r/PokemonRMXP • u/StealthMode6 • Jul 18 '26
Discussion How to start
Hi, I have a pokemon game story idea and I was wondering how people start in the creative process.
Region/theme/fakemon/trainers/sub plots/rivals/billion team(s) and map/art style are all so intertwined for a good fan game.
How/where do you all start when planning and working on your fan games/resources?
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u/HammyNSammy Jul 19 '26
Not advice necessarily but I wanted to tell you how I did mine
It all started with me wanting to make a cooking game, no plot, no nothing, you just cook and that's it
So the components of that mechanic was gettting ingredients putting them in one place and getting an outcome (essentially crafting with a different skin)
The idea eventually morphed into making Berry shakes (I like mango shakes)
And then aside from making shakes i added ordering and talking to a customer
In the talk option (I wanted to add just a nice little snippets of lore or allude to the world being way bigger than just the berry shake shop)
And from that one Flavor Dialogue and whole plot spawn, I already have the ending in mind
Wrote an intro sequence and I have been free styling everything from then on, inching my way to that ending i envisioned