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I think the way you have implemented HM slaves is really good.
It might be better if HMs were instead items you could use so HM slaves wouldn't be needed at all, but that would require some coding (and you could carry more usable pokemon if that addition was in there).

Thanks for the feedback. I understand the concerns about an HM slave wasting a slot in the party, but I actually like that result.  My intent for nuzlocke mode is that it should be challenging and punishing.  The traditional nuzlocke challenge is heavily tied to luck. For maize, I want to exaggerate that aspect. If the player is unlucky enough to never run into a pokemon that can Fly, then they'll have to find a way to win while carrying around an HM slave.

I won't be implementing HMs as items.  I'm going to keep the original, familiar system in place.

Also, keep in mind that players can alway play nuzlocke in non-nuzlocke mode.

Sounds like a very cool idea. I always used HM slaves when I played Pokémon.

The HM Slave idea is genius, as is everything else here!

Make more videos!  Of anything!

No, Beta 2.2 is the current version.  It goes through 4 gyms.  I'm hoping to be completely done sometime in the summer.

Haha no worries.  I just finished the 5th Gym, which features some good chemistry puns for you.  You seem to appreciate that kind of stuff more than others.

I'm going to quote you on that when you're 83 years old and you miss one.

...But I'll only be 82 for a few more days.......

This is getting to be better with every update! I truly hope you finish this game one day! Until then...

1. It enforces Nuzlocke rules.  You can only catch the first pokemon you run into for each map.  Pokemon die and are removed from your party.  It erases your save file when all your pokemon die.
2.  Because inserting gen 2 graphics isn't important to me.
3.  Maize is a yellow-ish color, and so is Ampharos.  I like Ampharos.
4.  Some of the events in the first city or two are re-skinned from the original, but that's because I made those back when I didn't have as much experience.  After Agate City, most of the events are new.
5.  I haven't gotten around to adding custom trainer sprites.
6.  It's just supposed to be an interesting add-on to the beginning of the game.  It shows the player that there are new pokemon, new attack, new types, etc..  To put it more bluntly, it's just showing off to show the player that there's lots of new stuff in the game.  I believe the phrase "in media res" applies here, too.  It starts the game off with a bang.

Because it's the beginning of the game.  There aren't many trainers before Brock in Red Version, either.  I don't really have a good answer for you.

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I wrote and inserted a new song today for trainer battles.  Although, I don't know if I should use it for Gym Leaders or regular trainer battles.  It you have a few minutes of spare time, listen to each of these songs, and let me know which song you think should be the Gym Leader Battle theme and which one should be the regular Trainer Battle theme:

Candidate #1: https://soundcloud.com/huderlem/trainer … ze-version
Candidate #2: https://soundcloud.com/huderlem/wild-ba … e-in-maize

Thanks!

Use an Item Stone.