Dead Content Pokémon: Hall of Fame

[InMooseWeTrust]

The original thread can be found here, in PokéCommunity Forums:
http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=137545

Latest stable release:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GT8G7WJG

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I. Introduction

Have you ever wanted to play a Pokémon game that encompasses everything you love about Pokémon and the Pokémon universe? What if there was such a game? And it was being made right now!?

Pokémon: Hall of Fame is the brainchild of several Pokémon fans with only one goal in mind: to create the ultimate Pokémon gaming experience. The project will follow the story of Ash, the protagonist from Kanto, Pallet town to follow his dream of becoming the world's greatest Pokémon master. What adventures await this young boy? You will soon find out!

Pokémon: Hall of Fame will include elements from existing Video games, Anime and Manga, but it will also have its own features.

This game is made with RPG Maker XP and Pokémon Essentials.

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II. Story

The story is divided into several chapters, chronicling Ash's journey.

Chapter 1. Gotta Catch 'em All

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You will follow Ash Ketchum's quest to become the world's greatest Pokémon master in its early days. You will be introduced to the fundamentals of Pokémon game playing and the many features of Pokémon Hall of Fame. Many adventures and rivals await you in your first quest, which leads to the Pokémon league. You will complete this chapter by competing in the annual Kanto Regional Championships of the International Pokémon League, held once a year at the Indigo Plateau.

Chapter 2. Citrus Paradise

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After being awarded the honors of being Kanto Regional Champion, Ash Ketchum journeys out to seek the Elite Four of Kanto, with whom he desires a challenge. However, he is forced to deal with a minor setback in the Viridian Forest before he is able to get his hands on a ticket to the S.A. Monica, a cruise ship that travels from Kanto to the Orange Archipelago. What new adventures await Ash in this tropical paradise? You have to play to find out!

Chapter 3: The Ultimate Clone

Spoiler

After defeating the Elite Four and rescuing the legendary birds from the hands of a dangerous collector, Ash is called on to deal with a powerful force which has no equals!

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III. Characters

Spoiler

Ash Ketchum: The protagonist of the game, he is a young boy from Pallet Town aspiring to be the world's greatest Pokémon master.

Gary Oak: The grandson of Prof. Oak and Ash's long-time rival, he will soon be following his grandfather's footsteps in becoming a notable Pokémon researcher.

Olga Freitas: Olga is a mysterious girl from Pallet Town who steals one of Prof. Oak's Pokémon and goes on an adventure of her own. Although she is a real menace, Olga is a quite gifted trainer and helps Ash on numerous occasions.

Ritchard Wendel: Although Ash and Ritchie are usually the best of friends, they are often fierce rivals. Some will argue that Ash would be more like Ritchie if the Animé were perfect.

Jamy Lee Morrison: Jamy is a mysterious young girl sent by her uncle to get her first Pokémon. However, she is not sure if she wants to become a Trainer...

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IV. Features

Spoiler

-All Pokémon catchable in-game, but they're harder to find and take longer to evolve
-Newly modified national dex with existing Pokémon and derived fakes added to make a total of around 500 Pokémon
-Combination of features from various games, including some of our own
-Pokémon League matches are actual tournaments instead of just fights with the Elite Four. The Elite Four will be challenged in a different way and only for once.
-The largest and most comprehensive interpretation of the Orange Islands in a fangame
-Pokémon and things have been adjusted to account for balance issues, and to make things more realistic
-New Pokémon types and attacks for the new types
-Battle animations for most of the moves included in Gen III games.
-There are more things to do in each map
-The NPC's have personalities and interact with you, the main character
-You will enjoy talking to people and reading signposts
-Plenty of new stuff
-More, better in-game trades

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V. Progress

Kanto [initial]: Done!
Orange: 60%
Kanto Revisions: 2%
Graphics Upgrade: 13%

Right now you should be able to get 15-20 hours of play time.

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VI. Screens

Look in the spoilers.

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VII. Videos

A number of things have been fixed since the making of these videos, so they will contain some pretty obvious errors that have already been fixed.

Spoiler

Pallet Town: Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrcp9d-XUWc

Pallet Town: Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p28kGJQAbq4

Mt. Moon: Misty Event
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwiTRl-R5oY

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VIII. Support

If you would like to support our game, please use these banners:

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IX. Staff

These are all PokéCommunity usernames unless otherwise noted.

Project Staff:
http://pokemonhalloffame.proboards.com/ ... &thread=89

Although we are thankful for all the help we have received, we still need a whole lot more help for all the things we're trying to do. That's why, if you have ANYTHING at all to contribute, we would love to have it from you. Also, if you see anything in our game that you like, let us know and we can negotiate a trade.

Here is a list of available jobs. Keep in mind that some of these jobs are unique to our game.

http://pokemonhalloffame.proboards.com/ ... &thread=26

Anything else? If you have some skill that we might need, just let us know and we'll let you know how you can help us.

If you're interested in applying for a position, here is the application form. Fill it out and email it to inmoosewetrust@gmail.com.

Spoiler

The goal of the Pokemon Hall of Fame staff is to make a Pokemon game that is the best it can possibly be, offering diehard fans a sense of classic nostalgia while still providing countless challenges and surprises in a Pokemon game that will offer all fans the most enjoyable gaming experience possible.

We have a lot of big plans for this game, but we can't do it without your help. That's why we thank you for your interest in being part of our family.

Username:
Real Name:
Age:
Sex:
Location: (city, state/provice, country)

Desired Position: (anything you have to offer, we might accept)
Previous Experience: (will accept newbies if you're dedicated enough, but we still want to see what you can do)
Email address:
Instant Messenger ID: (Must be AIM because that's what we're using)

Describe Yourself: (we want to get to know you as a person)

We thank you for your interest and one of us will get back to you shortly to tell you if you have been accepted in the team or not. Even if we don't accept you, you can wait a month and apply again.

We can not guarantee that you will be accepted just for filling out this application. We have every right to ignore you if you claim to help us but refuse to actually contribute anything.

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X. Credits

Organizations

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Nintendo: For anything and everything Pokémon, plus some resources we obtained from various Nintendo games
Spriters-resource: An endless supply of sprites
Orangeislands.net and their text RPG: Sprites and concepts of various fakemon
WAH: Overworld tiles
vgmusic: An endless supply of music
Don Patch and PHO: Overworld tiles

Game Developers

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Poccil: Pokémon Essentials
Flameguru: Upgrading the starter kit
victorspvl ["Harry Potter"]: Providing the animations of battle, as well as the bag screens.
OmegaGroudon: The title screen
Wichu: D/P style text skins, some help with scripting
Houndoomed: Start Button
venom12: Numerous maps and graphics support
shinylugia249: Battle graphics

Miscellaneous

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Avatar: Custom Overworld sprites
Pokemon Platinum: D/P battle menu screen, D/P moves and the banner
Pokémaker: Sprite for Crystal Onix
elynxer: Prof. Ivy sprite
Coronis: Sprites
froslass_maniac: Nidoran sprite
Gladeshadow from Serebii Forums: Ghost Marowak sprite
Jocelyn-213: Trainer sprites of Ritchie and Daisy
Andinator: Sprite of KangasKid
Saurav: Overworld tiles
NarutoAsh: "Mossy Hill" autotile
TeamRocketRose: Various Pokémon and Trainer sprites
Zee.Kthxbai: The sprite of a sheeplike fakemon

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XI. Bugs

This is a partial list. If you have anything to add to this, please let us know.

Spoiler

-For the time being, the breeding center does not work. We have disabled it and will not enable it again until we can find out how to make it work.
-The character will automatically gain a bicycle on Cycling Road, whether or not he actually has one.
-In some interior maps you can enter the black space
-The fishing event works like in R/S/E, but the character acts really weird
-There are a lot of spelling and grammar mistakes, which are slowly being fixed.
-The reflection of the protagonist in the water is slightly off
-We're short on sprites so we have to substitute or use crappy artwork
-The region maps of the Orange Islands don't match up with the overworld maps

Additional bugs can be found here:
http://pokemonhalloffame.proboards.com/ ... oard=debug

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XII. FAQ

Don't ask something already answered here. If you do, I am reporting you to the mods.

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1. Why do you have chapters?
The chapter system is introduced for the reason that it's projected to be a long game that feature both the physical and psychological growth of the protagonist.

2. Nice hack!
THIS IS NOT A HACK!!!

3. When will the final version of the game be released?
Probably never because we plan on continuing this game as long as we can.

4. Where can I download this game?
Look in the Releases section.

5. I can't open a RAR file!!!
You need WinRAR to unzip it.
Download here: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

6. I get an error message saying rgss102e.dll was not found.
Google the name of that file and you can get it online. Or get it here:


7. What do I do to get past the old guy in Viridian City about the private property?
You deliver Oak's Parcel and beat Gary in Route 22.

8. What about the Pikachu sitting outside your house?
You'll see later on in the game.

9. Are you going to increase the level cap with each region? I'd hate to reach max level after the first region or two...
We have plans to fix that, so don't worry about it. We'll deal with it when we have to.

10. When will the next demo be out?
Whenever we have time. Don't ask.

12. Will my old save file work with a new release?
It should, but sometimes it doesn't. We're not sure why.

13. Why do you call this game "Hall of Fame?"
The reason why I call this game Pokemon HoF is that it will witness the growth of the protagonist from simply a small kid to the Pokemon master as the protagonist explore different regions to realize the dream. It could be called Pokemon Legend as well but this name has been used by multiple fan games and I personally prefer the name "HoF" to the name "Legend."

14. How do I catch the starters?
They will be available in the future, each as a separate event. Don't expect that to happen anytime soon.

15. How do I do trade evolutions?
You don't. All of those Pokemon evolve in other ways.

16. I have a Caterpie at lv. 9. Why won't it evolve?
All Pokemon evolve much later. We figured that if you really want to complete your Pokedex, you wouldn't mind a little bit more work.

17. Can I be a beta tester?
No.

18. I'm running Windows Vista and it won't work.
Check the thread in tutorials forum and hopefully it will help.

19. I'm running OSX and I want to play your game.
Sorry, we don't know how to run Windows binaries on Macs.

20. Where will I find the legendary Pokemon?
They will all be part of some special events. You will find out in the not too distant future.

21. Are any bits from movies going to be included in this game?
Yes.

22. May I use your custom resources?
Yes, but email us first letting us know what you're using and how you're using it.

23. Why are the Orange Islands separated into five regional maps instead of one?
If you draw the regions to scale, the Orange Archipelago is bigger than Kanto and Johto put together. That and a bigger region means more stuff to do for you.

24. Does this game crash in the middle like Pokemon Raptor?
I have no idea what you're talking about and no, it shouldn't.

25. How much did you change the Pokemon data?
Read \PBS\pokemon.txt and see for yourself.

26. Where can I find a Torchic in Kanto?
Torchic is not native to the Kanto region. Are you sure you don't want to find a Finneon instead? We have that.

27. Where do I find Olga after she takes my badges?
Go through Diglett Cave.

28. The encounter rate in __________ is too high.
Use Repels. That's what they're there for.

29. Escape Rope works in some places and not in others.
This is not a bug.

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XII. Releases

The latest release is Public Release 1.3 (January 2009), Bugs fixed
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GT8G7WJG

Release 1.2 (August 2008)
http://www.adrive.com/public/c8f9d779f2 ... a55b9.html

Release 1.1 (June 2008)
http://rapidshare.com/files/124527930/P ... _V_1.1.rar

 

[dadevvtsvre]

Woah-tone down the screenshots. You don't need dozens of pictures of dialogue. Show us some different stuff, because this game looks very good for a Pokemon fangame and I want to see some more. I usually suggest ten to fifteen screenshots at most-it's a good balance between showing some gameplay aspects without showing too much.

I'm trying out the demo soon, this looks fantastic. This isn't made with Poccil's Pokemon Starter Kit, it's something else, correct? I'm not quite familiar with Pokemon Essentials, not sure if I've even heard of it.

 

[InMooseWeTrust]

Yes, this uses a modified version of Poccil's kit.

I just made this thread, so I don't have the better screens gathered yet. I'll post them in a few days.

 

[Itachi Senpai]

wow this pokemon fan game looks great.
If you can show us more screenshots of different places and features, that would be great!

 

[Hall Of Famer]

Hello, this is Hall of Famer. Glad to see this thread up here and we seem to have gotten a few supporters already! As Moose said above, we need helpers badly, especially for scripters. Don't hesitate to apply for a position in the Pokemon HOF team, and remember, your help is appreciated no matter whether it's huge or small.

 

[Itachi Senpai]

I would love to apply to join your staff list.
I can help with spriting, re coloring and overworld spriting...
I could also help with wonderful ideas!

 

[Hall Of Famer]

I would love to apply to join your staff list.
I can help with spriting, re coloring and overworld spriting...
I could also help with wonderful ideas!

Thank you for your interest in Pokemon HOF project. Please fill in the application form(not a big deal, don't worry) as Moose posted in the first post if you wish to apply:

Username:
Real Name:
Age:
Sex:
Location: (city, state/provice, country)

Desired Position: (anything you have to offer, we might accept)
Previous Experience: (will accept newbies if you're dedicated enough, but we still want to see what you can do)
Email address:
Instant Messenger ID: (Must be AIM because that's what we're using)

Describe Yourself: (we want to get to know you as a person)

 

[Itachi Senpai]

Username: Itachi Senpai (I'm also from PokeCommunity with same username)
Real Name: David
Age: 15
Sex: Male
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia

Desired Position: Spriter, OW Spriter, Recoloring or Give ideas for new features and sidequests
Previous Experience: At the moment, I'm creating my own RPG game and Pokemon fan game. Also helping out with "Pokemon Origin" as being a OW Spriter. I could recolor
Email address: azn_dark_david@hotmail.com
Instant Messenger ID: (Whats this, do you mean my screen name for AIM? If so its UchihaSenpai)

Describe Yourself: I'm mostly the quiet type. I like to watch anime and play games on the net. I also like to spend my time creating games just for fun.

 

[Skyla Doragono]

Spoiler: Top right screenshot

Don't. Do. That. This isn't the internet, this is a game. Shit like "wtf" should not be in a game.

 

[Dissonance]

Don't. Do. That. This isn't the internet, this is a game. Shit like "wtf" should not be in a game.

I've seen it used well a couple of times. Like in one of the mario RPGs where the hammer brothers are taken over with mind control caps and speak in leet. :P

 

[Skyla Doragono]

Well, that I can understand, but having it shoved in there randomly doesn't make sense.

 

[Incognitus]

Well, that I can understand, but having it shoved in there randomly doesn't make sense.

There was some leetspeak in Diamond and Pearl :P


You know, I randomly clicked on this wanting to see how cringeworthy the latest Pokemon fangame was - I am leaving incredibly impressed.


Have you changed the setting? "New York", "San Diego"... I can't remember ever seeing them in Johto or Kanto. :P

 

[Swordsaint892]

The Pokemon anime tended to reference or say places in the real world a lot.

I think the "wtf" statement is funny enough that it's okay, hahah.

Anyway, dl'd last night, and hope to play through as much as I can. I was getting some lag on the maps when walking around, not sure if I was overdoing programs on my comp (sometimes the game was all I had open...), but it was pretty irritating to press down for a little bit and keep walking for a few seconds afterwards. Not sure if that is common to all the pokemon RMXP games or just this one or if my computer really really sucks.

I'm liking the setup already though, and I find it hilarious that nearly every interactive thing in the houses states the most random facts.

Little note- the lab assistant on the left in Oak's building has some messed up text stuff. Take a look at it... And the idea that "Yes" and "No" are the responses to "Lab tip ###" or whatever is kind of weird, hahah.

Overall I'm liking it and hope I can keep up with playing though.

 

[Xephyr]

Every single battle screen shows some form of Eevee evolution. Are they the only available Pokemon? o.O

 

[Hall Of Famer]

Username: Itachi Senpai (I'm also from PokeCommunity with same username)
Real Name: David
Age: 15
Sex: Male
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia

Desired Position: Spriter, OW Spriter, Recoloring or Give ideas for new features and sidequests
Previous Experience: At the moment, I'm creating my own RPG game and Pokemon fan game. Also helping out with "Pokemon Origin" as being a OW Spriter. I could recolor
Email address: azn_dark_david@hotmail.com
Instant Messenger ID: (Whats this, do you mean my screen name for AIM? If so its UchihaSenpai)

Describe Yourself: I'm mostly the quiet type. I like to watch anime and play games on the net. I also like to spend my time creating games just for fun.

Thank u for your application, dude. We are looking forward to working with you.

Spoiler: Top right screenshot

Don't. Do. That. This isn't the internet, this is a game. Shit like "wtf" should not be in a game.

Well it's comprehensible that rocket grunt would say something like "wtf" or "idiot". Educated and respected individuals won't say shit like this for sure.

 

[Hall Of Famer]

Every single battle screen shows some form of Eevee evolution. Are they the only available Pokemon? o.O

Well that Eevee was used for betatesting only. You will actually receive a Pichu as the starter if you play beta 1.3...

 

[Luminier]

Well it's comprehensible that rocket grunt would say something like "wtf" or "idiot". Educated and respected individuals won't say shit like this for sure.

that's not the point. the point is, if you want him to say wtf, then have him say "what the fuck". leetspeak, internet lingo, whatever you call it, is a bad idea for a game. makes it look amateurish and geeky

 

[Bolodan]

One thing I have noticed, I'm not sure if it has been brought to your attention before or not, but when I "Whited Out" My character was reset into a field of trees, and unable to move because I was standing on a tile that had a tree on it.

 

[Hall Of Famer]

Well it's comprehensible that rocket grunt would say something like "wtf" or "idiot". Educated and respected individuals won't say shit like this for sure.

that's not the point. the point is, if you want him to say wtf, then have him say "what the fuck". leetspeak, internet lingo, whatever you call it, is a bad idea for a game. makes it look amateurish and geeky

I understand. I will fix this issue in the next release so people won't be bothered anymore. Thank you for pointing it out!

One thing I have noticed, I'm not sure if it has been brought to your attention before or not, but when I "Whited Out" My character was reset into a field of trees, and unable to move because I was standing on a tile that had a tree on it.

We are aware of that. This bug doesn't appear in the previous beta though. A possible explanation is that the map ID changed as we attempted to merge and create some maps and therefore things are messed up. We will fix this bug as soon as possible.

 

[Speedpaws]

Okay, so I've played all I can before I got glitched out.

You REALLY need someone who knows English to go through all your dialogue and fix it. It's filled with sooo many errors it made my head spin.

I really enjoyed the game. I got all the way to the Pokeflute and an error prevented me from waking the Snorelax. So you really need to fix that. I can't continue with the game until you do.

Secondly, create an option to turn off the music. The music gets annoying after a while and going to F1 and taking off the option for background music and sound effects, the music still plays and its really annoying.

Thirdly, you really need to fix any mapping errors that there are. I noticed a lot, and this is Pokémon. there shouldn't be any mapping errors. One of them is at the dark cave where you have to use flash. It's at the entrance outside by the Pokémon center. The mountain cave is just black where brown should be.

Secondly, on quite a few inside maps you can walk in the blackness where you should be stopped by walls. Mainly in the Pokémon Centers. So fix that.

Also, the text where you can view the information on a move the Pokémon has, make the text smaller. I can only read 2 lines and the third line is hardly existent and I can't read it.

Anything else... hmm... I really like the game and the addition of the new character. You should seriously consider fixing these errors, especially waking snorelax. I want to continue, but the game just closes out and won't let me. Anyway, that's it for now.