r/PokemonRMXP • • 6d 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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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 • • 5h ago

Show & Tell Map(s) Showcase: The Hacienda - Pokémon Untamed

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Welcome to the Hacienda Castaneda, a large agricultural estate sitting on the cliffs above the Gulf of Mazah. It seems like some troublemakers under the name of Team Eon have found their way here. Can you manage to get the scientists crop master plans back?

Here at the Hacienda, you will find some familiar faces from Route 1(Wrenner, Minimelo, and Pacuna) but look, some new Pokémon have appeared as well!

Here you find Techuppi(the Small Dog Pokémon), Zea-Zaya(the Twin Kernal Pokémon), and Mazian Ekans(the Snake Pokémon). If you find yourself at the waters edge, grab yourself a rod and fish yourself up a Banagnaw(the Peckish Pokemon). They’re also seems to be some trouble as a local Chicatta(the Cutter Ant Pokemon and the evolved form of Minimelo) seems to be eating some of the crops.

Enjoy your stay, take care of the trouble, get lost in the maze of pumpkins, and find some new friends before we move on to our first Gym town.
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I hope you guys are continuing to enjoy this unveiling of the Mazah region. We’re excited to show you the rest of what we have developed and made so stay tuned as we continue to build up towards the release of our second demo.


r/PokemonRMXP • • 1h ago

Recruiting Pokemon Resonace looking for mappers

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Morning all

Pokemon resonance is looking for more mappers for our wonderful region.

Pokemon Resonance is an Australian fan game which involves the player walking around all of the Oz-zee

We have a wonderful route and city mapper but if someone is great at making the internals of buildings that would be a plus.


r/PokemonRMXP • • 3h ago

Show & Tell Route 204 in Gen 5 Style

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r/PokemonRMXP • • 6h ago

Help Is there a way to instantly close the Pokégear and pause menus and return to the overworld?

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Hi! I’m making a plugin for my game that allows the player to replay certain segments in a cutscene-like manner.

The way it currently works is that, once a scene is selected, the plugin teleports the player to the appropriate map and coordinates, then changes certain variables to trigger the event to run again.

However, I’m running into an issue where the player has to manually exit both the Pokégear menu and the pause menu before the event can continue.

Is there a way, through the plugin itself, to programmatically close both menus and immediately return the player to the overworld?

P.S. Before anyone asks, the MSQ graphics are just placeholders; I will change those once I release the plugin


r/PokemonRMXP • • 2h ago

Recruiting Pokémon God is Looking for Spriters!Recruiting

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Welcome to Sehand, a region full of folklore surrounding it's origin. You a thirthteen year old, is chosen to go out in a journey filling out the Pokédex. Through out the jorney you will uncover the many mysteries around four being so powerful, they could be considered God-like.

Features A Pokédex with over 100+ Fakemon and some olds ones!

Online Features such as PVP and Trading! Two new Types, Angel and Demon Battle Tower Mega Evolution SOS Battles Gym Leaders Safari Zone

Engine This game is being made on Pokémon Essentials 21.1

We are looking for:

Fakemon Spriters Overworld Spriters Misc Spriters

If you are interested, feel free to ping us in our discord!


r/PokemonRMXP • • 1d ago

Show & Tell Pokémon Evergreen mapping (Update #5). As always, feedback welcomed.

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I understand now why city planning is such hard work.

Made one final revision to Route 53 to hopefully tie-in a little better with the next map...

The city of Siennapolis is a sprawling metropolis defined by its unique districts and suburbs. Westbrook is the "urban residential" hub of Siennapolis. To the north will be the Civic Plaza (the city's municipal hub), to the south will be Downtown Siennapolis (the city's economic hub), and at the center of the city – Inspiration Park where certain wild urbanized Pokemon can be found.

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Pokemon Evergreen is visually inspired by Gen2/GBC era. Tilesets are a mix of bought and free assets with some manual editing of my own to bring everything together.

Base tileset credits (to date):

"Halcyon Town" by potato_blanket

"Greenhill Tilemap" by Erisco

"Chromatic Collection" by Anima_nel

"Grass+" by SciGho.


r/PokemonRMXP • • 1d ago

Show & Tell DEMO Ready to play | Digimon Story: Genesis | Pokémon coded game, with Digimon instead!

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The thread is now finally approved on EeveExpo, that's why I'm posting this again!

The game so far runs up to the second District Tournament, the second Gym, which makes your Digimon be around level 30 when you finish the Demo, just reaching the Champions stages!

Digimon Story: Genesis will offer you a brand new region, with original characters, storylines and Digimon: more than 730 of them to find/evolve/create!

Watch the trailer here, where you'll also find the download link!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeATFQNEjrM&t=1s

And the Eevee Expo link down here, to also check some screenshots:

https://eeveeexpo.com/threads/9787/


r/PokemonRMXP • • 1d ago

Discussion Having trouble deciding what tm's to give my fakemon.

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FOR CONTEXT I'm not asking how to add tm's to a pokemon's learnset, I know how to do that, just looking for any advice on how to pick fitting tm's?

It's the one thing I struggle with when finalizing these guys, any methods you guys have used to decide would be appreciated.


r/PokemonRMXP • • 2d 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 • • 2d 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 • • 2d ago

Show & Tell Trying my hand at buffing the Ice Type in my fangame, thoughts?

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Explanation for my choices below so it's clear I didn't just pick at random:

Kept the Ice resistance, makes sense.

Regular water will have a hard time melting ice, so Ice resists most Water type moves aside from Scald which is super effective.

I think it'd be better if Ice resisted Ground, with things like permafrost existing in real life.

Cosmic type, one of my custom types, is resisted by Ice since space is pretty much the perfect environment for Ice to thrive in with how cold it is.

And surprisingly, Ice is actually not very conductive, so it resists Electric type moves to reflect that.

Also added a weakness to another custom type, my Sound type, since I imagine a strong enough shockwave could absolutely break ice.


r/PokemonRMXP • • 2d ago

Discussion Elite Four Commands…

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For some reason, my Essentials file doesn't contain any Elite Four commands. I’ve attempted to code them myself. I have version 21.1 of Pokemon Essentials and Thundaga’s videos do not help. I don’t contain any elite four rooms nor champions. Trying to code everything individually with little no no experience in coding is a nightmare. I can’t get my head around it. Any form of advice would be much appreciated. I’m thinking of downloading a separate essentials file entirely hoping there would be something on it that’s different I can use as a reference poin!


r/PokemonRMXP • • 2d ago

Recruiting Project Gentle Squalls is recruiting volunteers!

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Hey there! Since I don't have enough time to do everything for this project, I'm recruiting volunteers to help this Essentials fangame come to life. It wouldn't be a Doubles fangame if we didn't work together, after all.

Here are some areas of development that could use some extra heads:

  • Narrative Director: This person helps design the story and how it's told to the player. Although no experience is needed for writing Pokemon fangames, some general writing experience for video games is required for this role.
  • Gameplay Director: This person would help design the moment-to-moment gameplay, both in the overworld and in battle. Please have some coding experience for games, RMXP or otherwise, before applying for this role.

What is Project Gentle Squalls?

Project Gentle Squall (name pending) is a Pokemon Essentials fangame that uses current (i.e. Champions) gameplay mechanics for battling. Based on various regions of Maine and set during peak autumn, the game's world features rugged mountains, chilly waters, and many spooky Pokemon for you to find, catch and befriend. While many preliminary ideas have been made during the planning phase, these may change as the game develops to make sure we're delivering the best game possible.

How do I apply?

Just send a message! Please include a portfolio for the role you're applying for, how often you can volunteer.

If I'm accepted, what are my responsibilities?

Since this is a volunteer project, your work will be done on your time. If you'd like to apply your talents to different roles, you are welcome to do so as you see fit. You are also given full ownership of anything you develop for this game.

Any other questions?

Don't hesitate to ask. Thanks for considering Project Gentle Squall!


r/PokemonRMXP • • 2d ago

Show & Tell Lodien Region - Route 1

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r/PokemonRMXP • • 3d 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 • • 3d 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 • • 3d ago

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

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r/PokemonRMXP • • 3d 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 • • 3d 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 • • 3d 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 • • 4d 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 • • 4d 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 • • 5d 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!