POKéMON SNAKEWOOD VERSION

Introduction

Story

Features and New Stuff

New scripts, new overworlds, new sprites - the usual

Exciting new areas, such as the hidden Meathouse, the maddening Island of Calm and the unexpected Hoenn University of Film

Several zombie versions of normal Pokémon, two of which are capturable

6 Denjuu

An indeterminate number of Fakemon (somewhere between 40 and 50), including a good number of hidden evolutions to existing Pokémon

New legendaries, some of which are very, very evil

7(?) Sinnoh Pokémon

5(?) Isshu (or Unova, depending on how much you care) Pokémon

Most Gyms have now been destroyed by zombies, and hence Badges are come by in somewhat unusual ways

A few type changes for Pokémon here and there.

A surprising pet shop run by a certain Count

A host of deceitful characters who will do anything to lie to you

An unusual and somewhat wandering storyline

An enormous number of references to books, films, manga, other hacks and other such things

A somewhat darker plot than usual

A slightly increased difficulty level

Spoiler: Shinx, Luxio, Luxray; Emolga; Bouffalant; Spiritomb; Blitzle, Zebstrika; Weavile; Basculin; Drilbur, Excadrill

Spoiler: Mightyena => Zoroark (currently named Gigawolf and with ridiculous stats; I could explain why but it'd take too long. I'll change it eventually.)

Solrock/Lunatone => Galactimon

Luvdisc => Basculin

Snorlax => Skylax

Vigoroth => Slaking/Vigourlan

Linoone => Dragoone

Zangoose => Zangol

Seviper => Sevicious

Calfby => Tauros/Miltank/Ramshaker

Screenshots

Spoiler:

Bugs

Some tile glitches in various locations around Hoenn

Occasionally, having your emulator on super-speed will cause certain scripts to malfunction

There is a part of the introduction that says 'And you are?', which appears to be unremovable.

Don't pick berries on Route 114. I have no idea why, but apparently it causes the game to freeze.

Completion Status

Credits

Help

Spoiler:

Spoiler: Bring a Magnemite to the elevator and a Ditto to the warp. But please please PLEASE understand this: the first time you enter the submarine, Usher asks you to fix the engine, not the elevator. So don't bother trying to fix the elevator, because it won't work.

Spoiler: Obtain a Chikuwa, either from the little girl in Pacifidlog or from Don Pachi's Christmas Shop on Mt. Chimney, then take this to Chef Maximilian in Lilycove to unlock his shop. Buy the correct chromatic food from him (a clue to which one is found in Genesis 25), take it to the mirror, and work out what to say (again, this is based on Genesis 25).

Spoiler:

Spoiler: Go to Dewford and go under the dock; there you'll find a rock. But it isn't a rock, it's a ROCK. LOB. STER. Make sure to catch it, or use Thief/Covet to get its item off it. Take this item, the Hard Disk Solo, to the easternmost rock on Route 103, the one that talks about hidden energy when spoken to. Talk to the rock and get the Gym Tickets. Take the Gym Tickets to Gabriella on Route 119; she will sail west and inland, and you will end up in the middle of the sea to the southeast. On Gym Island.

Spoiler: Use Explosion on it. It will break.

Award

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OK, so firstly, Snakewood is my first hack. Constructive criticism is welcome, just as long as you don't kill me or anything. I don't claim to be the best scripter, or the best spriter, or the best mapper. It's based, predictably enough given the setting, on Ruby, and catalogues the adventures of the main character (Wraith/Jericho) as they fight their way through a bizarre, slightly insane version of Hoenn that has been invaded by the living dead. Essentially, I've made it because every single mainstream Pokémon game is identical: a shallow plot based around thwarting a somewhat bumbling evil Team, a series of 8 gyms and the league, and then more or less nothing. This one has more plot, more twists, more far-fetched nonsense and a great deal more presence for the player character. It's also, in my own humble opinion, funnier.Also, given that this was my first hack, I apologise for the way the scripts/sprites/everything is so bad at the beginning. It does get better as you go through and as I learned, I can assure you. Maybe.What I will not apologise for, however, is the Ruby tiles. I realise that basically everyone on the planet despises them with all their heart - but I don't care at all. I use them to make a point, and the point is that it isn't necessary for a game to be pretty. It just needs to have a good story. Now, I'm going to shut up about this before I start writing an essay on the nature of 'story'.You awake in what used to be Littleroot town, having no memory of how you got there or even who you really are. It soon becomes apparent however that something very big has happened while you were out: Hoenn has been invaded by an army of zombies.Working with Prof. Birch, you set off to find your brother Landon and Birch's daughter May, who have both gone missing in an attempt to find the source of the undead plague. At the same time, you try to uncover your past. On the way you face zombies, witches, demons and the enigmatic Taoist, Gleis, as well as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the Hoenn Internal Affairs Army, and, eventually, the architect of all this misery himself: Senex.However, it isn't nearly as dark as all that: there are also the cheerfully insane (and improbably numerous) Deadly Seven, the unruffled and cynical Army Recruiters Tina and Bruce, and a psychic dragon's egg. Not to mention a special appearance from the Denjuu universe.The type changes mentioned above are as follows:Luxio => Electric/DarkLuxray => Electric/DarkMeowth => Normal/DarkPersian => Normal/DarkSeviper => Poison/DarkBanette => Ghost/FightingMilotic => Water/PsychicHariyama => Fighting/NormalThere might be one or two more that I've forgotten about... I'll post them if they exist and I remember.The Generation Four and Five Pokémon, for those who are impatient/overly curious, are:The hidden evolutions are:Of course, no hack thread would be complete without screenshots. Literally. I mean, the Powers that Be wouldn't allow it.No one likes to admit they're there, but they always are:The game is about 98.2% done. Some secret areas/side areas haven't been made yet, and not everything has a sprite - though hopefully everyone that you'll see in-game does.Scripting - MeMapping - MeSpriting - 80% Me, 20% the Rkyeet.OWs - MeBugfixing - 1158And, of course, credit goes to anyone who created a tool or a tutorial that I used; there are probably so many of them I can't count, and every one of them has made this hack significantly easier. Mostly.For those stuck on the Boardroom maze:For those stuck on the S.S. Cangrejo:For those stuck on the Pacifidlog Gym Puzzle:For those stuck on the Super Trick Maze in the Necropolis:For those trying to get to Gym Island:For those who can't get past the crate in the Lilycove Museum:I really wanted to call this section 'Awards', but we only have one.This one was kindly donated by PEDRO12, and depicts... something. I'm really not sure what. But still, it's good!Thanks be to 1158, without whom this bug fix wouldn't be possible.Also contains a special interview with the Snakewood cast and crew, and a list of achievements to check your completion status against.text indicates an achievement that it is not currently possible to get.