Screenshake Club Plays Gold

**Screenshake Club Plays Gold** is the second installment of the Screenshake Club Plays series, started on February 19th, 2021. It aimed to have the Temporarily Unnamed Server beat a modified version of Pokémon Gold, using a bot inside a Discord channel.

In total, the installment ran for almost exactly 40 days. A follow up, Screenshake Club Plays Emerald, was launched on April 30th, 2021.

## Timeline

* Feb 19th - Game Start
* Feb 20th - Falkner
* Feb 21st - Bugsy
* Feb 24th - Whitney
* Feb 27th - Morty
* Mar 3rd - Chuck, Jasmine
* Mar 4th - Jumbo Hideout
* Mar 5th - Pryce
* Mar 8th - Clair, Ho-Oh
* Mar 15th - Lance, Lt. Surge
* Mar 18th - Sabrina, Misty, Erika
* Mar 19th - Janine
* Mar 20th - Brock
* Mar 22nd - Blaine, Blue
* Mar 28th - ACE, PidgeySmash
* Mar 30th - Cnstntn (Red)
* Mar 31st - The End

## History

Originally, Pokémon Crystal was going to be the second game chosen, but Gameboy Color support was missing since Dew had not yet been created. This did, however, give User:Er1c1996 the opportunity to make changes to the Pokémon Gold ROM (including porting some features from Crystal.) These modifications were done mostly in real time using a hot-swap system.

### PidgeySmash

After the decision was made to set up arbitrary code execution to obtain infinite Rare Candies, two former Team Rocket Grunts (the same two responsible for the Saffron Massacre) decided to capitalize on the opportunity.

They proceeded to set up their own arbitrary code program, that overwrote every Pokémon in the current box with Pidgey. These were effectively "bad clones" of Pidgey-- they would revert to their original species if left in the daycare, but would convert into Pidgeotto if evolved.

## Pokédex

Trainer Name: **UNNAMED** | Rival Name: **NAMED?**

## Pokémon ConnyGold

The playthrough was done on a modified version of Pokémon Gold called Pokémon ConnyGold. Though the main storyline is mostly unchanged, changes have been made to the Team Rocket subplot, to the final battle on Mt. Silver, and to some mechanics and features.

### Story

Three years after the events of Twitter Plays Pokémon, trainer Cnstntn has gone into seclusion. Team Rocket, disbanded due to his efforts, has splintered into a Jumbo-worshiping cult called Team Jumbo. They plan to use radio waves to turn all the Pidgey in Johto against their trainers, including the eight Pidgey given to the region's gym leaders.

The player, coincidentally starting their journey through Johto, runs into Team Jumbo in the middle of their efforts. It is up to you to stop them before they succeed!

It was revealed after defeating the champion that Jumbo has also infiltrated the eight Kanto gyms, and potentially even Cnstntn himself.

### Changes

In the live run, changes were slowly implemented over time, giving the illusion that events were deviating further and further from the original story. When the hack was released, it featured all changes from the start, as well as additional features not seen in the original run.

* Play as male (Unnamed), female (Namelys), or non-binary (Nanashi)
* Many trainer names refer to the Discord community
* Team Rocket replaced by Team Jumbo
* Text changes referring to Twitter Plays Pokemon
* Battle CNSTNTN, the protagonist of the original playthrough
* Reduced NPC call frequency
* Abilties (WIP, only for player)
* Quality of Life features
	+ Weather status icons in battle
	+ Unique party icons
	+ Running shoes
	+ Faster saving
	+ Sprite improvements

### Notable Trainers

Trainer List

* Youngster Conny Jr. [☎]
* Bug Catcher Grant [☎]
* Picnicker Marsha [☎]
* Hiker Mansuta [☎]
* Camper Faz [☎]
* Beauty Heedrianne
* Juggler Terry [☎]
* Schoolboy Draw [☎]
* Pokéfan Ivy [☎]
* Schoolboy Moldy [☎]
* Lass Payno [☎]
* Pokéfan Vi [☎]
* Gentleman Stein
* Lass Persista [☎]
* Sailor Jumby [☎]
* Jumbo Rabbit
* Jumbo Misery
* Scientist Harry
* Burglar Chodey
* Bird Keeper Murky [☎]
* Bug Catcher Mallow
* Swimmer Gillie
* Picnicker Marsha [☎]
* Cooltrainer Slick

## Resources

* Discord
* Twitter
* Screenshake.club

### Full Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNd65f7oiFY

### Hack Download

* Pokémon ConnyGold v0.36 IPS Patch

For legal reasons, you'll have to provide your own unmodified Pokémon Gold ROM to play this hack. The patch above can be applied using a tool like Lunar IPS, and any unmodified English Gold ROM. Source code is also available for those interested.

### Save Files

* Save File 1 - Before Cnstntn
* Save File 2 - After Cnstntn
* Save File 3 - PC Box Fixed

Note: These save files, while compatible with Pokémon Gold, will work best when used with the hack. Please see above for details.

## Trivia

* The existence of Blue in this version suggests that this takes place in a timeline in which Pokémon Red and Green are canon. In those versions, the player's rival is canonically named Green.
	+ She also refers to Green by name, calling him "a rude guy with spiky hair," and addresses how people seem to mix up their names often.
	+ It was revealed through extended lore that she recently swapped names with her neighbor, Blue, after both feeling that their names were wrong. This explains the confusion by many trainers and the discrepancy with Screenshake Club Plays Red++.

## Gallery

One of many trainer cameos.A female Jumbo Executive.I wonder what's for dinner?