My first playthrough of the Pokemon Fan Game I made starts now...

After years of admiring the Pokemon Rom Hack and Fan game scenes, I decided to make my own with a focus on all the things I wish the others did differently.
The main focuses of it are:
Challenge
Collection
Replayability and Challenge/Speedrun Potential
Nostalgia
and a story that wraps in the Pokemon world with concepts I enjoy in other media.
If anyone wants to play it, contact me on discord. You can hop in the main channel's discord here and shoot me a PM.
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[@fruitloop831]

Awesome to see another fan game out there. Had a good laugh at you struggling to choose your starter Pokemon, this was me after starting Project Vanguard the other day and I'm still questioning my choice. Will be watching through the rest of this series for sure.

[@acegamestv]

Glad to hear, hope you enjoy it! The starter room was a difficult deliberation when I made it and I wanted it to be perfect for the idea of being able to do a mono-run of every type.

[@fruitloop831]

@@acegamestv Enoying both Vanguard and watching you play through this, will have to join your discord soon to request a copy to have a go. Have one other to try before this though.

[@PocketJapan]

I'm coming along for the ride on this playthrough. Cool stuff!

[@acegamestv]

So glad to hear that! Wouldn't be here if it wasn't for our time spent together in Reborn. One episode a day for 14 or so days, then I need to record more!

[@jambothenerd8263]

i normally dont care for content like this but i might actually what this series, pokemon was one of my first games ive ever really got into because of the accessibility of the old school Gameboys, i still remember very good memories from my lime green Gameboy color playing pokemon red and blue. hearing the music is insane for the nostalgia lol. Pokemon is honestly one of those infamous franchises that should be studied

[@acegamestv]

Ya totally agree. Glad you are intrigued by this. Its all born of that nostalgia for me too, and now there are even more layers.

[@jambothenerd8263]

@@acegamestv right on man! looking forward to it!

[@drayk962]

That sounds incredible, can't wait to play it, I salute you for your efforts man.

[@acegamestv]

Thanks, if you wanna play it just message me in discord and we can talk! If you like a challenge-first approach with a lot of replayability this will be it!

[@soupe_yt]

this is my first time seeing one of your videos, and I'm glad I did! As someone who used to love making video games on RPGMXP and who loves pokemon (particularly the johto region), this feels like it was made for me. Will be keeping an eye on this playthrough !! :D

[@acegamestv]

Awesome, hope you like it! One episode a day for the next few weeks then I need to record more.

[@lloyd011721]

gen 2 is by far my favorite

[@acegamestv]

I love it too! Gen 1 pokemon are my favorite, but Johto is my favorite region!

[@bendelia1878]

curious, if this is a rom hack what’s the base? or is it an essentials game?

[@acegamestv]

I believe I explained that all in the video, but I'll try to summarize. Its not a romhack, first of all. Its a Pokemon fan game, so the base is Pokemon Essentials, which is a module for RPGmakerXP. But my specific game I basically used Pokemon Reborn (probably like episode 14) as a base and just deleted all the content there and made my game and region over the top of it. That's why you'll see some menus and stuff the same between those two games. Lemme know if you have any further questions!

[@pandemicpoojab]

looking forward to this

[@acegamestv]

Always glad to see you! Hope you enjoy it, its been really fun to make and play.

[@pandemicpoojab]

@@acegamestv pretty sure I picked kingler when I played this.

[@acegamestv]

Oh ya, did you actually play it? How far did you get if you remember

[@pandemicpoojab]

@acegamestv was a long while back now. I can't remember where I got to

[@szymongolemiec4933]

why marowak, not cubone????

[@acegamestv]

Hmm don't remember honestly. I did this for a few starters, like Kingler etc. Basically just wanted to rush the player to the version of the pokemon that is adequately strong to be ready for the first gym. I also changed a lot of the opening routes pokemon so that they evolve ahead of the first gym or two as well, for example.

[@lloyd011721]

this is really cool, but if youre going to make a game like this, you should just make your own ip.

[@acegamestv]

You mean a game that isn't Pokemon? Probably some step you are missing here. Pokemon fan games are very popular and quite common. There are HUNDREDS if not thousands if you include rom-hacks. This is just the one I made, which features exactly what I would like in a Pokemon game. I didn't make a game that is pokemon. I made a version of pokemon that is perfect for me. No interest in making an unique IP.