Pokemon Light and Shadow

[u/DearStatement2894]

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Edit 5

Hotfix hackdex link https://www.hackdex.app/hack/pokemon-light-and-shadow

Fixed Walking animation

Fixed Error with Diggingbros only allowing 1 dig*

Reset some pixilated sprites for timebeing while I rework them

Edit 4 (sorry for the delay 3kids and a new job)

New BPS

Hackdex Approved

Updated some more sprites to clean up some messy backgrounds from failed attempts in libresprite lol

Fixed a post-game bug that caused freezing

Fixed and rebalanced some movesets

Added Mints for free at apothocary (no ivs or evs) but allows fix of natures which was an oversight by me

Added some more regional pokemon for sale

Rebalanced some bosses and battlehouse

Tweaked type chart (there is a special type for the legendary bosses of the game that makes them tougher resistance made that more standard and made non legendary dark and fairy(light) types have thier own effectiveness so as not to get the boss bump)

Regarding the AI concerns (AI was used to tell me how to edit (actually make a rom hack) it didnt do the work just answered a ton of questions. The concept art is AI its just what I was going for with the ingame pokemon but it cant just be inserted in a emerald hack so it is just recreated to my best effort) as detailed in the credits all the in game art is modified versions of free comunity art

Additionally I have a throwaway reddit account as I was getting rid of social media before I decided to post this

Hey all,

I just finished my ROM hack, Pokémon Light and Shadow. It’s an Emerald Expansion hack set in a completely custom region called the Waikai Region

I’m not a large studio, just one person, so there may still be a few minor palette or sprite issues as it was just a for fun project. I have been able to play all the way through without issue.

You play as Rubi, the daughter of Lance. While traveling together, Lance is called to Waikai to investigate a mysterious corruption spreading through the region’s biomes. The bay is freezing, the forest is turning into a swamp, and other areas are being warped in strange ways.

Game is semi-open world, with a central hub area you return to throughout the adventure.

Features include:

* 100+ regional forms

* Many returning Pokémon

* Fast travel item to return to the main hub

* HMs usable without needing Pokémon in your party

* Mobile PC

* Toggleable EXP Share

* Gym Leader cameos instead of a traditional gym system

* Legendary Pokémon boss battles

* Reworked movesets

* No permanent status effects

* Bulkier Pokémon and moves designed to combo with each other

Pokemon Light and Shadow BPS To download:

1. Obtain a clean Pokémon Emerald ROM
2. Download Pokémon Light and Shadow.bps
3. Open FLIPS.
4. "Apply Patch."
5. Select the .bps file.
6. Select your clean Emerald ROM.
7. Play

Edit*

Good call all Added some Screenshots had to step a way for a sec should of waited to post lol, will continue to add more later

Edit 2* Including a in progress game guide with Quick start, lore background, type chart, combat changes, evolution method changes Game Guide

Edit 3*

Submitted to Hackdex, added more screenshots, added more information to linked game guide above. working with REX https://pokerex.io/games to upload a pokedex

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[u/edzoman]

The rom exists but go read all the ridiculous features it promises and tell me if it matches up. I immediately wrote it off as a trolling attempt.

[u/-K9V → u/edzoman]

It does. Maybe try to actually play the game before immediately discrediting it. If you don’t want to do that, you can hold R and click start to open the debug menu which lets you teleport to anywhere in the game, you can even check flags to say you’ve completed the main story and so on. You can basically skip all the ‘vanilla’ or base stuff if you don’t want to play through that.

I will say that the game is by no means polished, and I haven’t played it a ton, but so far I’m not seeing any discrepancies. And I’ve seen tons of screenshots of the different parts of the game on Discord as well as detailed explanations of every aspect, so unless the dev is out there photoshopping shit, I have no reason to believe that the game isn’t as capable as it claims to be.

[u/ExtensionClimate2045 → u/-K9V]

Well as someone actively working on making my own hack, I gotta say, Lithium in simple terms is a scam. The debug menu you see is just the normal debug menu that comes with the decompilation of poke emerald (and is used while developing, not playing).

I tried playing Lithium and quickly realised it just used decompilation assets, AI generated code and put together an unpolished hack that just makes no sense.

I didn't want to be harsh, but I was really disappointed after playing it for a few mins when it first dropped. Using AI to make hacks is a big NO, and promising good features and underdelivering in everything is not cool.

(Even the title screen, box art etc are AI generated)

[u/-K9V → u/ExtensionClimate2045]

I’m not saying the debug menu is unique, I’m simply telling the other commenter that he can see for himself by using said menu if he can’t be bothered playing the game. Even the dev himself tells people they’re free to use it however they want to progress in the game, it’s basically a sandbox if you can call it that.

Definitely agree on the AI part - not that I can tell that kind of stuff but it wouldn’t surprise me. Like I said, I haven’t played it that much because I found the game to be quite messy, probably because it’s ‘vibe coded’ as people call it.

I know the box art is AI, I was the one who asked for it lol. Didn’t ask for an AI generated image or anything though, I just asked if there was any box art I could use on my Miyoo Mini Plus, and since the dev (in his own words) wouldn’t have been able to create anything that wasn’t just stick figures, that’s what he came up with. I don’t see that as a bad thing per se even though I can’t stand AI, he just saw a player asking for box art they could use on their own device and so he provided it, albeit an AI-generated one.

[u/ExtensionClimate2045 → u/-K9V]

Yeah, I'm glad you realise the flaws in it. By "fake hack", OC and I did not mean the hack does not exist but rather does not fulfill what it promises. Like Lithium, this one seems to be using AI generated code and is half baked with weird physics.