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Take your time. and thanks for the help, greatly appreciated. And actually, i already had a plan for how i want it to start. that idea sounds good too, But here's what i had in mind (keep in mind im still brainstorming ideas): Main character wakes up, if you remember the show ash wakes up to go get his first pokemon - but when you step outside your town is on fire and you don't know wtf is going on. You go to your rivals house to find him dying upstairs and you say you're going to get help. You go to Prof. Oaks and him and the remaining town are there with weapons and such fending off the onslaught of pokemon. nobody has any idea whats going on ( your family is dead, and your rivals family is dead.) You and a group go to get your rival to bring him to Oaks place to get help, and this is where you encounter your first battle outside. ( Goes through everything of course ). What do you think of that so far? just a rough outline. Edit: also as i said before im a little unexperienced when it comes to rpg xp. Like, i know concepts and studied tuts but i'm a more hands on learner not visual so i really have trouble putting what i see to work. I have no idea what im supposed to start with or Do to get my game rolling even though i have all these ideas and kits and sprites. Sigh, :( lol

Correct. I want the game to use the pokemon essentials graphic and stuff - its gonna look like a pokemon game until you enter a battle. Then it should be totally different. And pokemon should be NPC sprites. which is difficult. :c haven't had much luck finding the kind of pokemon sprites i'm in search of. Was curious if theres some way i can make them (atleast look decent) or something. Still curious about the other Q's above

Backstory Of me: Okay so im a noob and im sure you guys get people like me alot. I originally bought RPG XP a few years ago, just tinkered with it here and there and never really dug in and did something. Now, i've got a lot of free time and figured i should atleast make something that i can share with people instead of sitting doing nothing. -I know Ruby basics (Not an expert, still a beginner) but enough to understand a small level of terms. I'm going to explain my idea and then i'll list the following things i need help with right off the bat. If you have the answer to a question, it'd be great if you could provide a link to the information. Thanks in advance. I'm using the "Pokemon Essentials" kit. My main objective is this: To use the models and graphical design of the PE kit, but instead of having the pokemon battle system, i want to encorperate a different battle system to replace that entirely. ( probably a various RPG bs like atoa, etc.) My questions are this: Q: What do i take from Pokemon Essentials in order to have the above result? Next up, if you're famaliar with pokemon at all, you know in the later versions pokemon can " follow you around". here's an example video: In my game, let me try and help you vizualize it for you. Instead of having pokemon battle like how they usually do, which looks like this: ( skip to like 1:00 in) into something like this: (skip to like 1:00 in) In this system, i'd be encorperating a party that fights AGAINST pokemon instead of beside them. Also, in reference to the above video about the pokemon following you, my next Question is: Q: how do you make that sprite or script to have pokemon look like that on the map. In the PE kit there are no sprites that are able to follow you. Instead of following you, in my game they would obviously be NPC's and available party members. In battle of course they would look different, but i'm referring to out of battle like the video where they follow you. In my game, pokemon turn on the world and instead of having them at your side you are in a party (of humans and various other races) fending off hordes of pokemon. My last and final question might be a huge facepalm to you good scripters and such but... I really don't know how to start "making" this game. I have the ideas lined up on paper and in my head i just can't seem to figure out what i need to start with even though i've read tuts and such. I know i seem like im asking for alot but please, if you can be of any help that would be super. <3, Nw. ANY questions , please post below - pertaining to my story, or what im asking for etc. ANY answers, well, thanks in advance :)