#pokemonessentials

[marginalgames]

If you're one of my Pokemon fangame dev peers, share something cool you came up with recently!

I've been working on determining the species, types, and abilities for a handful of OCs that will have important roles in my Mario crossover game and I finally filled the last two slots last week.

[marginalgames]

Super Mario Monsters RPG Update: 2025-07-25

Recently, I've been doing a lot of math! I'm thankful I've got the skills to write code to do the math for me :) At this point, I've got a table of all the wild encounters and trainers that the player is likely to encounter in the game's first chapter, on average. This allows me to track, for each available monster species, what level those monsters are likely to reach by the time the player challenges the first Gym. With that information, I can decide which species are supposed to be good against that gym and which ones are not. Then, I can tweak their base stats and movesets to make sure the strong monsters are strong and the weak monsters are weak. I've been using a modified version of Smogon's damage calculator to test out stats and moves. That work is Basically Done™! So now I'm putting together a skeleton of the maps in RPG Maker to validate the math for those species. Once I've done that... well, the first chapter will be mechanically complete. Then I can move on to aesthetic designs and art assets.

[kringlebp]

Pokemon Gray: Devlog 3 - Rival Adtala Battle Test [+ Elite Battle DX/EBDX cause it looks cool]

A battle test for one of Adtala's rival fights.

[kringlebp]

Pokemon Gray -Brewgreen Town

A full map of Brewgreen, one of the many towns in the Kedsett region which even has Beccie's gym.

Wanted to show more of the game since it hasn't been worked on much.

[kringlebp]

Pokemon Devlog Video

Made a video on development of Pokémon Gray (a Pokémon Essentials fangame I'm working on). This video is mainly showing off some custom sprite work and routes I've done.

[kringlebp]

Pokemon Gray: Devlog 1 or somethin

Been playing around with Pokemon Essentials (RPG Maker XP add-on that makes it easier to create Pokemon fangames) and its been fun. Even started to add in more custom sprites for the overworld (especially the tree since it makes it look a lot different) and trainers, music etc.

[pkmnabnormal]

Metrokanos

[averyhelps]

Tutorial #1: How to play a Pokémon Essentials game (or any RMXP game really)

So you want to play a fan game, but don’t know how to, huh? Well, follow this tutorial and you’ll be able to! First, of course, you’ll want to download the game. This is the most essential part because without the game you can’t play it. RMXP games can only be played on Windows PCs, so make sure you’re using one! For this tutorial, I will be using my own game as an example.

Once you’ve downloaded the game, you’ll realize it’s a .zip or .7z file.

 If you haven’t already, you want to download WinRAR. This nifty (and free) application allows you to open .zip and .7z files. If you don’t have WinRAR installed, the icon of the .zip or .7z file won’t appear as books. 

After you’ve installed it, right click on the .zip or .7z file, and press Open with WinRAR.

When you open the file, you’ll see another folder inside of it. Double click it.

When you open the folder, there should be many folders and files inside of it. The contents vary, but it should normally look like this. 

What you want to do is create a new folder anywhere in your computer, select all the files inside WinRAR, and drag them into the folder you created.

After dragging all the files into a new folder, you’re done! All you have to do now to play the game is click Game.exe. Some games might package other .exe files with them, so make sure to be cautious when playing games, especially if they’re from suspicious sites. Two of the most useful and safe sites for finding fan games are PokéCommunity and Relic Castle.

If you found this tutorial useful and want to see more, feel free to Like and Reblog! Also, if you have any suggestions for the next tutorial, feel free to ask in my Tumblr ask thingy! I’m planning on doing these weekly, so I’ll need ideas! ^^