Booted the game, played for about an hour, and already this game is fantastic. I love everything about it! I have but one request if you ever want to get around to it: Camn you put my boy Miraidon into the game? Or barring that, maybe tell me what all the sprites mean so I can do it myself? Some of the images in the sprite sheets seem like duplicates and I don't know what they do. (Also is there a hard limit on number of pokemon in game? Would I have to replace one of them to put my boy in?)
But anyway, love the game, keep up the good work!
Thank you very much! I'm glad you're enjoying it! I've seen your TCG hack (although I haven't played it), and it looks very impressive too!
Yes, there is a limit of 200 Pokémon in the game. This is why I had to make the decision to remove LC and NFE Pokémon in favor of fully evolved Pokémon. As for Miraidon, I'm sorry, but I will not be making any additions or adjustments to the roster. Additions are obviously not possible, and adjustments would be very complicated. I spent a very long time making sure the balance of the game was correct, from the types of the Pokémon to the moves they use, and if I start swapping Pokémon, that balance can quickly fall away. Obviously, there were some tough calls about which Pokémon made the cut, but in the end it was all about making sure the game was balanced.
With that said, I don't care what you do with the game once you download it. The game as I released it is the way I recommend playing it for the best experience. If you want to play it a different way, then be my guest! If you want to add Miraidon yourself, then go ahead! Adding Miraidon specifically is actually pretty simple because it so easily replaces Zekrom. They are both box legendaries, so there isn't a big power difference, they share a type combo, and they both have an Electric-type signature move, meaning it doesn't mess up the balance of the game. Obviously you can replace whatever Pokémon you want, but that is what I would recommend.
As for actually replacing Zekrom (or another Pokémon) with Miraidon, changing the name, stats, etc. would be pretty easy. However, you would need sprites for it (PMD sprites are acceptable) and I couldn't find any online with a quick search. We can't use the follow sprites that people make for the mainline games because they are not at the proper angle (we need the 45 degree angle sprites). In addition, we can't even use the box sprites for the menu sprites and for the front sprites as a placeholder (like I've had to do for a few Pokémon for which no sprites have been created yet) because they didn't use box sprites in Gen 9.
It is also worth noting that if you do change anything, it will all get "reverted" back whenever you update the game because obviously the update will have all the stuff for Zekrom (or whatever Pokémon you replace), not Miraidon. Just want to make sure you're aware of this possible inconvenience!
If you're okay with all this and can come up with some sprites somehow (or you don't care much about the sprites), then yeah, I'd be happy to tell you how they work and how to implement them into the game!
Thank you very much again for the kind words, and I hope you have fun! Let me know if you have any questions, feedback, or anything else! :]
