The Future: Gen II #

So what comes next? We’ll continue working on this project and at some point plan to make a video of the work and obtain a recording of at least one full playthrough. We are planning to write a more formal paper. Expect a first draft on ArXiv soon.

But also, we’re thinking of trying Gen II games, Gold/Silver/Crystal. Gen II has a decompilation from PRET and Gen II is easier in one important way; HMs can be used by pressing A in the field instead of extra menu interactions.

However, Gen II is extremely difficult in other ways. There are more HMs, and we can’t rely on gift Pokémon to learn all of them (namely SURF, WATERFALL and WHIRLPOOL).

That said, we think we have a strategy for winning the game: If the environment uses a Totodile starter and the agent catches the Red Gyarados, the environment will have enough Pokémon to satisfy all HMs and enough Pokémon to beat the game up to Red.

To Be Continued!