Status of my Pokemon Hentai Game

[humbird0]

TL:DR - My day-job makes me work way too much for me to create big projects anymore.

People have been wondering about this for years, so I guess I should finally make it clear.
I love this game, everything about it has been turning out great, but I'm kind of tired of working on it. (or maybe I'm just tired)
I WANT to be motivated to work on it. But I can't FORCE myself feel like it.
This project is just too damn old. Every good idea I ever wrote down and every fantastic plan I made... have become tired old re-runs in my mind. Those can't motivate me.
But I do know one trick:
In theory I could add a new scene or completely re-do a scene in order to jump-start my creativity and get the ball rolling again. That would take about a day, which is too long. The second I went back to my day-job, the momentum would be completely gone again. I do get 2-day weekends to do stuff, but then I have to stop and wait through 5 long days of work before I can get back to any project. Then I would have to spend another day rewriting another small scene just to get motivated again. Nothing would actually get done. Big projects just can't survive 5-day interruptions with no free time in between.

Years ago, I used to have more than 3 hours of free time a day. But about 2 years ago I got a promotion at my job, which basically just means I work long hours now and have very little free time during the week. I've just been too busy paying the bills to able to make anything big.

Why didn't I say anything sooner?
I felt guilty. I wanted to somehow make myself keep going. I felt like I owed it to all the people who helped with this project over the years. But when a hobby feels like an obligation, it's not a hobby.



Weekly build:
pokemon_current_alpha_editor.zip
I've set up my computer to automatically upload the Pokemon game from my hard drive every week. This file is hosted on my website. I rarely work on this game these days so most updates will be identical. And if I make any big updates to the game I'll announce it on my website or on Twitter like I do with all my other projects. Just a warning, this will upload the game even if I'm in the middle of changing something that temporarily breaks the game, so I can't guarantee this alpha build always works. But if you want bleeding edge updates, this is it.


Source Code
I uploaded the Editor, all the Source Code, and Design Documents for this game on Archive.org (as of Nov 2019)
pokemon_hentai_flash_source_and_docs

[kingofbrocoli]

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[musical74]

I wondered what happened!

[Dapper Gent]

I can speak for many people on here when I say that we're just happy hearing from you, my friend. It's a relief knowing you're still around and kicking.

I have a feeling that's why a lot of projects go infinished here; they simply take too long, even with a dedicated team, to the point of burning the creators out and having them lose interest. Pokemorph hit it's 5 year anniversary this year before we finally shelved it and your game has been around even longer. You inspired it's creation after all.

Despite that, and from one creator to another, don't force yourself into working on something you have little to no desire to or feel obligated to work on through being tired and exhausted. Just about everyone here will be happy just seeing you around and active again.

[humbird0]

There were two reasons why I had not been active on the forums.
1) I'm just not a particularly talkative person. It's not a problem. I CAN talk. I just don't tend to.
2) When (not if) I fall behind on forum posts, I get intimidated by the idea of having to read a hundred pages just to get caught up.

These feed into each other, since I have a tendency to fall way behind.

There's generally no need to worry if I seem to go quiet. That's just how I am most of the time. I know that might leave people wondering if anything happened to me, so if you want to see how I'm doing, just check my Twitter accounts.
https://twitter.com/humbird0 (updates on my projects) (My website directly displays these posts on its main page)
https://twitter.com/humbird0_nsfw (discussion and analysis of porn)
https://twitter.com/humbird0_main (general fandom and retweets)
I do visit a bunch of sites here and there, but I don't have time to regularly post or check most of them, so I just focus on Twitter these days to keep things simple.

[Nyathon]

In all honesty, I can really relate with how you feel. I may not create games, but I do create entertainment in another form. I too, started things out as just a fun little hobby. And like you, I started to burn out upon promotion to a new job. Still looking for the drive I used to have, hopefully I will find it again. Glad to hear from ya though, and I hope that you may find that inspiration to pick things back up again. If not, I cant really blame ya for just being done with it all. Like you said, when a hobby starts to feel like an obligation, it is no longer a hobby.

[N0Show]

hey man. it's okay. maybe just put the project on hold and move on. you can revisit it when you get back the fire in your soul

[Luka2005]

hey man. it's okay. maybe just put the project on hold and move on. you can revisit it when you get back the fire in your soul

yes try this... this game is aewsome and i completely understand getting burnt out. But also think of the fans of your games, but also don't burn yourself out again...

[bubba91]

Wish you luck on your future projects.

Do you still have all of my artworks?, I left the folder when I left the project.

It would be interesting to recover and make it free to use for anyone that wants to make their own game.

[Luka2005]

indeed bubba some of your work is aewsome, i think you made that one horny vulpix? I really liked that one. i really wouldn't mind someone taking over or making a similar project if humbird0's really burnt out as long as they stick with the same idea.

[humbird0]

Wish you luck on your future projects.

Do you still have all of my artworks?, I left the folder when I left the project.

It would be interesting to recover and make it free to use for anyone that wants to make their own game.

You can get full-size copies of all the cutscene and pokemorph pictures from here:
pokemorph_pics.zip
cutscene_pics.zip

You can view or download any of these pictures directly from these webpages. This cutscene browser has situation descriptions and screenshots of the in-game scene for each picture so artists know exactly what's happening when their picture appears.
http://www.humbird0.com/content/games/p ... okemorphs/
http://www.humbird0.com/content/games/p ... cutscenes/
On the pokemorph page, clicking the thumbnails opens the full-size picture.
On the cutscene page, clicking the magnifying-glass icon opens the full-size picture. And clicking on the thumbnail displays its description and screen-shot.

pokemon_battlePic_template.zip
This is the template Photoshop file I use when creating Pokemon for the battle system.
The file is already at the size the game expects, and it includes handy size-reference pictures to help you keep the pokemon consistent.
It uses smart objects so you can just double-click on a layer to view or colorize the full-size version of a picture.
The output file should always be a PNG

[Luka2005]

Oh hey there, how are you?

[humbird0]

I uploaded the Editor, all the Source Code, and Design Documents for this game on Archive.org (as of Nov 2019)
pokemon_hentai_flash_source_and_docs

[jojo78700]

Hate to be that person, but where can i play this game ? Could someone send me the link??

[humbird0]

Oh yeah... good question, actually.

Download
pokemon.zip

Development posts (2012 - 2016)
viewtopic.php?f=34&t=2027

... There's also a download for the game alongside the source code on Archive.org.