Pokéwalker 0.2.0 — move learning & credit dialog
Your real-world steps become EXP for your Pokémon party — on iOS and Android.
New in 0.2.0
- Move learning. Level-up moves crossed while walking are no longer skipped: the credit runs the same flow as a rare candy — a free slot auto-learns with a "learned!" box, a full moveset opens the game's own "forget which move?" menu. Nothing is forgotten without asking.
- Credit dialog on app open. The walk report presents the moment your continued save lands in the overworld, as proper paged textboxes — each page waits for the A button (0.1.0's report could scroll past its first box).
- The credit waits for a quiet overworld moment; deferred steps simply retry at the next opportunity.
Which file do I need?
| File | Who it's for |
|---|---|
pokewalker-0.2.0.zip |
The mod — everyone needs this one. Launcher → MODS → Import mod .zip (or drop it into the app's folder / drag onto the window). Works on any build with the step bridge; dormant elsewhere. |
gen1recomp-android.apk |
Android: the full game with the step bridge. No mod fused — import pokewalker-0.2.0.zip after installing. (Mods ship separately on purpose: a mod baked into the app is read-only, so the mod manager can never delete or cleanly upgrade it.) |
iOS is build-it-yourself from source (the original project's convention): the pokewalker-bridges branch (import the mod zip after building), with walkthroughs in docs/ios-install.md / docs/android-install.md.
The APK contains no ROM or game data — the game rebuilds everything from your own verified cartridge dump.
Source & provenance
Buildable source for both platforms: pokewalker-bridges, forked from bryanthaboi/gen1recomp dev @ eef6d8a. The iOS bridge was merged into mainline via bryanthaboi/gen1recomp#452.
How it counts
- iOS: Apple Health (read-only Steps) — full step history since last sync, including Apple Watch.
- Android: the phone's hardware step counter — no Health/Fit app needed, counts while the game is closed. Android 10+ shows a Physical activity prompt on first enable. Steps between a reboot and the next sync aren't credited (the counter resets; the bridge re-anchors honestly).
Opt-in (SYNC STEPS defaults off), 10/20/50 steps-per-EXP, lead-mon or party split, EXP applied through the engine's own growth curves. modkit validate/lint clean; 19/19 suite checks; full ROM-free CI reproduction green; the zip is a reproducible modkit pack.