I title this WIP because this is about as far as I got with this project before I realized it would take a fantastically huge amount of time to properly flesh out. So, I might try to update it but I more so wanted to release this project in case someone is interested in making a Pokemon style game with all of the assets already implemented.
TL;DR A lot of the code is superfluous and hastily typed in favor of rapidly displaying what is essentially needed. It's basically pre alpha code if you wanted to use it for your own project.
I've been working on this idea for about a year total on and off. The original concept (aside from really liking pokemon) came from a challenge meme image. I tinkered away at the art and whatnot and wrapped my head around sspr concretely the first time around while working at this.
What's included:
• A start page screen demonstrating a custom Pico-8 Game intro sequence.
• An in-start page screen displaying small scale spr() of each mon as well as the entire sprite map.
• Custom simple art positioned in a typical format of a conventional rpg in-start screen.
• An arbitrary simple loading screen with screen paging already arbitrarily added.
• Custom Assets for (presumably) Fakemon concepts and their potential usage.
(e.g. mini sprites & modeled upscales)
• Even more Custom Assets for general game design e.g. tiles and random colorful sprite work
• Somewhat thoughtful naming and ordering, elemental typing, egg hatching of each mon.
• Simple movement for one player implemented. Random iteration of mon sprites for debug, following mon.
• sspr() upscaled examples of each mon with its name and associated early note ideas about its concept.
• Tabbing with (z,x) to view each mon.
• Sprite sheet page 1 displayed on debug screen.
• Mostly nothing!
This is really just a demonstration of what can be done with the engine with just a little bit of tinkering away. You are free to use all of the code and assets as you please. Check another post I had in my Bren's Pico-8 Prototypes to see an example of another Pokemon inspired small creation. It could be useful if you're going for a "generation 3" look and want to add to this engine with event functions. (post cross link here https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=44439)
[this space for if I update this post with future revisions]
A bunch of prototypes I worked on from January - June!
Completely free to use, modify, and distribute.
Utilizes a date time format in months days with version and revision modifications if it has any. Non date time alphanumeric versions generally constitute a branched version that occurred around the same time or was previously a version listed here. This post references a future release of another prototype which will be cross linked with this one.
0124/0124
Movement Changer, zx/udlr controls movement of player sprite and relevant changes to it dependent on button press. Rectangle transforms dependent on button press as well, and the surface is randomized at runtime. Displays creation date anchored at player sprite object.
A simple tech demo I threw together after months of fiddling around with ideas.
It's barebones, pseudo-3D but it works.
Inspired by Doctor Who's titular spacetime-timespace travelling vehicle, as well as a fellow BBS member Trasevol_Dog's post "Lands of Yocta."
l/r/u/d left/right/up/down
z/x to move backward/forward
s set coords to inside TARDIS interior
(or z+x+up+down if on mobile)
You spawn in the overworld, which is just near 0,0. You will see The Doctor's Type-40 TARDIS among some very programmer-art grass. Either match the x,y,z coordinates to 102,102,102, or hit 'S' to enter into the TARDIS, where you will see your TARDIS Console.