Cooking and crafting would be fun!  Just don't count on it being implemented right away.

Hey guys, I've been working on some sprites. To be on the map, they will probably have to be resized, but what do you think?

Hey josepharaoh99,

Thanks for working on these. I have two suggestions:

1) Make them 24x24 pixels, so they can be used as regular item sprites
2) Follow the same style with the items as you would with a tuxemon. For example, all our tuxemon have outlines, but these fruits don't.

Hey josepharaoh99,

I think you're on the right track, but there's a few more tweaks you can do.

Even our monster sprites usually have dark grey rather than black borders, and with items I think we can go even lighter.

You're also using quite strong colours, and a variety of colours to create a smoother effect. Our palette tends towards fewer, more pastel and milder colours. What I did was look at the Pokemon item sprites, find ones with similar colours to what I wanted, and then finding their closest matches in our palette.

I applied those two tricks (and then adjusted the shapes a little where the new colours/outline seemed to need it) to some of your sprites:

What do you think?

I had an idea for the fruit - what if they replaced Pokemon's Vitamins? So oranges might permanently boost DEF EVs, bananas HP EVs, etc. Alternatively, they could be temporary boosts, like the battle items.

Showing progress on the strawberry:

Found some more food in the CatchChallenger link Sanglorian gave:
https://github.com/alphaonex86/CatchCha … items/food



I don't know, maybe you can milk a Tuxemon?!!

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I was checking out the CatchChallenger game that was mentioned previously in the forum.  In that game there are plots of earth where it appears you can plant seeds.  What do you guys think about a similar feature where you can grow berries (or maybe even a few plant based tuxemon if we're feeling really adventurous)

I definitely think we should keep a dialogue going. Even if we don't fit it into this game, we'll be finished with this game some day and may want to expand the Tuxemon universe in a different direction.

So some things I'd be interested in talking about are:
1. What's the simplest application of this idea? and
2. What's the most robust application of this idea? and
3. What benefit would implementing this idea have?

So I think the simplest application is having plants already existing in the world, that when picked reset to their earliest stage, and that grow based on time passed/steps walked.

Then really robust would be a whole mini-farming sim, with tuxemon in paddocks etc.

In our draft plot, we have several times when the protagonist returns to places he/she has already been. So if he/she picked the plants on his/her first time through, they'd've grown back by the same he/she comes by again. That's a nice touch, I think, and gives the player a bit of a boost.

So I think even implementing this concept at its most simple could be very rewarding.

One thing ShadowApex mentioned as being a concern is that if there's a finite amount of money in the world (X number of trainers, you get a certain amount of money for defeating each one), a player might run out and find the game very difficult. The existence of these plants would help, because if all else failed you could leave your game running for X hours, then pick all the seeds, and sell them for some money. (There are a few other ways of fixing this as well, like allowing players to have re-matches with trainers they already fought).

Back again from a camping trip!!

Yes I thought of you josepharaoh99 when I saw those sprites!

Haha, that's funny.

I like the bushes in CaCh (Catch Challenger)! They look great, and we should probably use them for berries and related food.

I was checking out the CatchChallenger game that was mentioned previously in the forum.  In that game there are plots of earth where it appears you can plant seeds.  What do you guys think about a similar feature where you can grow berries (or maybe even a few plant based tuxemon if we're feeling really adventurous)

Yeah, I think you should be able to do that for sure.

I'm not so sure we should do a full out farm thingy, unless it's an optional mod to download.

One thing ShadowApex mentioned as being a concern is that if there's a finite amount of money in the world (X number of trainers, you get a certain amount of money for defeating each one), a player might run out and find the game very difficult. The existence of these plants would help, because if all else failed you could leave your game running for X hours, then pick all the seeds, and sell them for some money. (There are a few other ways of fixing this as well, like allowing players to have re-matches with trainers they already fought).

I've thought about this, also.   1. Rematches should be allowed in some cases.   2. Each town should have jobs for you to do to earn extra money.    3. Fulfilled goals should give extra money (and maybe even Tuxemon XP).

Giving the player a little extra side work is good overall, especially if it awards some bonus like cash or xp, to reduce the grind.  For map designers, we could incorporate elements of the map or story that change when you return to collect your growing plats/items/TXMN.

I totally agree, Leif.

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Lori, I like the idea of acquiring items first before being able to farm/plant things.  I also like the plant items could be used in place of "normal" consumables, but I think it would be odd to replace all consumables with plant versions.

Lori, I like the idea of acquiring items first before being able to farm/plant things.  I also like the plant items could be used in place of "normal" consumables, but I think it would be odd to replace all consumables with plant versions.

I too think, replacing everything is a bit much..

in real life, we have multiple things to cure something...

one way is: just wait. if its nothing bad, itll go away.
same with tuxemon: if your tuxemon has paralysis or is sleeping, you can also wait until it wakes up or the paralysis goes away

another way is: medicine
that stuff is strong. it will heal you pretty fast. the bad thing is: if you use a wrong dosis, you might get a different sickness
a possible way for tuxemon: antidote will cure poison instantly. but if you use antidote on a healthy tuxemon, that one will get sick.
also: if your tuxemon gets poisoned during a battle multiple times, and you keep curing the poison with the medicine, your tuxemon might get paralyzed, or the medicine doesnt work as good as before (chance reduced to cure poison)

a third way is: "natural" medicine
that stuff isnt very strong, it will heal you slowly. the good thing is, its not removing the problem. it makes your body stronger, so that you can deal with the problem yourself. long term, you will get a healthier person and the chance to get sick in the future lowers.
a possible way for tuxemon could be: if you use a antidote berry, your tuxemon might not get cured (40% chance for cure as an example) but if it works, your tuxemon will get sligtly resistent to poison. so during that battle, if you cure yourself with a berry, the chance to get poisoned is strongly reduced.
also the berry might heal your tuxemon a slightly little bit.

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if we do this, we have multiple ways to deal with status problems, as in real life.
if you need something strong, instantly (your tuxemon doesnt have much health, the poison will knock it out soon), you use a antidote flask
if you know that you will use your tuxemon for a longer time, and you know that your oponent might use poison as an example soon again, you use a berry. might work, might now, but IF it does, your tuxemon will definitely feel better long-term

thoughts on that? ^^