While ago I posted seeking help with realizing my Pokemon Rom Hack idea of "Pokémon Prehistoric".
As I have always been a "self-made-man" and always learn myself new stuff and also as I didn't find much help in the community (I think everyone must be busy with their own Hacks) I decided I would look into doing it myself! :D
So after three days of reading a ton of tutorials on the web I am proud to present you with my very first steps in creating a Pokemon Rom Hack. I think considering the short time I am doing this I already accomplished a lot.
Here are some screenshots from the very very first prototype of Pokémon Prehistoric! :)
I changed the title screen and yes it looks very raw still. Also I have the problem that once I changed the Pokemon sprite I am unable to change it again... :p Any ideas what could be the problem??
The worst part so far was changing the intro text as I had to use a Hex Editor (please note that I had zero knowledge of coding or rom hacking a few days ago!).
The professor greets you with one of my custom prehistoric Pokemon! :D
Changing the overworld was a piece of cake with Advance Map! I even made it rain!
I also learned quickly how to change the Starter pokemon.
And this is what they look in battle! :D
My custom starter pokemon Unihorn battling an Aerodactyl!
There's a little story and a problem involved with that. I did the following: I added tall grass in Pallet Town (which I called "Alpha Base") and made it so that you encounter wild Aerodactyls. Now the fat guy in Pallet Town gives you 3 Stones (Fire, Water and Thunder Stone). I wanted Aerodactly to evolve into 3 different forms, just as Eevee does. Look below:
So I implemented these 3 new Pokemon using various tools. Everything looked alright. I also edited Aerodactly in this tools so it evolves into those 3 forms depending on what Item (one of the 3 stones) you give it. Again, everything seemed alright so far.
Then I tried it in-game. I got the three stones from the fat guy, caught a wild Aerodactly in Pallet Town and tried to give it one of the stones. What happened was this. The evolution animation was about to start. The player even said "Huh?" as normal. Then I got back to the list of Pokemon / Pokemon menu and Aerodactly was still Aerodactyl. I have NOOO idea why it starts the evolution process and then just jumps back to the pokemon menu.
This really bugs me, so IF ANYBODY KNOWS WHAT I HAVE DONE WRONG or HOW THIS COULD WORK... PLEASE TELL ME!! :awesome:
Well I hope you like what I showed you. All this might seem not that big of a deal to you all but remember I just started my "rom hacking career" like 3 days ago with zero previous knowledge. So I am a bit proud of what I already did and can do! LOL!
Let me know what you think! And if anyone is an expert and would be willing to answer some questions from me every now and then, please PM me!
That would be awesome! THANK YOU!
Saludes,
Andi