Pokémon Global

Pokémon Global is a fan-made massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) coded using Java. Started in August 2007 by former members of Pokémon: Den of Ages (PDoA), the game has been coded by Pivot, ZombieBear, Ryan and (in recent times) Sienide. Many members belong to the development team, but most members contribute by posting suggestions, maps and game effects, and discussions about the game.

The Pokémon Global logo

Poké Global members chatting and battling with one another.

History

Pokémon Global was set up in August 2007 when members of PDoA left to form their own MMORPG. Since then the team has been developing Pokémon Global using Java and the Eclipse development environment. The first demo surfaced in early 2008, which demonstrated the Player versus Player (PvP) engine based on Shoddy Battle. In April 2008, Pokémon Global merged with Pokemon Online Revolution and has since then gone on to produce beta version 0.5. Beta 0.5 was released in early January 2009. Later that month, Pokemon Global and Pokemon Online Revolution agreed to begin work on a new release merging material from both games together called PokeNet. The PokeNet release is expected to vastly widen the available content of the game, and will completely replace Pokemon Global Version Beta .5.

Features

Beta 0.15

This beta featured:

Login/Registration
Starter Pokémon Selection
Chat
Wild Pokémon
Catching (including Boxes)
Leveling/Evolution
Pokémon Center and Poké Mart
Johto (mapped only to Route 31)

Beta 0.2

This beta was due in early July. It featured all of 0.15's features along with:

Player vs. Player Battles (wagers can be placed on battles also)
Trading (Items/Pokémon/Money)
Team Creation/Joining
NPC Battles (including Gym Leaders)
Private Chat

Beta 0.22

The login screen for Pokémon Global.

This Beta was largely an extension of previous Betas.

New Chat
No Teams
New Maps
New NPCs

Beta 0.5

This Beta was released in early January 2009. It features:

Buildings and caves
Aggressive Trainer NPCs
Fleeing mechanics
Updated user interface
All of Johto, except Whirl Islands and Mt. Mortar
Redid bag system
Dynamic Map Loading, which allows some users to play the game much faster.

NPC System

Pokémon Global's battle screen.

NPC Trainers in-game will always use Pokémon equal or greater to the player's current level of skill. This is done by evaluating Pokémon in the party and retrieving an average level. Once the average level is calculated, if the NPC is weaker than the player, they'll receive a level boost. The same will go for Gym Leaders until badges can be obtained.

Pokézine

The Pokézine is Pokémon Global's official magazine. All the articles are submitted by members and include interviews with the staff, latest news from Nintendo, information about various Pokémon Games, Pokémon of the Issue and more. The Lead Designer of the Pokézine, Psycho, designs everything using Adobe Flash and releases a new issue every few weeks.

Development Team

Fshy94 - Administrator
Ryan - Administrator
Viride - Administrator
ZombieBear - Lead Programmer
TMKCodes - Developer
Sienide - Developer
Dragina - Lead Graphics Designer
Lastplacer - Co-Lead Mapper
LordAdmiral - Co-Lead Mapper
Firefly17 - Mapper
GaMa - Mapper
Latias - Lead Wiki Developer