I'm putting up a copy as the game sits. Let me know what you think. Play and test it to your heart's content. To make your game save, you will need to set the save type to 128k Flash memory. In visual boy advance, this is done by Options -> Emulator -> Save Type -> Flash 128k.
Ponémon: Friendship is Magic v1.3 Release
Also....a demo vid. It's there just in case you don't know anything about emulation and to increase public awareness. It isn't too different from the regular game, other than the main 3 characters being altered and the gym leaders being very different. And text. Lots of text changes. And the title screen is different. And a little bit of other stuff too. Both the download link and video are posted ---> in "relevant links."
Known Bugs/Issues:
- "You Received XXX From Professor Oak!" should say Celestia
- Oak's Parcel should be Celestia.
- The border cutting over Twilight Sparkle when you look at sizes in Pokedex.
- Daisy is still your rival's sister and a human.
- Your mom is a human. In fact there are many humans.
- 'Hey, that girl is sometimes a blue pony and sometimes a girl!' Yes. I'm experimenting with pony NPC's to wander around.
Things I would really like feedback/ideas on (I'm working on so many different things for this, I have to keep some things on the backburner and hope I think of something, but really, who wants that pressure?):
- Something other than "Manehattan" and "Sugercube Corner" for Lavender and Cerulean, respectively.
- Considering removing Rival's sister completely, making your mom give you the map. I'll move the script for the grooming to someplace in Saffron. I'll make the spa in the show and put it there.
- Removing the old man catching a weedle and the whole Oak's parcel delivery. Celestia gives you the FRIéNDEX and pokéballs up front. The the starter rival battle.
- Make the towns (areas of Ponyville) look more like what their names say they should look like.
- Move stuff a little on the map. Make Cinnibar closer to Fuschia
- Make something that goes through what is typically Vermillion City, but isn't a town just blank. What I'm thinking is hard to describe**.
- My few small attempts at humor. Is there a place for it? Should I do a little more? I will definitely try to mimic each pony's way of speaking.
Please post all thoughts, comments, suggestions, ideas. I will get more text into v1.4. A rough draft for a lot of it exists (including the rhyming speech by Zecora). I will be gone until the 12th of August...so no new content until then. but I may be able to post back on comments.
Here's a sprite, in case you are curious*:
**Where Vermillion is now is just road and land, not city. I would move Vermillion off the map, rename it Cloudsdale. You would get into Cloudsdale via a hot air balloon like in the show. And if you are wondering how you would walk in Cloudsdale being a dragon/unicorn...I can write that off as you having magic running shoes! You are magic, Twilight's parents are magic...I believe the argument works, as long as I directly mention it and let that be game canon.
