Pokémon: Wishes of Tomorrow

This hack contains some AI-assisted content.

NPC portraits are generated caricatures of my friends, hand-edited in Aseprite. (These can be toggled off in the options menu).

Some dialogue was drafted with AI then edited by hand.

Cover art and region map: the artwork is human-made, then quantized to downres to the 16 color hardware limit.

Automated unit testing and source control

Story

When Jirachi, the Undying Wish, awakens from its thousand-year slumber to grant a single wish, you're not the only one racing toward its promised power.

A mysterious faction led by a gold-masked Oni emerges from the shadows, determined to seize Jirachi's wish for their own sinister ambitions.

Witness Mega Power. Capture Darkness. Seek the promised land of Shin-Tokyo.

The wish is waiting.

Will you be the one to claim it?

POKÉMON: WISHES OF TOMORROW

Every wish has a price.

Quality of life

Quest journal

HM field-move menu

Character portraits

Animated boss intro cards

Curio shop for Mega Stones

Ability Machines

Shadow/Purification

Decisions affect outcomes

The Shadow Pokémon system

Shadow Pokémon hit harder, defend worse, can snap into Hyper Mode

Snag Machine steal a Shadow straight out of a trainer battle

Battle a snagged Shadow once to open it, then purify it at the Celebi Island shrine

A Shadow Log tracks every Shadow in the game as loose, snagged or purified

New 1.2.3 features

Save-compatible with earlier versions — patch a fresh base ROM and keep playing your existing file. (Randomizer Mode is chosen at new game, so a randomized run needs a new save.)

Early Game Maps Redrawn

Randomizer Mode — Gen 1–9 base forms only

The Archipelago Map — press R on the map to toggle mainland and islands

Shadow Legendaries — Snag them from trainers in the post-game

Support

Game Guide: https://flatfootlabs.com/guide.html#m1

flatfootlabs.com — patcher, browser play, downloads and FAQ

Bug reports: email [email protected] or Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/jnQ5pwxXgU

Story feedback, balance complaints

Future Plans

The main campaign is content complete — the work from here is the post-game.

Pro-level battles with fan-favorite teams from the OG games to face off against with your Shadows, Megas, or Shadow-Megas.

Credits

Pokemon Sprite Design: Rafael Sanna, aveontrainer, baylorhernandez, biadoxaf, DarkusShadow, jaov46, ToxShadows642

Enemy Character Sprites: Rafael Sanna

Armored Mewtwo/Shadow Jirachi: Rafael Sanna

Battle Backgrounds: LibertyJacob/LibertyJoel(LibertyTwins) - End-game & Space BG, carchagui (open sea, cave, laboratory, town, interior); aveontrainer (Ashlands savanna, molten summit)

Shadow Sprites: pogokitten, WeeGeeDude, Quanyails

Tileset Art: TerribleJared, pinkscales, Phyromatical, MagiScarf, PeekyChew, Elinthind, lo8jd, Dark Slayer

Shin-Tokyo Tileset: Emeiry; Odisea by ekat99 (CC BY-NC-SA)

Playtesting: Luke Devereux, Mike Mancuso, Kyle Clarkson, Jack Figueroa

**Johto Tileset & Overworld Art: ** via Pokémon Heart & Soul — Crystal Advance (Kertra), Ekat99, TheDeadHeroAlistair, the Johto Redrawn Team and the HnS team

Quest Menu: PokemonSanFran (unbound-quest-menu); original FireRed implementation by ghoulslash

Heart Gauge: RHH's pokeemerald-expansion-shadow

Built from source on RHH's pokeemerald-expansion and pret's pokeemerald.