If you're using only one element, it can be a better choice, however, never forget to add some variety to the places. The best way to separate them is placing them in the two end of the 'world', or even better, creating them as islands. If you want to create totally different areas with drastically different elements (like weathers), don't connect the opposites next to each other. When you design a new region, it's really important to connect the places somehow. It all depends on the main mechanism of the game you create. The latter can be a good idea to continue a story, retconing it (altering some events in the continuity) or even rebooting it (discarding all continuity in order to recreate it from the beginning). Keep your game in the Pokémon franchise, but with your own ideas.Ĭustomization is always a welcomed feature, doesn't matter if it's only choosing or creating your character, or even doing different choices in the storyline, or creating a feature never seen before (like running your own Gym!)įirst of all, you need to decide if you're creating your own region (or even world), or using previously existing places. Making it to a platformer with Pikachu in the main role won't make you successful, as there is no reason in this case why you should use the name 'Pokémon' except getting more attention.

More new ideas are always welcomed, but don't do any radical. It's nothing hurting, but gives the game a more opened feeling, as it's optional when and how you participate in the stadium. That's a good method to refresh the old concept but also keeping the core of the franchise. It's a refreshing move, and it cannot be find anywhere else. In other words: you need to something which makes people to play your game instead of any official games.įor example, Pokémon Island, a RPXP (RPG Maker XP) fan game had the idea to remove the usual 8 gym and league structure, and the whole game is about challenging people with a new stadium system. Don't get me wrong, Fakemons are really good and I'll talk about them later, but only them won't make the people to play the game. The biggest problem with most hacks or games is that they are doing nothing but adding Fakemons or changing the skins and that's all.

However, you need at least one good idea which is totally different from the usual games.

In case of a Pokémon ROM hack, or a totally new project, you can go with a totally new genre, or stay in the basics and modifying the details. First of all, you need to decide what kind of game do you want. The planning is the most important part of creating a (fan-)game.

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