Developer ideas

[Guest]

Have any game ideas you don't mind sharing or don't [yet] have the means to actualize yourself? Talk about 'em here to inspire plagiarism fellow developers!

 

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• Demakes of Gen 6/Gen 7 and future games
  • Remasters of earlier generations in newer styles and mechanics
• Post-Apocalyptic/dystopian-setting Pokemon games enter pokemon reborn
• Start fcking calling a Pokemon's gender its sex in a game that literally involves selective breeding -_-
  • Body dysmorphic-evolved Pokemon? 

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• actual Banks serving the same purpose as the PC's mother in HGSS
• Travelling NPC merchants (with prices subject to inflation lmao) like the travelling doctors/nurses in 5th Gen or travellers in PKMN Conquest
• Scientifically-accurate pokedex
  • actually finally addressing pokemon reproduction
  • Taxonomical pokemon classification
• Multiple. Fucking. Save. Files.
• Finally make proper jumping a thing
• Going back to limited inventory (item) space*
  • Item Storage (like Kangaskhan Bank in PKMNMD)
• Ditch HMS, make them forgettable and unnecessary for story completion*
• Health stats for the PC, affected by the environment*
• Craftable items
• Open world/non-linear world setting
• Illusory walls/hidden areas
• Decision-based story progression
  • NPC Social/Relationship system
• Permadeath*
• Full day/night seasonal map cycles
• Skip text/cutscene option
• Proper sidequests
  • Timed sidequests/story events
• Cryptic lore/rich story
  • Environmental storytelling
• Bring back cutting tall grass in the overworld
• Make pokemon following the PC a non-compulsory but optional mechanic
• Advanced (competitive meta) opponent AI*
  • AI can use healing items to the same frequency as the player / if the AI can't use healing items, nor can the player
• Make Set/Switch battles compulsory
• Bring back toggle running
• Bring back Horde, SOS, Triple & Rotation battles
• Autosave
• Rebattleable NPC trainers[/bosses] for grinding (but not through line of sight, so you're not stopped by NPCs with every step you take -.-)
• Bring back "ghosts" from Gen 1 Pokemon Tower 
• Non-static generic battle backgrounds
• "Fly" travelling across the overworld, as opposed to just quick travel
• 6+ pokemon battles 
• Show battle turn numbers; record of stat drops/buffs; basically Showdown & keep Gen 7 battle system

I think I just spoiled my game oops

 

Non-pokemon related:

• Surgeon Simulator/I Am Bread-type cooking or baking game
• Avatar The Last Airbender bullet hell game (reminiscent of Binding of Isaac/Enter the Gungeon)
  • play as [unlockable] all characters [/character skins?] in the avatar universe
• Survival action/adventure RPG as a human cell

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[Wolfox]

a Pokémon game where you are a Coördinator ibnstead of a regular trainer

[Zargerth]

Leniency in the order you can/have to beat Gyms etc: not necessarily in any order you want, but for example Grass would always be first, but then you could choose either Fire or Water as 2nd, whereas the other one is 3rd and so on and so forth.

[ShadeStrider]

I tried to bring Pokemon to a futuristic Final Fantasy-esque setting. And have my characters based on characters from Final Fantasy and Metal Gear.

 

 

The project was scrapped because I couldn't write for crap. 

[Starry Knight]

Seasonal pokemon forms, plant like pokemon in general would probably go under different seasonal changes like deerling does, I'd love to see someone take that and fully implement that into game

Pokemon Contest like Hoenn anime

Gyms like in the Orange Islands

2p exploration I'd love to go around with my friends and do double battles like having Cheryl in Eterna forest with you permanently

[Fabularis]

Something I was thinking about was making legendary raid-esque boss fights, you fight against a legendary with highly increased HP and empowered moves with 3 of your pokemon out at a time, trying to chip away at it while carefully managing your own team. Of course, certain moves like Perish Song would have no effect, and status effects would automatically be healed every few turns, so you need to keep reapplying them.

 

Also, field moves from Pokemon Ranger, they allow you to access hidden areas/shortcuts provided you have a pokemon with a suitable move in your team.

 

Finally, if a level cap is implemented, allow you to store excess experience so it isn't wasted.

[Starry Knight]

Shadow Pokemon brought back/used