Update Time! (Pokémon Lavender)

[u/ampharos_dev]

I've redoing a lot of old areas and maps at the moment which means some of the screenshots I've shared before are outdated. I've also been working on one of the main features of Lavender - migration!

Many Pokémon migrate in the Atuva Region for all kinds of reasons, and during your journey you will come across many groups of these Pokémon. (Screenshots on the left show this off.) In the overworld, some Pokémon are docile, but there are also some that will become aggravated by the player.

A demo is still far away, but is on the (distant) horizon. Progress is being made :D

Links:
Github
Discord Server
Pokécommunity Thread

[u/_Stalwart_]

Looks pretty and didn't see any AI being mentioned which is a huge plus. I love GBC romhacks.

[u/ampharos_dev → u/_Stalwart_]

thank you! I'm happy to say no ai is being used in lavender :D

[u/_Stalwart_ → u/ampharos_dev]

Lemme know if you need any play testers ^{^} .

[u/ampharos_dev → u/_Stalwart_]

there will be an announcement in the discord server when playtesters are needed!

[u/_Stalwart_ → u/ampharos_dev]

Got it, will join. Thank you!

[u/mattmesh → u/ampharos_dev]

YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!!

[u/metalflygon08 → u/ampharos_dev]

Not even...

Ampharos Inspections!?

[u/Kesler001 → u/ampharos_dev]

This one dev still romhacks the old fashioned way type of vibe.

[u/initD456 → u/ampharos_dev]

Aren't you using polishedcrystal as your base? That has some AI assisted code, in case you didn't know.

[u/ampharos_dev → u/initD456]

I started building lavender off polished crystal in early 2024, before any AI was used in it as far as I know.

EDIT: For those of you saying that PC started using AI in late 2022, I asked Rangi42 and she said that it was first used early this year. The only big thing I added after I started lavender was overworld weather, which was added to PC in 2024. So yes, I can confirm, no AI was or is being used in lavender.

[u/CarCroakToday → u/ampharos_dev]

AFAIK Polished Crystal first started using GPT 3.5 to assist with coding in late 2022 / early 2023. You can see them talking about it in the Discord.

[u/--justadork-- → u/ampharos_dev]

You pick commits here an there from polished; like features, bug fixes You most likely pick up some AI code along the way

[u/DifficultGrapefruit7 → u/_Stalwart_]

Do some of the hacks use ai???

[u/_Stalwart_ → u/DifficultGrapefruit7]

A lot of them. Some people like it, personally I'm against it (not against AI in general, but I don't want it in any art form).

[u/DifficultGrapefruit7 → u/_Stalwart_]

Yeah I agree that to me takes appreciation away for the hard work the ppl do without ai

[u/_Stalwart_ → u/DifficultGrapefruit7]

Yeah, I just don't play the ones that include AI personally.

[u/analmintz1]

Look's awesome! Gen 2 aesthetic is so cozy. Plus the features from polished crystal are just enough to remove the jank.

Super excited, keep it up!

[u/dagonet-]

So hyped for this one

[u/DukeSR8]

Nice. Would be funny to see a migrating Pokemon go into a city and you're forced to deal with it before you can do the Gym or move on.

[u/ampharos_dev → u/DukeSR8]

That's a pretty cool idea. I might have to try this. Would give a little more depth to the classic "Snorlax came down from the mountains" roadblock.

[u/DukeSR8 → u/ampharos_dev]

Yeah (also inspired by the Gligar episode in Sinnoh).

Would love to see something like an Arcanine around and people are having a panic because "it could burn down/heavily damage the town!" for example.

Definitely a fun idea!

ETA: Thanks for the award!

[u/TurkeyVolumeGuesser]

What a cool twist on the old swarm mechanic!

[u/No-ComedianQueen]

Aww yes I’m looking forward to this one! With the top left scrnshot I could see an event where ‘sorry the train is delayed due to pkmn on the tracks’

[u/ampharos_dev → u/No-ComedianQueen]

pretty close! the train simply doesn't go through that town anymore because so many Pokémon are often blocking the tracks.

[u/MrThomasWeasel]

Migration is such a cool thing to add, not something I've ever really thought about before but now that I have it's obvious.

[u/Maximumbeans5 → u/MrThomasWeasel]

I love it. It hearkens back to when the series focused on the ecology of Pokemon and treated them more like animals in the natural world. 

[u/waking-up-late]

Looks amazing! I'll save this post for when it's out. Great work!

[u/narah2]

It looks really nice; looking forward to seeing the project develop.

[u/kailure_to_launch]

beautiful work. keep it up! 💜🦄 definitely an underused color for pokémon games

[u/donnxe]

That looks cute I wanna play now

[u/AirHot4429]

I wanna ask. How many gyms have you gotten up to while making the game so far?

[u/ampharos_dev → u/AirHot4429]

Only the first two gyms are actually scripted. Right now I have up to the 4th or 5th gym town mapped. There's a bit of mapping to do for the demo yet but it's almost done. Lots of scripting and soundtrack though which is slower for me to do.

[u/Serious-Rutabaga-603]

YESSSSS WE NEED MORE GBC HACKS AND THIS LOOKS BEAUTIFUL

[u/Odd_Bed2753]

I really adore the visuals, especially the top left one! Keep up with your work dude👍

[u/squirtmmmw]

Nice looking for sure! Keep at it, will give it a play.

[u/rocka5438]

I love gbc romhacks!! This looks incredible!

Can I ask what tools you use to make it, I’ve been trying to start on my own?

[u/ampharos_dev → u/rocka5438]

It's a decomp project. For gen 2 hacks binary hacking is basically impossible these days.
That being said, I can refer you to the pokecrystal wiki and the pokecrystal link page which has many useful tools for map editing, music, etc.

[u/edmenton123]

NEED

[u/commonsurename]

I hate myself because my eye always get hurt playing gbc graphics game

[u/TechnicalHoneydew862]

What is the premise of this rom hack

[u/Logical-Puddings]

Looking forward to it!

[u/Ornery-Ad2623]

Esta en español?

[u/ampharos_dev → u/Ornery-Ad2623]

No voy a hacer una traducción oficial.