Let's Sperg Pokemon Daybreak: Another Pokemon Fangame Screenshot LP -

[EnemyStand]

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Pokémon Daybreak introduces the enigmatic region Armira, and is centralized around storytelling and challenging gameplay. The game is aesthetically beautiful and there are many unique locations you will encounter on your journey, such as a meteor crash site, a castle and a cherry blossom forest. Themes of exploitation, greed, and history are examined and lore is dotted all throughout the game. Take on the challenge of becoming Pokémon Champion in the all-embracing region of Armira!​

As the Farms has pulled me into the world of Pokemon fangames, I thought I would toss my LPer hat into the ring to help with people waiting with baited breathe for new Pokemon fangame LP updates. Pokemon Daybreak seemed like a well done and interesting game, so it should hold my interest to keep us going through the post game. Also, we might be able to make fun of how the game devs apply the themes of exploitation and greed as well as find out just how all-embracing Armira is. I'm still in the prologue and there's already some...interesting dialogue choices, but nothing too crazy yet. So let's jump in. Just to warn you before we begin: this is a non-Nuzlocke playthrough and the lack of save states might cause me to miss some important screen shots. I'll let you know when this happens.

Spoiler: Chapter 1: Mission Trainer Accepted! But No Pokemon?!

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This is the title screen, as you might have guessed. Nothing interesting happens, and I listened to the music all the way through. I adjusted the options and began a new game.

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There's some dialogue about the game beforehand, mostly the usual talking about thanking you for playing the game, have fun on your new adventure, etc. Nothing terribly interesting. The game has two difficulty settings: Normal and Hard (Although Easy is advertised on their host sites). I'm not sure if I'm not actually choosing between Fair and Unfair (or Unfair and Really Unfair) so if a Kiwi's aware I picked a Baby Mode that was just labeled Normal, let me know. We have time to change it.

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Hmm...no non-binary option. Guess the trend of Kiwi LPers being non-binary mental wrecks is dying down. Well, I make LPs FOR MEEEEN! So I'm going to be a boy.

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My name. A question with so many answers. Who is this new trainer? The trainer that will live in the hallowed halls of Kiwi Farms with the likes of Sargon, Deviant, and Newfag...what should I name him? The future Chad Thundercock of the Pokemon world, the future Champion of every region, the one who will be the very best like no one ever was...WHO BE YOU?

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Yep, I named him Sped because I don't just play a child on the Internet. My head canon is that Sped of course isn't his real name, but a mean nickname his older brother (the aforementioned Alex) came up with that stuck. This will lead to some unintentional hilarity,

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This is the only thing you can interact with in your room. Sped's ADHD is so bad he can't be bothered to put away his underwear properly.

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The ellipses and lack of contraction make it sound like Mom popped her Valium this morning when she greets me. She then proceeds to try and rush me out of the house so she can pop that bottle of chardonnay she has hidden under the table. Nothing else of interest here.

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Yep, we're in Kanto right now. The prologue takes place in Saffron City, and you can run around and explore a bit. Most of the plot critical houses from FR/LG give you a locked message, and Sped refuses to go into the Gyms or Pokemon Center. He will enter the Mart, though...

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I wonder what his usual would be. Hmm...some things will just remain a mystery.

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Oak's lab is labeled Oak's New Lab, implying that after giving Pokemon to the only kids in Pallet Town that had a future he got fed up with his only friend being some fat neckbeard who hangs around outside his lab and spergs about the power of technology. Just like Ash, we slept in and woke up too late to get a Pokemon. I'll just transcribe the rest of the conversation in bold so we don't overwhelm the server with pictures of dialogue boxes with nothing else happening.
Oak: Oh dear...Sped, this was not expected...You're a little bit late! There are no Pokemon left whatsoever, I have just given the last one to Alex!
Alex: Sorry, Sped...
So Sped was too late to get a Pokemon. Is it just me, or does Oak's dialogue look just a little stilted? We'll see this strangely formal dialogue pop up every now and then.

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Anyway, Alex decides to catch a Pokemon for Sped. Aww...he's such a good big brother. Oak gives us some Pokeballs and we teleport to the field between Saffron City and Vermillion City.

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There's some theater of Alex catching the Eevee with his Bulbasaur. We can walk around a bit, but Sped won't go too far away. If you want to move on, you need to take the Pokeball with Eevee in it.

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I name the Eevee Lamarck. It's the only proper name for a Pokemon that evolves when exposed to environmental changes and stays that way forever. Naming Eevee after Charles Darwin...why, you'd have to be so confused you don't even know your own gender! (I'm not sure when we'll get to a Name Rater, so I just took this one. Don't worry, I'll get the community involved on other mons.) Anyway, Alex plays the dutiful son and teleports us back to Mom so we can say our goodbyes.

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Alex, Alex, Alex...I wish Dad was still around. At least he only ever physically abused me...

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Well, at least she's not sexually abusing me...guess we all have our crosses to bear...

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Mom: Professor Oak Came here earlier with an extraordinary offer! He said he has a friend in the Armira region who is in need of an assistant to work there. In all honesty, I didn't want to tell you because I knew you would want to go!

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Can't wait until I'm old enough to travel the world. Maybe I can find Dad in my late teens and we can be like buddies like in the movies...

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What?!

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I screencapped this whole section because this all strikes me as a bit weird. Not Alex not wanting to leave his home region and asking if they even speak English in what is essentially another country, but the fact that Mom seems to give him a Look over it. These are all perfectly valid concerns, and it seems like the devs want us to think what Alex says is...problematic, I guess. I don't know, maybe I'm just reading too much into it. Anyway...

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Psh...yeah, fat chance. Like Mom even knows I exi-

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What? Seriously?! Fuck yes, get me out of this shit heap and away from your Valium popping chardonnay-drenched ass!

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Umm...did I say you were a Valium popping wine-soaked harpy? I mean I love you mommy!

Alex: I can't believe that you really want to go to the Armira region and train there! I thought this journey would be OUR journey together, you know?
Well bro, you see-

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Oh birds, you two aren't going to kill me, are you? Just let me leave, I swear you'll never see me again!

Anyway, Alex suggests we look to evolve our Eevee if we get bored. I'll get to that in a second. For now, Mom and Alex go right into a conversation as if poor Sped isn't even there.

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They?! I haven't even left yet and they're already not using my name and talking like I'm not in the room? Birds, this family sucks!

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All right, so Saffron is open for now. Oak offers us the stones to get Jolteon, Flareon, or Vaporeon, but...

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An astonishingly nice Sabrina points us to the Silph Company to learn more, and also explains the Friendship and Environmental mechanics to evolve Eevee. She also foreshadows the Dualeon mecahnic that'll let us multitype the Eon of our choice.

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These guys in the Silph Company HQ offer to evolve the Eevee into a harder to get form after foreshadowing the Dualeon mechanic a bit more. So all the Eons save Sylveon are on the table right at the beginning.

All right boys and girls, I leave which Eon evolution we play through with up to you. Let your voice be heard! Here's the stats to help you make the decision!

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[Mary the Goldsmith]

I hadn't heard of this fangame before, this should be interesting, and welcome to the ever expaning Kiwi Let's Sperg universe it seems the 'tism is spreading

 

[gaystoner]

Leafeon...

and you should rename it to BlazeItFgt

 

[EnemyStand]

I hadn't heard of this fangame before, this should be interesting, and welcome to the ever expaning Kiwi Let's Sperg universe it seems the 'tism is spreading

Thank you. Yeah, loved the writeups you folks did on the other so I figured I'd join in since I was looking into different fangames. This one seems to be a little more obscure, so either we'll find a shitshow of a game we can mock relentlessly or it'll turn out to be decent enough more people play it.

Leafeon...

and you should rename it to BlazeItFgt

Changing the name shouldn't be a problem since it looks like I can do so in the team menu. But Umbreon seems to have taken quite a lead in the polls, so...

 

[gaystoner]

Thank you. Yeah, loved the writeups you folks did on the other so I figured I'd join in since I was looking into different fangames. This one seems to be a little more obscure, so either we'll find a shitshow of a game we can mock relentlessly or it'll turn out to be decent enough more people play it.


Changing the name shouldn't be a problem since it looks like I can do so in the team menu. But Umbreon seems to have taken quite a lead in the polls, so...

if its umbreon name it BlackFace

 

[ChucklesTheJester]

Guess the trend of Kiwi LPers being non-binary mental wrecks is dying down.
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Naming Eevee after Charles Darwin...why, you'd have to be so confused you don't even know your own gender!

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The Sass.

I voted for glaceon because slyevon wasn't a option.

 

[EnemyStand]

The Sass.

I voted for glaceon because slyevon wasn't a option.

The non-binary mental wreck comment wasn't...solely directed at you. I think we have three enbies? Deviant from Pokemon Wack, Sargon from Pokemon Reborn, and Andy from Pokemon Rejuvenation. By the way, to the other Kiwis if you like this thread check out the rest of the Pokemon Let's Sperg Universe LPs for Wack, Clover, Reborn, and Rejuvenation. They're at least just as good, and probably better. They're farther along in their respective games at time of post, at any rate.

Back to Chuckles, your efforts to make the polling more competitive is both noticed and appreciated.

 

[Polyboros2]

this is a non-Nuzlocke playthrough

Not to worry, I'm the only one nuts enough to try that, and it's already causing me issues.

Also Umbreon best eon.

 

[Mary the Goldsmith]

I think we have three enbies? Deviant from Pokemon Wack, Sargon from Pokemon Reborn, and Andy from Pokemon i Rejuvenation.

I think Andy is just a femboy and not a non-binary, but still technically confused about his gender.

if you like this thread check out the rest of the Pokemon Let's Sperg Universe LPs for Wack, Clover, Reborn, and Rejuvenation.

We have a lot of LPs now, soooooo Crisis on Infinite Fangames crossover when? jk

 

[Yukari Yakumo]

I think Andy is just a femboy and not a non-binary, but still technically confused about his gender.

We have a lot of LPs now, soooooo Crisis on Infinite Fangames crossover when? jk

The Kiwifarms Pokemon Cinematic Universe (what a mouthful...) grows larger and larger....

 

[EnemyStand]

Spoiler: Episode 1 Interlude: The Results Are IN!

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So, in this game apparently Eevee can evolve with whatever stone you want. The northernmost guy gives us a Moonstone.

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And just so it can never be said that I'm not a man of the people...

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All right, now that the voices in my head told me what to do, I'm all ready to get away from my wine aunt of a mom! Umm...wine...mom? Oh who cares! Thanks to the power of Stockholm Syndrome, I'm done with Kanto for good! Now that I have an Umbreon by my side, nothing will stand in the way of Sped E. Stanson! You ready, Blackface?

Ummbree!

Umbreon took a commanding lead in the polls and never lost it. Leafeon and Glaceon put up a fight, but fell just a couple votes short of a tie. Tiebreaker would have been the nature's stat boosts, so Umbreon would've beat Glaceon in a tie but Leafeon would take precedence over both. Next time, we'll get started in earnest. It'll be a crazy week, though, so next update will likely be Monday or Tuesday next week. I'll drop it sooner if I have enough material.

EDIT: By the way, for those who lost like a bunch of losers (like me) there'll be another poll later to choose Blackface's Dualeon form. I'll post another poll when we get to that point.

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[ChucklesTheJester]

I already know what second type I am voting for ice.

 

[EnemyStand]

Well, when we get to the point where we get the choice I'll throw up the Dark-type Dualeon pictures and explain their stats. I know not everyone here is really going to care much about Natures, EVs and IVs, so that's part of the reason we're doing a Normal playthrough. Hopefully it won't matter too much if I leave it open to everyone to influence the playthrough and we can beat the game and have fun without worrying about that stuff (which if it's designed well we shouldn't). If it was Hard I'd have gone with Flareon and started EV training immediately with no outside input, or restarted until I got a good Nature and IVs for a Dualeon with good typing and a decent movepool.

 

[EnemyStand]

Hey...so I had enough content.

Spoiler: Episode 2: Fuck Off To New Horizons! A Mysterious Foe?!

I fucked around Saffron a bit longer. Alex upstairs reiterates I should try and find some magic rocks for Eevee, but nothing too terribly interesting. I might have been able to get more magic rocks, but I'm playing this blind and...well, Sped's fairly aptly named, apparently.

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If I say hell yes, will you throw your empty cab bottle at me?

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Wow...okay. I'd assume you were trying to be a good mom all of a sudden, but I see that bank slip on the table! Joke's on you, Mom! I apparently don't need a degree to become a Pokemon research assistant OR a Pokemon master!

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Damn fact checkers! Don't you have anything better to do now that you banned Unova's former president?!

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So we start in a house in Armrita. For some reason, it says it's present day before Blake calls. But there was no time frame given in Saffron, so how much time passed? Anyway, Blake wants an apparently ten year old kid to travel down to a meteor crash site by himself. Ah, he traded one neglectful mother for a neglectful father figure. Head where, Blake?! Luckily, Sped is used to these half-assed directions.

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This is where the obligatory Pokemon starting room stuff is. I find it funny the character's ten but the game apparently keeps forgetting.

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Case in point, Sped apparently lives on his own. I know kids are independent in this universe, but holy shit!

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First view of the starting town, Raydon Town. Not sure about the name choice, but I am sure of that typo. I know, I'm nitpicking. What disappoints me, though, is a couple things. First, the game is kind of choppy when I run, which I did not experience in Saffron at all. Second, the way the battle music loops for wild Pokemon starts over from the battle swirl. It just seems slapdash. There was no problem with the trainer battle music, but it's all taken from other games.

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The Safari Zone is to the north, but we have Liligant doing a mating dance. This horny scientist blocks our way. Sped wisely smiles, nods, then runs away very quickly from the obvious deviant. Eh, we don't have a badge to enter the Zone anyway.

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We go South, down the Rochester Trail. There's quite a few different Pokemon, so I caught a team of six. I won't bore you with the details, but Umbreon's weaker attack power made catching the starter mons easier. I do not like the life bars, though. It's too easy to misjudge how much your attack does and knock the Pokemon out.

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I DO like the lack of handholding however. Sure, this random trainer just has a Magikarp and a Feebas, but the game more or less leaves us to play and explore this first area a bit after the prologue. It's a refreshing change from your rival jumping you right out of the gate.

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Oooo! Mysterious! But it's just scenery. There is a Potion next to it, though. Anyway, moving on to the Crash Site.

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Uh, wait professor...

But we get dragged at lightning speed to this chick with a Roserade taking on two Zubat.
Oh, thank goodness. It was getting tough on my own.

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Yeah, I'm pretty sure. These thugs are giving me a fight but it's nothing I can't manage!

Really? I know it's 2-on-1 with a type disadvantage, but...

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Ah, the "child shall lead them" strategy! Birds, you adults really suck at- hey, what's that?

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Oh hey, what's that over there?!

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Don't you cops all have Growlithe? I thought...OH BIRDS! I totally forgot!

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Here's our team going into the first fight. If you have name suggestions, I'm all ears. Especially for Wurmple.

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Squad? I thought you were Teams? Oh well, let's go.

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Yeah, he was as challenging as you expect one Rattata to be. What's interesting is he's not Grunt, he has a name.

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Yeah, sure, I have six Pokemon, you have one. Why, you'd need a lucky crit to-

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FUUUUUUUUUUCK! And a Potion too?!

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Meanwhile, Flora finally wins her battle which was raging for about 15 minutes.

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Hey kid, you did well! What's your name?
Finally, a chance. I can reinvent myself! No more Sped! I can drop that nickname for good. Tell her something, anything! Just. Not...Hi, I'm Sped! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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I'm not much of a science person, but it's good to know our local professor is on the case so I'll leave you two to it. Although, those Squad Zero guys...Hmph. Anyway, you fight well, kid. A talented kid like you ought to challenge the league. Swing by my gym, I'll get it prepared!
: -and then I'll be a grandpa, and my grandkids will call me Grandpa Sped, then they'll have kids and-

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: Oh, right! Yeah, just bring the extractor down-

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: OH BIRDS NO!...Phew, somehow caught it. Why did- oh, he's gone. Well birds.

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Anyway, victorious, Sped heads back to the Pokemon Lab to return his prize.

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The short version of this is the analysis fails, and Blake is surprised because that means nothing like this has ever been found on Earth before. Not even by trusted experts!

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: Hmm. Well, that's a mystery. Anyway, I've got a lot of NES to play in the house I'm squatting in, so...

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So, there's a Karma meter in this game. By being reluctant, I lost karma, but then I gained karma? Geez game, way to one-two me.

Blake: Good! I guess this is where your adventure begins. If things get rough, you're going to want to to take on the gym here. They're a really important benchmark for how tough you are. Gym leaders are more than just battlers, they're community figures and they keep their area in check. Look at Flora, she even thinks you've got the talent to challenge her. You should go try! But anywho, I need you to do something. Travel South of the Crash Site until you reach a place named Edgeton. When you get to Edgeton, look for someone called Dante. I have worked with him as well as you recently. I doubt that you'll be able to handle this all on your own to start with, although you'll grow on your own and be very capable later. One last thing, for all your efforts recently I want to reward you.

Ah, Pokeballs and a map! That should help! Professor, I just want to say, you've been more of a fath-

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Oh. You're actually exactly like my real dad.

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[ChucklesTheJester]

A karma meter? If karma falls too low does the pokemon police send mercenaries at you or something.

Is Arceus going to smite you for not wanting to be the errand boy of these chumps?

 

[EnemyStand]

A karma meter? If karma falls too low does the pokemon police send mercenaries at you or something.

Is Arceus going to smite you for not wanting to be the errand boy of these chumps?

Hmm...I doubt it. But maybe I'll see if I can get my karma as low as I can by just being contrary just to see what happens.

 

[ChucklesTheJester]

Hmm...I doubt it. But maybe I'll see if I can get my karma as low as I can by just being contrary just to see what happens.

Watch it turn out to literally be nothing, because the dev didn't think anyone would do it.

 

[Mary the Goldsmith]

I like how sped starts rambling to himself in the middle of a conversation, no wonder he got that nickname.

 

[EnemyStand]

I like how sped starts rambling to himself in the middle of a conversation, no wonder he got that nickname.

No wonder it stuck. The dialogue doesn't trap you here like in the Amethyst-verse, so I don't have to write Sped as totally detached.

Spoiler: Episode 3: Fulfill Your Obligation! Like A Bloody Storm?!

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So when I started the game up again today, I noticed two things: first, that playing full screen screws up the graphics, while maximizing a smaller screen doesn't (great job on that one, devs) and second: that there's a day/night cycle. Well, I don't have anything too embarrassing on my start bar other than the pinned Discord, so the screenshots will look like this from now on.

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Not pictured: Vulpix. The Crash Site has a lot of Fire types as well as the usual ComMons like Rattata and Oddish. I even saw a Houndour once I was out of balls. Anyway, as you'll see Starters are wild encounters in this game. Yeah, Tepig isn't the only Unova Pokemon that matters, but based on her name and what I assume is her ace Flora is likely the Grass Gym Leader. I named Fletchling Bon Jovi, Rattata Old Bidoof, Vulpix KitsunMiko (one letter away from the joke!) and Tepig El Bacono.

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A Fisherman challenges us to a double battle if you talk to him. He faces the water, so he doesn't ambush us. Wooper and Feebas, easy right? Well...

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Yeah, his Feebas knows fucking SURF! For those not in the know, that's a Base Power 95 Special Attack that hits everyone on the battlefield that you can usually only learn from a TM from the late mid-game. Luckily, Wooper didn't have Water Absorb and Feebas has piss poor Special Attack or I would have already been in serious trouble. So yeah, this game isn't really fucking around.

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The next guy isn't any better since his Pokemon pack healing items and Abra can take advantage of his good Special Attack and Speed to nail my team with reasonably strong Confusion hits. Of course, I'm excited to get my own Abra later if I can. If you're wondering why I didn't swap Blackface in to make his Abra eat shit, I was trying to level up my other Mons.

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This Fisherman just has one level 8 Staryu, but it's basically like Abra, just with Water Gun. Even with Blackface tanking the Special Attacks, I had to use a Potion to make sure our Eon didn't drop. Staryu had a fucking Oran Berry, so...yeah. Maybe should've had Eevee learn Quick Attack before I evolved him. STAB Pursuit is only going to go so far, especially with Blackface's low base Attack.

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That battle was enough to flip the coin. We wound up with a Silcoon, which evolves into the Special Attack oriented Bug and Flying Beautifly. If anyone has an idea for a name, I'm all ears.

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Finally in Edgston Town to look for Dante! By the way, those routes aren't all that long. I just needed to run back to the Pokemon Center after each battle and didn't realize Edgston was so close. As I said, Sped is an apt name.

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This woman warns us that Flora has moves to cover at LEAST her Grass-type's Bug weakness. It's good advice for people who are used to brute forcing passed the first gym with just type advantages.

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The creepy dude on the left sells Honey. For those of you who missed D/P/Pl, Honey trees were a bullshit mechanic that made you spread honey on a special golden tree then have to come back 12 real time hours later to see which Pokemon showed up. The goal was to get Munchlax and female Combee (males didn't evolve), but since Munchlax had an encounter rate of 1% and the Male/Female ratio for Combee was 87.5% to 12.5%, it was understandably not a popular mechanic. Needless to say, they had other Pokemon which weren't favorable with the exception of Heracross, kneecapping its popularity. The Fisherman gives us a Rookie Rod, which I guess is this game's Old Rod. Maybe we can catch more than Magikarp with it?

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Well, guess I could check out the woods while I'm waiting. Not like there's much else in this town and it beats the *shiver* Slatherer...

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SHINIES?!

Those shinies hurt! Who puts a Rocky Helmet on a Pokemon with high Defense? Other than everybody!

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Bagged a Bulbasaur and Kricketot. Also, there's a Picknicker in here who has healing items on both her Poochyena and Charmander, further proof this game is not fucking around.

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This Swampert cannot be interacted with, so it's probably a statue. Here's our team, because this blonde dude is the guy we came to see. You all probably know what that means! By the way, his theme is a chiptune version of this song:

What's that music? And why do I suddenly feel like posing in an extremely fabulous manner?

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Shiji ma noooo...soko kaaaara...Huh? Oh, are you Dante?

...Yes, I am Dante. I was just admiring this statue dedicated to the Legend of the Mire King. What brings you in here?​

Sure, I mean, Johnathon was cool and all, but Joeseph really- Oh! Yeah, Professor Blake sent me.

...Blake wants me to help you? I could do it on my own. I don't need you. But I know you need me.​

Wow, throw in a reference to the superiority of German technology and you could be Stroheim. Erm, no....Actually you'd be-

What, you think you don't need me? There's a reason Blake sent you here. So if we have to work together, I wanna see if you're really about it. You already know what that means!​

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Dante actually has two Pokemon. His battle music seems to be a remix of the rival battle from Black and White, but I could be wrong. It's been ages.

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His first Pokemon is a Bagon, and like in most Pokemon games, checks to Dragon types typically don't show up in the early game. I managed to Poison it with CoinFlip's Poison Sting, before I switched to Blackface to try and wall his Ember and check his Bite. The motherfucker hit Blackface with Dragon Tail, forcing a switch to Presley, who suffered two flinches from Bite. I was forced to switch back to Blackface, and took him down before he could force me to watch his favorite kid's show again.

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Now this fucker...THIS FUCKER...he had a check for pretty much the whole team just with STAB Force Palm and Rock Tomb, and Presley, the only one he didn't was weakened by Bagon. Luckily, Blackface had learned Baby Doll Eyes, a priority move that lowered Attack, so after Presley and Blackface were sacrificed, he got a lucky crit to end Yifbringer. Thank Arceus for Bon Jovi, sealing the deal with a Quick Attack. One thing I will say for Normal Mode at least, this game is rather generous with funds. I'll definitely buy some Potions before the Gym.

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What? Oh, you are SO the Caesar to my Joseph. By the way, your next line will be: "You're just lucky! I would have won if it wasn't for..."

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Holy Shuckle, that worked?! I mean...of course it worked!

Anyway, if you think you are all that then go challenge the Gym! I bet you won't win on your first try! By any means I'm gonna make my way to Marewn for the next badge!​

Um, don't kill anyone Caesar...

You should take this, you won fair and square, so you know...​

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Oh yeah, he's totally Caesar. ...I wonder how Alex is doing...I should call. Oh wait, my Pokemon are hurt, I'll definitely call him later! Oh, and I should Tweet this!

Seriously, do these fact checkers have nothing better to do?! Man, I wish the former Unova president was back in office so they'd leave me alone...

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[ChucklesTheJester]

If we going to do a theme of jojo part 2, shouldn't the Beautifly be named holly?