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This page provides general information about Pokémon Clinker, Pokémon Sickle, and Pokémon Liberty. You can utilize this page to figure out how to follow along.

## About Pokémon Clinker, Pokémon Sickle, and Pokémon Liberty

Pokémon Clinker, Pokémon Sickle, and Pokémon Liberty are Pokémon fan-games, which were one version initially, by a small YouTube group known as *JokesOnUs!*, commonly abbreviated as *JOU*.
One of the group's founders, CBC22, began development in early 2016, not too long after JOU had been founded. At the time, CBC22 had simply constructed it for his friends and classmates to play in class. This explains why the earliest versions of Clinker (which went by a far less tasteful title at the time) are full of inside jokes, offensive humor, dark comedy, inappropriate language, depressing themes, rated-M content, etc. Safe to say, it was not considered a serious project back then. The project's scope was essentially limited to CBC22's peers. As time marched on, the goals for the game, now *games*, repeatedly changed and multiplied in scale. More than before, production for these games is now taken a bit more seriously and professionally.

In addition to being fused stony matter, Pokémon Clinker's name refers to bricks within kilns that have been burned to the point of becoming darkened or deformed. Pokémon Sickle's name, of course, refers to the agricultural tool with a curved metal blade attached to a short handle fitted on a tang. Pokémon Liberty is derived from a couple definitions, mainly the one about the quality or state of being free.

Pokémon Clinker, Pokémon Sickle, and Pokémon Liberty all take place in the Mishi region, which draws inspiration from the geography and history of USA state Michigan.

All three versions are built in RPG Maker XP and use Pokémon Essentials, a scriptset that aims to port Pokémon's core mechanics to the engine. Pokémon Clinker, Pokémon Sickle, and Pokémon Liberty are not ROM hacks and are played on a home computer via a Windows executable file. The game is 2D and sprite-based, taking stylistic inspiration from multiple Pokémon games, mainly those of Generations IV & V. The assets used in Pokémon Clinker, Pokémon Sickle, and Pokémon Liberty were either created specifically for these fan-games, borrowed with permission, or were utilized with credit given to the proper owners.

All information contained on this wiki is pre-approved and confirmed by *JokesOnUs!*. It may reflect either the current state of development, what is in the latest playable version of the game, or both. Since this wiki is a repository for several of the development processes, pages should not be edited unless you have first gained permission.

Clinker, Sickle, and Liberty are self contained experiences. They can be fully completed without any external interaction with other games, events or services. Most of the Pokémon, all of the locations and most of the characters are original to this game. Ultimately, the game's aim is to mimic the games that inspired it, while also providing a more challenging experience. It also aims to not take itself entirely seriously, and urges players to do the same with its content of darker themes and inappropriate material. The games are not recommended for children.

Mechanically, Clinker, Sickle, and Liberty function more like the 3rd and 4th Generation of Pokémon games with a few additions of custom scripts, features, and more. Features and mechanics introduced to the Pokémon series after Pokémon's 9th Generation will not be included. Most things prior to Gen IX will be featured, including but not limited to the Fairy-type, Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, moves, abilities and items.

## Get involved

If you are interested in keeping up with the games' development, there are a couple things you can do.

### Play the most recent release!

Main article: Releases
At the moment, only Pokémon Clinker has early releases for you to try out. The latest release only covers up until shortly after the player receives their second badge. Once you're done, you can help out directly by taking the feedback and bug report surveys found on the JokesOnUs! website. Telling them what they're doing right and what they're doing wrong is easy and helps them create an experience you and others will enjoy even more.

### Join the discussion on Discord!

Desire even more of Clinker, Sickle, and Liberty? On our Discord server, you can talk about your experience playing the game and follow along with the development in a different way than you can on this wiki.