Before I knew it I found ACTUAL templates for just that very idea. I figured I could find RPG examples to copy into a Pokemon game. Look I am better at combining things in a really novel or innovative way, hence the PolyINNOVATOR, but if I had to code it all myself so be it.
However as we know IDEAS are nothing without EXECUTION. Not to mention I had a ton of ideas already. It was just an idea for a game (well a few actually), and it gave me some factors that made it different from PKMN. Using ChatGPT I was playing around with game concepts, and I got to something that I could NOT ignore.
While at the same time creating world maps, and other pixel art assets for fun. I've been a fan for all of my life, and starting Spriting (2D character creation) since I was about 10. I've been surfing the internet to find various clones out there of Pokemon, as (this is the first time I'm publicly announcing it) I am developing my own game series like the massive franchise.