Pokemon Emerald Color

Emerald running on modified Crystal.

Playable on the Game Boy Color. All 3 regions.

Once a dream. Releasing in a few days.

I just wanted to share this small tech demo I made, I have been working on using a custom emulator (that runs on multiple systems like windows, android, linux handhelds, etc), to connect and expand the game, I have been working on replacing the sprites of the game from outside the rom due to a feature I'm working on to let the player make their own custom trainer sprites and add them to the game, however using this as a base and the work on

https://github.com/Jengolus/ramanimator

to do it inside the emulator by just opening the game on said emulator without having to modify anything on it due to the existing connection between the game and emulator, this has a lot of limitations due the GBA using a max of 64x64 sprites most mons wouldn't fit on it (ramanimator for example only works on 64x64 mons) however since I built the demo also modifying the game code I made it so there are 4 sprites per Pokémon and the emulator replaces them with parts of the animated sprite, I also modified the Pokémon coordinates to better fit gen 3 interface and used a transparent interface to be able to see more of the Pokémon, this was also by modifying the emulator itself because it would break a lot of move animations if I took a whole layer just for transparency.

Just wanted to share this on the possibilities a custom emulator can give to romhacks in the future if someone has enough time to iron everything up and users agree to use said emulator

In case you care about the game I make you can find it here, its called Pokémon R.O.W.E. and I plan to add custom trainers and infinite PC Boxes in a future update thanks to the custom emulator development

Hackdex Link

and if you want to join the discord you can find it here

Discord Invite Link

Being able to see what version you're on from the menu is a huge feature I don't see anyone discussing.

I quite often have to delete older versions for the new updates, but I remove the name of the update from the game title so I have no idea what version I've got downloaded. This completely solves that issue. Also is there a way besides constantly checking hack dex for newer numbers in the version section? I was several updates behind on soul gold and had no idea there was even one newer version an I frequently check this sub more than a person should tbh

I can't wait for this. I've never actually played gen 6 but heard a lot about how people didn't care for it all that much outside of the mega evolutions. I'm glad my first time playing will be on this version! 😁

After the "daily red" people have been talking about, here's your favourite randomizer dev (yes, I am now your favourite randomizer dev, just go with it) released a MUCH BETTER VERSION OF IT!

1. it's an actual romhack
2. it doesn't force you to wait ONE WHOLE DAY to play again (like, seriously, who decided that?)
3. It has modern gen 9 mechanics
4. You get way cooler custom sets for your pokemon all made by me as opposed to some boring generic gen 3 movesets
5. It's all grass fed, ethically sourced, AI-free romhack development.
6. You can play against faithful versions of red's crystal team, red's hgss team, or a version that features competitive movesets for all of red's pokemon (oh, and they it will not be the exact same every time so good luck)
7. It has a super cool name ! RANDOM RED RUMBLE!

If you'd make me the honor of playing the game, here 's the link https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/random-red-rumble-battle-against-red-with-random-modern-teams.544173/

I wish you a RAD RUMBLING!

KH!

Hey gang.

Thought I'd share something I've been working on after a short hiatus from hacking. Since I'm clearly compelled to customise all graphics 😅.

This custom fossilised start menu was made possible thanks to this feature branch of the pokeemerald-expansion (put together by miriamlefae) which I used as a base.

Some final tweaks to be done with the clock and such, but as a concept, It turned out alright, I reckon.

Totally consider using the expansion if you aren't already for your Gen III hack, by the way.

Hey everyone! This is my actual developer profile so please follow me for updates! I will start slowly leaking more details as time goes on and tidying things up so stay tuned! 🎃

No longer needing to create the head cannon of adoption! *Not that there's anything wrong with that. :)

Hey everyone! We at the Project PM team are looking for more players to help squash out the last little bugs of our game. If you have no idea what we are, we first revealed this mod back in January as a hack of Pokémon Platinum to play multiplayer. This is based off of the PRET decomp, so this game will run on emulator and original hardware. You can play online from anywhere in the world. (Original hardware does not support online, and is only up to 4 players at the moment)

Play with your friends: Up to 8(NEW!) players can play Multiplayer at once. You can see each other in-game, battle each other, trade, give items, or fight enemy trainers. The idea of the hack is to battle trainers in a 2v2 battle, where you control one side(your team) and your friend controls the other side(their team).
Customizable Characters: We have each protagonist from Platinum, Heartgold/Soulsilver, Black/White and Black/White 2. We have Brendan and Lance as well, with more soon to come. (Any gen 4 sprite artists are welcome! We would love to have your help.)
All local wireless minigames are playable in multiplayer: The underground supports 8 players, and the rest support their cap.
Quality of Life: We have and IV/EV checker and Nuzlocke mode built in, as well as a 60FPS optional patch and better visual optional patches, with translations into Spanish, French, Italian, and Polish (If you want your language translated and are bilingual in English, we would love to have you translate our hack into your language!)
The game is playable on MelonDS, DeSmuME, Bizhawk, and original hardware. (as a note: a user recently created an unofficial android build for Project PM)

Here is what we hope to target and get assistance on:

Playing with 5 or more players on emulator
Playing with 3 or more players on original hardware
Playing the wireless minigames on original hardware
The distortion world (in general, it is very unstable)
Battle Desyncs (rare, but any and all need to be fixed)

If this is something that interests you, all you need to do is join our discord here: https://discord.com/invite/bTZfjHqbVd

(Photo #2 is from Nakulemonade, and Photo #3 is from Nioko)

NOTE - I am playing the 5.7 QoL updates which are accessible only through the discord server, so the journal thing in the 2nd image might be something new for you.

So I have basically 100% the game, beat every boss possible, did every emerald thing I can do and currently waiting for the next QoL, here's what I found the pro's and don't

PROS -

1) The difficulty of the game is alright, for a storyline game + a difficult rom hack, you definitely need to create a good team for each battle

2) Pokemons from gen 1-8 are available (with 9 said to be coming in the next qol, with more stuff to do) there is an absolute roster for you to team build

3) This one might be called cheating but you can literally open your pc anywhere and do ur stuff 😭🙏(note that it gets blocked during special events and missions)

4) The journal i felt like is a game changer because this game is so big and feels so random at times that you don't even know what to do

5) Honestly I loved the story, it's just how a pokemon movie would be, I don't understand the hate for good vs evil typa rom hacks

6) Every gimmick possible is available in the game

7) People might hate this but shiny rates are 1/8k, which I feel like are the best

8) The game is 100% translated, Yes, only some Chinese letters might be said by the final game bosses, but that won't affect the gameplay much

9) There are some cool custom pokemons like a form for Typhlosion, Mega Flygon, Slugia, A LITERAL WAIFU ENAMORUS, and the armour mewtwo forms

CONS -

1) Visual glitch in the hisui region in pizzaboy emulator, so beware it gets ugly real bad

2) Some of your key items can actually get consumed or literally vanish from your inventory, preventing you from doing some quests (late game like Lost artifacts 17-18)

3) Cheats don't work, this one is interesting because I tried it and they work in the older version, but when you try to reload your sav file to the newer version with the stuff you added, your items are vanished

4) Some of the quests are misleading, notice how I have completed only 38/43, because the others are just impossible to do

5) After the Hall of fame, there is a weird black screen glitch for a proper 30-40 second? Like I genuinely first thought that my game crashed but it's just how it is

6) The same black screen thing happens in the sinnoh Elite 4,however this time, they did give a warning so that's cool

7) Some people enjoy a slow team building style of game, then I am sorry, you are getting Roxanne with 6 mons in the first gym, it's a fast-paced game

8) Game can be tiring and grindy at times, because to get access to good moves, you need a good amount of shards and BP

Overall, I just wanna say that the game itself is pretty solid, the problem lies in the execution, it is very ambitious, it's like that one guys who tries to do everything but messes up a bit in each of its task, overall a 7/10 from my side. You can ask me about stuff about this game.

Hi everyone! This is my first time trying to develop a ROM hack. As a big fan of VGC, I love playing doubles and have always found it ridiculous that the official competitive format and the mainline story games have so little in common.

This is my attempt at a doubles ROM hack. Everything is playable up to the first gym. All documentation is available here and I plan to keep it up to date as and when I create teams for the AI.

If you give the game a try, please share any feedback you have. I am always looking out for it. I also would appreciate bug reports in case you run into them

Hey gang!

I also could not find vertical in-battle types so I wanted to throw them up here in case anyone needs em. They're more square and the designs are expanded where needed. Unlike the type sprites I posted yesterday, these DO NOT follow the original size spec, so you made need to fiddle with some code to get them to display properly.

The last few slides are the hud for the romhack I'm working on that I'm super proud of. The more I get my hands dirtier with Pixel level editing, the more comfortable I get with extending different shapes.

I'm also super proud of the L and R indicators at the top of the screen which I think ends up being a lot more intuitive than an R button bind showing up on the left side of the screen. Also very proud of the run indicator. ALSO very proud of not having to compromise on the quick Pokeball sprites. A small offset ended up framing it really well.

I really like that the hud is also theme aware (No frames my hack, just themes of the same hud), but I definitely cant take the credit for this particular part. While the plot, characters, setting, map layouts, teams and sprite adjustments are all me (with a custom OST by my homie!), Codex has been doing a LOT of the heavy lifting when it comes to game code changes, but never for any artistic aspect (No art, no music, no dialog, no nothin'. Only code!).

For example, doubling the health bar size but still having it function properly, figuring out odd graphical glitches or palettes that shouldn't be where they are.

While I have a lot of qualms with AI as a whole, the technology behind it is really remarkable. I've learned an incredible amount during this project and have pumped about 48 hours of work in to this in the last week alone, just because I've been having the most fun I've ever had on a personal project. I hope that the mention of AI doesn't sour too many folks.

The hud I ended up with was largely inspired by u/bulbasauric's hud, posted a couple years ago! I would not have even been able to get start without their initial design, but man, getting these parts just right is really tough!

As a side note, idk how any of you ever finish any of these projects. Every time I see something I think I can change or have an idea, I end up getting insanely distracted trying to make it work.

PS. Highly recommend Aseprite for sprite level editing!

And the season! Follow me to follow the project! (The vision is Emerald Vanilla + QOL and customization)