Have fun with this part! Coming up with new ideas is the most exciting part of game making. Also bounce some ideas off your friends and listen to what they have to say. Keep track of all your ideas somewhere - in a notebook or a word document. You may be tempted to follow the classic formula of 8 gyms + evil team, but consider more possibilities: What about a more story-driven game? Or a survival based game? Or a game where you play as a Pokémon? It helps to envision what kind of game YOU would most want to play.

Don’t be afraid to think outside the box, either. Think of what you’ve always wanted to see in a Pokémon game. So, without further ado, here is what you should do:ġ. This post will be a tutorial to getting started on making your first fangame - but it will include advice that will hopefully be useful to veteran game developers, too.

It’s important to understand the scale of a project before you dive head-first into a super ambitious game project, or else you risk being overwhelmed and having to cancel it because you didn’t realize how much work it was going to be.įortunately, I’m here to guide you. You might think it’s easy to make a Pokémon game, but like any game project, it takes lots of time, careful planning, and dedication before you’ll reach a product that’s at all finalized. (Screenshots from Pokémon Ethereal Gates, an upcoming fangame to be released August 20th.)

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