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Rik408 wrote:

What songs should I make? Overworld or battle first?

Overworld.
We're working on that aspect first i think. So since we're setting up the world and i haven't made battle sprites yet you should work on that music. But avoid songs with lyrics (just a reminder) cause it would be really crazy.

Oh, and welcome to our collab! I'm Head Spriter, sparky2008123! Glad to make your acquaintance.

Last edited by sparky2008123 (2012-12-27 00:27:01)

sparky2008123 wrote:

ProgrammingPro01 wrote:

PlasticToad wrote:

Oh, um... are we sticking to the classic pokemon types (Grass, Water, Fire etc.) or having different ones, and how many?

I need to know, cuz it can help my planning 

I'd say the same, plus more, like Light and things like that.

How about i make a list and you guys suggest more or cross some out?

Fire (Flame)
Water (Rain)
Grass (Leaf)
Earth
Rock
Iron
Space/Meteor
Electric (Lightning)
Light
Dark
Normal/Original
Magic
Mystic (rather than psychic)
Prehistoric
Modern
Futuristic
Swift
Fighting (Boxing)
Regal
Food (i made this type in my own battlemon, made one named Salami)

Um. That's quite a lot... Keep in mind that we have a limited upload size    and the scripter's gotta keep up with all of this!

Rik408 wrote:

What songs should I make? Overworld or battle first?

Hi, Rik408. Welcome to the collab 

I'd like to sign up, I don't have time to do the website thing right now but I will soon.
I think our types should expand on pokemons but would remain elemental or at least pokemonish. So I wouldn't be keen on 'food' or anything. (But of course its not up to me.)
Here is what I propose:

Fire
Water
Earth
Air
Plant
Ice
Thunder
Steel
Light
Shadow
Space
Time
Magic
Undead
Sound

Its perfect because it is 15 in total, and I can even write up a chart of what is weak or strong against what. That is, if everyone likes my list.
Maybe we could take a vote on which type listing everyone likes better?



By the way I do ideas and sprites. I have lots of spriting experience so I just need to know the style, size and a design of one of these battlmon and I can get started.

Last edited by wiimaster (2012-12-27 09:38:22)

wiimaster wrote:

I'd like to sign up, I don't have time to do the website thing right now but I will soon.
I think our types should expand on pokemons but would remain elemental or at least pokemonish. So I wouldn't be keen on 'food' or anything. (But of course its not up to me.)
Here is what I propose:

Fire
Water
Earth
Air
Plant
Ice
Thunder
Steel
Light
Shadow
Space
Time
Magic
Undead
Sound

Its perfect because it is 15 in total, and I can even write up a chart of what is weak or strong against what. That is, if everyone likes my list.
Maybe we could take a vote on which type listing everyone likes better?



By the way I do ideas and sprites. I have lots of spriting experience so I just need to know the style, size and a design of one of these battlmon and I can get started.

Wow! I didn't think about Undead and i forgot Ice! But you forgot Dark, I think we should replace Sound with Dark, oh wait you have Shadow.
I like it other than the Space and Time types. Maybe we could have Normal instead of Space. No, actually never mind, they're good. But i think we should at least add 2 more, like Regal and Psychic (Mystic).

Oh and welcome to the collab! I'm Head Spriter sparky2008123!

Is it ok if i design some of the Landmarks? I'll also be brainstorming our own form of Gym Leaders but I suck at drawing people. I could get my friend to join, he's amazing with art! He could draw a "Gym Leader" in no time. But actually I think he can only draw when he feels like it. Not when someone gives him something to draw. Or it's only with writing, maybe both.

Anyway, i thought one of the Landmarks could be a volcano and some crazy old blacksmith lives there and you have to chase him around and catch him before he battles you (therefore not adopting the battle other trainers before Gym Leader tactics of Pokemon)

Last edited by sparky2008123 (2012-12-27 12:56:59)

wiimaster wrote:

sparky2008123 wrote:

wiimaster wrote:

I'd like to sign up, I don't have time to do the website thing right now but I will soon.
I think our types should expand on pokemons but would remain elemental or at least pokemonish. So I wouldn't be keen on 'food' or anything. (But of course its not up to me.)
Here is what I propose:

Fire
Water
Earth
Air
Plant
Ice
Thunder
Steel
Light
Shadow
Space
Time
Magic
Undead
Sound

Its perfect because it is 15 in total, and I can even write up a chart of what is weak or strong against what. That is, if everyone likes my list.
Maybe we could take a vote on which type listing everyone likes better?



By the way I do ideas and sprites. I have lots of spriting experience so I just need to know the style, size and a design of one of these battlmon and I can get started.

Wow! I didn't think about Undead and i forgot Ice! But you forgot Dark, I think we should replace Sound with Dark, oh wait you have Shadow.
I like it other than the Space and Time types. Maybe we could have Normal instead of Space. No, actually never mind, they're good. But i think we should at least add 2 more, like Regal and Psychic (Mystic).

Oh and welcome to the collab! I'm Head Spriter sparky2008123!

Ok - Dark and Shadow are the same, I just wanted to avoid calling them by their pokemon counterpart names.
Space and Time are much better than Regal or Psychic - what would Regal even be? Name more than 5 Battlmon that would be 'regal' (and it can't a king concept used over and over.)
I also don't think that a 'normal' or a 'basic' is necessary.
I don't like the ideas of food or regal because they wouldn't have enough diversity within them, and they don't really fit in with the others. It would also be harder to come up with attacks, stats, and strengths/weaknesses for something like 'food' which is rather silly or 'regal' which isn't an element or anything, it is just a random adjective.
Mystic is an OK idea but I think that 15 is a good number and also we have Magic - Magic and Mystic would probably be too similar. Remember, diversity.
But again its not up to me.
Also tell me why you don't like Space or Time?

Yeah, I think Magic could be better than Mystic.

wiimaster wrote:

So I am assuming there is attacks?
If so here it is for my type list. If we decide not to use my types, this post can be ignored. I also changed the name to some types.

Fire:
Black Fire
Blaze Burst
Eruption
Fireball
Flamethrower
Hot Coal
Magma
Overheat
Sacred Flame
Solar Flare
Volcanic Power

Water:
Bubble
Oceanic Power
Rainstorm
Splash
Swim
Tidal Wave
Waterfall
Watergun
Waterspout
Wave Crash
Whirlpool

Earth:
Boulder Smash
Brick Break
Bury
Dig
Earthquake
Mud Puddle
Rock Crush
Rock Slide
Rock Throw
Sand Kick
Stone Armor
Terra Power

Air:
Aerodynamic
Aero Power
Air Attack
Cold Front
Fly
Hot Air
Hover
Hurricane
Sky Drop
Whirlwind

Plant:
Absorb
Forest Power
Leaf Cutter
Log Smash
Needles
Photosynthesis
Poison Spore
Seed Shot
Sticky Sap
Thorny Skin
Vine Wrap

Ice:
Avalanche
Freezer Burn
Frost Sheet
Great Freeze
Hailstorm
Ice Blade
Ice Shard
Icicle
Polar Power
Snowball
Snowstorm
Thick Fur

Thunder:
Bolt Speed
Charge Up
Electro Wave
Lightning Power
Shockwave
Spark
Thunderbolt
Volt Beam
Zap Blast

Metal:
Blade Attack
Bullet Strike
Grind
Heavy Metal
Iron Armor
Magnet Charge
Mech Power
Metal Slice
Reflect
Sharpen

Light:
Blind
Flash
Light Beam
Light Disc
Light Dust
Light Ray
Holy Power

Shadow:
Darkness
Lunar Attack
Nightmare
Night Power
Pure Malice
Shade Veil
Shadow Ball
Shadow Sneak

Cosmic:
Astro Beam
Comet Punch
Cosmic Power
Dimensional Shift
Eclipse
Invasion
Meteor Head
Space Beam
Stardust
Stargaze
Supernova
Void
Wormhole
Zero Gravity

Time:
Chronic Power
Clock Tick
Countdown
Eternal Might
Hourglass
Slowdown
Speedup
Time Freeze
Time Turn

Magic:
Black Magic
Confusion
Curse
Enchant
Fire Spell
Hex
Hypnosis
Ice Spell
Illusion
Mindreader
Potion
Psychic Power
Psywave
Telekinesis
Teleport
Trick

Undead:
Bone Blade
Dream Eater
Frighten
Haunt
Invisibility
Mischief
Scary Face
Sheer Terror
Skull Smash
Spiritual Power
Zombify

Sound:
Deafening Blast
Echo
Screech
Sonar
Sonic Beam
Sonic Power
Sound Barrier
Soundspeed
Wave Beam

Obviously due to limits in space we won't use them all - we will just pick the best. Tell me ones you like or dislike, and of course suggest your own!

Those are some pretty cool suggestions! I'll try to think of some on my own, too! 

I think we need at least 2 useless move with really cool names, just to make players mad. I mean what's a game without irritation? BOOORRRINNG! So something like Meteor Charge! All it does is strengthen a Space BattlMon, LOL.
BTW i think Wiimaster [is it ok if i call you Nintendo?] forgot Dragon type, Dragon rules! Let's replace Sound with Dragon!

sparky2008123 wrote:

wiimaster wrote:

So I am assuming there is attacks?
If so here it is for my type list. If we decide not to use my types, this post can be ignored. I also changed the name to some types.

Fire:
Black Fire
Blaze Burst
Eruption
Fireball
Flamethrower
Hot Coal
Magma
Overheat
Sacred Flame
Solar Flare
Volcanic Power

Water:
Bubble
Oceanic Power
Rainstorm
Splash
Swim
Tidal Wave
Waterfall
Watergun
Waterspout
Wave Crash
Whirlpool

Earth:
Boulder Smash
Brick Break
Bury
Dig
Earthquake
Mud Puddle
Rock Crush
Rock Slide
Rock Throw
Sand Kick
Stone Armor
Terra Power

Air:
Aerodynamic
Aero Power
Air Attack
Cold Front
Fly
Hot Air
Hover
Hurricane
Sky Drop
Whirlwind

Plant:
Absorb
Forest Power
Leaf Cutter
Log Smash
Needles
Photosynthesis
Poison Spore
Seed Shot
Sticky Sap
Thorny Skin
Vine Wrap

Ice:
Avalanche
Freezer Burn
Frost Sheet
Great Freeze
Hailstorm
Ice Blade
Ice Shard
Icicle
Polar Power
Snowball
Snowstorm
Thick Fur

Thunder:
Bolt Speed
Charge Up
Electro Wave
Lightning Power
Shockwave
Spark
Thunderbolt
Volt Beam
Zap Blast

Metal:
Blade Attack
Bullet Strike
Grind
Heavy Metal
Iron Armor
Magnet Charge
Mech Power
Metal Slice
Reflect
Sharpen

Light:
Blind
Flash
Light Beam
Light Disc
Light Dust
Light Ray
Holy Power

Shadow:
Darkness
Lunar Attack
Nightmare
Night Power
Pure Malice
Shade Veil
Shadow Ball
Shadow Sneak

Cosmic:
Astro Beam
Comet Punch
Cosmic Power
Dimensional Shift
Eclipse
Invasion
Meteor Head
Space Beam
Stardust
Stargaze
Supernova
Void
Wormhole
Zero Gravity

Time:
Chronic Power
Clock Tick
Countdown
Eternal Might
Hourglass
Slowdown
Speedup
Time Freeze
Time Turn

Magic:
Black Magic
Confusion
Curse
Enchant
Fire Spell
Hex
Hypnosis
Ice Spell
Illusion
Mindreader
Potion
Psychic Power
Psywave
Telekinesis
Teleport
Trick

Undead:
Bone Blade
Dream Eater
Frighten
Haunt
Invisibility
Mischief
Scary Face
Sheer Terror
Skull Smash
Spiritual Power
Zombify

Sound:
Deafening Blast
Echo
Screech
Sonar
Sonic Beam
Sonic Power
Sound Barrier
Soundspeed
Wave Beam

Obviously due to limits in space we won't use them all - we will just pick the best. Tell me ones you like or dislike, and of course suggest your own!

Ooh, i like the Zombify but some of these could make good Abilities. Like Zombify, Mindreader, and Countdown.

Zombify could be like an ability that affects the BattlMon that physically touches the one with that ability, making it slower and slowly draining its hit points.

Mindreader could predict the opponent's strongest move and the move you have that it is weakest against (that way it's better than Pokemon where some abilities just warn you of the opponent's strongest move)

And Countdown could be the ability of a select few rare BattlMon and Mysticals (Legendaries) mostly Space and Time type, where at the beginning of a battle, it is not active then, if you get hit by the same move several times it activates. In three rounds your BattlMon unleashes a powerful blast of every element, defeating your foe in one hit (if they're still alive) and just to make sure they're alive you can't use any moves for those three rounds while your opponent can only use their weakest attack.

If you need me to repeat that last ability please tell me, it's even hard for me to understand.
But i think Countdown would be a better attack now that i think of it. You guys choose, ability or attack?

So... we are doing abilities too? I don't really think we should copy too much directly from pokemon, but its your choice :S

But Food could have a ton of weaknesses!
Fire could burn it!
Water could overboil it!
Rock/Earth could ground it!
Plant could spice it too much!
Magic could spoil it!
Air could bloat it!
Shadow could rot it!
(But i was just joking, i agree, Food should go. The type not real food, NO! MY SUBWAY SANDWICH! WHY DID I SAY FOOD SHOULD GO?!?!?)

Exactly why food should go. You just said 'food would have a ton of weaknesses'- that's not a good thing. And some don't even make sense. Air bloating it? Shadow rotting it? Shadows don't make food rot, air does 

sparky2008123 wrote:

BTW i think Wiimaster [is it ok if i call you Nintendo?] forgot Dragon type, Dragon rules! Let's replace Sound with Dragon!

I did not 'forget' it, I chose not to add it. I don't want to copy every type from pokemon. Dragon is a pretty unique type to pokemon, whereas Fire is kind of generic, so Fire is a shoe-in but we shouldn't add Dragon. And that doesn't mean we can't have Dragons, it just means there would not be a specific type to cater to them. The same goes for Bugs.

I'd like to get some move suggestions coming, I don't want to take over the entire project! Lets do the moves together 

wiimaster wrote:

Some questions-
Are there only going to be single types or will we incorporate dual typings?
Will there be some form of evolving or leveling up or does each Battlmon remain the same?
Will there be overworld or battle style sprites or both?
How many moves will each have at a maximum?
Do you catch them in the wild? If so, how?

1.) We can try dual typing, if all else fails, we'll just stick with single types.
2.) I had an idea that you could walk with the Battlmon you catch in specific places just for fun (like in Pokemon Diamond for example.) or maybe wherever you go. So, I'd say both battle sprites and overworld sprites.
3.) I was thinking of a limit of each type of move, you can have 3 stat changing moves (or stat moves I guess.  ), 3 ranged attacks (like water gun), and 3 physical attacks (Like an all out tackle.)
4.) I was thinking you can catch Battlmon by running into ones or getting into a battlmon's line of sight, not just walking around and encountering one. Hard to explain, really but if you need an explanation I could give you an example.
I was also thinking you could get them by scuba diving (some sort of technique that needs some kind of gear, does that sound interesting? you can catch water/ocean/whatever types.  ), fishing, or by trading (maybe we could have some kind of trading database in 2.0 with cloud data, more on that when it actually fully releases though.  )

Also, I don't know what the battle interface will be like. I think you should have 3 choices in battle:

Attack - Use a stat, physical, or ranged move
Dodge - Dodge an attack (relies on evasive stats, you're better off just waiting for a dodge on luck  )
Item - Use an item, pretty self explanatory
Give up (monster tamer/monster trainer battles only) - Admit defeat for whatever reason you have, but if you give up, it treats your battle as a defeat.
Run Away - Run away from a wild encounter. I was thinking of it relying on evasive stats, too.

Also, I've edited the first post a bit. For the members, if you're going to be inactive or active again, just state so I can change your name in the first post. People who said they'd be less active will be in red, people who haven't will be green.

I can start spriting some battlmon.