Wilds of Kanto v0.1.0
The first public release of Wilds of Kanto, a mod for
Gen1Recomp that brings visible
and reactive wild Pokemon into the Gen 1 overworld.
Inspired by the original games, the
Dramatic Shape Voxel Mod,
and the way I imagined Pokemon inhabiting the world when I played as a child.
Features
- Visible wild Pokemon in supported encounter areas
- Pokemon species and levels taken from the current map's encounter data
- Dynamic spawn density for small and large routes
- Pokemon distributed across connected encounter regions
- Four overworld encounter behaviors:
- Idle Pokemon remain in place and occasionally look around
- Wandering Pokemon move within their encounter area
- Aggressive Pokemon notice the player, display an exclamation mark and give chase
- Hidden encounters appear as moving or shaking grass
- Pokemon visually integrated into tall grass
- Automatic sprite scaling with a maximum footprint of one map tile
- Support for missing sprite assets through a fallback renderer
- Developer mode with map, spawn, asset and renderer diagnostics
- Pokemon preview browser with encounter locations and test spawns
- No Pokedex requirement
- Vanilla random encounters remain available as a fallback
- No changes to player position, story progress or normal save data
Compatibility
This release has been tested primarily with Pokemon Blue.
The mod uses Gen1Recomp's imported encounter and map data rather than
Blue-specific hard-coded tables, so it is intended to work with the other
supported Gen 1 games as well. Pokemon Red and Pokemon Yellow have not yet
received the same amount of hands-on testing.
A complete start-to-finish playthrough with the mod enabled has not yet been
completed. The main systems are working, but unusual maps, scripted sequences
or later areas may still reveal edge cases.
Compatibility with other mods cannot be guaranteed, although the mod has been
designed to avoid changing player movement, map data and story state.
Pictures
Installation
- Install and configure Gen1Recomp with a legally obtained supported ROM.
- Download the Wilds of Kanto release ZIP attached below.
- Open the Gen1Recomp mod manager.
- Import the ZIP file.
- Enable Wilds of Kanto.
- Configure the mod through the in-game options menu.
Do not extract and repackage the release ZIP. The included archive already has
the directory structure expected by Gen1Recomp.
Reporting issues
When reporting a problem, please include:
- ROM version
- Gen1Recomp version
- Current map or route
- Other enabled mods
- Screenshot or video
- Developer-mode output or relevant log entries
Related projects
Notes
This is my first game mod. I work as a software developer, but I am not a game
developer, and building this project has been a fun learning experience.
This is an unofficial fan-made project and does not include a Pokemon ROM or
copyrighted game data.