PS: The First Journey & Red's Journey West

[AenaonDusky]

 

 

Welcome to The First Journey and its second part, Red's Journey West!:
 

 

A swan song to the older generations who started with the originals, and a novel, thrilling, emotional story for the newer generations!!
 

 

Experience "Generation 0" where it all began - witness Professor Oak's first journey across the Kanto Region - and after you are done, follow Red's Journey to Johto, 40 years later, in search of a very important person!
Two adventures in one! Instead of a traditional postgame, you'll get to experience a new story, throughout a challenging Johto, in the shoes of the (second) strongest Trainer in the world! Follow Red's Journey to redemption after a devastating and humiliating loss to Ethan (Gold). Witness his transformation through loneliness to maturity, as he traverses Johto together with a cast of familiar characters.

 

 

It is the year 1957. Samuel Oak, a 20 year-old prodigy, has just returned back to his home country after spending three years in the world’s best university. With him, he brings science, technology, and the true spirit of trainerhood. On a mission to establish the first ever League in the East, Oak will have to adjust to local battling traditions, overcome bureaucratic hurdles, and introduce local uneducated Tamers to the proper way of doing things.

 

 

STORY:
 

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1957 Kanto is a place under heavy development. The concept of a “trainer” is relatively new – with most people who are on the creature business calling each other “Tamers”. They battle for money, they have the right to take another Tamer’s Pokemon upon winning, and they generally cause a great deal of pain to the locals.


Once Kantonians learned how to craft capsules (Pokeballs) out of Apricorns, a “creature craze” swept through the country. The rush of making easy money, putting responsibilities aside, and experiencing unprecedented freedom and strength captivated the youth. The frequent complains from seniors went unheard, students started dropping out of school, and gangs quickly formed.


In this chaotic environment, you are tasked with bringing to Kanto (and the entirety of the "Pokemon" nation)... not a ruleset, not a new way of battling, but an entire infrastructure that will eventually end up being responsible for the shaping of modern trainer conventions as we know them. Will you be able to bring law and order to the land, or will the wild environment of Kanto get you?

 

FEATURES:
 

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- Inspired by the beta versions of Red and Green, (Trainers using whips, economy based around Pokemon, early lore or concepts that got scrapped, pokemon being closer to natural organisms than wee-wee-mythological multibeings from multiverses)


- Remastered Kanto that is visually closer to how it looked back in gen 1 (hey, no nostalgia pandering here, don’t go down the genwunner route, kthxbye). For instance, Route 1 has fields on either side, not trees as in Gen 3. Kanto is much more rural, as represented in older artwork.


- Manmade items are practically non-existent, you need to make Pokeballs from Apricorns (unreal time system means you can get a ball converted relatively fast), find berries or roots, and generally be economically-minded. You can buy Pokemon but you can’t sell them.


- Establish the first Gyms and the first League, by taking down Tamer groups whose activities can sometimes be... reprehensible


- The only evolution method known is “level up” evolution. At least to those who DO know that Pokemon can even evolve in the first place…


- Many Pokemon that are known to be rare today, are ubiquitous in this era. Well, not THAT ubiquitous, but much easier to find.


- Access your “Storage Boxes” from the menu. Well, computers don't exist yet, at least in Kanto, and there is no restriction forcing teleportation upon your ...balls… if you have more than six of them. So you can simply stuff those extra mons inside your bag.


- Organize your resources carefully. Berries aside, they are limited, and losing a battle means losing a lot of money. Healing services are both rare and expensive.


- A modified HGSS soundtrack, with a couple of OG tracks in the mix, that aims to replicate the OG feeling of Kanto music in an authentic way. What would the soundtrack have sounded like back then, if it wasn’t restricted by GB’s audio hardware?


- Discover the background of various characters, from Koga to Bertha, and witness the transformation of a ragtag, loose group of Tamers into Gym Leaders.


- A heartwarming story that explains Oak’s background and his role in every future trainer’s journey

CHARACTERS:

 

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The four childhood friends:



Samuel

A 20 year-old prodigy whose intellectual prowess earned him the title of the youngest professor on earth. Returning from Unova, and now on a mission, he ventures out to open a laboratory and earn an official position in the University of Celadon. A bit grumpy and certainly not very warm. His childhood friends, who greet him upon returning, are eager to bring his heart back home.



Agatha

Agatha is a very sensitive woman whose aim is to become a nurse. Despite getting every single attempt to make Sam open up to her, shut down, she keeps going. A very giving person who borders on naivety. Always looks at the bright side of life.



John

Sam’s best (and perhaps only real) friend. He grew up with Sam’s father, whom he absolutely adored. Physically gifted, he always protected Sam from trouble, trouble that frankly, was caused in part by Sam’s social incompetency. Or perhaps, (and as counterweight to his fascination with objects) by his absolute indifference to people. John is very competitive and has an unwavering spirit. He secretly admires Sam for his intelligence, despite all his grandiose declarations that physical strength is all that matters.




Athena

Athena is a bit of a tomboy with a strong sense of adventure, and buttloads of energy. Sometimes “sense of adventure” becomes “total recklessness” and she ends up in trouble. John rescuing her all the time (yes, there’s a trend here with John) eventually got to her and she fell for him. She is the only person who can calm him down after a bad day.

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The four childhood friends, will eventually meet again. And it’s up to Sam to decide whether fun and work can coexist, and whether those four will get to relive their childhood bliss during an adventure that will hopefully make up for the three years Sam had been away (and for Sam's obsession with studying that led to total neglect of his personal life).

 

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In Red’s Journey West, you will be faced with harder (than usual) fights. If you are competent in competitive, they will be a walk in the park - otherwise, since they were designed to teach non-competitive players how to adapt to the scene, you will come out with greater confidence in your skills, as a result. So don't fret, and approach your choices with a tactical mind!

Find out the truth about Red's missing brother, and the events that transpired between Red's loss and his arrival in the West, in this emotional journey about the process of coming of age, in a time when traditional family structures have started falling apart.

 

On a fateful day, on the very peak of Mt. Silver, Red was dealt a decisive blow - a newcomer from Johto, with 16 badges, swept his team with ease. To someone like Red, who had never lost a battle before, it felt like the world had ended. After running away with his tail between his legs, he stumbled upon an old friend, who gave him a letter mentioning a potentially important person to Red. With purpose anew, our protagonist finally descends Route 26, and travels to Johto in search of him.

 

 

FEATURES:

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- The game’s difficulty has been made with introducing non-competitive players to competitive tactics, in mind!

- Beta Johto content restored! Caves, routes, and a Town!

- Starters given dual typing (yeah, cliche, I know) almost all competitively “insignificant” mons buffed

- A quick-paced adventure that respects your time! Useful additions to overcome grinding

- Beta mons that got cut, in the form of corresponding later gen mons

- Secret mons for those who care about them

- more than 100 animated portraits!

- remastered and original tracks (stadium 1 and 2, colosseum, HGSS)

- L O R E

 

CHARACTERS:

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Once known as the strongest Trainer in the world, Red has been silent for the majority of his life, and most people have taken that for granted - perhaps he is just "le strong silent type", or he's been maintaining that attitude in defense against a world where battling is everyone’s only real job. Despite not showing his face to his friends and family, it looks like the latter are still looking (out) for him. Will he be able to overcome his loss and find the person he's been looking for?

 

 

A self-proclaimed "travelling merchant", with an obvious tendency for kleptomania, and a sassy and snobby attitude, this girl is wandering Johto with an unknown purpose. She "happens" to run into the gang every now and then, and let's all hope she doesn't get to join.

 

 

The Gym Leader of Viridian, Green seems to have matured a bit after the close-call loss to Red in the Pokemon League, three years prior.  His... smelling proclivity hasn't kept him away from trouble - although one could say it's exactly the fact of sniffing out things that's helped him find Red.

 

 

Green's older sister, and the caretaker of both Red and Green whenever Red's mom was away, she's the cheerful, wise, and strong mentor figure that Red and Green had missed growing up. She is unstoppable during a shopping-spree, and while she loves irony, she's quite tactful when she's around people. Unless that's Red or her brother, whose diapers she's helped change many a times - and that still makes them lil' babies in her view.

 

 

 

SCREENSHOTS:

 

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DOWNLOAD:

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Version 6, including Red's Journey West 
Version 9.6

 

Those of you who have completed The First Journey on its older (pre v4.0) release, you might not be able to trigger the second part of the game.
In that case, please use this savefile 

 

Save File for Legacy Players who can't activate the postgame

 

Community Mods:
 

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- "Unraveled Paths" by PJ Link to external thread - Compatible with all future versions of TFJ

CREDITS:

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if I forgot someone PLEASE let me know immediately!

~CREDITS~

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:

Nintendo and Gamefreak

Pokemon Essentials by:

    Maruno
    Poccil
    Flameguru

With contributions from:

    AvatarMonkeyKirby
    Marin
    Boushy
    MiDas Mike
    Brother1440
    Near Fantastica
    FL.
    PinkMan
    Genzai Kawakami
    Popper
    help-14
    Rataime
    IceGod64
    SoundSpawn
    Jacob O. Wobbrock
    the__end
    KitsuneKouta
    Venom12
    Lisa Anthony
    Wachunga
    Luka S.J.

and everyone else who helped out

~ Testing Team ~

Sandy

Ray2064

Manul

Earthescape

DemICE

Chris

SaitoHikari

~ Assistance ~

Ray - Graphics Insertion, Cry insertion

AcrylicBoredom - Cry insertion

RockyRock - Grahpics Insertion

~ Ideas ~

CocoaButterKisses

RockyRock

ArtilleryOctillery

~ Johto Dungeon Maps, Route 49, Pal Park ~

Earthescape

~ Bughunting, Feedback, Ideas ~

Skyter97

Dogboy2709

MikeCakes

Demice

Specific

Yrgulian

DilawZ08

Jingle

Alilatias

Reshad

Misfit0216

Canneon

Anty

DJ Sha'Do Umbreon

Paravoina

Ceamlyn

MMMM13

Cpt. Arroth

HeroVoltsy

Lanturn Joe

Miri33

Mariyannu

Earthescape

Erun

Coolbhupi

Chronos

FL

~ Original FRLG maps ~

JohtoBlaziken

~ Scripts ~

Hollow Ego - Simulated/Scripted Battle

Wonsul - Storage Access from Menu

Kurotsune, Amethyst - Text Skip

FL - Unreal Time System

Luka S.J., Tenshi of War - Animated Battlers

LostSoulsDev / carmaniac, PurpleZaffre, and Golisopod User - Location Signposts

Mr. Gela, with help from Golisopod User - Namebox and Portraits

Klein Studio, Marin , edited by TrankerGolD - Fast Forward

Derxwna Kapsyla - Bicycle and surf theme permanence

GB -> Essentials, by rigbycwts, imported by Not Important to v18 

Marin -> Easy Questing Interface

NuriYuri -> Fmod Audio Looping

Other snippet related:
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Vendily

Nikdie (shadow Pokemon type quadruple damage removal)

Uber Dunsparce

Eventing Tricks:
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averyindahouse - Storing party

Gen 8 PBS
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UberDunsparce

Legends PBS
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~ Graphics ~
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Portrait Bases
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nephae
_64smashmaster3ds and Chocogrotto, 2000s Alola Blue (Green)

Tilesets:
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SirMalo's HGSS Rips for RMXP

La Pampa - Epic Adventures >

Tileset from Pokemon Epic Adventures (La Pampa)
[url]https://pokemonworkshop.com/forum/index.php?topic=409[/url] 
made available as a resource in the french dev kit and fangame community. 

Associated Crediting:
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Alistair
Alucus
Bakura155
Bati'
Blue Beedrill
BoOmxBiG
Chimcharsfireworkd
CNickC/CNC
CrimsonTakai
Cuddlesthefatcat
Dewitty
EpicDay
Fused
Gigatom
Heavy-Metal-Lover
Hek-el-grande
Kage-No-Sensei
Kizemaru_Kurunosuke
Kymotonian/Kyledove
LaPampa
LotusKing
New-titeuf
Novus
Pokemon_Diamond
PrinceLegendario
Reck
Red-Gyrados
REMY35
Saurav
SL249
Spaceemotion
Speedialga
Stefpoke
sylver1984
ThatsSoWitty
TheEnglishKiwi
Thegreatblaid
ThePokemonChronicles
TwentyOne
UltimoSpriter
Warpras
WesleyFG
Yoh
Youri (Yuri / Nagato Yuki)
07harris/Paranoid
19dante91
27alexmad27
~~~

Akizakura16 - Interior Tileset

Kyledove - Some overworld tiles

SailorVicious - Some overworld tiles

Aveon Trainer's interiors

Heartlessdragoon (RSE Tile Rip)

RBRNNova -  Tent tiles
 
hek-el-grande, light-pa, zerudez, phyromatical - Lava/volcanic tiles

Flurmimon - A few cave tiles

PeekyChew - Traditional Japanese Tiles

Mikenaria -HGSS Interiors

Rayquaza Dot - Some overworld tiles

ChaoticCherryCake - Truck from Public Tiles

Phyromatical - Shipwreck tiles

SailorVicious - Old Style Shipwreck

Autotiles:
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HGSS Autotiles for RMXP - Ripped by DeepBlue PacificWaves, WolfPP and SirMalo

Sprites:
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Greninja and Mr. Rime

N-Kin
aXl
G.E.Z., TheAetherPlayer

ezerart
ursaluna by zerudez
Sirfitched Base

Conyjams

shadow lugia base by shadowgate31

sirfitched base by KingOFTheXRoads

noscium - drampa

All other next gen mons:
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Falgaia,
Azria (zerudez)
KingOFTheXRoads

Trainers:
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Solo993 and  tebited15

joetestrikesback

DSTAR99 - Grown Red

Charsets:
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Gen 4 OW Sprites by:

Neo-Spriteman

VanillaSunshine

PurpleZaffre & Maicerochico

AtomicReactor

Mighty Jetters -PMD Lapras Sprite Rip

DiegoWT - Gen 5 Chars Gen 4 Style

sonicshadowsilver

lapokefanatica

UI:
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aki - free summary screens

zygoat - Platinum Style Battle UI

Fogs:
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Zuhn - cherry blossom leaves gif
 

Battle Backgrounds:
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FinalArt

iametrine

carchagui

princessphoenix

Phoenix of Light92 - XY battle background rip

Other (VS sprite)
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iTheRealPikachuV2

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~ Audio ~
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Music:
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Modified HGSS Kanto and Johto, Stadium 1 & 2, XD Gale of Darkness OST - by AenaonDusky

HGSS Midis ripped by Exabyte U

Mt. Moon Midi: Nayuki Midi Rip from RBY, modified

Surf Track Base Midi: unnamed, from khinsider.com, modified

All music edited in FL STUDIO, using FLEX, VSCO2 and Orion Vsti (all free)

"RPG Maker XP" by:
Enterbrain

Pokémon is owned by:
The Pokémon Company
Nintendo
Affiliated with Game Freak

Questions and Miscellanous Information:

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GAMEPLAY LENGTH: 6-8 hours, Oak's part, 6-9 hours Red's part

 

Q: Is this game for me?
A: If you like story-driven games with a bit of challenge here and there, then yes. The game is generally for everyone, but will probably be most enjoyed by older fans.

 

Q: Generation specifics?

A: Evolution: Levelup only for ALL mons no need for trading, stones etc. Gen6 mechanics, No Double Battles(well, mostly), evolutions of Kanto mons, later evos included, but baby mons not included until postgame. Psychic and Fighting types, as well as several Kanto-specific mons do not exist yet. Farfetchd is OP.

Q: Is this game complete?
A: Yes it is. Feedback greatly appreciated!

Q: What is Red's Journey West?
A: In traditional terms the "postgame" but it's an entire new game, a second part to The First Journey, playable after you finish Oak's part.

 

Feel free to use this version of Kanto in your game as long as you credit JohtoBlaziken and La Pampa (and their associated credit list), goes without saying.

 

 

 

 

[AenaonDusky]

Sorry for the bump, but a big update is here!
Introducing: Animated Portraits!
(credit to Mr. Gela and Golisopod User)

We hope you like this new addition! See screenshots and top of thread. V2.0 also brings balancing changes (credit to Specific) and a lot of tile fixes. Shoutout to Sandy for testing persistence as well.
As always your feedback is greatly appreciated, as is the case with reviews.
Thank you for your support!

[AenaonDusky]

A small update, 2.1, is out!

Changelog:

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1. Reduced encounter frequency on Seafoam Island, Diglett's Cave, and Route 23/late area.
2. Fixed some minor tree tiling errors
3. Removed a useless signpost.
4. Fixed a couple of typos
5. A lot of little improvements here and there thanks to player feedback, eg. making it clearer that you can buy mons early on etc.
6. What is this, a "unicode" font option that clearly isn't yet fully implemented? What could it possibly mean? ;)

 

[AenaonDusky]

Update 4.3
 

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- 13 new Quests “League/Personal Missions”
- New dungeons
- A revamped ending
- Text overhaul
- Better cutscene flow
- Better pacing
- Quality of life changes
- New music
- Speedup fixed
- Crashing bug fixed
- All gym leaders except for Sam’s friends are available for rematch
- A unique story event encounter
- Two optional areas north of Cerulean Cape
- All cutscenes are now proper cutscenes (no more black screens except for 2 short cases)
- New Graphics
- NPC reaction to certain events and changes
- New Tamer Leader OWs and Trainer sprites
- Optional secret Boss
- Level and Tamer teams rebalance
- Backtracking improved, various options to assist overworld movement implemented
- Random encounter disabler item added
- Bicycle speed increased
- Pidgeot Taxi available in Pallet too
- Unlimited pokeballs available after establishment of Silph
- More expressive NPC movement during cutscenes
- More healing spots and chances to heal
- Better respawn handling
- Added EXP ALL
- Date discrepancies fixed
- Unavailable mons like Nidoran now available

 

[Pacifist]

Just finished playing through this game. Really fun! A lot of pokemon got changed to be more viable, and puts a whole new twist on how pokemon exists lore-wise which was exciting to play through! My only gripe with the game overall was just the lack of healing items, making trips to pokecenters very common, but outside of that it is an amazing fangame!

[kitsune641]

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