Pokémon Blooming Beast v0.3.2
A downloadable fan game for Windows
One year ago, your gym leader title was revoked and you were forced into an early retirement. But when a new opportunity brings you to the Hallio region, you'll find yourself enveloped in a region-spanning conspiracy.
Just like in any mainline game, you'll catch Pokemon and battle gym leaders, but you'll also ask questions, team up with characters, and investigate the history of the region to figure out Hallio's biggest secret: Who is the Beast?
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Pokémon Blooming Beast is a plot-focused fan game that still offers the traditional Pokémon experience. It includes:
- A fully-fledged conversation system with dynamic dialogue that reacts as you learn more
- An original region to explore, with new fakemon and regional variants
- Gen 9 + DLC content
- A difficulty curve geared towards experienced fans without being Kaizo levels of punishing
- Over 400 expressive talksprites
- A diverse regional dex
- Modified pseudo-legendary starters (yes, including Togepi!)
- New regional variants and Pokémon
- HMs usable from the PC, and other quality of life features
- Witty and charming writing alongside an engaging plotline
- And more!
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Woah, what's this "conversation system" in the bullet points above?
I'm so glad you asked, theoretical person! As you meet new characters, you'll have the option to ask them about themselves, the history of the region, their opinion on other characters, and more! As you learn more, either through these interactions or by progressing through the game, the options you can ask each character will expand. Exploring these options will make characters more likely to sponsor you in your goal of becoming a gym leader, while also offering clues to piece together a dark secret that preys upon the Hallio region.
Okay that's cool, but what if I just want to play it like a normal Pokémon game?
That's fine, too! These conversation options are just that: options. You can still get a complete experience without them.
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The full game is still in development, and we are open to feedback! The current version goes up to the 6th gym and has an estimated playtime of 10 hours, excluding optional content. Included in the game is a link to a playtester survey. This survey is optional, but recommended. It is the best way to support the game.
This is the second of four chapters planned for the game:
Chapter 1: Hallio Lowlands (released)
Chapter 2: Coreop Canyon (released)
Chapter 3: Hallio Highlands Part 1 (released)
Chapter 4: Hallio Highlands Part 2 (in development)
The game includes all of chapters 1-3, which flow seamlessly into each other.
For frequent progress reports on these upcoming updates, please consider joining our Discord server.
If you're looking for a wiki, use this spreadsheet. If your question is not answered there, try asking on the Discord.
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Pokémon Blooming Beast was developed using Pokémon Essentials v20.1, created by Maruno and Peter O.
Player and gym leader sprites by Irwiza.
Pokémon sprites by:
Gen 1-5 sprites from the official Pokémon games.
Gen 6-8 front sprites by the Smogon community. Gen 9 front sprites by King-of-the-X-roads. Gen 6+ back sprites by the Gen 4-style Gen 5 and beyond back sprite resource.
Hallian form sprites by KRLW890.
Music from the official games, DrakeSycamore, Mixeli, AdAstra, Jag 00, MasteredRealm and KRLW890.
Move animations by the Gen 8 move animation project.
Pokémon Essentials v20.1 Hotfixes by Marin.
Speed-up plugin by Marin and PhantomBass.
Essentials Deluxe and Enhanced UI by Lucidious89.
Bag Screen With Interactable Party by DiegoWT.
Gen 9 Resource Pack by Caruban.
Pokémon belongs to Nintendo, Game Freak, and the Pokémon Company. No copyright infringement intended.
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Install instructions
Your save file will always be compatible with future versions. The save file is stored in a constant location outside the game folder, so new versions will always be able to find it without needing to move any files.
If you like the game, please remember to leave a good rating here :)
Development log
- Pokémon Blooming Beast v0.3.2 patchJul 11, 2024
- Pokémon Blooming Beast v0.3.1 patchJul 07, 2024
- Pokémon Blooming Beast Chapter 3Jun 15, 2024
- Chapter 3 trailer and release dateMay 08, 2024
- v0.2.5 patch - This is not Part 3May 07, 2024
- Pokémon Blooming Beast Part 3 updateDec 06, 2023
- Pokémon Blooming Beast v0.2.4 patchMay 25, 2023
- Pokémon Blooming Beast v0.2.3 patchMay 22, 2023
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Does Strakel evolve?
Yes. If you want to discover it yourself, the evolution method is something you should be able to stumble into without needing to know it in advance.
Let me know if you want to know exactly what the method is (or you can find it yourself on this spreadsheet if you don't mind having the evo design spoiled).
where can you find thunderbolt
when is the Chapter 4 trailer coming out
The Thunderbolt TM isn't available in chapter 3.
Chapter 4 is still very early in development, and a trailer won't be coming until it's very close to release.
how do you get Sylveon and Espeon and umbreon...
in this one
Sylveon is level up with high friendship while knowing a fairy move.
Espeon and Umbreon are level up with high friendship without a fairy move at day or nighttime, respectively.
when is chapter 4 estimated to come out and what can i do in the meantime(any sidequests or anything)?
I have no idea when chapter 4 will be ready, my current estimate is 8-12 months, given how busy I'm expecting to get soon.
I do have plans for a v0.3.3 patch which will add a lot of replayability and a bonus sidequest before chapter 4, hopefully that'll be ready within only a month or two.
In the meantime, there is still a good bit of post-gym 6 content available, including a handful of dive spots, Hallio's Crown, the battle facility in Mirable City, and a lot of optional dialogue you can get by going back to old gym leaders. You can also try joining our Discord to discuss how everything fits together with the other members there. There's been some good discussion already, and it's always good to see new takes.
Thank you!
KRLW are there mega stones
No, the game excludes battle gimmicks like megas and z-moves.
Is this game available for Android yet? I don't own a PC, but it looks super fun. 😭
You can try playing it through JoiPlay on Android. There are a few issues you might run into, but if you're having trouble with it, our Discord's got a Joiplay Support channel with some users that have gotten the game running.
loving the game do far, just a couple things
1. can dipplin evolve into hydrapple?
2. at Coreop city, in the storage place where you get the itemfinder, theres a item in/under a box, but your character keepsa saying its a empty box, am i doing something wrong?
1) Yes, the Dragon Cheer TM to evolve into Hydrapple is available immediately after gym 5.
2) That's a bug where you can get locked out of the item, I only noticed it a few days ago. It's just a Super Repel, so you're not missing out on anything important, but it is something I'll be addressing in the next patch.
thank you for that
just one more, evoling feebas?
Level it up while holding Prism Scale.
All evolutions that are usually "trade with item" are instead "level with item" in this game. A few other of the more obscure evolution methods were also changed, which are recorded on this spreadsheet.
what about triple triad
The Triple Triad minigame is unused here. At least for now, though I don't have any plans atm to put in a future update.
is there a Safari zone
No.
Hello I've been doing a "mono fairy playthrough" of this game and honestly you put a lot of time and effort to this game and it's honestly cool to see, hope this game is completed because from what I have played so far, its been a blast!
This is probably the best pokemon fan game I've had seen in a while, Great Job! I also hope it will not get nuked like Uranium...
P.S.(Just a few questions)
Where & When can I find Gastly/Haunter. and how can I evolve it into Gengar?
And, what are the moves to cut saplings and destroy rocks? (I do have Rock smash but it doesn't work.)
Gastly can be found in the inner rooms of West Coreop Mine, especially at night. It requires Rock Smash to get to. Haunter evolves at level 38 in this game.
You need the first badge to use Rock Smash outside of battle, and the fifth badge for Cut.
Glad to hear you're enjoying the game so far :)
does it have
Charmander and Torchic
Both, yes! Though they're both only available about 4 gyms in.
Is chapter 3 stil coming out today
Yes, I'm just doing some final playtesting to make sure there are no major bugs. It's a bit more down to the wire than I was hoping, but it'll be ready within the next 10 hours.
Though I guess if you're not in a american time zone, 10 hours might be tomorrow, so sorry about that.
Yeah im from south africa but dont worry as long as we get the update im not botthered
Is there a new update coming in the near future
Had to delay it a bit but I've finally settled on an actual release date, rather than just an estimation. Chapter 3 is coming June 8.
There's a new trailer for chapter 3 in the main post, if you haven't seen it yet.
Just watched the Trailer cant wait for the new update so exited
I read that nothing is shinylocked and shinies are 1/4096. Will there be ways to method hunt besides Masuda?
Maybe. There is an NPC ingame who trades you a foreign Ditto for Masuda Method, so that hunting method is possible.
Shiny Charm is technically in the game, but requires 213 Pokemon in the dex (the max at this point in the game), including stuff like Hydeigon. Part 3 will similarly have the Charm available for the max number of available Pokemon, but will be much easier to get since the player should naturally be in the mid-60s by the end of Part 3 and better grinding areas are available.
I've been toying around with a new shiny hunting method that would be unique to Blooming Beast, but that would probably be introduced in Part 4.
Sick! Just a tip, do NOT make odds insanely high without some huge drawback, like Herba Mystica being rare but useful. Perhaps you could use something like an item that can be used every hour to get an extra roll for some amount of time.
Hey my friend and I have been loving this game so far but we haven't been able to figure out how to access the 'boxes'.
You can access them anytime from your party menu by pressing D. The traditional way of accessing the PC in the Pokemon Center also works.
I want to ask do shiny pokemon spawn naturally in the current game or is it only the one for now
Shiny Pokemon are in the game and have the standard full odds of 1/4096. Nothing is shiny locked, and the starters will appear shiny on the selection screen like in HGSS if you want to go for those. Masuda Method also works; there's an NPC who trades you a foreign Ditto.
Thank you for the reply. I also want to ask if you maybe can tell us if there is an estimated time for when the next update will be out.
Right now I'm aiming for late December, but that might be a bit too optimistic. I post updates and sneak peeks regularly on our Discord server, if you'd be interested in joining: https://discord.gg/2FUqPaSvfs
Thank you i will join the server now.
I have been planting a lot of berries since I started, but none of them seem to sprout. Will they ever sprout?
The berries came built-in with the kit I'm using to make the game, but I haven't tested the berry growing system to make sure it's working properly. I'll be sure to look into that.
Thank you for telling me about the berry.
I've had the game downloaded for more than a day now, and have played for almost 12 in game hours, and no berries have sprouted, though I have been watering them. To be extra sure, I also messed around with my computer's internal clock. Moving it forward six hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, a week, a month. The day night cycle shifted with my computer's internal clock, but berries never grew.
So I think they just won't?
Hello. Having so much fun with this game so far, it's amazing how much polish there is. So much ease of use too, even though it's harder than most pokemon games I've played.
I wanted to report a bug though. Aerial Ace from the second Gym Trainer's Sneazel. And Aqua Jet from Clauncher. Both times, they used that attack over and over again endlessly until my active pokemon fainted. I am not 100% sure, since I wasn't able to screenshot it at the time, but I think it happened after I tried to use confusion with my furret. Both times it happened, it was definitely when I was using Furret.
Will definitely be following this going forward!
So they attacked repeatedly on the same turn and then stopped once your Furret fainted? Did you give it a Rocky Helmet? I've had issues with contact-related effects before, If not, please let me know your Furret's full moveset.
Thanks for reporting this issue. I'm glad you're enjoying the game otherwise :)
It was not wearing a rocky helmet. It might have been holding onto that berry that inflicts damage to the enemy when the holder is damaged? The one that starts with a J. But that berry didn't activate while I was playing.
Yes, they used one move, and then they used it again, infinitely, until my Furret fainted. It happened on multiple different occasions during a turn I went to use confusion. But it also happened with other moves at least once.
Oh yeah, that berry in particular is bugged. It's a shame because I added it as a joke since it's such an obscure item, only to find out it wasn't coded properly. That'll be fixed in the next update, whenever that comes out.
I see the note of Gen 9 content... Can someone please tell me if Charcadet is available?
It's not, sorry. There's a bunch of other Gen 9 Pokemon available, though.
Thank you very much. Disappointing but understandable
For any seeing this now: Charcadet has since been added.
im loving the game. best fangame i have played to date, i love the MCs dialog and reactions, makes me actualy want to talk to everyone and learn the storys. and the pokemon locations make sence, there aint to many or to few in one area. im realy looking forward to more updates.
looks cool
Thanks for all the hard work its great
Where is the new thing？
I had to delay it by a couple days, sorry. It'll be up tomorrow.
It's here!
l find a bug ，when I use the potion, I will exit the game.
and，using the revive also has a bug
Yeah, found that bug not long after uploading this. I want to do a full, comprehensive playtest to make sure no other bugs got through, but I should have a patch ready within the next 24 hours. Sorry about that!
A question: Will my data from Pokémon Blooming Beast v0.1.2 be saved onto future versions(I just don't want to lose my 6+ hours of grinding on a test version)?
(Please give me updates, I added you on discord, user is malon#3330)
Yes, progress will be automatically carried over between versions.
I'm not sure if I'm patching the playtest correctly, so can I ask what ROM to use when patching?
It's not a ROM, it's an executable. No emulator required. Just run the Game.exe file.
It was developed using Pokémon Essentials, which is a recreation of Pokémon's core mechanics in RPG Maker. No ROMs involved.
Ohhh, thanks!
Good introduction for a playtest and the region has an interesting set-up with the various sections.