A Look into Pokémon Essentials (Or How Game Engines Work)

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Published on December 20, 2023 3:00:38 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUFOgm8UgIQ

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Pokémon Emerald (2004)

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Today we take a look at the Pokémon Essentials kit and use it as a point to understand how fan games (or in-fact any game is made) and the tools that make that process easier.

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Sources:
[1] “Pokémon Essentials,” Pokémon Fan Game Wiki. https://pokemon-fan-game.fandom.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Essentials
[2] Matt Kamen, “Fan-made Pokémon Uranium pulled after Nintendo legal action,” WIRED UK. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/nintendo-takedown-pokemon-uranium
[3] Nick Santangelo, “Nintendo shuts down Pokemon fan game creation tool,” IGN. https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/08/29/nintendo-shuts-down-pokemon-fan-game-creation-tool
[4] “Change log,” Essentials Docs Wiki. https://essentialsdocs.fandom.com/wiki/Change_log
[5] “The Ruby Language FAQ.” https://ruby-doc.org/docs/ruby-doc-bundle/FAQ/FAQ.html
[6] Giorgos Myrianthous, “What is Duck Typing in Python?,” Towards Data Science. https://towardsdatascience.com/duck-typing-python-7aeac97e11f8

Credits:
Outro Template made by Grabster - https://youtube.com/GrabsterTV

Additional Footage from:
- @chugga
- @HeroVoltsy

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
3:12 The UI
4:36 Custom Scripting
12:33 Low Level C/C++ Backend
16:24 My Journey with MKXP-Z
22:16 Outro/Doggo

#pokemon #nintendo #fangame

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