Pokemon RP Reborn

NOVA BROKE IT!
Try not to panic. I'm working on fixing it as best I can right now. PRPR will be back up within a day or so.

*** READ THIS ***

http://faq.prp-reborn.com/
^^^ THIS IS THE LINK TO THE FAQ. CLICK IT NOW.
http://arenacomic.0catch.com/PRPR/faq.html
^^^ THIS IS THE LINK TO A "HOW TO PLAY" GUIDE. CLICK IT NOW IF YOU ARE NEW TO PRPR.

http://info.prp-reborn.com/
*** THANKS FOR PAYING ATTENTION ***

Date: 21/03/09 (It's the Australian date format)

Things haven't been going as planned lately. Honestly, the game's lack of updates has been a problem to both the community and myself for a long time now, and I really am working towards recifying this problem. One of the main issues is that I aimed too high. Where I should have built simple mechanics and incrementally added onto them from there, I instead aspired to create a truly amazing game, and the result is years of work and an incomplete masterpiece. I do apologise to those who have been waiting a long time.

I AM still working on the game, and progress is being made even though I haven't been updating the progress meter. I just happen to have a lot of rl stuff to deal with right now and I don't want to release the recode prematurely and ruin all of the hard work and effort that has gone into it thus far. Please wait just a little bit longer, and thank you all for your loyalty all this time!

- Sirus (Perpetr8r the Perpetu8r)

Sirus is currently working on...
- Proper design documentation for the update
- A lot of university assignments

STORY
Here is the background story leading up to the game. The actual story that takes place in game depends on the people playing at the time though.

When humans first met Pokemon, they were little more than animals. Incapabale of speech or complex interaction, Pokemon were widely regarded as inferior and captured and domesticated. However, as human and Pokemon interaction continued, Pokemon began to evolve and change. They got stronger, faster and most importantly, smarter.

Soon, humans found themselves having to rethink their opinion of Pokemon as many began to display signs of sentience, some even becoming capable of human speech. Realizing that Pokemon were no longer just pets, a government group called the Pokemon Protection Agency was formed. They were in charge of placing rules and regulations that would protect Pokemon from being subjugated... something humans had finally begun to get the hang of after years of subjugating each other.

In any case, working with the few Pokemon who could talk human speech and communicate the wishes of their brethren, the PPA began passing legislations that made catching Pokemon without a license illegal, and also began to place limits on what could be caught and where. Special areas were set aside that Pokemon could live in, safe from trainers and poachers, and eventually Pokemon and humans reached a kind of peaceful balance.

While Pokemon were still being caught by eager trainers, this had grown to be an accepted thing amongst the Pokemon community now that the PPA was regulating it. It even began to be seen as some kind of rite of passage - a young Pokemon would find a suitable trainer, and together they would journey through hardships, growing stronger together than either would have alone.

Humans ceased to be condescending towards Pokemon and became more mindful of their rights. Pokeballs were built with a release lock, that allowed Pokemon to leave a trainer they no longer liked, and trainers learned to stop taking their Pokemon for granted.. else they would simply walk away. All of this made it seem like Pokemon and humans had found the perfect existence, but where there's light, there is always shadow.

Many trainers protested the PPA legislation, and huge efforts were made to undermine the laws that had been laid down. On top of this, shadow groups formed, whose belief was that Pokemon were slaves and would never be anything more, and would secretly raid Pokemon sanctuaries at night in attempts to illegally capture baby Pokemon - easily impressionable targets who could be made to forget their past and parents.

Even worse, as Pokemon gained more understanding of the world around them, they also stumbled across the concepts of good and evil.. and some began to choose evil. Thus some Pokemon began to repeat the mistakes of the humans before them and turned to selfish desires, using others for their own gain or even attacking innocent humans, blaming them for a time of slavery they had had nothing to do with.

Thus, in the midst of what may perhaps be a neverending struggle, players begin their own personal journeys... for good or ill. What happens next is up to you.

Next Version Progress: Needs re-assessment. Will post a clear percentage when I finish the design documentation properly this time...

Disclaimer: Pokemon is copyright of The Pokemon Company. I claim no ownership of any likeness or content created by them in the use of this non-profit fan game.

-=FROM THE CREATOR=-

I might as well leave these up...
http://www.arenacomic.0catch.com/Comic1.jpg
http://www.arenacomic.0catch.com/Comic2.jpg
and http://www.arenacomic.0catch.com/scrapheap/PRPRcom3.jpg !
http://www.arenacomic.0catch.com/novaownswindows.jpg
http://www.arenacomic.0catch.com/spritecomic1.jpg
http://www.arenacomic.0catch.com/spritecomic2.jpg

Don't hold your breath for the update, I have a lot to do.

-=ADDITIONAL NEWS AND UPDATE INFO=-
Version 4.0 is NOT an update. Version 4.0 is a total recode that changes many aspects of the game (for the better of course). However, because of the mammoth amount of work that this entails, I have been unable to complete it in the few years that I have been working on it.

This is changing. I am far too busy to commit to a specific deadline at this point, but as time passes my determination grows more solid. I WILL finish this new version, and it WILL be good. Thank you for your patience thus far and I will continue to get things in order so that I can complete this properly.

Expect more hub updates whenever I get the time.