Pokemon Alabaster

"Pokemon Alabaster" is a Pokemon fangame made in the PokéCommunity. It's leading develop is Alababal.

It follows the story of a trainer, who recently graduated from Nyejo Academy, going on a journey around the Nyejo Region in order to gather eight gym badges and participate in the Pokemon League.

However, during this journey, this trainer gets entangled with a battle between the Pokemon League, Team Celestial, and Team Tectonic. With suggestions of corruption, legends, and mysteries scattered throughout the journey, the trainer's actions may decide what will become of the region and its inhabitants...

## Story Summary

The story takes place in the Nyejo Region, which is well known for having the greatest minds of the Pokemon world. The protagonist, after celebrating their tenth birthday and receiving their first Pokemon, had enrolled in Nyejo Academy. After two years of studying, they were finally able to graduate and start their journey as a Pokemon trainer.

During their journey, they crossed paths with many important people. These include their childhood friend Cirrus, the school's student council president Cassandra, a young trainer named Robin, the environmentally-protective extremists known as Team Celestial, and the dangerous criminal group known as Team Tectonic.

With the inclusion of a questionable past involving their family and the ability to alter the very course of the story with their actions, what will the protagonist do during their journey in the Nyejo Region? And what will become of the region at the end of the journey?

## Main Characters

* Alabaster (Protagonist)
* Cirrus
* Cassandra
* Robin
* Pokemon League
* Team Celestial
* Team Tectonic

## Key Details About The Game

### Pokemon Level Restrictions

In Pokemon Alabaster, there is a cap on the Pokemon's level system that is based on the number of gym badges that the trainer has. As a result, the player has a limit to how far they can grind up their Pokemon's level for each gym. This mechanic prevents the player from grinding their Pokemon's levels to be too high, which would make the battles against gym leaders and other important trainers easier.

### Game's Difficulty

In Pokemon Alabaster, the strength of the Pokemon that the player fights against are much harder compared to normal canon Pokemon games. However, this is most noticeable in battles against important trainers, gym leaders, and evil team admins. It is made worse for the gym leader battles, as the use of items (except of held items) is not permitted during the gym battle. This increased difficulty, especially for the important trainers, is to motivate players to be more tactical and creative during the playthrough, even motivating them to try out new methods in playing.

### Branching Story Paths

Unlike the traditional canon Pokemon games, where the story is linear, Pokemon Alabaster has situations where the player's actions can alter the course of the story. There are times where the player has multiple choices that can have different impacts of their relationship with certain characters. They can also choose to side with Team Celestial, the Pokemon League, or remain neutral to all sides. They can even progress the story from losing to certain important trainers in a Pokemon battle, not being allowed to reset and try battling again (unless you use the save file).

### Side Story Events and Quests

Through the game, you can find many side story events and quests scattered throughout your playthrough. Playing through these events will award you with more story-flavor, Pokemon to catch, items to use, trainers to fight for experience and money, and changes to your relationship with important characters.

### Mega Evolutions

In the Nyejo Region, Mega Evolution is used in Pokemon battles. However, besides them being used by powerful trainers, they are also used by Wild Pokemon who possess a strange phenomenon to Mega Evolve without a trainer (so long as they hold on to their special Mega Evolution Stones). These wild Mega Evolved Pokemon can be found in special side story events, which will reward the player with their respective Mega Evolution Stones.