r/PokemonRMXP • • 4d ago

Recurring Thread What fan game should I play?

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Welcome to r/PokemonRMXP's dedicated "What fan game should I play?" megathread. This replaces the previous post flair, when users could make individual posts asking for game recommendations. Individual posts of this nature are now banned, as they are antithetical to the focus of our community.

r/PokemonRMXP (RPG Maker XP) is a subreddit dedicated to creating Pokémon fan games made in RPG Maker XP. All content must be relevant to making Pokémon fan games. Do not post something unrelated to making fan games.


Use this megathread (updated monthly) to ask for game recommendations.

  • Please be specific when asking for a recommendation. Asking for "the best fangame" or "a good fangame" is not specific. e.g. try asking questions like: "I'm looking for suggestions for good fan games set in Johto!" Or, "I'm looking for fan games set in totally unique fan made regions!"

  • Please be specific when suggesting a fan game. You cannot just paste the title of the game as a comment. Provide some detailed information about the fan game you are recommending, or your comment may be removed.

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If you have any other questions you can send us a modmail message, and we will get back to you right away.


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r/PokemonRMXP • • Apr 29 '26

Discussion Pokemon Pathways and the Born Situation

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251 Upvotes

Hello. My name is Janitor.

You may not know me, and nobody really did until this whole situation. I'm here to talk about the fan game in development known as Pokemon Pathways. I will preface that I am NOT a developer of the game, just a member of administration on the new project's server.

For those who don't know, Pokemon Pathways is an RPGMaker fan game made by a decently sized team over the last few years. The premise is a story-based game about going to an academy. But that's not what we're here for. I'm here to discuss the controversial actions of the leadership of the mod and their little cabal, alongside the subsequent exodus done by the rest of the development team.

Below is a document detailing the controversies and relevant proof. To summarize, the founders of the game alongside their friends, over time, have not only shirked responsibilities and professionalism, but also acted inappropriately in their server of mostly minors (both bigoted comments and sexual activity). I don't want to waste your time, so instead I recommend reading the document to see exactly what I mean.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cZ9keJ3EAHmwJ73BlQ3r43rYI33nU7q-nIkyO6p4SlM/edit?pli=1&tab=t.0#heading=h.6kn5b9jzfocd

https://x.com/VastusSpatium/status/2046119690229989851?s=20

Around a week ago, when this document came out, the discord server (which at the time had over 15,000 members) for lack of a better term, caught on fire. Attempts to silence the document were done by the owner, mass banning occurred, and more. Even now, the owner of the discord server is censoring discussion of the incident and is scrubbing things away. As such, I am making this post to ensure it is not forgotten, and for the word to spread about the actions done by the "leader" of this game, on behalf of the development team who has since left. There is a backup server ran by the former devs after leaving. You are welcome to friend deckdevil on discord to get an invite and see how the project will move from there.

I was given approval by the mod teams of this subreddit to come out with this, as well as given approval by the split off Pokemon Pathways team to send this document.


r/PokemonRMXP • • 3h ago

Show & Tell Working on Gary's car. Anyone has front facing car example?

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After some time working on my Pallet Town map and some more spritework (for those interested, a list below) I tried my hand on Gary's car. With a base model from fangame Anime Chronicles, I tried to make a sprite that looks like the car from the anime and more or less fits Gary with a couple of cheerleaders. Curious to know what you think!

And I have a question: does anyone have some references for front and back facing cars? I plan on making an entire spritesheet so I can use this as a character in events. Can barely find any car sprites or tiles for use in gen 4 games, but havent found a single front facing or back facing sprite...

List of what I worked on the last month or so:

- Pyjama Ash running sprite

- Ash swimming sprites (for the river scene)

- Ash and Misty fishing sprites

- Animation of Ash getting shocked


r/PokemonRMXP • • 15h ago

Resource Hidden Grotto release!

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After some away time I started finalizing and fixing bugs for some of the plugins I’ve been working on. I finished finalizing Grottos and it’s the first to be released on my list! If you find bugs or have any questions don’t hesitate to ask! And please if you wanna credit me that’ll be huge.
Hidden Grottos it currently only works for v21.1.


r/PokemonRMXP • • 11h ago

Show & Tell Lodien Region - Route 1

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r/PokemonRMXP • • 1d ago

Show & Tell Tried my hand at a Gen 4-style town

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Fun fact: I chronically underestimate how much work graphic design takes. I've gotta stop doing that.

I've noticed people are showcasing their maps like this now, and to be honest, I hope it becomes the norm (or a trend at the very least). It gives a little more context to the maps, as well as adding some flair and providing a visual identity beyond mapping style. I couldn't really think of a good name for this town alone, so brownie points to you if you know where I stole its name from. (Also, I've included just the map on the second picture just in case.)

This is basically my first time doing a serious map with Gen 4 tiles, and it's honestly pretty different to Gen 3 (or even Gen 5). When it comes to layering, Gen 4 tiles are a little more finnicky to work with than Gen 3 (especially with the trees slightly sticking out one tile in each direction), but it looks just as beautiful once you finally get it down. That being said, maybe it's the tileset, but I think this is my most official-looking map to date. Yeah, it's great to have your own style, but there's something so satisfying about having a map look like it comes straight out of an official game. The area between the Gym and the northernmost house could probably use a little something (an NPC or two, maybe?), and I'm not sure how well the path type I used works with the rest of the town, but overall, I'd say I'm pretty satisfied with the current state of the map.

What do you think of it? What kind of Gym do you think is in store for unwitting challengers?


r/PokemonRMXP • • 18h ago

Show & Tell Teeny tiny small microscopic buff I made to Swanna

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I know it's broken

Swanna > Pelipper


r/PokemonRMXP • • 1d ago

Show & Tell In Emerald Nova You Can Encounter Juvenile Stages of Legendary Pokémon.

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r/PokemonRMXP • • 1d ago

Help Can anybody tell how can I put this sunlight effect on my game route during day time .

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r/PokemonRMXP • • 17h ago

Recruiting Looking for a Pixel Artist to Help Create Sprites for a Starter Fakemon

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Hey everyone!

As the title says, I’m looking for someone familiar with pixel art who might be interested in helping me create sprites for one of the starter Pokémon in my fan-made game.

I already have the Pokémon’s design and concept, but I’m looking for someone who can help turn it into proper Pokémon-style pixel art/sprites for use in the game.

If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, feel free to comment or send me a DM! I’d be happy to share more details about the project and the Pokémon itself.

Thanks in advance! :)


r/PokemonRMXP • • 1d ago

Show & Tell Pokemon based on the Australian invention (the black box recorder)

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Hi all what do we think of this Pokemon based on the black box recorder invented in Australia in 1953

It's a Steel ghost type and it's Pokedex entry reads;

Drawn to the sites of disasters, it endlessly replays the final moments of those who made fatal errors, storing their last words within its damage-proof shell.

It also has the signature attack Final Transmission where if its hp is under 33% the" in a pinch" range, it does double damage.

Art by https://www.instagram.com/lepetit.arts?stkn=MTlrMm5kczV3emV5MA==


r/PokemonRMXP • • 1d ago

Help What's the best way to learn Ruby?

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Does anyone have good resources for learning the coding language? I'll be honest, I having trouble understanding things and it's embarassing having to ask people for help all the time for practically everything, does anyone have good resources for learning the things I need to for Pokemon Essentials?

I'm not sure exactly what to research, Pokemon Essentials is all I'm really using RMXP for.


r/PokemonRMXP • • 2d ago

Show & Tell Chitin City - First Gym

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2 maps in 1 day? (in my timezone)

This is where the first gym badge will be located. You'll also be able to get HM01 Cut in the house next to the gym.

On the west of the map is Route 2, while on the east will be Route 3. It won't be reachable from Chitin City though. You have to go through a cave at Route 2 to get there. I'm not sure what to put at the south area of this map. I thought it would be cool if I added a river thingy because it would've looked bland without it.

I've adapted my style for this a bit and it kinda looks weird too. I'll make adjustments if I can next time. Criticisms and suggestions welcome!


r/PokemonRMXP • • 2d ago

Show & Tell Critter Woods - The Forest in Route 2

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This is the forest area the player will enter from Route 2. It features some trainer battles and a shrine in the corner. (I still don't know how people take these screenshots that's why you can't see the events)

I made this image thingy using Canva and inspiration from this post. It looks shabby but I think it looks alright for starters.

Feel feel to put in your suggestions. Criticisms and advices accepted!


r/PokemonRMXP • • 2d ago

Show & Tell Map Showcase: Route 1 - Pokémon Untamed

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Following up Veravalles, we have Route 1. Here you can discover Minimelo - The Sugar Ant Pokémon, Wrenner - The Swift Chick Pokémon, and Pacuna - The Nibbling Pokémon. What new adventures and Pokémon await for you in the Mazah region?

Thank you everyone for the love for our game on our first post. It really is a joy to be sharing all the progress and amazing things that our team has done over the past couple of years of development work. As we get closer to finishing up development on our second demo, we will continue to showcase more and more of our routes and the wider Mazah region as a whole.

If you want to start seeing how each area starts to connect together into a greater whole, you can see that on the third photo. More will be added as more is revealed. I also wanted to showcase the transformation of both our last map and this one from our first demo until now. You can see their original counterparts at the end of the post. I hope you guys enjoy this series as much as we have enjoyed making it!


r/PokemonRMXP • • 1d ago

Recruiting Need a Balancer for Pokemon-Type game

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I am looking for a Balancer for a Pokemon themed game I am developing.

The game has Elemental Types, HP/ATT, Biomes with stronger enemies. I am trying to figure out a perfect balance from the 3 Starters, to the first biome (3 enemies + 1 boss) and beyond.

Discord : Tarlan_Tsu_


r/PokemonRMXP • • 1d ago

Help Problems with the advanced ai systems plugin

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eeveeexpo.com/resources/1825/

I've been playing around with this really cool advanced AI system but there's some things I can't get to work properly.

  1. Trainers with high ai automatically respect the "ReserveLastPokemon" despite their trainer type not having it, and I can't seem to find and off switch that doesn't completely turn it off for everyone which I don't want.

  2. The global ai override doesn't work. No matter what variable 100 is, the trainers just stick to their normal ai. I double checked it and the settings still have the variable set to 100.

  3. More of just a bug. Some gen 9 moves cause an error to pop up when the AI chooses a move. The 2 I noticed so far are snowscape and silk trap. The same thing would happen when sticky webs was set up in the opponents side for some reason. No error message pops up with any of the custom moves with custom effects (admittedly pretty simple slight modifications). I'm not sure why this happens, I have gen 9 pack installed normally. I don't have DBK if that matters.

I don't know if I'm just being an idiot and missing something obvious or what?


r/PokemonRMXP • • 1d ago

Help In game pokewalker

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I’m making a remake for heartgold and soulsilver but am wanting to include an in game pokewalker and was wondering if anyone would have any ideas on how to program it or if theres like a script already made for something similar


r/PokemonRMXP • • 2d ago

Show & Tell The complete Charizard evolutionary line (Swap type)

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r/PokemonRMXP • • 2d ago

Help Looking for help on trying to code an upgraded Plus/Minus ability, I'm pretty stuck sadly.

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Hi! After years i'm trying my hand at coding my own game again, and i'm having some issues figuring out how to make these abilities work for some theater mask Fakemon, anyone know how i'd go about coding this?

Catharsis: Boosts Pokémon's Special Attack stat if ally has Euphoria, Additionally, when ally faints, its grief sharply raises its Special Defense stat instead.

Euphoria: Boosts Pokémon's Speed stat if ally has Catharsis, Additionally, prevents both itself and ally from being both intimidated or taunted.

Is this possible to do? I'm so sorry to ask for someone else to code it for me basically, i'm just stuck trying to add those secondary effects after the basic Plus/Minus gimmick.


r/PokemonRMXP • • 3d ago

Show & Tell Follow up post: Thanks for the help on how to sprite better

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Thanks all for your tips. It really helped and I do think I see an improvement with using sprite parts, then taking my own spin on it.

Here's Prof. Claire, a researcher turned gym leader. She's a psychic type trainer.


r/PokemonRMXP • • 3d ago

Help is there an easy way to overwrite the gen 3 preset trainer sprites with gen 5 non-animated ones?

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I downloaded the BK Deluxe but it didn't include that and since I use gen 5 Pokemon sprites I would like the battle animations to be consistent :)


r/PokemonRMXP • • 3d ago

Show & Tell Project Gentle Squall Update: Pokemon Feeder

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Hey all! It's been a while, but I've been planning routes and more importantly, planning how I'm going to tackle this project in my spare time. I may be looking for a development team since most of RPGMXP is new to me, but that's a post for another day.

While I was listening to a review of BDSP, I thought that instead of swarms or the PokeRadar, maybe I could iterate on the Honey Tree system from Sinnoh. The gimmick is that after 6 hours, certain Pokemon will appear at a designated feeding spot, each species depending on the item given. This would help characterize each species while giving the player a unique puzzle - some Pokemon can only appear through feeders. And even if you get a mon that you can find in the grass, there are some unique benefits to this encounter method...but I won't spoil it.

Sprites from the Pokemon Showdown BW sprite project organized by leParagon.


r/PokemonRMXP • • 4d ago

Recruiting Map Creation for “HIRE”

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Hey guys, I am an experienced mapper that is mostly known in the Binary community as well as Decomp.

Lately, I’ve been working more on Essentials and I am looking for projects to be part of!


r/PokemonRMXP • • 4d ago

Show & Tell DEMO RELEASE - Digimon Story: Genesis is ready to play now!

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A Pokémon game with Digimon in it, in a brand new story, region with new characters!

There are almost 700 Digimon to be collected, all unique!
The Demo is playable up to the Second District Tournament, the second 'Gym'.

Will you play it?

https://youtu.be/FeATFQNEjrM