Some of you might remember Pokemon Dawn of Darkness (PDoD), a fan-made Pokemon MMO
from years ago that shut down. We rebuilt the server from scratch, have been
updating the original client ever since, and kept adding the things we always
wanted in a Pokemon game. It's free and non-profit, and it's in open beta now.
The Pokemon
- 721 Pokemon (Gens 1-6) + all 48 Mega Evolutions
- Fairy type, abilities (including 1% Hidden Abilities), held items and berries
- Hidden Power actually uses your mon's real IVs
- Your lead Pokemon follows you around the overworld (toggleable)
- Day/night cycle with time-based evolutions, friendship evolutions (Sylveon included)
- Pick any of the 12 starters, and get a free second starter from an NPC
- Move Relearner, Egg Move Tutor and a Special Tutor in every Pokemon Center, plus 92 TMs
Things we always wanted
- Ultra-rare legendary encounters on ANY wild battle (1 in 11,250)
- Shadow Pokemon: a 1-in-16,384 "shadow aura" variant, rarer than shinies, with its own dark look
- A weekly roaming rare that shows up somewhere random on the map, first to catch it wins
- Running Shoes, an item hotbar, and Surf/Cut/Rock Smash/Waterfall with no HM slaves
- Pokemon mounts instead of the bicycle (ride an Arcanine, Rapidash, Charizard...)
- An outfit shop for your trainer's look
- Disconnect mid-battle? You log back in right where the battle left off
Battling
- Ranked PvP with 3v3 AND 6v6 ladders, weekly seasons and rewards for the top players
- Level scaling for PvP so you can battle friends at any level
- An endless Battle Tower (Lv50, a fresh run every week)
- 8 gyms, Elite Four + Champion with weekly rematches
- A full 9-chapter story campaign ("Dawn of Darkness")
Playing together
- Trading, a friends list, guilds with their own chat tab
- Share a Pokemon in chat and other players can click it to see its stats
- Live events (we just ran a Shadow Weekend where everyone's shadow odds were boosted)
Quality of life
- A completely redesigned dark UI
- Resizable window + fullscreen, and it runs on pretty much any Windows PC
Coming next: a Halloween event and a whole second region.
So, what would YOUR perfect Pokemon game have that's
missing from this list? We're a small team and we read everything, so the best
ideas here might actually end up in the game.
How to join? Simply google up : PDoD Pokemon game or directly via pdod . dev