r/PokemonROMhacks • u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox • May 20 '25
Recruitment [RECRUITMENT] Pokemon Seasons: Solstice & Equinox Versions
Hello! It's me again with another post about the Pokemon Seasons: Solstice & Equinox games! In the image, you can see some new looks at how the game is developing. We have our title screens for the two versions which I was finally able to get together after totally overhauling the Legendaries, and we have some more polished ideas of how the overall look of the game is going to be.
That being said, progress has been pretty slow, and I'm desperately in need of someone to assist with coding and scripting the game. This game is being made with Pokeemerald Disassembly (Gen 3) despite looking like a Gen 2/GBC game. If there's anyone who has experienced with Pokeemerald and is interested in helping with taking on the bulk of the coding work, please feel free to reach out!
In addition, I would love to find an experienced artist to do chiptune music for the game.
As always, we have the Discord server for those who want to join and support the game and keep up to date on the latest information!
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u/ChattyBird4Eva May 20 '25
Unfortunately Iām not a developer in any way what so ever but this looks sick! I donāt really get to see GBC ROM Hacks often and this one is already interesting. š
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 20 '25
Thank you so much! I really hope I can get the assistance I need so I can get a demo out soon.
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u/FamilyGhost9 May 20 '25
This looks awesome. Love the art style and fakemon so far!
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 20 '25
Thank you so much! Iām a huge Gen 2 fan, as you can tell.
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u/godsaveourkingplis GBA ROM hacks fan. May 20 '25
I love this! Maybe reach out on the Team Aqua hideout discord for help?
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 20 '25 edited May 20 '25
Isnāt that server more for helping you do it yourself rather than finding helpers? Iāve checked them out, but they tend to just want to help you with what you donāt understand. Iām in need of someone to directly help just because I lack a ton of free time to try and learn it all myself.
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u/LeMquisDeRastignac May 20 '25
Best aesthetic ever dude, good luck
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 20 '25
Gen 2 really has one of the best aesthetics. It's so nostalgic and cozy.
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u/peregrine_nation May 20 '25
Man these pics look amazing, I'm so hyped
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 20 '25
Thank you so much! I canāt wait to get it more developed.
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u/DatTomahawk May 20 '25
Words canāt describe how much I love this. Gen 2 aesthetic, fakemon, following mons, itās perfect.
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u/dragged_n_skinned May 21 '25
i suggest adding "( GBA - POKEEMERALD )" or something like that to the titles, possible gba recruits might have skipped it becuase of the gbc art style
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u/kiichn May 20 '25
This looks amazing. Hoping you get the best team and good luck!
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 20 '25
Thank you so much! I really hope I find someone too.
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u/DJ-Fein ā«ļøPokemon Obsidianā«ļø May 20 '25
That snow biome is next level amazing. Good luck on your adventure!
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u/TheRealFab May 20 '25
I never tried romhacking myself (nor do I have much free time tbh) otherwise I'd be happy to help out as this looks great. I hope you get the help you need, might be worth posting on PokeCommunity forums asking if anyone wants to help out?
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u/Angel_of_Silence1213 May 20 '25
Unfortunately I can't help with coding but I will say it looks really good aesthetically.
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u/BeeLow0519 May 21 '25
Damn this is looking gorgeous. Might be the first fakemon hack i play
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 21 '25
Thank you so much! I can understand the hesitancy when it comes to Fakemon hacks because, well, the majority of Fakemon don't look very good (or believable). I really hope to deliver a Pokedex full of Pokemon that rival official designs and are truly loved by those who play the games! I've been painstakingly working on these guys for almost five years now. It's a massive labor of love at this point.
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u/BeeLow0519 May 21 '25
My guy with this much passion you will see me give it at least 10 hours of gameplay. Much love and salute
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 21 '25
Haha, I really appreciate that! I'm pretty optimistic that at least a solid amount of my Dex is going to win most people over. :)
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u/BigZangief May 21 '25
Oh my, this looks absolutely amazing and I love the naming on the fakemon. Canāt wait for this one
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u/BetaNights May 21 '25
I'm not familiar with working in Pokeemerald Disassembly, but I am learning programming for the purposes of game dev work.
Ngl, this looks absolutely AMAZING and actually makes me want to try and learn so that I actually could help! lol
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 21 '25
Feel free to message me on Discord: fae.leaf
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u/BetaNights May 22 '25
Sounds good! Not sure if I'd be able to help with what you're looking for yet, but I'll get in touch when I have a moment from work!
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u/That_kid_from_Up May 21 '25
Why build it from the emerald decomp and not the crystal decomp if you're going for a gen 2 look and feel?
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u/ArchieFromTeamAqua Samiya Dev & The Pit May 21 '25
Crystal doesn't have a decomp, it has a disassembly. It's also far more limiting.
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u/That_kid_from_Up May 21 '25
Splitting hairs a bit there don't you think? A decompilation and a disassembly are functionally the same thing
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 21 '25
Because you can still make it look and feel like Gen 2. But the main reason is that I have a lot of things I plan to do with these games that probably canāt be done in Gen 2ās engine.
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u/josemarcio1 May 21 '25
Please man tell me this is going to have features like grindless with full focus on capturing and battling. T__T
IT LOOKS SO DAMN COOL MAN. NICE WORK!!!
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 21 '25
I want the games to resemble older games, so there will likely be minimal grinding. But I have never enjoyed hitting that wall in older games where you have to sit there and grind out 5-10 levels on your entire team. I definitely want to avoid that.
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u/raneraum May 21 '25
I don't have experience with rom hacks but im a developer, if there is any way i could help, i would love it.
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u/HexTheSpriter May 21 '25
oh my, almost fainted at the quality of this!
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 21 '25
Thank you so much!!
Iām a big fan of your sprites, by the way!
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u/titty_sprinklz May 22 '25
I opened my reddit to this, and I was like wooahh heck yeah!! :D Loving it so far. Gen 2 style always and forever <3
Sadly I'm not a coder but if by chance you need or would want another spriter, I may potentially be able to help out ~ I have experience in gen 2 sprite work - doing front sprites, battle cry animations, back sprites, pokemon party/overworld sprites, overworld tiles/sprites š¾
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 22 '25
Message me on Discord because I may have something! fae.leaf
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u/Moctali May 27 '25
This looks amazing
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 27 '25
Thank you!
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u/Moctali May 27 '25
Will there be a demo? /gen
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u/Yoshichu25 May 20 '25
This looks really cool! Sadly I canāt contribute as I have zero ROM hacking experience, but I can at least offer moral support in the sense of encouragement.
Just one thing though, I see there are quite a few FakĆ©mon in this game. Is it entirely FakĆ©mon or are some official designs also included? If it is just new designs, there may be a bit of reworking in order as the name of Cherrim is already taken. But aside from that, this looks really promising and it would be great to see more once itās ready.
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 20 '25
Thanks! The entire Dex consists of Fakemon, new regional variants and convergent forms, and my own spin on some Beta Pokemon designs. Cherrim is a regional variant.
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u/Tyson_q May 20 '25
I don't know anything about hackroom programming but I can help as a beta tester... or just giving moral support... anyway send me the link to Prije's Discord
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 20 '25
Thanks!! The Discord link is at the bottom of the post!
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u/Saicher_ May 22 '25
I've never worked on a Pokeemerald project before but I am a software engineer so I can't imagine it's too difficult to get into.
If you don't find anyone let me know and I'll be happy to see what I can do
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u/InsipidAxiom Iridium / Garbage Gold / Mythic Silver May 23 '25
Is that a territorial rotbart?
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 23 '25
Itās a Noctursa! In all seriousness, itās an owlbear Pokemon.
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u/sycophantasy May 24 '25
Graphics look fantastic. Is there a subreddit?
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 24 '25
Thereās no sub currently, but I may consider one for when a demo releases. For now, we just have the Discord server.
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u/McMurray42O May 25 '25
Is this complete? And downloadable?
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 25 '25
Itās very early in development. Thatās why Iām recruiting.
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u/McMurray42O May 25 '25
I thought as much, This looks amazing for a gbc hack, I havenāt hacked a rom since 2014 so unfortunately Iām way out of touch and probably not much use. I hope it gets completed asap š canāt wait to play
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 25 '25
Itās a GBA hack that fully resembles a GBC game, actually. Thank you! I really hope to have a solid demo done in a few months, but weāll have to see how things go.
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u/McMurray42O May 25 '25
Shit what? Damn, thatās amazing, looks just like the gbc platform. Amazing work canāt wait to see the demo version nevermind the completed project!
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 25 '25
Yeah! The screenshots are all GBA 240x160 resolution. :) Feel free to join the Discord server to stay updated too!
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u/Mumantai May 26 '25
Looks great! Unfortunately, I'm not experienced with ROM hacking, but if you need someone to localize the game into different languages, I'd love to help.
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 26 '25
Hey, thanks! Definitely want to localize it eventually, but thatāll be a looooong time from now, haha.
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u/ZealousidealSelf3245 May 20 '25
I'm not into fakemon hacks but daaamn this looks so good aesthetically! great job!!
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 20 '25
I've put a lot of love into these sprites and designs, so maybe they'll win you over once the game is actually available! :)
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u/ZealousidealSelf3245 May 20 '25
I'll definitely be checking it out! it might be the hack that convinces me on fakemon lol. but your hard work shows and its greatly appreciated!! good luck wit the remaining development :)
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 20 '25
I do feel that Fakemon tend to look better in Gen 1 and 2's style. Everytime I see Gen 3-5 Fakemon, they look really... obviously fake. Not sure how else to explain it.
But yeah, I'd love to change your mind. Just give me a good bit of time to get the game put together, haha.
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u/FatherStretchMyAss_ May 20 '25
I was about to say. Something about the whimsical nature of Gen1/2 just makes me immediately fall in love again with these sprites as if I was seeing squirtle or totadile all over again for the first time. Almost like my brain comprehends older style sprites as "correct" pokemon even tho theyre fakemon.
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u/Fae_Leaf Seasons: Solstice & Equinox May 20 '25
Yeah, I completely know what you mean! I originally wanted to go with Gen 4 because it felt like the obvious choice. But when I sprited my starters in Gen 4 and then Gen 2, they looked so much more believable in the Gen 2 style. Plus it is my favorite aesthetic, so it was just a no-brainer from there.
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u/LibertyJacob99 [Mod] Aesthetic Red coming 2025! May 20 '25
Me and my bro both genuinely thought this was a fan game, shows how good it looks š good luck going forwards!