Post news Report RSS Release Notes - 8/2/2013

Good news and bad news with this update! Let's start with the latter.

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If you have the launcher, simply open it to download the update. Otherwise, you can download the launcher here!
Mac users can also get the current update here!

Multiplayer Temporarily Disabled

  • I wanted to make sure that this update was released on time, but there was a bug with multiplayer that was more or less game breaking, so I've temporarily disabled it.
  • It will be back in the future, and most likely in a patch prior to the next scheduled update, but you'll have to bear the next few days or weeks in single player as we tidy things up.

New Models

  • Charmander has been given a visual upgrade and entirely new animations/effects.
  • New rocks & stone platforms have been created to better fit the game's art direction.
  • Terrains have been varied up slightly, and will be done even more so in the future.
  • Pikachu has been cleaned up even further to better represent his anime counterpart.

Move Changes

  • Withdraw has been redesigned to now parry physical attacks and block ranged attacks. It can now be used more instinctively with a more focused purpose.
  • Leech Seed has been given a lower stamina cost, but now drains less times to keep it balanced. The goal here was to make it more spammable instead of only having to hit it once to win a fight.
  • Sand Attack & Smokescreen have been given slowing effects, Quick Attack will halt any movement impairing effect on your Pokemon.
  • Ember now slightly takes distance into account and has more effects to show you its pathing.

Gameplay Changes

  • All Pokemon can now jump, and moves will affect your jump differently.
  • Swimming and targeting while swimming has been made easier.
  • The AI has been drastically improved, to be both smarter and more fun in terms of its fighting style.

New Map

  • You can now enter Oak's Lab through his fancy new doors.
  • It's an unfinished map, but the plan is to make the bare structure of all maps first, and then add the interior/exterior additive objects afterwards.
  • This is a good example of how traversing between said maps will work.

That's about it for this update. Really sorry we had to cut multiplayer temporarily, but hopefully Single Player will keep you guys entertained enough. Behind the scenes, there's actually quite a lot that's been done, but I'll wait to debut those in future updates.

As always, it's a safe precaution to reset your save files once you start a new update.

Enjoy!

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Guest
Guest

does anyone else having trouble being able to catch pokemon? it seems like my pokeball button is busted or something?

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Darthlex
Darthlex

Backspace is (god knows why) the default button for catching.

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Scott_Is_Awesome
Scott_Is_Awesome

you have to press backspace to do it as the GUI thing currently doesn't work :)

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EnFTony
EnFTony

this is pretty cool, can't wait to see weedle and vulpix and growlithe in the game and there evole forms :D good job guys!

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xMrTickle
xMrTickle

Bug - When i catch a Pokemon! It still says i got none

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gamercool
gamercool

i have same bug i catch pokemon and it does not show up on my pokemon list.one more thing when i go to thing where you heal your pokemons i can t move and i need to wait a long time to get mi pokeball back actualy i never get pokeball back

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Pokemon_Master_Aaron
Pokemon_Master_Aaron

you need to reset your game

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MartinPal
MartinPal

reset it

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Daikal
Daikal

You may also have to send your Pikachu out when you start or it won't work

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Guest
Guest

its 5 am and the update came out this is awesome

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Guest
Guest

it wont let me open it on my mac i get it then i extract it it says pokegen i click it and then the icon just starts bouncing forever

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babydelilah
babydelilah

Don't extract it like you normally would, instead when you download Mac Build also download stuffit expander for mac, open this app and when it says what app do you wish to expand click Mac build (and move it to a folder where you will find it) then you wait until it's done and it should work :)
Worked for me!

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grandmasta70
grandmasta70

theres a bug i jumped with squirtle in to the water and when i began to swim with him my squirtle was flying and he kept flying higher and higher an couldnt get him back (srry if my english is bad)

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xarosgg
xarosgg

Found a way to get to the second floor of professor oak's laboratory ...just stay down of the hole and repeatedly jump....

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Pokemon_Master_Aaron
Pokemon_Master_Aaron

i noticed that you can open your bag is there a secret item we can get or no?

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ultimateloss
ultimateloss

getting hit by smoke screen drains too much stamina and when fighting charmander sometimes I would get burned when there is no ember on the ground

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ultimateloss
ultimateloss

sorry for multiple posts

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KidArk
KidArk

You sure you're not inflicted by the burn status effect? Like in pokemon when you inflict burn, that's present in this game aswell.

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ultimateloss
ultimateloss

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Guest
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Good point

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RedKorss
RedKorss

Just wondering. Whereabouts do you think you'll add more pokemons? 3-5 updates or 10-15 updates?

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Daref
Daref

To my bouts I've had with the new update I liked, great for work. The new rocks great and water platforms are pretty good though Pidgey can not jump in the water and therefore does not rise to such platforms. In the lab story ... when it appeared that I imagined could happen was something inside, otherwise great.

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MiguelLázaro
MiguelLázaro

Tha's is really cool, when I saw them moving, I was like "OMG, This is AWESOME!", nice job, but I noticed something... when we are in the lab with my pokemon out, the sound is really annoying... because you can hear you steps and your pokemon as well... but really awesome....

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IRevolver
IRevolver

I Want to travel to Kanto!

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RedKorss
RedKorss

Technically you are in Kanto, you are just stuck behind Prof. Oak's lab and are now gaining access to its interior.

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jamman88
jamman88

LOVE the new AI

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RedKorss
RedKorss

Yeah me too, I was a bit startled when I saw that Pikachu was walking towards me. But then I saw that all the other pokemon was walking around as well.

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Cim91
Cim91

eu não consegui capturar nenhum dos pokemon, não entendi como pegar a pokeball para capturar o pokemon clico nela e nada acontece. algum auxilo para mim??

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RedKorss
RedKorss

No PC você pressiona de volta o espaço para entrar no modo pokeball, pressione novamente para deixá-lo. Se você usa o MAC, então eu não tenho idéia.
Não pode estar errado aqui, como eu estou usando o Google Translate.

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Cim91
Cim91

agora sim, obrigado amigo!

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Arnoutt
Arnoutt

Thank you for once again a great update. Been a fan from the get-go and will be supporting this game.

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Cim91
Cim91

quando sair atualizacao aparece no meu email?

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Guest
Guest

how do you a catch a pokemon

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EnFTony
EnFTony

press backspace to go into catch mode

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Guest
Guest

You could change the view to first person when we want to throw the pokeball.
This would make much easier to aim the pokemons :P

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Guest
Guest

I'm new at this game, so how can i catch other Pokemons?, and another thing is that i don't know how to see my Pikachu stats, how can i do that?

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RedKorss
RedKorss

Backspace is used to enter pokeball mode, as of now you can not look up stats as there is no leveling system.

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OriginalSpectorius
OriginalSpectorius

i'm the same you replied here, i can't catch pokemons by clicking backspace, the character jumps and nothing else

P.S: nevermind, i'm not from USA so i confuse some words XP

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RedKorss
RedKorss

I'm from Norway I just learned that the button was called backspace. With that said I am now wondering what it is actually called in Norwegian.

Nevermind actually just called that. What is it called in your language?

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OriginalSpectorius
OriginalSpectorius

i speak Spanish, that button means "Borrar" wich means "Delete" in English, and "Delete" button it's "Suprimir" in Spanish wich means "Supress"

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RedKorss
RedKorss

That would be confusing.

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