Released 2278: Nascent End

[Karakter]

In the megalopolis of Lysna, the Company's word is law.
The poor live in squalor and darkness in the lowest levels of the city.
Their hopes have died in the shadows and murk - all but one.
The Mortal Pact dictates that anybody may make one wish of the Company - and in exchange for a task of equivalent difficulty, their wish shall be fulfilled.
Four city-dwellers' grand aspirations culminate in the pact to end all pacts:
Save a reality-bending Poipole from the grasp of crime magnate Night Daze, and prevent the two from bringing Lysna's one billion inhabitants to their knees.


Made using Pokémon Essentials
Nascent End is a game set in a vibrant and unusual world rich with history. It features:

A cast of four selectable unique characters, each with a special Pokémon, and...
The Sigil System, where each character has a special active and passive ability for use in battle
An in-depth party management system, where each character has 2 Pokémon tied to them
A character-driven adventure, determined by which Explorer you choose to play as
One-of-a-kind changes and additions that completely upturn one's approach to battling
A concerning amount of custom code
~2 hours of content


Screenshots:





Team:
delusionsofgrandr (Spriting, UI design, mapping, compiling tilesets)
karakter (Scripting, eventing, writing)
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Spoiler: Notes

The game has a lot of custom code and complicated events, in part due to the four different characters the player can choose. Although there's been a lot of testing, a slight bit of jank is to be expected.
Each character has their unique advantages, but since this is only the first half of the story, some will be stronger than others.

Download Link (Demo 1.0.3)
Resource Pack

Spoiler: Credits

"v20.1 Hotfixes" v1.0.7 by:
Maruno

"Luka's Scripting Utilities" v.3.3.2 by:
Luka S.J


Credit for overworld bases:
Poltergeist, Wergan

Credit for backsprite bases:
Poltergeist

Tileset credits:

Tropical area:
Flurmimons
KingTapir
Kyle-Dove
magiscarf
Phyromatical
princess-phoenix
zetavares852

Catacombs:
princess-phoenix
Tower of Ashes Resource Pack (Tiles cr. finalbossblues, ChaoticCherryCake, Brawligator, PikachuMazzinga)
Phyromatical
Newtiteuf and Darkange

Interior tiles:
Wergan
Kyle-Dove
KingTapir
princess-phoenix
Akizakura16

Boss Pokemon Overworlds
PMD Sprite Repository
Chunsoft
Emboarger
baronessfaron
Soulja
TawnySoup

Desert tiles:
zetavares852
princess-phoenix
Pokemon Ghosts of Knowledge Kensho Resource Pack (Ranko, NedCarr21)
Kyle-Dove
magiscarf
thunderdove
KingTapir

Ice Age tiles:
Phyromatical
zetavares852
EVoLiNa
Alexa88
ChaoticCherryCake
Newtiteuf
Hek-el-grande

Ruins:
zetavares852
Dracoyan, Amras Anárion (colosseum)
Phyromatical
SailorVicious

Swamp:
ChaoticCherryCake
carchagui
KingTapir
magiscarf
zetavares852

Gen 4 Overworlds: PurpleZaffre

ENLS Pre-looped music:
ENLS
Thundaga
KrakerwatYT
Sulucnal
FrivolousAqua

Load UI:
Photo of a city skyline at night - Jerry Wang on Unsplash

Modular Messages
Credits:
Swdfm, Maruno
Name Tag/Advanced Portraits Add On:
Mr.Gela, Golisopod User, mej71, battlelegendblue

Overworld Shadows
Credits
Luka S.J.
Marin (original script idea)

Gen 9 Animation Pack
Credits
Reborn team
Gen 8 Animation Project led by StCooler, with additional contributions by DarrylBD99, WolfPP, ardicoozer, riddlemeree, Drake Baku
BellBlitzKing for his Pokemon Sound Effects Pack: Gen 1 to Gen 7 - All Attacks SFX.
Gen 9 Animation Project led by KRLW890 and Nut0066, with additional contributions by Toxillian, QuahogTheCreator, Lcorp, and Shashu-Greninja

Music
Farewell (Fire Emblem Three Houses, Rei Kondoh & Hiroki Morishita)
Funky's Fugue (Donkey Kong Country, David Wise & Eveline Fischer)

Plugins
Voltseon
Golisopod User
ENLS
wrigty12
KRLW890: Better Battle Animation Editor
wrigty12


Hole Tile Resource Pack by Ulithium_Dragon

Gen 9 Pack Credits:

Scripts:
-Caruban
-Lucidious89
-Eskiss (Legend Plate script based on)
-StCooler (Original PLA Expansion script for Gen 8 Project in v18 and Status sprites)
-PorousMist and curryofthepast (Adapting the PLA Expansion script script for v19.1 use)

PBS:
-Caruban
-Lucidious89
-PorousMist (Updated the abilities, items, and moves description)
-DJChaos (TM Items)
-Futuresushi (Shortened abilities and moves description)

Pokemon Battler Sprites:
-Gen 1-5 Pokemon Sprites - veekun
-Gen 6 Pokemon Sprites - All Contributors To Smogon X/Y Sprite Project
-Gen 7 Pokemon Sprites - All Contributors To Smogon Sun/Moon Sprite Project
-Gen 8 Pokemon Sprites - All Contributors To Smogon Sword/Shield Sprite Project
-PLA Pokemon Sprites - Smogon Gen8 Sprite Project
(https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/smogon-sprite-project.3647722/)
Blaquaza, KingOfThe-X-Roads, KattenK, Travis, G.E.Z., SpheX, Hematite, SelenaArmorclaw
-Gen 9 Pokemon Sprites - KingOfThe-X-Roads, Mak, Caruban, jinxed, leParagon, Sopita_Yorita, Azria, Mashirosakura,
JordanosArt, Abnayami, OldSoulja, Katten, Divaruta 666, Clara, Skyflyer, AshnixsLaw, ace_stryfe
-Gen 9 Vanilla style sprites - KingOfThe-X-Roads, Mak, Caruban, jinxed, leParagon, Sopita_Yorita, Azria, Mashirosakura, JordanosArt, Scept, NanaelJustice, SoyChim, KRLW890, AnonAlpaca, PokeJminer, Red7246, Carmanekko, Eduar, Lykeron, GriloKapu10, Mesayas, Erkey830, QDylm, PorousMist, OldSoulja, AlexandreV2.0, Z-nogyroP, lennybitao, Ruben1986, GRAFAIAIMX
Blaquaza, KattenK, Travis, G.E.Z., SpheX, Hematite

Pokemon Icon Sprites:
-Gen 1-6 Pokemon Icon Sprites - Alaguesia, harveydentmd
-Gen 7 Pokemon Icon Sprites - Marin, MapleBranchWing, Contributors to the DS Styled Gen 7+ Repository
-Gen 8 Icon Sprites - Larry Turbo, Leparagon
-Shiny Icon Sprites - StarrWolf, Pokemon Shattered Light Team
-PLA Pokemon Icon Sprites - LuigiTKO
-Shiny PLA Pokemon Icon Sprites - StarrWolf (recolored from LuigiTKO icons)
-Gen 9 Icon Sprites - ezerart, JordanosArt
-Shiny Gen 9 Icon Sprites - ezerart, JordanosArt
-PLA Vanilla Icon Sprites - LuigiTKO, Pikafan2000, Cesare_CBass, Vent, Cesare_Cbass, MultiDiegoDani, leParagon, JWNutz
and thanks for
Pokémon Icons Act 2.9 - Teracristalizando
(https://whackahack.com/foro/threads/pokemon-icons-act-2-9-teracristalizando-07-08-2022.63896/)
-Gen 9 Vanilla Icon Sprites - Vent, Katten, leParagon, Cesare_CBass, AlexandreV2.0, Carmanekko, GRAFAIAIMX
also thanks to Axel Loquendo, CarmaNekko, Divaruta 666, Okyo, JLauz735, and ClaraDragon for
Iconos 9na Gen gba completos (https://whackahack.com/foro/threads/iconos-9na-gen-gba-completos-act-04-03-2023.67908/)

Pokemon Gen 9 Overworld sprites:
-Gen 1-5 Pokemon Overworlds - MissingLukey, help-14, Kymoyonian, cSc-A7X, 2and2makes5, Pokegirl4ever, Fernandojl, Silver-Skies, TyranitarDark, Getsuei-H, Kid1513, Milomilotic11, Kyt666, kdiamo11, Chocosrawlooid, Syledude, Gallanty, Gizamimi-Pichu, 2and2makes5, Zyon17,LarryTurbo, spritesstealer, LarryTurbo
-Gen 6+ Berry Tree Overworlds - Anarlaurendil
-Gen 6 Pokemon Overworlds - princess-pheonix, LunarDusk, Wolfang62, TintjeMadelintje101, piphybuilder88
-Gen 7 Pokemon Overworlds - Larry Turbo, princess-pheonix
-Gen 8 Pokemon Overworlds - SageDeoxys, Wolfang62, LarryTurbo, tammyclaydon
-PLA Pokemon Overworlds - Boonzeet, DarkusShadow, princess-phoenix, Ezeart, WolfPP
-Gen 9 Pokemon Overworlds - Azria, DarkusShadow, EduarPokeN, Carmanekko, StarWolff, Caruban

Pokemon Footprints :
-Gen PLA-9 Pokemon Footprints - Caruban

Pokemon Cries:
-Gen 1-6 Pokemon Cries - Rhyden
-Gen 7 Pokemon Cries - Marin, Rhyden
-Gen 8 Pokemon Cries - Zeak6464
-PLA Pokemon Cries - Morningdew
-Gen 9 Pokemon Cries -
Edited from Lightblade's Absol Gen 9 Cries compilation video

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV6k3G62oT0

Edited from HeroLinik's Pokemon Scarlet and Violet - Walking Wake and Iron Leaves Cries video

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weH2W3mQ35Y

Edited from HeroLinik's Pokemon Scarlet and Violet - All Teal Mask Cries video

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQr9z4ryE40

Edited from Joya in UK's Indigo Disk Cries video

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qqr9IzgcKE


Item sprites:
-Gen 9 item sprites - lichenprincess, Caruban, jinxed
-PLA item sprites - AztecCroc, 3DJackArt, Caruban, lichenprincess

Pokeballs battle animation and summary icon:
-Caruban
-WolfPP (Beast ball battle animation)

Compilation of Resources:
-Gen 9 Pack - Caruban
-Gen 8/9 Resized Sprites- http404error
-Gen 8 Pack - Golisopod User, UberDunsparce

Full PLA-Gen 9 Sprites Credit List:

Sprites list

docs.google.com

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

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

"mkxp-z" by:
Roza
Based on "mkxp" by Ancurio et al.

"RPG Maker XP" by:
Enterbrain

Pokémon is owned by:
The Pokémon Company
Nintendo
Affiliated with Game Freak

 

[delusionsofgrandr]

I had a lot of fun working on the visuals for this game — can't wait for you guys to see them!!

 

[Altarax]

Hello, I just finished the game's intro and wanted to let you know that the visuals are gorgeous so far
However, my screen stays black (with periodic white flashes) after the first cutscene at the office (happens whoever I choose).

Also, this tile is passable and probably allows me to bypass some of the intro's cutscene.

Spoiler: tile

The Razor Fang fight also allows me to obtain the reward even when I lose the fight, not sure if it's intended.

 

[Karakter]

Demo updated to version 1.0.1!

Spoiler: Changelog

• Added loss case handling for a battle in the Ruins
• Map fix for the Ruins
• Black screen fix (hopefully) after backstory cutscene

 

[Karakter]

Demo updated to version 1.0.2!

Spoiler: Changelog

Fixed a game-breaking bug that took place when visiting the next area after blacking out. Thanks to Altarax for helping me find the issue! If you were affected by this, it should fix itself as soon as you load your save.

 

[Altarax]

Hello, I am done with your game.
Was a nice experience overall even though there were some polishing issues.

Is the shiny rate boosted? Because I encountered a shiny Basculin:

The visuals are stunning.
All the new system you implemented are nice and worked as intended for me. They also add a new interesting strategic depth to the double battles. The tip panels to smoothly introduce the new gameplay elements permited me to not being overwhelmed by all those new informations.
I can see that you put a lot of efforts to make the game with double battles and multiple characters fun to play. The Capture Spheres is a perfect example for this as it removes the frustration to lose a nice Pokémon if my mate KOes it.

The gameplay loop which consists on beating some obstacles to progress in the story and obtain lore informations worked very well. I think it might not suit for every type of players though as it requires you to be curious about the world and invested on it to work out.
I liked the backstory of each characters and they feel distinct enough from eachother.
And the things which happened during the game were very cool.

I feared that the balancing could be a problem after the Ludicolo battle, but the fact that you gave out the item to make Pokémon catchup to your level solved that issue.

My main concern about the game is the fact that it currentely suffers from a little bit of lack of polish and some bugs. Here are the nipticks I found out:

Spoiler: Bugs

• The Capture Spheres aren't consumed when I capture new Pokémon.
• At the east of the Ludicolo map, there is a test map you forgot to remove.
• Black borders could be seen from some maps.
• The ledges border has got a passability issue.
• I didn't black out at the second part of the story, so would strongly advice you to check out the blacking out also given the problems which were present at the intro.

I know how much this game counts for you and what I see currentely is very nice gameplay wise. The polishing issues I mentionned can easily be fixed with infinite time and some more experience in eventing. And given how well your scripts work I have no doubts on the fact that the game will work fine for the full release.
I definetely will be looking forward for the second part of the story :)
Wish I could help you for the complete version, but my post jam laziness will probably prevent me from doing so

 

[Karakter]

Hello, I am done with your game.
Was a nice experience overall even though there were some polishing issues.

Is the shiny rate boosted? Because I encountered a shiny Basculin:

The visuals are stunning.
All the new system you implemented are nice and worked as intended for me. They also add a new interesting strategic depth to the double battles. The tip panels to smoothly introduce the new gameplay elements permited me to not being overwhelmed by all those new informations.
I can see that you put a lot of efforts to make the game with double battles and multiple characters fun to play. The Capture Spheres is a perfect example for this as it removes the frustration to lose a nice Pokémon if my mate KOes it.

The gameplay loop which consists on beating some obstacles to progress in the story and obtain lore informations worked very well. I think it might not suit for every type of players though as it requires you to be curious about the world and invested on it to work out.
I liked the backstory of each characters and they feel distinct enough from eachother.
And the things which happened during the game were very cool.

I feared that the balancing could be a problem after the Ludicolo battle, but the fact that you gave out the item to make Pokémon catchup to your level solved that issue.

My main concern about the game is the fact that it currentely suffers from a little bit of lack of polish and some bugs. Here are the nipticks I found out:

Spoiler: Bugs

• The Capture Spheres aren't consumed when I capture new Pokémon.
• At the east of the Ludicolo map, there is a test map you forgot to remove.
• Black borders could be seen from some maps.
• The ledges border has got a passability issue.
• I didn't black out at the second part of the story, so would strongly advice you to check out the blacking out also given the problems which were present at the intro.

I know how much this game counts for you and what I see currentely is very nice gameplay wise. The polishing issues I mentionned can easily be fixed with infinite time and some more experience in eventing. And given how well your scripts work I have no doubts on the fact that the game will work fine for the full release.
I definetely will be looking forward for the second part of the story :)
Wish I could help you for the complete version, but my post jam laziness will probably prevent me from doing so

Thanks so much for your review! Shiny rate should be unchanged, so I think you just got lucky :)

 

[Karakter]

Demo updated to version 1.0.3!

Spoiler: Changelog

Fixed Capture Spheres not being consumed on use. Oops!
Edited the Tropics map to fix an accessible border, this shouldn't affect any saves.
UI tweaks, the battle UI got a pretty new makeover, as did the trainer card UI!
Edited the sparkle sprites to make them more noticeable.

 

[Jona1]

I just finished this fangame it was fun too!! c:

 

[delusionsofgrandr]

Hi everyone, we're very aware of the bugs that we didn't manage to squash during playtesting week. Here is the list of current known bugs for now:

• Passability issue on a ruin tile in the introductory stage
• If you die to the Ludicolo boss battle in the tropics you gain access to Isha's ancient assassin art of permanent invisibility. Please save before advancing to this battle. We recommend resetting if you die here until we can patch it out after the judging period.
• While fighting Ludicolo and his backup dancers, if you take out Ludicolo first, beating the right-most Oricorio first plays the victory music while letting the battle go on and beating the left one first ends the battle prematurely. We are currently investigating this bug.
• Your game may freeze if you trigger the Haunted ailment on the Hivemind in the desert boss battle. This is something that we haven't been able to replicate but are looking into.

Please let us know if you encounter any other errors or issues. Thank you for your support of Nascent End! <3