Cadere Town - Starting town, meet new people!
Magna City - The first city in the Vereshad Region!
Litore Village - A fishing village that throws fishing competitions!
A forest between Litore Village and Mesis City - Beware of the mimics! (Spidoux, Skittail, and Mimectar!)
We've been a bit silent.. but here's some good news! We decided to commit to offering an 8-directional movement experience. It's optional, for those who don't like the feel. :)
Huge shout out to our talented spriter
@sapphire_birdie
We've officially started working on our intro scene that will play before the title screen. This is just the first scene that will play, so you can expect to see more when it's completed.
@sapphire_birdie
has been working EXTREMELY hard on this, so please show her some love. :)
It's been a little while since our last post, but we're still working. We have gone back and spiced up some of our older maps, made many new overworld sprites for our following Pokémon, and more in this past month. So here's a little preview of the updates!
Showing off the three animations that will play when you pick your character! The left is Cindy, the middle is Carter, and the right is Cole.
Who will you pick? :)
Sprites by
@TrainerCord
We recently commissioned the talented
@KlareLovesHam
to draw our starters, Carter, Cole and Cindy on route 1!
We absolutely love how it turned out, so I wanted to share it. :)
Unrelated to the picture, but happy Halloween from the team!
Thanks to everyone who participated in our poll! Our last reveal before we disappear for a little bit again will be for the Hauntodile line! A Pokémon that lives in toxic swampy areas, and known for being predators to the Cutesnoot species.
Will you have one on your team?
Hi everyone, we hope you all had a fantastic holiday and a happy new years! We've been silent the past few months, but we're returning with a new Pokémon reveal! There will be more to show soon, but for now let us know how you feel about these two new Pokémon. :)
Today we're introducing Accerval, a pure Ground-type Pokémon! This Pokémon evolves into Warrush starting at level 24.
If you're curious about Accerval or Warrush, check the wiki pages!
Instagram:
@pokemonumbra
Discord:
Wiki page:
Hi there! Today we'll be introducing our little forest fairy Pokémon known as Pixipetal, and it's evolution Florafay! They both have the Dancer ability, and Pixipetal evolves into Florafay by having high friendship during the day! Maybe you'll see one during your adventure. :)
Say hello to Cole and Cindy! One of these two will be the protagonist in your adventure in the Vereshad Region! Though if you pick Cole, Cindy won't exist and vice-versa. Read their background on either the protagonist page, or their own respective pages on the wiki! :)
Huge props to our concept artist
@chinglun77
for redesigning the Seijitsu line (formerly known as Kaimetsu). Their wiki's aren't done yet, but they turned out too good to not show off.
Introducing our dark to dark/ice starter line! Say hello to Seijitsu, Kosetsu, and Mangetsu!
A new Pokémon has been discovered in the Vereshad Region! Portile is an aggressive Psychic/Dark-type Pokémon that seem to enjoy toying with their opponents. They can teleport to toy with their prey, but rarely does it go as planned as their destination is typically not intended.
Today we're introducing Depressoul, a pure Ghost-type Pokémon! This Pokémon has a new and unique evolution method that requires the Pokémon to be least level 35 and have one other fainted Pokémon in your party.
📸 Instagram:
@pokemonumbra
💬 Discord:
We're still working on animating our tiles, making events, finishing some songs, and have a few maps left until our demo will be ready for testing - and then it'll be release time. :)
Today we're introducing the Ospuny line! Ospuny are our regional birds and tend to be more playful than their higher-stage counterparts. A lot can be said about these Pokémon so I encourage you to read their Wiki pages if you're interested!
Will you have one on your team?
We teased two new Pokémon back in late April, and it seemed that most people liked the line! Well, today I'm happy to show you their final designs/official art by both
@TrainerCord
and
@chinglun77
! Introducing the Water/Poison-type Pokémon Bubblisk and Gyezard!
Today we're introducing our regional bug line, Royalarva, Superbpa, and Regalocera! Most of their pages are done except for Regalocera so make sure to check them out!
Will you have one on your team?
Huge thanks to
@TrainerCord09
for the concepts and
@chinglun77
for the sugis!
Today we're introducing the Simpaima line! Simpaima are simple-minded Pokémon and are easily distracted, often getting distracted the light reflecting off their scales. When they evolve they become extremely proud and rarely make eye contact.
Will you have one on your team?
Today we're introducing Mimectar! (AKA: "Not a sunflora clone")
Be careful! They're known to pick up dropped items by Trainers and purposely place them in front of patches of sunflowers to attack unsuspecting Trainers!
Will you have one on your team?
Meet Professor Sakura! Once a traveling research student for Professor Illex, she can now be found filling in for him at his lab in Cadere Town. She is very fond of her Cutesnoot, and we're allowing our Twitter followers to help decide her nickname! Vote below to participate. :)
One of the first Pokémon you will encounter in Vereshad will be the Rockroach line! They are known to mimic stones when trainers pass by, however the moment they turn away Rockroach will emerge to follow them.
Will you have one on your team?
Today we're introducing Gichet, a pure Bug-type Pokémon! This Pokémon evolves into Crickjaw starting at level 15.
Instagram:
@pokemonumbra
Discord:
Wiki page:
Here's a sneak peek at your two rivals in the Vereshad region! Feel free to read up about them on their Wiki pages below, but some information may still need to be updated!
Eva:
Damien:
Designs by
@TrainerCord
Art by
@chinglun77
Today we're introducing Malleamole, a pure Steel-type Pokémon! Surprisingly, there's a Pokémon under all that metal.
If you're interested in this Pokémon, you can read more on it's wiki page!
Concept by:
@PickyPixelArtst
&
@OneTwitTwoTwit
Art by:
@chinglun77
We've been slowly progressing, lately we've been working on newer maps, tiles, UI, and sprite animations!
Speaking of which, the starters first stages, Axolil, Spidoux, Mimectar, and now Oviseed have been animated!
Progress! :D
(Sprite by
@TrainerCord
animation by
@Antiant27
)
Introducing a new Pokémon species found in the Vereshad region - Oviseed!
Oviseed almost never move. Doing so requires them to lift their roots, and that takes a lot of time and energy.
Oviseed first evolve starting at level 16 into Hoofern, and then Asparies starting at 32!
@sapphire_birdie
8-directional movement offers a few nice benefits, like quicker navigation which we believe many will appreciate! It also allows us to be a bit more free in our map development process, being able to embrace diagonal paths. Also... demo this year? ;)
Introducing our fighting to fighting/ground starter! Say hello to Boxeroo, Marsupunch, and Kankombat! Their wikis are mostly done, besides Kankombat's so feel free to check them out.
Tthanks to
@chinglun77
for the redesign once again, and
@TrainerCord09
for the amazing sprites!
Happy New Year from the Umbra team!
Thank you to everyone who has been patiently waiting for the demo, but it is with complete certainty, the "Year of the demo" :)
art by
@sapphire_birdie
For those of you who like to soft reset for shinies, good luck getting a shiny hidden ability starter. Each starter has a unique hidden ability on their final evolution. :) We may also have a starter line revealed on Monday!
Introducing Cutesnoot, a Fakémon given to us by
@MacIntyreRath
from
@RizoyoRegion
!
Cutesnoot love food, and often cause mischief while seeking for it. The easiest way to befriend a Cutesnoot is by leaving out an offering of food.
Do you plan on befriending a Cutesnoot? :)
Thanks to
@DoveKyle
for allowing us to use his battle backgrounds! Our very talented artist,
@TrainerCord09
, was able to work off of them and make them fit our screen sizes perfectly. Also shout out to TrainerCord for the amazing sprites. :)
Go show both of them some love!
Here is a screenshot of one of the most popular cities in Vereshad, Magna City! While being a rather large city, it is notoriously known for it's filth. Maybe someone can help clean up the city?
Map made by
@MFilice_
Today we're introducing the Tascorch line! They're based on Tasmanian Devil's which are known to have a "Devil Facial Tumor Disease." But here in Vereshad these tumors are full of fire, constantly popping and leaving the Pokémon in pain.
Will you have one on your team?
We're working hard on the wiki so everybody can learn quite a bit about the first ~20 mons in our region! Until then, here's a few screenshots I put together. (Professor, and male rival will be changed but we've yet to sprite them!)
Pokémon Umbra is starting to show support for other languages. PSDK unfortunately doesn't support Chinese at the moment, but when the first demo comes out we should have support for Japanese. We've started adding Chinese and Japanese names to the wiki as well as the game. :)
We're also gonna re-announce a Pokémon that was already shown off a long time ago - Zapouch and Mannovolt! These water-electric Pokémon are known to live deep in the ocean but are often seen floating towards beaches in Vereshad, so watch out!
Will you have one on your team?
Some early sprites (from a year ago) vs their newer sprites by our super talented spriter,
@TrainerCord09
!
Due to paranoia of possibly having sprites being stolen we haven't shown off many sprites, but that leaves Trainer not getting the attention he deserves.
Happy Valentines day from the Umbra dev team to all of you!
This cheesy Valentines day card of the adorable Boxeroo is brought to you by
@sapphire_birdie
!
Our dev
@chinglun77
had a good point - it's the Year of the Rat and we hadn't revealed Pakrat yet, so here you go!
Pakrat will live and forage almost anywhere, adding various finds to the pouch of leaves around their middle.
Another Pokémon lent to us by
@MacIntyreRath
:)
Introducing our psychic to psychic/steel starter! Say hello to Psypole, Telefrog, and Tarotoad! Their wikis are done and can be viewed by the link on our profile. :)
Thanks to
@chinglun77
for the amazing art, and
@TrainerCord09
for the amazing concepts!
Welcome to Cadere Town! This is where you will be starting your adventure, obtaining your first ever Pokémon, and meeting your rivals in the Vereshad Region!
Happy Valentines day to each of you, from the Umbra dev team!
We're so happy to have over 6.5k+ people interested in our project! We know you have been patiently waiting over the past few years for a demo, and we're proud to announce that this year is definitely the year. ;)
Since the battle UI and the overworld sprite are still a WIP we'll only show off the battle animation for now.
The very talented
@AliodaDraws
finished up the art for our bug catcher! We plan to have many custom trainers in Umbra, so keep your eyes peeled for all the new art! :)
Happy Halloween from the Umbra Dev Team! Remember to stay safe, and have fun tonight!
Wonderful art piece made by
@chinglun77
We're going to go silent until New Years, but expect that we'll still be working on the game. :)
This afternoon the very talented
@AliodaDraws
joined the Pokémon Umbra dev team, give him a warm welcome~
You'll eventually see art similar to this for Umbra! :)
We'd like to slowly introduce you to our newest members! So, starting off we'd like for you to give a warm welcome to our composer, GrimSteel!
@GASMASK115
He recently worked on our Hometown's Theme, and we'd love to share it and hear what you guys think!
And yes, it loops. :)
Here is a mock up of what we're aiming our summary screen to look like. Huge props to Fraot on deviantart for giving us the PSD and allowing us to use it for Umbra. Check out his Deviantart here:
Sprite made by
@TrainerCord09
Concept made by
@chinglun77
Huge thanks to
@MarinMakesGames
for putting this together! (Note that the pokedex, party, and summary screens are all still a WIP and will be changed by the time the game is out!) :)
#PokemonUmbra
The very talented
@TrainerCord09
has been going back, tweaking lots of old sprites and making a ton of progress on new ones! For those curious, we have a good chunk of Fakémon sprited, and still have a lot more to do until our first demo!
Go follow TrainerCord, show him support!
Happy Valentines day from the Umbra dev team!
This year the cheesy Valentines day card was made by
@PickyPixelArtst
based on our little guy "Buzzybody"!
Say hello to our newest teammate, Antiant!
They’re an amazing animator, who works on a few noteworthy fan games! :)
Maybe give them a follow as a nice little welcome 💚💚
Decided to post something original on my account for once. This is a vikavolt animation that I did in the gen 5 style! The sprite itself was made by aXl from smogon.
Our talented artist
@TrainerCord
made a new icon for the community discord! If you haven't already, you should definitely join to stay up to date with everything and be part of the community. 😁
Sorry for the wait, but here's another one of our starters, Boxeroo! (I know we had two abilities for Kaimetsu's line but that's been cut to one, so each starter only has one ability!)
Concept and sugi by
@TrainerCord09
#pokemonumbra
#fakemon
#conceptart
Everyone give a warm welcome to the newest addition to the team, the very talented
@sapphire_birdie
! She'll be helping out with Pokémon and trainer overworld sprites. If you want to see some of her previous work check out her DeviantArt page here:
Looks like we hit 2k followers! I want to thank everyone for their interest in our project, but also thank all the wonderful people that are still working on it!
So here's an appreciation post for the team! Please follow everyone in this thread, they really deserve it. :)
Our very talented artist
@chinglun77
made a Pokémon GO style wallpaper for Umbra for Thanksgiving!
Speaking of Thanksgiving, we are so thankful to have all of you patiently waiting for us to get a demo ready!
What is something you guys are thankful for? :)
If you're interested in seeing how to make a fan game, the progress of this game, or have any questions about the game you can join this stream tomorrow at 12 PM EST! :)
Enseñamos dos nuevos Pokémon a fines de abril, ¡y parecía que a la mayoría de la gente le gustó la línea! ¡Bueno, hoy estoy feliz de mostrarles sus diseños finales/arte oficial de
@TrainerCord09
y
@chinglun77
! ¡Presentamos los Pokémon de tipo Agua/Veneno, Bubblisk y Gyezard!
We're thinking of having an art museum in game where you can see art drawn by artists who have made fan art as well as include their twitter @ so if you really like it you can show them some love! We would also like to have a section on the wiki dedicated to fan art as well. ^^
Since the wiki has been out, we've added some new mons to the dex (and some shinies)! Which are Pokémon are you looking forward to finding in the Vereshad region?
Little update - We recently switched kits from Pokémon Essentials to Pokémon SDK. This will allow the game to run a lot smoother and faster. It also offers other new features like P2P battling. While it did push us back a little, it didn't push us back much. :)
Meet one of your two rivals in Pokémon Umbra, Eva! She did exceptionally well in trainer school, and is a confident trainer. Could be a great friend, and a tough opponent!
It's been a little while since the last post, we have tons of interesting concepts, but one of my favorites easily has to be our little regional bird by
@chinglun77
!
We'd like to get to know you guys, answer any questions you may have, and just share information a little earlier so if you're interested in that - join our community discord here! Just know we're still not near a release. :)