Popular Post Michael_ Posted March 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2020 A game by @Michael_ and @Ekat Pokémon Ashen Frost, formerly Pokémon Present, revolves around Sylvester, a kind, albeit surly, officer-turned-detective in Riverview City. Sylvester works alongside his not-quite-canine unit, Swinub, to solve minor cases. Tracking down missing cheques and ice sculpture vandals doesn't come without risks, however; the frigid metropolis is home to ordinary people and criminals alike. To uncover the truth, Sylvester steps on the toes of some of the city's most important figureheads... as well as the mafia's. A Story-Focused Detective Game A story-driven game currently consisting of 20 cases, involving searching for clues, presenting evidence and solving mysteries. A fully-fledged case system, complete with its own UI and features. The option to have dialogue with information important to the case highlighted. A continuously expanding city to explore, complete with tons of side content Over 200 quests to find and complete Battles, Battles, Battles Pokémon from Gen 1-9 available. Significantly improved AI, thanks to @DemICE. Choose between three difficulty modes to set the tone for your adventure. The option of a soft or hard level cap. Dynamic usage of Mid-Battle dialogue to set the tone… And to throw the occasional curveball in battle! An optimization area to allow any party member to become battle-ready in no time! An overworld encounter system, with areas involving wild grass being very far and few between. A unique Battle Tower area, with an effect similar to the Battle Arcade and Battle Factory. WindowsMacOSLinuxJoiplay The current version is v1.2.2, however the above release is v1.2.0. Please ensure that you run the updater if you are playing on the Windows, Mac, or Linux build. If you are playing on Joiplay, please download and apply the associated two patch files below. Apply patch.rga first, followed by tilesets.rga. Patch Tilesets Master Documentation Sheet Walkthrough Link A full set of the available guides can be found in the game's Walkthrough and Guides folder. Q: How far along is Ashen Frost? A: Pretty far! We anticipate that the finale of the game will be Case 24. We also intend to have a postgame to wrap up loose ends. Q: How long is Ashen Frost? A: On average, we see playtimes of anywhere between 40 to 60 hours! Q: How do I play? A: See the guides. Q: What are the controls? A: See the guides. Progress can be followed in a number of places. Some notable options include joining our Discord Server and following our Twitter. If you've read through this far, thanks for checking out the game! Hopefully you'll hear back from us soon with the next release! Cheers! A full list of credits can be found in the Master Documentation Sheet. If we've missed anyone or information is inaccurate, please let us know so we can amend it. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProjectIceman Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 I am intrigued 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_ Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 We're still working hard to arrive at our release! For those who are waiting, here's an assortment of screenshots that we've posted in the discord: Spoiler 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wafflez13 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Is this like pokemon present or is this different??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_ Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Wafflez13 said: Is this like pokemon present or is this different??? This game is Pokemon Present. If you read the top post, it says the game is a rebranding of Pokemon Present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayaman Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Those screenshots look so good i cant wait. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley_Cloud Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 It looks really good! And the plot of the game sounds pretty interesting too :3 I'll be waiting for the release 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wafflez13 Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 On 4/6/2020 at 8:00 PM, Michael_ said: This game is Pokemon Present. If you read the top post, it says the game is a rebranding of Pokemon Present. Oh... my du** **s didn't see that... sorry... I'm really looking forward to it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CryoSparks Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 Got to play the game (Demo III) and I was up till the second case till a bug prevented me from moving from a single tile. But fwiw I was a fan. I found the overworld, the music, and the atmosphere very fun and unique for its time (though it was pretty overwhelming to explore the first time around) and I kinda forgot this game was in my comp. Now here I am searching for a new version and I was scared af as I couldn't see the Present anymore in the threads. Thank god it's still here. Excited for the re-release :)) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_ Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 Soon Spoiler 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_ Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 So uh, dev update time since it's been a few weeks. As of yesterday, Case 11 is now complete! Only two or so more to go before the re-release. We've also taken the liberty to add custom shinies to the game, knowing that's a thing that people like - so uh, here's some of my favourites: Spoiler I've also been continuing to mess around with Pokémon teams and such. I've considered adding difficulty modes so if anyone sees this and that's something they wouldn't mind, feel free to let me know. Also unrelated to dev progress itself but I've recently had some art commissioned of some of the characters in AF. I like how they turned out and I'll link each piece back to their respective pages as well. If you like the work, consider checking the artists out. Please note this contains spoiler characters up to Case 8: Spoiler Just a reminder that we have a discord server. If you'd like to stay more up to date on information as opposed to sporadic dev posts like this, I'd recommend you check it out. But that's all from me, until next time! Cheers! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_ Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 Quality update time! Much like Reborn, I have also taken the liberty of porting AF to MKXP. It took ages and made me want to die on multiple occasions but behold! Better framerates! Yeah, it's not a big update but oh well. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_ Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 Finally got around to updating the op with some appropriate images! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_ Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 So uh, I've been quite dead on the forums when it comes to game updating. But for those who don't know, the game has been in playtesting for several weeks now - we're aiming for a early-mid September release. But seeing as I haven't posted anything in ages, here's a teaser of what's to come: Spoiler Also join the Discord for quicker updates and potential early access - link up top It won't be long now! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_ Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 After 9 months of work, Ashen Frost is finally out! Linked above! Enjoy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CryoSparks Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 The wait is over! Excited to try this again! Thank you so much Michael_! :)) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilyawaka Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 I just finished Deso, but still have another 6 days of mandatory quarantine, so I was wondering what i was gonna do looks like i found it :3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverAngelus Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Time to play this again! I like the new name of the game :3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_ Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 Updated the game to 1.2.4. Fixes a few issues found today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CryoSparks Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Came back to say I'm on Case 2 and wow the game has really polished up! The music (and subtle reference) and the overall setting is still great! Just a random note in the pokemon center by Spoiler Syl's office where you can get random mons for money, the mid tier will sometimes crash at random. Idk what causes this tho, otherwise everything's smooth so far. I'm playing the latest version btw :)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_ Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 5 hours ago, CryoSparks said: Came back to say I'm on Case 2 and wow the game has really polished up! The music (and subtle reference) and the overall setting is still great! Just a random note in the pokemon center by Reveal hidden contents Syl's office where you can get random mons for money, the mid tier will sometimes crash at random. Idk what causes this tho, otherwise everything's smooth so far. I'm playing the latest version btw :)) Ah, I know what's causing that - I'll have that fixed as soon as I can! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_ Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share Posted September 30, 2020 The game has been updated to 1.2.5! This fixes some major crashing issues as well as a slew of typos and other small errors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Display name Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Dragon darts only hits once. Also A gangster that talks about golbats crashes the game he's in the dark portion of the ship ss. suoerina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_ Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 Game Version is now 1.3! Fixes a lot of bugs and typos found over the last few days, including some game breaking ones, Download up above! ^ For those experiencing the crashing bug in Case 8, you may need to leave the room and re-enter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_ Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share Posted October 3, 2020 The game is now on 1.4, fixing more bugs found over the last few days - hopefully updates slow down as people begin to finish the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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