u/NewKingCole11

Pretty new to pvp (and pogo in general) but having fun for now. I’m rank 17 with 89/149 wins, but the competition is definitely getting harder.

I want to keep grinding but currently none of my Pokémon have their second charge move unlocked. It seems like such a big investment for a newer player.

My Tinkaton is 15/15/15 (which I know is bad for great league). I have a 3/13/15 Tinkatink but I’m completely out of candies. Neither of them has Gigaton Hammer at the moment.

Umbreon is perfect 0/15/15. I can afford to double move without candies but it’d require an elite tm which I only have one of.

I keep swapping my third around but I've mainly been using Blastoise or jumpluff, and I might try a primeape I just got with decent ivs. Any third will likely require rare candies to double move as well.

Is it worth using up all my rare candies or should I save them for legendaries/mythicals?

I'm only on my second week of playing, and as someone who stopped playing pokemon around gen 3/4, all this fusion, mulitple forms, energy stuff is a little confusing. But it seems like the gist is that a lot of upcoming raids need to be completed multiple times to really benefit.

From what I've read so far, it seems like it's best pokemon go after are: Black and White Kyurem, crowned Zamazenta and Zacian, and Primal Groudon and Kyogre. But unless I'm mistaken, it's 10 raids for White Kyurem, 10 raids for Black Kyurem, 10 raids for Zamazenta, 10 raids for Zacian, ~5 raids for Primal Groudon, and ~5 raids for Primal Kyogre... I only have like 10 raid passes total right now lol. I'll get a few more raid pass leading up to the 11th/12th, but I'll still be miles away from obtaining everything.

So assuming I only get up to like 20 raid passes, what should I try to get?

Also for mega raids I was planning on just chasing Mega Mewtwo (Y probably?). Is that a good idea?

I used to play a ton back in 2016-2017, but I only recently picked it up again with a fresh account. I'm still getting caught up on all the new stuff, but I've seen that there will be some "crazy events" coming up in july for the 10th anniversary and want to make sure I'm able to take full advantage of it.

Couple questions:

Raids - I think everyone gets a daily free raid pass by swiping at a raid location? Is that right, and if so can/should these be saved up for the event? I'm in NYC so I'm pretty sure I'll be able to get into solid raid groups during the event, but I'm not sure how much my low level will prohibit me from doing anything. Will I just die and fail the raid if I go in with weak pokemon? And if I am able to survive, will I even be able to capture the boss?

Item shop - I'm free to play but I've started getting coins from having my pokemon gyms. Playing similar games in the past, my instinct is to prioritize storage upgrades. But with all the raid related event stuff, I'm wondering if maybe I should make an exception and go for premium raid passes instead? Or is there anything else I should get first?

Buddy - I'm currently walking around with an eevee so I can evolve her into an Umbreon (which I heard is decent for 1500cp pvp). Should I focus on someone else? someone with a mega evolution maybe?

Week leading up to July - Is there anything I need to do or focus on this week? Right now I'm just catching everything, doing tasks, walking around and hatching eggs. Should I be trying to get specific pokemon or powering up anything specifically? Any items I should save up? Is pvp worth doing even if my team loses 99% of the time?

Sorry, I know that's a lot of questions lol. Any advice would be greatly appreciated :)

I went hard back in 2016-17 and recently decided to pick it back up. Would love to get some friends for consistent gift exchanges. 8394-4195-1421
(I'm in NYC if that matters at all)

In my (very limited) experience games change and evolve throughout development. Personally my current game is almost nothing like the idea I had when I started out, but I'd expect that more experienced devs are probably better at planning out their projects ahead of time.

Just curious to hear how your projects have changed/evolved from your original idea, if at all.

Level Complete Screens

Connected Rooms

I can't decide whether to keep my level complete screens (more like Super Meat Boy) or if rooms should be connected with "seamless" transitions between them (more like Celeste). 

(The transitions in the video above were done in like 20 minutes, if I decided to follow that route I'd polish they up way more)

I'd love to know:
- Do you have a preference?
- Is your preference strong enough to effect whether you'd buy a game or not?

Personally, in platformers, I love racing against a clock to get medals/stars/etc, but I also think they make a game feel a little cheaper. I think large connected worlds make a game feel more polished whereas level complete screens kind of give "mobile game" vibes. I originally liked the level complete screens but after playing some other platformers I really liked the flow and pacing that comes with not having to wait in-between rooms. Now I feel like I'm just banging my head against the wall trying to figure out what to do. I'd really appreciate any thoughts or advice.

More details on my specific game in case they influence someones opinion:
- My game has a story, but it's not as in-depth as Celeste.
- The medals obtained for completing levels quickly unlock some bonus (more challenging) levels. But if I switch to "connected rooms", they could easily be repurposed as shortcuts or alternative routes.
- There are currently 20 rooms per chapter/area, most of which take around 10-20s to complete

Edit: Also there's currently an option to skip the level complete screens, in which case there's a 1 second fade to black in-between rooms. It feels like an okay middle ground, but it's not on by default and I don't think most people will ever even notice that the option exists..