Concept/Story/Direction - MaMe
Maps - Monkeyboy, Salrei's Hope
Scripts - Drayano, Stralern
Sprites - MaMe
Various - Firesai

[Gameplay Features]
• Following Pokémon (being an HGSS hack)
• Story-Driven (more details later)
• An engaging cast of Characters (more details later)
• Open World (more details later)
• A whole new narrative approach to mapping (more details later)
• HMs are removed (only Surf and Fly are still in)
• Boss Battles (trainers) - Lots of them. Blue, Red/Green(depending on your gender), Ash and even Rocket Executives.
• Wild Bosses (pokemon) - Some places may hide a stronger Pokémon you have to battle. Like an ominous Pinsir that's making all of the Pikachu in Viridian Forest flee in fear...
• Gym challenges will require you to strategize, and not only brute force and leveling:
- Defeating a weather-based team
- Stalling conditions like Trickroom
- Some leaders will force you to use items like X-Defense.
• Game modes. Customize your "Gym Challenge":
- Classic Mode: As difficult as StormSiver, this mode is the closest to a classic Pokémon experience - with many Gyms/Elite4 being in Singles and some in Doubles.
- Realism Mode: This mode is as difficult as the one before, but will enable you to role-play a bit more like a Pokémon Trainer! How?
In the Realism Mode every "official" battle (Gyms and Leagues) will follow the rules of the IRL Pokémon World Championship (VGC)! Meaning that every official battle will be in Doubles.
All the other battles will play like you're used to in a regular Pokémon game, mainly in Single and only sometimes in Doubles.
This means that "Realism Mode" is exactly as difficult as "Classic Mode"... But building your team will be more challenging than's ever been in any Pokémon game.
(Not suited for the less experienced players).
• Ponyta Express - will allow you to fast travel through the open area of the Region (first half of Kanto)
• Secondary Quests - Every place is alive and will display different people with different needs and mindsets! (Keep track of SQ with a dedicated "Bulletin Board" in each town)

[A Story-Driven Kanto Remake]
We want Kanto to feel like a real place, where collecting badges is just the main character's 'job'. But the actual story/campaign will be focusing on the character's growth and story.
You all know how Red's journey goes, Badges - Rockets - Champion. Right?

But what if I tell you there's more to that?
What if I tell you that there's a reason Red's and Blue's parents are still unknown to us?
What if I tell you that Team Rocket already existed for 30 years before Red's journey?
And... what if I tell you that all of these questions can be answered with just two words?
Two words that the majority of the people don't even know, and the ones who know would gladly bring this secret to their grave - instead of being associated to what those two words mean.
"Project M2"

Embark on a journey, where so much is at stake that you'll feel like Gyms are only secondary quests - and Badges are just mere pieces of plastic.
A journey of discovery and loss. A journey about love and death.

[An Engaging Cast of Characters]
[Protagonists]
Character growth will play a huge role in this story.
Your protagonist will mature, make mistakes, repent, be stubborn, laugh and cry - and on many occasions you will even be more akin to the villain's point of view more than you would like to admit.
• Blue (the rival) 16 years old, from Pallet Town.
• Red (male protagonist) 16 years old, from Pallet Town.
• Green (female protagonist) 16 years old, from Saffron City.
Upon choosing the male character, "Green" will initially being addressed as Midori - a real Japanese name that means both Blue and Green (Kinda fitting).

Red and Green are not alter egos! Think before choosing one because the POV of the story will change drastically.	

A lot of well-known faces will show up during the game like Professor Oak, Ash, Looker and many more.
The villains will absolutely feel like Main Characters, as they'll play a major role in the story (as in every story-driven game).
You'll see even how it's like to be a Rocket member - constantly scheming to get a promotion or win the favor of their leader Giovanni.
[Main Villain]
My favorite character has to be Giovanni: the main villain of this game.
You start your journey without even knowing about his existence... But you will, soon enough.
And you'll learn to hate this villain with your guts. To fear his plans and the very presence of a man that cares only about money - and won't esitate a second to serve you as dinner for his Persian.
I aim for Giovanni to be unsettling to the players, every time he shows up I want you to go "Oh no..."
Just one single man, as intimidating as a whole army.


[An Open-World Kanto]
Yes. This game will be an open world game. Open world-ish, at least.

The first half of the region will be fully explorable from the very beginning, and the Gym Leaders can be challenged in no specific order: you decide.
Your Charmander got stomped by Brock? Why don't you start your Gym Challenge from Erika then?
Your first badge can very well be the Rainbow Badge. This because the Gym Leaders will use a different team, depending on how many badges you have collected up until that moment.

This means that you can roam freely - but beware! The wilderness really is dangerous!
You may reach a route where your Pokemon is simply too weak to protect you! This is why Kantonian people often use the "Ponyta Express".
It is a system of carriages that will let you fast-travel from town to town, since the very beginning!

In order to let the player explore this open side of the region on foot, we've edited the wild encounters in many areas.
Some got nerfed and some buffed. Therefore expect wild Pokémon around Celadon to be basically at the same level as those around Pewter!
So... how do you train before a hard battle? Do you have to grind through Lv10 Rattatas forever? Nope. Not at all :P

Just Enter a dungeon.
There'll be a lot of dungeons in this open area of Kanto, caves and forests. These places are dangerous, and a rookie should totally avoid this kind of places!
This will allow you both to explore more and to have solid training grounds, as you expect in a Pokémon game.

And lastly but not least... the Ponyta Express.
It's a system of carriages players will be able to use for fast-traveling among cities and various locations from the very beginning.

[A whole new Narrative-Approach to mapping]
We aim to let you see each place through the eyes of the inhabitants - the NPCs.
Some places will be very industrial, while others will be more oriented to farming. But, what's like living in there?

Secondary Quests are here for that.
The players will be able to feel how alive a place is from playing through it - not through text alone.
For instance, you might encounter farmers complaining about wild Pokémon ruining their harvest - and they'll hire you to keep creatures away!

This will be complemented by visual support - each map won't just be a bunch of houses, but will tell a story by merely looking at it!

The following map is a proof of concept, to showcase you a bit of the lore-aware geography we are using to pat the region - this paragraph will be deleted and replaced by actual in-game images in the future.
This is Pallet Town, as you can read in the Spoilers down below I focused on building a more believable place, taking a bit of inspiration from the Japanese countryside.

"Oh, no, it's not really a town. Just a couple of houses far into the countryside.
You'll find it walking south from here - right after the rice fields on Route One.
It's quite a walk tho.
I suggest you take a carriage from here, it'll stop you at a post right at the entrance of the "town"
- Hm? Yes, yes you're right, Ponytas carriages are the only way to travel fast in this area of Kanto"

---Professor Samuel Oak

Example: One of the early quests is to defeat a pack of Spearow disturbing the farmer's rice field on Route One.
Even if this is very simple, and of course secondary, little details like this will take the player into the everyday-life of these otherwise soulless sprites.