
The Science of Pokemon Catching! | A Programming Mathsterpiece 🤓 Gnoggin
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What is Catch Rate in Pokemon? What about the Modified Catch Rate? The capture method? Ball-chance? Why is there so much math in my Pokemon?
This video hopes to explain the evolution of Pokemon catching, how the programming of the formula has changed over several generations. Get ready for numbers! Hopefully they're correct!
Gnoggin, hosted by its creator Lockstin, is a show delving into the mysteries of Pokemon! (and other games sometimes too). Explaining everything there is to explain! Why is each Pokemon given the type it has? What are their origins? What is the lore of the Pokemon world and the design inspirations? And what does it all have to do with alchemy? Let's Go find out!