Orange Islands

[KallenSkye]

Ok so i am now starting this project officially. I will need help with mapping as there are some 20 islands 5 gyms, 3 challenges (gym replacements), orange league, and multiple zones on many of the islands to code and map out

I would like to get this set up as a group project for skilled coders and mappers who would like to participate. We will set up the full league and everything. We likely won't be doing anything game altering in this mod as i would like to hopefully see it added to the game after its completed if the gm's like it enough. In order to get there you would take a new cruise line at the city docks that will take you to the orange islands. Once there you will surf from island to island and sometimes take small ferries to get to new islands and battle the gym leaders at each island as well as have basic storyline related events you play through.


The List
20 islands - http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Orange_Archipelago
5 gyms -
3 Challenges -
Pink Pokemon -
Shadow Pokemon -
Towns -
Wild areas -
Trainers -
Pokemon -
Water areas -
Ferry System -
Storyline -
Side Quests -

Anyone up for helping with this project?

 

[KallenSkye]

Access Requirements: In order to board the cruise boat to the orange islands you must first have earned 3 badges. any 3 badges will do

Moving between islands: To move between islands you have two options. You may take the water route via surfing where you will encounter wild pokemon and trainers or you may take the ground route to the ferry that will take you to the next island. You have less freedom with the ferry (only goes to the next or the previous island) and the ground route has approximately the same number of trainers as the water route to the nearest island and has grass or cave areas to encounter wild pokemon.

Gym battles: In order to enter the Orange League finals you will need to battle all 5 gym leaders. There will also be 3 challenges similar to the gymn battles that will block your path to the next island this will simulate the familiar 8 tiers to the League finals even though there are only 5 gyms.

Obtainable starters: I intend to add the 6 starter pokemon (legendary dog style). You will complete favors for various npcs to unlock each one. Once you unlock each starter pokemon they will randomly roam between various out of the way locations that you will have to unlock. Much like the legendary dogs they will be a very rare chance to run into and they will attempt to run right off the bat.

 

[KallenSkye]

Pre-Map Templates

Mainland port : https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1TumPDF99z6cDBMTFpGOGVvNjA/edit
Orange Island Port: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1TumPDF99z6RnVoOVplS2h6eWM/edit

 

[Darkfire]

I could help a bit till my mod picks up
however I have school and my band so time might be sparse
If I can help I will
also for building new maps I would suggest mapping out the overall form using excel
you can set the grid to form squares and use fill colors to represent each space on the grid
then someone who is good at mapping can use that diagram to make the map
It is easier to edit things on excel then on the actual map
also you don't have to be too specific just
blue = water
green = grass
brown = trees
black = rock/hill
yellow = water rock
red = hm block
orange = person
border = ledge

this is my way of premapping for the new areas for my mod

 

[KallenSkye]

awesome ! any help will be greatly appreciated!! what do you specialize in? i'm still trying to figure out the map editor at the moment.... so i will definitely need help there lol

 

[Darkfire]

I can figure out anything if I try ....
give maps to make and I will make them
also I can probably script the necessary events(?)

N spriting though :/

 

[KallenSkye]

awsome! i'll get a bunch of maps lined out and post them on here tomorrow.

 

[KallenSkye]

ok came up with an idea to implement the starter pokemon as obtainable.... let me know what you think of that idea....

Now for the storyline i'm rolling around some team rocket ideas, or perhaps a pirate group

 

[Darkfire]

sounds cool
what will the story line starters be?
and the code on those will definitely have to wait to see how they do entei etc

 

[KallenSkye]

there wont be storyline starters on here. you will gain access to the orange islands after completing 3 gyms elsewhere so you will already have ur starter pokemon.

Though if we did have starter pokemon to start out on the orange isalands with i would prob pick lapras, scyther and electrabuz....

 

[Darkfire]

Ah! boat from goldenrod?

 

[KallenSkye]

ya goldenrod boat....its a seperate cruize line.... i may put an additional port elsewhere earlier on as you only need 3 badges to go....

 

[Darkfire]

goldenrod is the third gym so....

 

[KallenSkye]

ah yes.... it is isnt it.... been a long time since i played silver....

 

[DevoidLight]

Forgive the ignorance, but from where are the Orange islands actually from? Were they in the anime, a non-handheld game, or something else? Either way I love the idea of branching off the story. I don't think I've ever seen it done like that.