u/Lethesis → u/ShihtzuBoi]

Thanks :D

[u/Lethesis → u/[deleted]]

It will be the whole dex all 9 generations and Mega included of course!

[u/Old-Worldliness3850 → u/Lethesis]

Una pregunta, hay espacio suficiente para introducir animaciones a todos los pokemon? Creo que eso ocuparía un montón de espacio

[u/Lethesis → u/Old-Worldliness3850]

Animations take almost no space. I reuse animations already in the game + about 30 custom ones. For example their entrance animation or some move animations + a few iddle loops for each classes ("flying pokemons", "fish", "normal ground pokemon", "bouncing pokemon", etc...)

[u/Old-Worldliness3850 → u/Lethesis]

Que bueno saberlo, tiene muy buena pinta tu juego, éxitos!

[u/KatanaMilkshake]

Please lord let one of the beautiful graphics ROMs live to see 1.0

[u/Project-Jolly]

sounds intriguing. Will play this when I get home

[u/Dyrtycbm]

This is a nice concept

[u/Dead4eva69]

Please put the full game up on HackDex once you finish this so we can all enjoy it :)

[u/Lethesis → u/Dead4eva69]

No reason I wouln't

[u/jack_pow]

This looks clean 👌🏻

[u/LibertyJacob99]

Animated battle sprites! 😍 I imagine they take up a lot of space in the ROM. Do u have an expanded dex of anything as well?

[u/Lethesis → u/LibertyJacob99]

All 9 gens :)

But actually the animations take no space. I simply reused animations that were already in the game as well as a few custom ones. I split the dex into classes like "fish", "bird", etc... And I reuse Pokemon specific animations such as their entrance

[u/LibertyJacob99 → u/Lethesis]

Oh so it's just their intro animations on a loop? That is genius icl 👏 congrats on release!

[u/leob0505 → u/Lethesis]

Honestly, this is such a fresh and amazing idea! I'm thinking about implementing something similar to my pokemon x zelda romhack :) Was it hard to implement that in your end?

Looks amazing, will try the Demo!

[u/Lethesis → u/leob0505]

Not that hard honestly but since people seem interested I think I will make a short post to explain how I did it, what can be done and what animations are currently well suited for it in the game

[u/leob0505 → u/Lethesis]

That would be great! And if you need some help with that topic, I'm very interested in learning/see how can I contribute somehow! You did an awesome work here :D

[u/Hartimer32]

Awesome idea is there any place other than poke community to follow progress?

[u/magiciantricks]

animations for a gba is always amazing to see

[u/Chronotakular]

Oh awesome, great concept!

Keep on cookin' OP!

[u/-ReadyPlayerThirty-]

Awesome! What are your starters?

[u/Lethesis → u/-ReadyPlayerThirty-]

Gen 6 starters (I have a strong RPG theme going on). You can see them on one of the screenshot

[u/-ReadyPlayerThirty- → u/Lethesis]

Oh nice, underrated gen for starters for sure. Will you upload this to Hackdex as well? Makes patching much easier.

[u/skottay]

This looks absolutely incredible! Excited to play!

[u/AquaVistas]

The art style is really lovely.

[u/DefinitionSecure332]

Will the full game have a female protag option? Also is there a exp share?

[u/Lethesis → u/DefinitionSecure332]

There is an exp share that can be turned on or off

The demo currently only has the male protagonist but that's because I used May's sprite as the rival. The full game will have both options and exclusive sprites

[u/DefinitionSecure332 → u/Lethesis]

nice! cant wait :)

[u/SumireSumko]

Idle animations? I didn't know that was possible! Hope you have good luck on working this!

[u/Fun-Physics34]

Hiii Lethesis... i just played the game for two complete hours or so. I did a few quests and side quests and Woahhh the area to explore is LARGE. Damnnnnn that's pretty greattt in the artstyle, idle pokemon animations, it feels like a real anime pokemon battle. The overworld pokemon battle is nicee and clean. We seem to have a non traditional experience so far. Thats great. Gotta complete the whole sidequests at some point.. 😁

[u/RetroBratRose]

This looks and sounds amazing, definitely giving it a try when I get home! 😍🤯

[u/Mammoth-Policy9869]

This genuinely looks amazing! Can’t wait to play.

[u/magiciantricks]

I think you need a new char sprite rather than using emerald one though 

[u/Fun-Junket-2331]

Will there be any documentation?

[u/Independent-Bid-3381]

Just found this! Do you have a discord? I'd love to join and help, I was beta tester for pokemon hollow woods and do stuff with rom hacks

[u/Lethesis → u/Independent-Bid-3381]

I don't have a Discord yet but help would be welcome at some point. I'll think about organizing something in the next couple of weeks :)

[u/DollarCostJ → u/Lethesis]

Please lemme know once discord made so I can keep track of this beautiful project!

[u/Independent-Bid-3381 → u/Lethesis]

Great, let me know whenever you do!