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Pokémon Apex is an unofficial fan game made by IAMVISHNU Media, and is a more serious, narrative-focused take on the series. Learn more below.
Download the Apex Launcher for auto-updates, save management, and more! See the Installation Instructions for how to use the Manual Downloads.
The game is currently in Alpha, meaning the story is not yet complete. You will likely experience bugs, and everything is subject to change. Please submit all issues and feedback to the forum!
Get involved with the game and community! Share content and report issues on the forum or chat with us on Discord.
Hello everyone! We’ve got a patch here that’s loaded with bug fixes, tweaks, and balance improvements. Nothing too exciting, but should make the game a lot smoother and more fun.
As always, you can find the patch on the blog or just let the Launcher apply it for you.
Read on for changelog.
Operation Trick-or-Treat is now Available in Early Access!
I’m excited to announce that my new Halloween-themed game, Operation Trick-or-Treat is now available in Early Access!
Explore the suburbs and beyond to collect candy and find hidden coins! Use the special powers of various classic Halloween costumes to bypass obstacles and enemies in this love letter to classic flash games.
The game is currently in Early Access, meaning it is not yet complete, and new levels, features, costumes, themes, music, etc. will be added to the full game as we go along. You can purchase at any time and get all future updates for free. The game is currently available for Windows, but may run on Unix systems via WINE.
You can download a free demo and purchase the game now on Itch.io
Patreon backers get a complimentary copy of the game. If you are not a backer already, you can join here for as little as $2.
This release is to fix some issues with the last release, including some NullReferenceExceptions, particularly when downloading patches.
Have you streamed or recorded a Let’s Play of Apex? Submit it to the Let’s Play Directory over on the forum! I want to see all your playthroughs and impressions. If you know someone who has recorded a Let’s Play, encourage them to submit their videos there!
Hey guys! This is a small-ish patch to fix a handful of bugs that were reported. No new content here! ## Changelog ### Tweaks * Dante’s Breloom in Chapter 4 now knows Stun Spore instead of Swords Dance, had its ability changed from Poison Heal to Technician, and has had its held item changed from Toxic Orb to Black Belt. ### Fixes * Sayaka no longer appears at Nysa Overlook or Sawsbuck Lodge after Vahram Temple. * Fixed an issue where attempting to leave the Glass Palace or Alabaster Palace while Sayaka is with you gets the player stuck in a loop. * Moved an item in Acacia Town that could block players from properly exiting Acacia Tunnel. * Due to a bug with Essentials where attempting to use the Quantum Mirror from the bag while on ice freezes the game, this handler now just informs the player about the keyboard shortcut, which works fine.
Hello everyone! I finally got around to setting up an official forum for the community. I’m going to start transitioning to using the forum for official issue reports for Apex and other games. It’s fairly bare-bones right now, but we can add more boards and categories as needed. Please check it out and let me know what you guys think!
Take the Build 9 Survey here! Share your thoughts on the current build, and vote for your favorite characters and more in the popularity poll. Your feedback is extremely valuable in development, and directly influences future changes. Please provide as much detail as possible. Remember that issues should not be reported on the survey, and to please submit them in the proper place.
Despite the amount of time the Build 8 survey was up, the number of responses went way down to only 19 compared to the 45 responses from Build 7. Let’s hope we can increase that number this time! Despite this, there was plenty of valuable feedback given, so I greatly appreciate everyone who responded!
Now for the Popularity Poll results:
Protagonist - 9/18 Votes (50%)
Dahlia - 5/18 Votes (28%)
Rival, Dante, Sayaka, Shiva - 1/18 Vote (6%)
Sagaxis Forest - 6/19 Votes (32%)
Nysa - 4/19 Votes (21%)
Jul'far - 3/19 Votes (16%)
Nascene City, Aegis Foundation - 2/19 Votes (11%)
Acacia Town, Mt. Belial - 1/19 Votes (5%)
Croagunk/Toxicroak - 4/13 Votes (31%)
Excadrill - 2/13 Votes (15%)
Cacturne, Misdreavus, Cradily, Vulpix, Sigilyph, Larvesta, Gabite - 1/13 Votes (8%)
That’s all for now. Enjoy Build 9 and remember to send your feedback!
That’s right! The wait is now over. Apex Build 9 is available now! The story continues into Chapter 4, with all sorts of goodies.
Here are some things you can expect in this build:
A brand new dungeon, complete with battles, puzzles, and plenty of lore and story.
Two mini dungeons! Explore these smaller temples alongside Sayaka and catch legendary Pokémon!
Big new maps! The Shrieking Cliffs, a perilous cliffside, is now available to explore. Find connections to old areas and new perils! The map screen has also been updated to showcase everything.
New sidequests! New Puzzle House and TM Kid sidequests will keep you busy after you complete the story!
Acacia Daycare! Leave a Pokémon at the daycare to quickly raise their level while you’re off doing other things.
New PC app! This handy app will allow you to log into your storage system while on the go! Available starting in Chapter 3 from the Dark Sands Development Studio in Jul'far!
New setting allows players to toggle Day/Night shading for better visibility!
Loads of balance changes, tweaks, smaller additions, and more!
Read the full changelog below for complete list of changes!
So as the game gets bigger and bigger, the filesize starts to drastically increase. As of right now, the audio alone for the game is about 800MB out of a total 900MB. That’s why from now on the audio files will be distributed separately from the game files. This will slightly change how the game is installed. The Installation Instructions page on the Wiki will be updated shortly, but here’s a rundown:
Before downloading Build 9, please update to the newest version of the Launcher, v1.5.0. This version will automatically take care of audio downloads. The new version will also ask you if you want to download new audio versions. If you use an older version of the launcher, you will download the game files as normal, but will be missing audio.
When using manual downloads, download the most recent audio package separately and extract into the game files.
Lastly, I want to talk about some recent updates to the Discord server. The Apex Discord Server has become the IAMVISHNU Media Discord Server! While it is still the official home of Apex on Discord, it is also home for my other projects and works. You can check it out here! Come hang out and chat with the community!
That’s all for now! Check out the changelog below!
The wait is drawing to a close! Build 9 is almost ready to be released, as soon as it is cleared by playtesters. Keep an eye out for it next week!
Reminder that this is your last chance to submit your feedback on the Build 8 Survey, as well as vote in the included popularity poll.
I hope you guys are as excited about playing this upcoming build as I am about releasing it! It’s been a LOT of work, but it’s worth it.
Now for a brief update on my plans after this build is released. Aside from any patches that need to be pushed out for Build 9, I’m planning on taking a break from Apex for a bit to work on some other projects. I’m trying to balance them all out so I can work on a variety of things and keep everything fresh to me. If you want to know more about all that I’m working on, make sure to check out the IAMVISHNU Media site to see updates on all that, as well as how you can get some sweet bonuses for being a Patron.
Anyway, I just finished a 13-hour workday, so I’m going to go relax for a bit. See you guys soon!
Hello everyone~! Just a quick development update. Over the past month or so, I’ve been working on a lot of new content for Build 9. At this point, I can’t promise a release date, but I’m hoping to have it out by the end of August. This next build will be less focused on direct story progression than usual and more focused on further connecting the region of Abbadon and adding some additional content. That being said, there will be plenty of good new story bits that I’m excited for you all to experience, as well as a new dungeon to explore and artifact to collect.
As for side content, here are some things that are on my to-do list:
Optional dungeons with catchable legendaries exclusive to Sayaka’s questline
A new Puzzle House level
A new TM Kid quest
And more!
For now, check out the screenshots above for a sneak peek at some of the new areas! If you’d like to hang out with the community and discuss the game, as well as hype for Build 9, make sure to join the Discord server!. Also, if you’d like to see the game being made live, I stream game development Monday-Thursday 3pm-6pm Eastern over on my Twitch channel. I’m trying to get to Affiliate status, so come help me get there~!
That’s all for now. Thanks for reading everyone. Hope to get this build out to you all soon!
- Sarah (iamvishnu)
Hello everyone! I said I wasn’t done with Apex, and I wanted to go ahead and push out a bunch of tweaks and fixes that I’ve been sitting on for a while. I figured since we probably won’t see a Build 9 for a while, there’s no point waiting on releasing some of this smaller content I’ve been working on. Unfortunately, there’s nothing too exciting here, but it should nonetheless make the game a bit better.
As always, you can get the new patch either through the launcher or directly via the blog. Changelog below!
Hey guys! So I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about different things lately, and I’ve decided that my growing list of game development ideas can’t wait any longer. To that end, I am officially announcing my development of a new game under the working title Summer Vacation.
Summer Vacation will be a narrative-focused top-down adventure game set in a cozy island town where the player is staying during their summer break. In Summer Vacation, the calendar is the main driving force, as certain events will occur on a schedule, as well as you only having a limited number of days on the island. It will be up to you to make the most of your time and determine which ending you get!
Summer Vacation is being developed in GameMaker Studio 1.4, the same engine that’s used by a lot of indie devs, as well as the platform behind Undertale. I’m hoping to have the game finished (or mostly there) in a year. During the development time, I’m planning to share updates and possibly development builds on Patreon and snippets here on the blog, so stay tuned here, or join the Patreon if you aren’t already a Patron!
“But what about Pokemon Apex?” As much as I’ve loved Apex and appreciated the community response to it, it’s turned out to be a much bigger project than I had originally anticipated, and the current iteration is only about halfway through. There’s no way I’d be able to finish it in any reasonable amount of time, especially with other interests taking up my time. Thus, I’m shelving Apex for the time being to focus on smaller, more attainable projects. I hope to one day be able to return to Apex and give it the closure it deserves (I have so many ideas, and the ending is pretty much already fully written). I will likely be releasing an 8.2 patch soon to publish the tweaks and fixes I’ve already added since 8.1, but after that it will be put on the back burner. I hope you all can understand and will continue to support my future projects!
Alas, poor Yorick. Art of the wily Yorick from my game, Pokémon Apex. Choose your starter.
I’ve released a small update for the Apex Launcher that fixes some UI scaling issues in v1.4.4.
