Download Pre-Patched Pokemon Inkwell GBA ROM Hack
- Creator: Unfolding & DizzyEgg
- Version: 1.0.3
- Hack of: Emerald
- Released: October 20, 2025
- Language: English
- Status: Completed
Pokemon Inkwell is a GBA ROM Hack by Unfolding & DizzyEgg based on Pokemon Emerald in English. And it is now available to download. It was released on October 20, 2025.
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Description
The legendary DizzyEgg and mere mortal Unfolding have collaborated to bring you Pokemon Inkwell: a mystery-puzzle-roguelike with permanent and per-run upgrades, characters to unlock, and a compelling mystery to unveil!
Creator Note
This is a big one. THE DizzyEgg – yeah, the same DizzyEgg who’s responsible for pokeemerald-expansion, although he would never phrase it like that – saw something in the convoluted puzzle and story romhaikus I’ve made in the past, and teamed up with me to make something really different from a traditional Pokemon experience! So many custom features were made just for this, and for once I wasn’t terribly limited by my mediocre coding skills. And so the scope was massive – we spent far too many sleepless nights scripting, drawing, and writing to get this done. A more elaborate re-release is planned, too!
We made this for Team Aqua’s Romhacking Contest 2, with the theme Myth! (Remember that theme, because if you’ve played anything I’ve made before, you know I’m downright manic about doing something new with themes!) Please enjoy, and tell us about any bugs you’ve found or things you liked!
And, definitely ping us if you play it on stream!
Features
- An endlessly replayable gauntlet featuring multiple characters, each with unique playstyles and designed synergies!
- A world that balances cute and creepy, shifting between cozy charm and quiet dread!
- DizzyEgg’s completely reworked scaling and EXP system, offering a fresh way to grow stronger every run!
- My very average mapping and spriting skills on full display!
- Randomized items, upgrades, enemies, and even floor layouts thanks to DizzyEgg’s ridiculous technical genius!
- My obsession with breadcrumb trails, so players can dig deep and uncover the hidden story—I know at least one person out there enjoys it!
- DizzyEgg’s insanely detailed character scripting, with interactions that account for countless situations!
- My terrible jokes, which somehow still manage to make people laugh!
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Credits
Unfolding, DizzyEgg (Creators)
PMD Sprite Repository Mugshots by Emmuffin, shystarryrain, prismatic, baronessfaron, Tacocoa, comsosully, CHUNSOFT, NOLASMOR, Noo, EzerArt, and PhillipsYoung.
(This is an incredible resource shepherded by some extremely passionate folks – go check em out!)
Tilesets: Dojo Interior, by Rejuvenation dev team and rahtak. Shady Forest, by Yumekua, EKAT, Vurtax, Heartlessdragoon, and rahtak.
(I’ve made lots and lots of modifications, and I’ll probably release the modified set soon!)
Music: PMD: Red Rescue Team and Aichiya’s voicegroup and rip.
Tools Used: Porymap, by huderlem, Pokémon Emerald Textbox Simulator, by meejle, and pokeemerald-expansion, by RHH and DizzyEgg himself!
Anyone knows how to get the secret ending?
Anything but an actual Pokemon game. The wait for a good romhack continues.