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WOW, what that was a crazy week! So many new pokemon to catch! I think we have all been waiting for the Safari Zone just for the vast amount of new pokemon. Many of you wanted a Rock Tunnel kind of level but in the end of it I felt that it wasn't really needed. I thought the "Joey" mechanic would be enough to make the level feel fresh.Granted it wasn't perfect on the first try... Due to the quick feedback of you guys I was able to tweak how it works and I think it's in a pretty good spot. Some of you think it's too easy now but I still think that it's providing enough challenge without being incredibly frustrating.
So last week we also had a poll about shadow pokemon's experience gain. While the results were clearly in favor of giving shadow pokemon the similar experience boost as shiny, there was a big public outcry about it so I wanted to tell you guys how I felt about the whole thing and what I ended up doing.
Okay so what I ended up doing was that Shadow pokemon will earn the same experience as a Normal pokemon. COMPROMISE! Some will say "Sam I can't believe you did that, the poll was clear! Why did you give in again!" To understand my reasoning we have to look at why I added Shadow pokemon in the first place. Shadow pokemon were added so that people that people had something to trade to people that had hard to catch or adoption only pokemon. Also to add another layer of collection, something to reward the player, and to promote trading. So when doing this I thought what can I do to make them different in a way that they wouldn't be overpowered in battle. The reason I don't want them to be overpowered in battle is that I don't want player to feel like they need to use a shadow pokemon to gain the greatest edge in battle. I want the player to choose which type of pokemon they want to use in battle. So since shiny gain more experience I thought wouldn't it be kinda cool if shadow pokemon earned less. It seemed to fit the whole shadow motif. Unfortunately people viewed shadows in a negative light because of the decrease in experience. So I decided to remove this negative factor in them. I hope that explains what is in my head.
After such a long week of things to do I broke a promise.. and this week I will do it! I will finish the Pokemon Center's new look! Besides that we are going to take it a little easy so that I can finish that darn thing and so I can rest a little bit.
Remove Shadow Pokemon that you can get from achievements from the Daily Gift and Casino Corner (100%)
Pokemon Center new look (85%)
Fix a bug with the move Eruption (0%)
New Mystery Gift (100%) - Pokemon Tangela!
Fixed a problem on the Daily Gift, when you win an SnD Coin it would show the wrong message (100%)
Weekly Progress for HTD:
Show move cooldown in the UI (100%)
Have some units have Fire skills and some have Shadow skills, the last one have a random combination of both (100%)
Add new Whelp Behavior (100%)
Implement new graphics for the Shadow Moves and Shadow Icons (100%)
Let's keep this going guys, we are close to the end! As always let me know what you think!
WOW, what that was a crazy week! So many new pokemon to catch! I think we have all been waiting for the Safari Zone just for the vast amount of new pokemon. Many of you wanted a Rock Tunnel kind of level but in the end of it I felt that it wasn't really needed. I thought the "Joey" mechanic would be enough to make the level feel fresh.Granted it wasn't perfect on the first try... Due to the quick feedback of you guys I was able to tweak how it works and I think it's in a pretty good spot. Some of you think it's too easy now but I still think that it's providing enough challenge without being incredibly frustrating.
So last week we also had a poll about shadow pokemon's experience gain. While the results were clearly in favor of giving shadow pokemon the similar experience boost as shiny, there was a big public outcry about it so I wanted to tell you guys how I felt about the whole thing and what I ended up doing.
Okay so what I ended up doing was that Shadow pokemon will earn the same experience as a Normal pokemon. COMPROMISE! Some will say "Sam I can't believe you did that, the poll was clear! Why did you give in again!" To understand my reasoning we have to look at why I added Shadow pokemon in the first place. Shadow pokemon were added so that people that people had something to trade to people that had hard to catch or adoption only pokemon. Also to add another layer of collection, something to reward the player, and to promote trading. So when doing this I thought what can I do to make them different in a way that they wouldn't be overpowered in battle. The reason I don't want them to be overpowered in battle is that I don't want player to feel like they need to use a shadow pokemon to gain the greatest edge in battle. I want the player to choose which type of pokemon they want to use in battle. So since shiny gain more experience I thought wouldn't it be kinda cool if shadow pokemon earned less. It seemed to fit the whole shadow motif. Unfortunately people viewed shadows in a negative light because of the decrease in experience. So I decided to remove this negative factor in them. I hope that explains what is in my head.
After such a long week of things to do I broke a promise.. and this week I will do it! I will finish the Pokemon Center's new look! Besides that we are going to take it a little easy so that I can finish that darn thing and so I can rest a little bit.
Weekly Progress for PTD:
Finding a way to make players be able to get 1 Shadow Pokemon per week on their account (100%) - Essentially the new Daily Gift Rare prizes will enable you to get one in at least 7 days or sooner.
Give out my current pokemon that is being traded, Shiny Shellder (100%) - Traded it to "newtothegame"! He traded my Shadow Gyarados, Shiny Starmie, Shiny Goldeen, Shiny Tentacruel, Shiny Gyarados, Shadow Starmie!
Put out a new trading pokemon on my account samO (100%) - I put a Shiny Tauros! Give me your best offers!
Rework Daily Code prizes (100%)- This is coming thanks to all your feedback! I simplified the prizes, to just casino coins and SnD Coins. That way you can use the coins to buy what you want instead of getting something that you already have.
Finding a way to make players be able to get 1 Shadow Pokemon per week on their account (100%) - Essentially the new Daily Gift Rare prizes will enable you to get one in at least 7 days or sooner.
Give out my current pokemon that is being traded, Shiny Shellder (100%) - Traded it to "newtothegame"! He traded my Shadow Gyarados, Shiny Starmie, Shiny Goldeen, Shiny Tentacruel, Shiny Gyarados, Shadow Starmie!
Put out a new trading pokemon on my account samO (100%) - I put a Shiny Tauros! Give me your best offers!
Rework Daily Code prizes (100%)- This is coming thanks to all your feedback! I simplified the prizes, to just casino coins and SnD Coins. That way you can use the coins to buy what you want instead of getting something that you already have.
New Pokemon added on v5.6 (100%)
- Implement in Adoption (shiny and battle ready) (100%)
- Implement Shadow in Daily Gift and Casino Corner (100%)
Remove Shadow Pokemon that you can get from achievements from the Daily Gift and Casino Corner (100%)
Pokemon Center new look (85%)
Fix a bug with the move Eruption (0%)
New Mystery Gift (100%) - Pokemon Tangela!
- Add stats to game (100%)
- Add Graphic (100%)
- Add Shiny Graphic (100%)
- Add Shadow Graphic (100%)
- Add New Moves (2) (100%)
- Ingrain (100%)
- Tickle (100%)
- Implement TM/Relearn moves (100%)
- Implement in Adoption (Battle Ready and Shiny) (100%) - Note that you will need to play v5.7 for Tangela to properly work.
- Implement in Shadow in Game Corner (100%) - Note that you will need to play v5.7 for Tangela to properly work.
- Implement in Trading Center (100%)
- Implement in Save Code (100%)
- New Move: Eruption (100%) - Entei level 85
- Implement in Game (100%)
- Implement in Save Code (100%)
Fixed a problem on the Daily Gift, when you win an SnD Coin it would show the wrong message (100%)
Weekly Progress for HTD:
Show move cooldown in the UI (100%)
Have some units have Fire skills and some have Shadow skills, the last one have a random combination of both (100%)
Add new Whelp Behavior (100%)
Implement new graphics for the Shadow Moves and Shadow Icons (100%)
Let's keep this going guys, we are close to the end! As always let me know what you think!
First!
ReplyDeleteI am now technically second....
Delete-Justin
top 5!
ReplyDeletekk
somewhere that isn't first. Also, I'm excited about the Pokecenter finally being finished. Good luck Sam.
ReplyDeletethanks!
Deletewow third...
ReplyDeleteI'm 3rd, is that legit unlike being first?
ReplyDelete-Haxing Cat
try fifth ;)
DeleteSay, the only in-game difference is the Mystery Gift, other stuff is just non-in-game.
ReplyDelete"Remove Shadow NPC Trade pokemon from the Daily Gift and Casino Corner" Translation please =S
ReplyDeleteMeaning the only way to get Shadow Mr. Mime, Shadow Jynx, and so on will be from trading a shadow for it in game. All who have those pokemon already will keep them.
DeleteOh, thoght it was something even worse. But they are already a nightmare to get =S Dunno if its just bad luck or if you change the slot machine code but I'm getting way less coins then before (previously I thought there was 2 that were rewardind more, but now there seem to be no diference, am I right?) yesterday I made a total of 1000 coins... thats 300 days to get a shadow... Playing everyday seems to short now =S Please do something about this
DeleteAbout the shadow pokemon. Its a pain in the ass that you did poll for one thing and did another but at least rather a normal xp then a penalty, thanks for that part
good point on that 300 days thing, I added something to the list about that :) you are on a roll today lol
DeleteLOL sry about that I can now to the post I was going to do on the oficial release post (before it was released with all the info to think on =P
DeleteLOVED IT!!! Think it would be to much to add 5 copies (3x2) of that map and each would have one of that "random waves pack"? and everytime you ended the lvl you could either go to an adjacent part or leave the SZ? Just an idea, cause would have more SZone feeling into it and since they could be all looking the same and the waves are already made, would just be add one to each (or have them all 6 random lol just to travell around) doable?
OH the the img I found and that was waiting for the release to show (probably some already know) http://chzpokememes.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/pokmon-hopefully-the-kids-arent-still-stupid.jpg ^^, wasn't me but its cool ;)
ps: I'd say more level MAPS and less lvl CAPS XD This last gym came to quick =S Wasn't the Gyms meant to be the end of the chapter and with stuff to do meanwhile? Now that is harder to lvl up the caps are going higher to fast lol
Hope to be in the top 10!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for The pokemon center new look :D
Love this game!!
ReplyDeleteWooohoo me too!
Deleteeverybody does O_o
DeleteDude Sam I just got home from movie rehearsal and i am like thank you this is always something refreshing to come home to just sit down see what Sam has said then play the game going on close too 2 years strong keep it going Sam.
ReplyDeleteHaha that makes me smile, it's good to have fans like you :)
Deletethis is the best game I ever play!!!
ReplyDeletethanks!
DeleteCan't wait for the new Pokemon Center look to be complete! And although I have to live with it, it gets me just a little bit angry that shadows get normal exp and not shiny exp. Hey Sam, did people ask you a lot to get it to normal exp for a difference or was it just you who did that(just curious)?
ReplyDeleteA lot of people complained about me raising it in general, making it equal to normal is a compromise to both sides.
Delete=O no level cap raise??? Are we slowing down?
ReplyDeleteI guess we did just beat a gym.. hmm if JabXIII wants it then I'll make it happen!
DeleteIf JabXIII does want the level cap, what will you raise the level cap to?
Deleteyay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DeleteNot sure what it would be yet, I have to look at how many moves it's going to take to make >.<
DeleteShouldn't be too much now. Pokemon generally stop learning new moves after 70 with the exception of Legendaries. Speaking of, how do you plan on implementing ultimate starter moves like Frenzy Plant? Will there be an in-game tutor for that, or will it be like Mystery Dungeon where they learn it at level 100?
DeleteThe only moves that need adding for level up would be Eruption for Entei at level 85, Aura Sphere for Mew at level 100 and the special extra moves for Victini of V-create, Fusion Bolt and Fusion Flare.
DeleteWe could go all the way to 100!
@Anon 5:43AM - LOL I have to keep a list to know that info and you just bust it out, that's awesome!
Deletehey.sam can you create a live ptd battle ..if you make a ptd live pvp battle all players will be happy :)
ReplyDeletelive? what do you mean exactly?
DeleteMulti-player..
Deletemulti-player i mean.... but the same in pokemon battle arena :)
Deletei hope you can create a live pvp battle in ptd Sam ..
Deletefrom your great fan:**Ash**
Safari zone BLEW MY MIND. It is a challenge but not impossible. Do we get surf? Can there be a wardens teeth scavenger hunt maybe challenge level? Anyways I love the game will love the update no matter what.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work, alexthereat14
Interesting idea
DeleteThe Safari Zone sounds great! But I can't get it since I'm still on Saffron City :( And about twitter..... the contest was only for people who had twitter. Maybe you can change that somehow......
DeleteSam, could you also remove achievement shadows from Daily Gift and Game Corner? Its not fair to spend so much on something we can get for free.
ReplyDeleteI think I'll try to get to the safari zone now. I still have 2-3 new gyms since i last actually made progress :/
ReplyDeleteYou can do it!
DeleteHey Sam, just a little thought here, I've been following this game long enough to know you have it roughly mapped out, but seeing as there hasn't been a challange mode in forever, would a suggestion of a challange mode level to get surf be a good one?
ReplyDelete-Colby
Second person to mention it, hmm there is a pattern here
Deleteim just asking bt wen will pokemon tower defense 2 will b ready to play?
ReplyDeleteoh man relax ptd1 isn't finished and you want to know about ptd2? by the way htd is also there.
Deletewell ya i like the kanto region bt i love the johto region.
DeleteDear Sam,
ReplyDeleteIt's been two weeks since you promised to change the Daily Gift percentages. Every day that goes by without it being changed is another day that I wish I hadn't bought a Daily Gift. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who's sick and tired of getting a common Spearow for the 80th time or getting a Duskull Costume for yet AGAIN. Is there any way you could possibly make some sort of reimbursement program? Where we can swap in copies of avatars or "Breeder move" Pokemon for shadows? I don't think you understand how unbelievably frustrating it is to alternate between getting Caterpies and Haunter Costume avatars for a full week. I know money is supposedly easily hacked... but I'm a newer player and I work hard for my in-game cash. It takes me an hour to get 100,000 and I've been getting absolutely no reward for it. Please change the Daily Gifts. And please make some sort of compensation plan.
-Sam the Man
Sam is it possible for you to upgrade the chats?
ReplyDeleteLike new background, and our avatars doing emotes? :D
Sam, make re-working daily gift your TOP PRIORITY.
ReplyDeletei got my 2nd gastly mask in the daily code. i was actually playing for the mystery gift so im kinda annoyed im still getting these. and, come-on, Halloween was over 3 months ago. Please, Do the daily gift rework....
-SnorlaxFTW
You are lucky. I have gotten 4 haunter and 3 gengar costumes till now. And i still don´t have the gastly mask.
DeleteSam, wouldn´t it be better that you can only get one of each costume for each profile?
Anyways, I love the game.
-SilverDrake
you are all lucky: ive gotten 2 spiritomb masks, 5 gengar costumes, 7 gastly masks, and 4 haunter costumes. T_T
DeleteThankyou sam! Now i dont have to use a hacked version to train my shadow pokemon, pls respond back!
ReplyDeletePTD2 Will be ready at march or 12 februari... (i think)
using hacked version kills the point of shadows
Deletetheyre supposed to pose a challenge
@sam did the shadow pokemon getting extra experience make it into this update or will that be for the next update?
ReplyDeleteThey only get regular exp like normal pokemon so that theyre different from shiny pokemon.
Deletethey get as much as regular pokemon
Deletethat's very good too =D
People only wanted the shiny experience because they were lazy -_- Oh well, compromise is better than having a bunch of angry newbs ;D
DeleteHello Sam may i ask if the .exe version of the game will be automatically updated or will i have to download the new one ? Please answer !
ReplyDeleteUsing Joey as a Pokemon...priceless. Did you get some inspiration from LittleKuriboh's most recent Yugioh Abridged episode where Yugi tells Joey to use a tackle attack?
ReplyDeleteThanks for modifying the Safari Zone to its current conditions. Catching Kangaskhan and Tauros was impossible before the changes.
Fair enough for the Shadow Pokemon. I thought you had initially put them in as a means of getting Pokemon easier, especially the legendary dogs and Mew and that the price was making them harder to bring up.
Yeah, I think a break is called for, especially after this update. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a Programming Midterm to study for.
Can i get some new shinies
ReplyDeleteSam, sometimes Kangaskhan and Tauoros too fast to catch and many pokemon is "blocking" my bait and rocks. Can you lower the speed of them? Ty
ReplyDeleteThen use the fastest target option.
Deletewell i got tauros easy all u need to do is put bait on and target fast once u hit it with bait change target to slow and use a rock and then after 1 more of that just keep it on lowest hp rinse and repeat till its in the red
DeleteThanks for the teaching
DeleteI check the new weekly progress and it's not so "awash" but still a good progress :D
ReplyDeleteBTW i make a mistake when you hab put bulbasaur hat I forgot το use the code and i don't got the avatar now and i can get it any more and now i want it for collection can you do something for that i want that avatar and all the old avatars.
So i want to ask you are you planning to put a way to get them before the and of the game;
Please i really want them all.
Keep up the good work :D
@sam i just wanted to say I love this game and it means so much that you actually take your time to make a game that is actually cool. I just thought i'd say, i cannot catch any pokemon on the freaking safari zone level:(
ReplyDeleteThanks for making this game. p.s i cannot catch anything on safari zone :O
ReplyDeletegreat update as always sam.one question:Will you add sinnoh evolutions to kanto pokemon?(Magnezone,lickitung's evolution,and rhyperior).
ReplyDeleteNononononononononononononono!!!
DeleteWith no held item system he might not be able to yet.
DeleteSam, will you at least consider adding just a few more Shadow moves? I'm sorry, but Shadow Rush alone does not cut it. At least two more. Looking over the list of Shadow moves on Bulbapedia, I'd suggest Shadow Break (a physical move, with more power than Shadow Rush) and Shadow Storm (a special move). Shadow Break has 75 base power and Shadow Storm has 95 base power.
ReplyDeletehttp://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shadow_moves
At most he should make a special shadow move with the same power as shadow rush, maybe more powerful ones at higher levels.
DeleteBut there is no special Shadow move with 55 base power. Closest I can find is Shadow Wave, which has 50 base power. You do realize Sam didn't just make up Shadow Rush, right? It's an actual move.
DeleteI dont get the shadow pokemon per week thing. Help!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sam. I was really ticked that Shadows might get the same XP as Shineys.
ReplyDeleteIt still would have been cooler if they got 1/2 less, but hey, you did well!
Oh, yeah. I have a Shadow Suicune, but it doesn't show up in my Pokedex!
ReplyDeletesucuine wouldnt show up in the pokedex, like entei, raikou and victini
Deleteanything past mew wouldnt show up because theyre not from the kanto reigon
sam How was that about the SOPA & PIPA
ReplyDeleteI don't personally think you should make shadow pokémon more common, but I guess it's not my call...
ReplyDeleteThey're getting cheaper, what's the point of adding them if it takes weeks to get just ONE of them.
Deletebecause they are supposed to be hard to get, giving other player a chance to get higher end pokémon by doing smart trades. By making shadow pokémon so common, they are just used for "filling" but serve no purpose. Just my 2 cents in this.
DeleteTangela
ReplyDeleteThank you so, so much for making such an amazing game! I have but one request... Can you please make Rare Candy available to be bought, either in the casino, at the PokeMart? I have more money than I know what to do with, and Rare Candy is the only think I could make use of at the moment. I don't mind if buying them costs a lot, just so long as it's KIND OF reasonable, at least. Thanks again and keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteAlong with removing shadow Mr. Mime and Jynx so they are trade only, what about Farfetch'd since you have to trade for him too?
ReplyDeletePlease don't increase the level cap. If you increase the level cap, by blaine we will have level 100 pokes and i feel that the challenge might be less interesting that way...
ReplyDeletePlease, think about this Sam!
Hello Sam:
ReplyDeleteI would like to give a suggestion: Could you make the Pokemon Center trading system to show what Pokemon each person asks for their Pokemon in the search list? Because it's annoying to be opening each Request Trade window just to see what are players asking for their Pokemon. Thanks. ;)
This would be very helpful and efficient 100/10
DeletePTD2 will be done if Level cap raised 100 i think, but i really hope for a new stoyrline in JOHTO! but can someone help me beat that f**** fushia gym its so hard :(
ReplyDeleteDo not attack the Muks, avoid them.
Deleteuse nidoking and nidoqueen or venomoth
Deletevenemoth would be easy mode since you van cath them on lvl 65
and you dont have to move them around all the time
I did spam hyper beam and when they where low hp use rest
Just use decent leveled poison types and Magneton... you don't even have to move...
Deletejust use a bunch of gengars + one water pokemon. muk's poison attack doesnt affect posion types (gengar) and sandslash is weak to water.
DeleteWell a good way and the way i did on the 1st try just is get 2 gastlys and teach them curse and use it on the muk keep doing till on like 1 hp then use a pokemon to kill and ps yoy use up most your super potions and for the rest just get a whirlwind at the bottom guarding candy and a strong attk damge pokemon like dragonite using dragon rush
DeleteDitto+Muk+non-poison types=epicness
DeleteMORE LEVELS BECAUSE PTD IS THE BEST BUT I COMPLETED THE LEVELS (5.6) SO, MORE LVZ ! AND MORE PRIZES IM DAILY CODE, PTD 2 !
ReplyDeletePTD IS THE BEST ---- PTD IS THE BEST
I have an idea regarding shadow pokemon...and when im registered on the forum i will mention it there also...we could actually have shadow pokemon get less exp like they were...HOWEVER...at the same what i figured we could do....is have the shadow moves 2x effective on regular pokemon, .5x on other shadow pokemon, and 1x on shiny pokemon...that way they might have some advantage...yet also a way to balance it. what do you think Sam?
ReplyDeleteyour feedback is appreciated, Thanks.
Shadow pokemon don't come out in the wild and shiny pokemon are very rare and don't need to be attacked since you can just capture them immediately.
DeleteBUG
ReplyDeleteIn pokemon center we can't request all the sprites or doesn't show it i just check 1 of my pokes for 1 offer and i see my reguest for the Mew was only for regular & shiny and i put my pokemon today.
It's that a bug only for mew??
Hey Sam I'm not sure if this is intentional, but all the shadow pokemon icons in the boxes move, while the other ones are still. I think its cool but it would look better if everyone moved.
ReplyDeleteDarren
hey sam,i love you game. so i have a sugesstion...... can youu make a automatic level-up bot or something...
ReplyDeleteseriously? thats a part of the game dude. ALWAYS was...whats the point in playing if you arent going to put in the effort to level your own pokemon YOURSELF? what the crap dude.
Deleteyour indeed right. its not for me.but other people.
Deleteare you going to make sludge bomb, dragon pulse, shadow ball, and focus blast TMs?
ReplyDeleteHello Sam,
ReplyDeleteThe addition to pokemon abilities is great and all but I was hoping you could start adding held items now especially the everstone. That would be very helpful. Having to press the stop evolving every time when you are training especially the one that you are raising at level 1 gets annoying ... on some you have to press stop evolving like 50 times before they reach level 80... kind of annoying
To add on to this, it doesn't even need to implement a full held item system, just a auto-stop evolution option.
DeleteSam, I am very pleasently surprised. Unlike what the majority of the people that voted in the poll wanted, you didn't give Shadow Pokémon a boost in experience. I actually expected you to do it and as I said in an earlier post, I would have been disappointed. But you didn't do it (or at least, you didn't give them 2X normal exp.).
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sam.
Hey Sam!
ReplyDeleteEvery time I accomplish a Cerulean Gym accomplishment for the first time, it says
I can't save the acheivement. Please fix it.
Drew
@Anonymous(Jan 25, 2012 01:12 PM)
DeleteYou must win the challenge 3 to get the pokedex and then you will be able to save your achievements
-Gohan S.S.
Please fix the server problem with people trying to play PTD. I haven't played in a couple of weeks, and I am not going to have enough money to buy the daily code in 1-2 weeks. PLEASE FIX IT!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd I am not the only one...
Agreed Dude
Delete-Elliot
Agreed!!!!
Delete-Keith
BUG
ReplyDeleteFuchsia gym will not let me finish the level. I beat the level then it freezes up every time.
Im using Venosaur, Arbok, Victrebell, Gengar, Venomoth, and Haunter. Ive beaten this level enough that this isnt a fluke. Are there any level restrictions or anything on this level?
Where do you play?
DeleteFinding a way to make players be able to get 1 Shadow Pokemon per week on their account (0%) - This might mean reducing the cost, or increasing the chance. Not sure yet, it won't mean you automatically get one each week for every account you make.
ReplyDeleteMy first idea is a trading game where you must trade a certain amount of pokemon like 5 to earn that random shadow. Or make it so if you say a certain pokemon, and we must play on a certain (hidden) level with that pokemon, the level show a code. Enter that code in the mystery gift and you will get a random shadow pokemon. Tell me what you think.
I have an idea in mind, it's not as exciting but easy enough for players to do.
DeleteI am so very sorry Sam, I just can't take it anymore. I hate having to wait, so long, to go to play the game. I can't even enjoy it anymore. Buying the daily code is just not fun when you can't even train the great pokemon you get. I haven't got to play in three weeks! I am sorry, but I just can't do it anymore. With the server this bad, I must quit:(
ReplyDelete:( if you have over 500 pokemon in your account try moving some to a different account or putting them on the trading center.
DeleteIs there an offline version of PTD!
ReplyDeleteHello!
ReplyDeleteJust found a bug: after using rain dance then the level finishes, if there is a black part on the cut scene, the rain still falls. The best example I can think of is Cerulean Gym 1. Hope this helps!
P.S.
Hope the search for a programmer is going well.
I don't like joey being the only one!
ReplyDeleteI have noticed that when gloom and vileplume when using acid on speed 4 the acid can't be seen
ReplyDeletethe poke center is really messed up everytime I log in it says"It seems you have saved outside of the Trading Center. Please go back and log in again." when I haven't even played for 2 days and also I think it is because I have over 800 pokemon
ReplyDeleteRamoman X
i want a tangela,seel (with dewgong),koffing (with weezing),kabuto (with kabutops,omanyte (wth omastar and aerodactyl.PLEASE!!!!
ReplyDeleteThose pokemon aren't even availab;e yet. ONly Tangela is next week' mystery gift
DeleteNOOO, NO MORE CHALLENGE ACCEPTED ON LVL CAP
ReplyDelete-Haxing Cat
It's going to be legen....wait for it..... dairy!
DeleteI'm not crazy my mother had me tested
Delete-Sheldon Cooper
Wow.. Twitter failed.
ReplyDeleteThat sucked.. I was waiting for 20 minutes and look at my profile.. I got it right..
Well done to those that won.. but i reckon i would of if twitter didnt do this...
http://s275.photobucket.com/albums/jj294/robthekinkyradish/?action=view¤t=Untitled.jpg
Hey sam my shiny weepinbell wont turn to a victreebel and it lvl 78
ReplyDeleteLeaf Stone
DeleteEvolve it with a leaf stone (buy from Pokemart)
Delete*cough cough*noob*cough cough* lol
DeleteCan u please tell me when we're goin 2 cinnabar. I need to know!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNo you don't :D You can probably assume that's the next stop when we get surf.
DeleteYes!- 50% of update done.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sam!
ReplyDeleteYour going to get (Probably) loads of hate for this (Like most things you do x.x), But i think the Daily Gift is perfect now.
-SnorlaxFTW
Perfect? Have you seen the list of Pokémon with breeding moves? Faint Attack Pidgey is the only one with even remotely any use. Reversal is useless in PTD as if it has that low HP, your first instinct should be reaching for the Super Potion, not switching attacks, so Rattata is useless. Fearow has horrible Special Attack, which Tri Attack runs off of, so Spearow is useless. Caterpie and Weedle ALREADY LEARN BUG BITE BY LEVELING UP so Caterpie and Weedle are useless. Poison Fang is weak and Arbok already learns the more powerful Gunk Shot, so Ekans is useless. Alakazam's Attack stat is in the toilet and that's what Ice Punch runs off of, so Abra is useless. And... who the hell uses Charge at all in PTD? So Pikachu is useless. Sam, please read this. You need to overhaul the breeding move Pokémon something fierce. My suggested list is as thus:
DeleteRattata: Flame Wheel
Pikachu: Volt Tackle
Koffing: Psybeam
Growlithe: Close Combat
Grimer: Shadow Punch
Shellder: Rock Blast
Farfetch'd: Leaf Blade
Mr. Mime: Nasty Plot
I realize you haven't yet made Koffing catchable in the game- which brings me to another point; You DO realize that there is an in-game trade for Lickitung right near Fuchsia City, right? Could've made that happen right after Fuchsia Gym if we used a Golduck at any point in the level. Which would mean you could have put Koffing in as a Mystery Gift instead of Lickitung. Tell me, Sam, when are we gonna be able to get Koffing? What made you choose Grimer over Koffing for the 5.5 Mystery Gift?
@Missingno. Master - I think he Snorlax is referring to the new Daily Code Prizes.
DeleteSam, you should listen to the Volt Tackle Pikachu in this suggestion. Or you could make an achievement for one or something.
Delete@Sam: Ah, OK. Didn't notice them myself until just this morning. In which case I'd actually have to agree with SnorlaxFTW. Just got 100,000 casino coins today.
DeleteSam for the last battle it will be probably vs mewthree well I have a idea for the waves....
ReplyDelete6 waves waves (the pokemon are aleways coming back until they faint)(right before we left to battle mewthree ash come and give us The Hyper Potion )
1st wave : all legendary
2nd wave : all legendary
3rd wave : all legendary
4th wave : all legendary
5th wave : all legendary
6th wave : mewthree
when we finnaly beat mewthree team (rocket,galactic or others) come and catch mewthree whit a master ball and here we go for the next quest for PTD2
Hope you read it >:D
Notice that Celebi in the 4th gym says Mewthree isn't the antagonist in Johto. I guess he could be an instrument of evil in it though.
Deletehey sam, just found a really small bug. in safari zone, on the yellow squares that you put joey on, some of the squares are not fully complete.
ReplyDeletethanks for listening.
This is awesome! Thank You! :)
ReplyDeleteI don't know whether it has been reported, but Shadow Mr. Mime, at least the traded one, does not come with Shadow Rush. You cannot relearn it either. Was it intended? I mean, shadow with no shadow attack?
ReplyDeleteTry the TMs.
DeleteShadow Rush: you can buy it with 10,000 in TMs/HMs(only for shadow) it's first in list
DeleteCan you put Nurse Joy in the PokeCenter? Then it'd be finished ;)
ReplyDelete-MasterHoyt
If I was Sam this would be my schedule
ReplyDeleteDay 1 PTD
Day 2 HTD/PTD
Day 3 Head start on PTD 2
Day 4 Head start on PTD 2
Day 5 PTD
Day 6 PTD
Day 7 PTD
Day 8 HTD
Day 9 Head start on PTD 2
Day 10 Head start on PTD 2
Day 11 PTD
Day 12 HTD...
and so on
Thank you for not increasing shadow pokemons xp!
ReplyDeletealso there are no shadow pokemon in the daily gift right now im not sure if its intentional or not but i checked the prize list and they are not there. Just thought id point out incase its a mistake
Thank you for the Shadow Pokemon!!! ^-^
ReplyDeleteBut maybe think about putting in leaf stone and such for more evolve Pokemon.
Because personally I like eevee and all the evolve form of them.
samo
ReplyDeleteraise the shiny appeareance that would be the best gift to all of us =)
which pokes did u put in the safari zone ? can u tell me !
ReplyDeleteWhy would you take Shadow pokemon from the daily chance? D: That's horrible lol Anyways,, thank you for finally reworking the Daily code, as it has been treacherous for far too long... 12 or so repeat avitar outfits... and I still didn't get them all XD oh well I suppose.
ReplyDeleteBut maybe a 5% chance or something for the shadow pokemon, even if it's only in the rare chance? It's much appreciated ^_^
Thanks for the work you continue to provide Sam,
Hotair10
Sam, is it true that only casinocoins and snd coins are in the Dailygift????
ReplyDeletelucky me,just got a shadow mew for 300.000 game corner coins
ReplyDeleteermmmm whats happening with lickitung i tried getting the weekly code but it doesn't appear to be on there
ReplyDeleteHi Sam, thanks for the update, Safari Zone does look great...
ReplyDeletebut I miss the shiny starters on the Daily Prize!! I know they are on for adoption, but I would like a non-nicknamed Squirtle and Bulbasaur, just like my shiny Charmander.. Please, reconsider adding them back, even with a lower rate.
Just change their names
Deletethe only shiny starter on daily prize was charmander. Besides you can rename them on the tradecenter
Delete@ Anon Jan 26, 2012 04:55 PM
DeleteFalse. All of the shiny starters were available on the daily code. My first shiny starter was a Bulbasaur.
I have an idea for an Easter Egg.
ReplyDeleteUse a Pikachu,Butterfree and Pidgeotto on Cerulean Gym and a Togepi might walk through the level in the first wave or something.
Kinda like if you take Togepi into Cerulean Gym in HGSS it might "cry softly".
Sam, great changes to the daily gift it gives you currency to potentially get a pokemon without flat out giving it. gives the people some control in the matter. great work.
ReplyDelete-Aobasu
i bought 2 5 dollar s&d coin purchases and i havent recieved my coinss yet where do u go to get em or what is going on with it thats 10$ i spent with nothing to show for it is their a customer service i have my reciept code could u please help i want my mew lol thanks i be waiting
ReplyDeleteso i purchased 2 5 $ s&d coins packages and have not recieved any coins ii live with glitches but not when my money is enovled i have my order receipts could u pplease assist me
ReplyDeleteHey,
ReplyDeleteWhenever I'm in the Pokemon centre, I always forget whether I've caught a certain pokemon or not so I reckon to make life easier could you add a little pokeball symbol next to the level of the pokemon to imply that we've caught that one?
Cheers
Thanks for fixing the bug with the Pokedex! Now I can finally get rid of all of those Shadow Eevee/Eeveelutions i've been holding onto.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the new Pokemon Center :D
- MegaMan
I also had a suggestion for the Legendary Dogs.
ReplyDeleteSince you changed the XP gain on Shadows, the Shadow Dogs kind of have a leg up on the regular ones due to their ability to use Shadow Rush. Would you consider giving the regular Dogs a Shiny Pokemon XP gain? Right now I see no reason to want a regular dog over a Shadow (unless you're collecting) since a Shadow is easier to obtain.
- MegaMan
sam can you make a mewtwo mystery gift, because the level cap is so close to 100? Mewtwo lvl 70 moves: phystrike, electroball, shadowball and aura shere. If you did it'd be epic! I got the moves and level from the serebii.net homepage, if anyone's interested.
ReplyDeleteMewtwo will probably be available at or near the last level. So if Sam keeps up the good work (without risking his grades for it of course) we should be getting there in a month or two. It might seem like a lot, but seeing how he's only one person that's a lot. Keep up the good work/task juggling Sam!
DeleteShadow pokemon are no longer available in the daily gift. Was that done purposely so that they can only be obtained through casino coins? By the way I love the new daily gift prices :)
ReplyDeleteBecause of voting about shadow pokemon exp, wouldn't it be nice, if you implement option to turn on or off extra shadow pokemon(when it's on, shadow pokemon get 150% of exp like shinies, when it's off they earn regular 50% of exp)?
ReplyDeleteDaily gift setup is the best so far. It allows for reasonable coin obtainability and adding the low chances for SnD coins is good for a million reasons. Now back to shiny collecting.
ReplyDeleteI would love it if snd coiins were put in the 100,000 daily gift!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat about adding a button that sorts your pokemon into groups of Normal, Shiny, and Shadow ?
ReplyDelete-taco of doom
when are you going to put the story when the charcter you play go to the cinnbar islands to mewthree
ReplyDeleteSam I have a question: if there will be day care PTD 2 and meddle or shadow pokemon shiny shiny breeding or be shadow?
ReplyDeletei think you should bring back some of the weekly gifts like vicini and magnamite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteu can get shiny magnamite in challenge mode and im sure the electic level with zapdos is comming soon as we have surf soon
Delete@Sam
ReplyDeleteCould you implement a daily code that gives only avatars? That would help people who missed them get them now and it would keep everyone else happy.
um where is the lickitung mystery gift code clues?
ReplyDeletei won the tauros:D i am zedarkzebra
ReplyDeleteHey Sam,
ReplyDeleteSince you're working on the pokemon center layout this week, would there be any possible way that on the home page where trade requests is, beside it you could put (1) or how ever many requests are pending approval to know if you have trade requests instead of how it is now where you have to go in, and look through each pokemon up for trade seperately to see offers. I think being able to see requests from the home page would help with the problem of people putting pokemon up for trade just as storage and then forgetting about them.
-Thanks, Colby
Or somehow put the ones with pending offers at the top of the page and then have the rest at the bottom. I agree
DeleteL'hippocampe
You know how the shadow thing could work? You may feel slightly stupid, but... drum roll... Making a new Pokemon Centre button saying Weekly Shadow! It was easy thinking of that.
ReplyDelete-Haxing Cat.
@sam Is there going to be a new achievement for Fuchsia Gym this week? Using pokemon less than 70 or something?
ReplyDeleteThat would be to easy. My Pokemon were only 65-68.
Delete-SnorlaxFTW
Hello!
ReplyDeleteI have always put my pokemon up to fight and tabbed out to do other stuff while I'm waiting for the battle to end, but I always come back to the page only to find that one or two of my pokemon are ready to level up, so I have to do it manually.
Could you please consider making an option that allows the pokemon to level up on their own, like in the proper pokemon games.
Or if you don't want to do that, could you enable some kind of sound effect or allarm to go off whenever a pokemon has maxed out it's XP.
I believe it would be a great improvement to the game and I'm sure most other PTD players would enjoy it as well.
Thank you for your attention and great job on HTD so far!
I LOVE the new daily code 20 SnD coins you can pretty much chose what pokemon to get with the SnD coins
ReplyDeleteThanks for allowing all this feedback Sam!
ReplyDeleteMay I suggest that the random shadow bought in the pokemon center is given out at rates roughly consistent with the likelihood of finding them in the game? That way, it would prevent some pokemon like the legendary dogs (in megaman's comment above) or other legendaries from being easier to get in a shadow version than in a regular version. So, for example, the chance of getting a shadow spearrow would be greater than a shadow pikachu, which would be greater than a shadow legendary dog. I think this would greatly increase the appeal of certain shadows and would make the trading for shadows more competitive.
Thanks, L'hippocampe
Great job Sam I spent over $100 on snd coins now you just give them away. I thought snd was to a way to give us executive stuff. But now they can't be exclusive. Explain yourself.
ReplyDeleteNone of the SnD things are exclusive (minus shiny Mew), also I'm not "giving them away" :/
DeleteHow are we meant to get shadow pokemon from the daily prize if you can only get casino coins and Snd coins?
ReplyDeleteNow that the Halloween costumes are no longer on the daily codes, do you have any plans to add the rest of them to the game corner like with the duskull costume? There's still one costume I have yet to get!
ReplyDeletei love the daily gift .....thank you so much sam
ReplyDeleteto much little chances at to win SND coins
ReplyDeleteI like how you increased the amount of coins you could get with the daily code. But how are we goind to get breeding move or shadow pokemon? I know you can buy ONE in the game corner for 300,000 casino coins, but it would take forever to get alot of them. Could you possibly lower it to 200,000 or 150,000?
ReplyDeleteI really wish I could play, but the error screen repeatedly appears. Haven't played in two weeks.
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