Progress Update

So now that I've got the music stuff figured out, Im still deciding on what tracks should go where. Besides that, I plan to have some custom credits, a secret battle with a certain familial member, and some other touch ups. Oh and some more sprites of course.

Now now, I wasnt gonna leave you guys empty handed. Here's a 3D rendering of Moxie

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Ladies and Gentleman, We Have Sound!

It took quite awhile, but after scouring the interwebs, and a lot of trial and error, Ive figured out how to get custom music into the ROM! So, like, expect that in the next update. Okay that's pretty much it. How's everyone enjoying the game so far?

Behind the Scenes - Joule

So when replacing the Male members of the Hoenn League, I thought it would be fun to include some original characters instead of bringing in characters from other games. Here's a little bit of background info for how I went about designing them!

So after I finished up Ellianna, I made sure that I had 1: A general idea of what the character was about and 2: Knew ahead of time which Leader I was replacing. This made things A LOT easier. So for Joule I decided to have her replace Wattson. Joule's name is of course a reference to the Energy Measurement by the SAME NAME.

Anyways, while Joule is obviously very different from Wattson, I wanted to keep certain things familiar. As Wattson was the oldest Gym Leader, I made a point of referencing Joule's apparent age within the dialogue. While designing her, she started to take a dominatrix-esque look that I wasn't planning on. I decided to keep this and work her to be somewhat of a Sadist, which is also referenced lightly within the game.

That's about it this time around, hope everyone is enjoying the game so far!

BONUS: Here's a 3D rendering of Joule that I threw together in my free time

FULL SIZE
(Pose Data by AochiYoruneko, Model by me)

Pigment Ruby V1 Now Available!

That's right! It's been a long road. For me anyways, this is probably the first time you even heard of Pigment Ruby. Ah well, that doesnt matter. Head on over to the Downloads page to start your quest to be the very best!

Although far from finished, I think Ive gotten to the point where I could make it publicly available. That said, be sure to check back at this here site for any new updates.

Right now my main TODO list is:

- Overworld Sprites

- Finish the rest of the Battle Sprites

- Some more story /dialogue changes

- Finish up the last elite four member (Drake stuck around for this version)

Happy Pokemon...ing!

PS: A huge shoutout to my bug-testers! If I had to continuously run through the game by myself I wouldve quit a long time ago

Behind the Scenes - Ellianna

So when replacing the Male members of the Hoenn League, I thought it would be fun to include some original characters instead of bringing in characters from other games. Here's a little bit of background info for how I went about designing them!

Ellianna was the first Gym Leader I designed. It was interesting and kinda weird, creating a character from scratch, I really didnt know where to begin. The Name Ellianna isn't really a reference to anything, just a name I was fond of. When I first sat down and started to design her, I wasnt quite sure which leader I was going to have her replace, which in turn makes her look rather generic in comparison to the other leaders, but I still quite like how she turned out.

 I didn't want to change TOO much, so after deciding to have her replace Brawly, I decided right away that she would still be a Fighting-type trainer, and use the same party as Brawly (This helped with balancing as well). I kept up this decision with the other custom gym leaders as well.

As for her design itself, I kind of created it as I went along, seeing as I didnt have anything in particular in mind. I ended up making her legs rather lean, just like most of the Fighter-Class trainers. The rope was kind of thrown on there before I decided to have her replace Brawly, but as it would look weird for her to be holding a dumbbell or something in that position, I chose to keep it.

In making a nude patch, you really dont change the design much, just remove the clothing and draw what would be underneath. However when creating a character from scratch, I learned that my designs looked rather plain without clothing, so I added the scarf and tattoo as a sort of stylish flair. These "Flairs" were easier to make for the other characters as I had a general idea in mind before starting to sprite them.

Anyways that's all for now, I'll talk about my inspiration for the other characters in future posts!

Help Spread the Word!

What's that? You like my project and want to help but aren't sure how?

Well first of all, Thanks! Second, the best way you can help is to spread the word!

Here's a promotional(?) poster(??) that you are free to do whatever with (I mean, OK, be discreet about it)

Just a mention is more than enough, just make sure they are directed to this here site.

You know that one perverted friend? Send em a link! That one subreddit that doesn't necessarily encourage such things, but wont stop you from sharing? Share away!

(Note that the sprites above are in no way final, I just threw it together with what I have right now)

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Website is Up!

While I do have experience in HTML, I was too lazy to code a fully functioning website for this thing, so YAY BLOGGER.

Really though, I hope that this will help make spreading the word about the project a lot easier, Any progress updates, as well as the hack itself, will be posted here.

Also, if you will direct your attention to the side there...

Yay for self-sponsorship, right guys!?
As it says right under the button, progress is in no way reflected by if and how much people donate. It's there in case you're in a giving mood and want to give a special thanks.

That's all for now, by the time most of you see this the first version will be ready to download!