User blog:BuhrGryllz/Pokémon: Harmony, a Passion Project

Hello Everyone,

As a first dev blog I wanted to share with you all what my role is in the creation of Pokémon: Harmony, and the reasons behind my decision to make a Pokémon game.

First let me start off with this, Pokémon: Harmony is being developed by two people, myself, and Dukata. I am the mastermind behind the game, I do all of the creation of the game itself. Dukata is my eyes on the game, and my eyes on the world. He tests the game for me prior to patch releases, and he is the lead developer of this wikia page.

Now the reason on why I chose Pokémon over developing a 100% original game comes down to a few factors. 1.) A 100% original game takes more time, which I do not have. 2.) I love the Pokémon games. 3.) I play a ton of Fan-made Pokémon games.

Pokémon: Harmony really began after I started playing the ROM Hack Pokémon: Glazed. It was just a ton of fun and I thought I could bring my own style and twist to the Pokémon world, so I did some research. I found a few ways to do this, I learned about Advance Map and Pokémon Essentials. I decided to go with the RPG Maker XP Pokémon Essentials because every piece of research I came upon told me that Advance Map ROM hacking was more complicated and more limiting, but it gave you a more authentic feel. Honestly, the authentic feel that ROM Hacking gives you wasn't enough of a reason for me to do the more complicated development, like I said I don't have a ton of time on my hands, and I already had experience with RPG Maker.

So, to be completely fair, Pokémon: Harmony is my passion project. It combines a childhood love of mine, Pokémon, with a more recently discovered passion, making games. That is why I believe in this project and why I want to share it with the world.

Thank You, --BuhrGryllz (talk) 17:18, July 14, 2015 (UTC)