Demo Release – Pokémon TestFlight Begins: Alpha 1 is Live!

The time has finally come! While this isn’t the Alpha Build just yet, it is the first playable version of Pokémon TestFlight—a Proof of Concept designed to gather early feedback. Whether you're playtesting or just curious, you're welcome to download and try it out!

What’s in the Demo?

This demo is intentionally bare-bones, created to test core mechanics and gather impressions. I initially shared it with a few friends for feedback, and now it's available to the public.

Features:

• Two Gym Leaders: Face off against Stratus and Coalton, including all their minions.

• Random Starter Teams:

  • Start with 6 random Level 13 Pokémon and challenge Stratus and his team.
  • Afterward, talk to a nearby NPC to get a new team of Level 17 Pokémon and take on Coalton and the Bedrock Crew.

• Basic Facilities: A shop and Pokémon Center are available (currently placeholder NPCs—these will get proper storefronts later).

• Bonus Boss Fight: After defeating both Gym Leaders, you can challenge an optional boss fight using Zøzo’s Pokémon Boss System. It’s a fun extra, and I may include more of these battles in the post-game! (More on that in a later post)

This build is running on the PSDK shell with a few light modifications. I'm currently using many of the default maps and assets to focus on learning the engine and building a solid foundation.

What’s Next?

Here are a few features I’m planning for the next update:

• Add an intro cutscene with the Professor
• Rebalance teams as needed
• Create dedicated gym battle maps
• Implement GUI upgrades

Found a Bug?

If you come across any bugs, glitches, typos, or just have suggestions, please feel free to open an issue on GitHub. Your feedback is extremely valuable at this stage!

Thanks for playing and testing—this is just the beginning, and I’m excited to keep building Pokémon TestFlight with your help.

Credits

Additional Credits

Sprites:

• Cabbue by kyledove
• Worker by Jext
• Surfer by kyledove
• Gardener by Fuzzy
• Shadow Triad - Jext
• Tricia by kyledove
• Plasma Grunt Edited by Emerald_Void
  • Original sprite by Jext
• Kindler by kyledove
• Elder by Jext
• Street Thug by kyledove
• Dahlia by Jext
• Baker by Jext
• Bird Keeper by kyledove
• Bird Keeper by Jext
• Additional Workers by kyledove
• Additional graphics included with PSDK

Tilesets:

• For the Proof of Concept, no new tilesets were added. The default tilesets included with PSDK were used.

Music

• No new music has been added to the Proof of Concept. All music used is included in the PSDK project.

Additional Grpahics

• Additioanl graphics by Emerald_Void

Scripts and extensions

• Pokémon Boss System by Zøzo

Special Thanks:

• JabroniKahoni (Early playtesting)

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