Pal Books instead of Pal Spheres

[Noisy Koi]

I think a cool solution to the palspheres patent issue could be to use books to summon your pals instead of pal spheres.
as for catching, you could have a mechanic where lashes of light come out of the book to pull the pal inside so you aren't *throwing* anything, you're holding it and trying to pull the creature inside.

[BoxingBud]

So like when we "summon" a pal we open the book it floats while our other hand gestures "Over there" somehow and that's where the pal spawn from, as a spark or magic glitter form the book?

I'm sold.

EDIT: What about changing balls to something else like a quill that's writing a magic contract in the air and the progress of the contract reflects the % of being captured visually? Normally the ball shakes and a percentage to catch number fluctuates visually.

[Techno]

I really like this idea!

[Barry Cabbage]

Solid Idea

[Boss Jimbei]

honestly a good idea.

[Yuriqa]

This reminds me Hogwarts Legacy capture bag thing...

[ExcelsiorBenevolence]

Books are cool though, we can call it a paldex!

[1Erik1]

Originally posted by BoxingBud:

So like when we "summon" a pal we open the book it floats while our other hand gestures "Over there" somehow and that's where the pal spawn from, as a spark or magic glitter form the book?

I'm sold.

EDIT: What about changing balls to something else like a quill that's writing a magic contract in the air and the progress of the contract reflects the % of being captured visually? Normally the ball shakes and a percentage to catch number fluctuates visually.

Hmm that reminds me of someone...

Spoilers for Persona 4 Golden:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMATmD68TpU

[★REM★]

This is the first cool idea i heard in months.
+1

That said, you need to head to their forums and tell them there.
No poketpal developer/representative lurks steam forums

[Joshua Kurayami]

Why is this considered a good idea? I thought the game was more focused on tech stuff, not magic. Why is the human suddenly a wizard?

[★REM★]

Originally posted by Joshua Kurayami:

Why is this considered a good idea? I thought the game was more focused on tech stuff, not magic. Why is the human suddenly a wizard?

why do you link a book with wizardry? a book can be simply a tech device that suck in and send out the pals, dematerialize and backwards like a teleport device in star trek.

[Noisy Koi]

Originally posted by ★REM★:

This is the first cool idea i heard in months.
+1

That said, you need to head to their forums and tell them there.
No poketpal developer/representative lurks steam forums

how do I find their forums?

[4InchsOfFury]

and yet people are already crying at changes that are being made ingame to avoid lawsuits. You just cant please people.

[Neonblaze]

isnt the pattern that was trademarked a "capture monsters with a device and send them out?" meaning it doesnt matter if its a book, crystal or other non round object.

I think having it be a cube where a light comes out and the pal materialises from it fits better with the whole cyber tech looking world

[Noisy Koi]

Originally posted by 4InchsOfFury:

and yet people are already crying at changes that are being made ingame to avoid lawsuits. You just cant please people.

That's because they need to forego good mechanics because Game Freak decided to patent "throwing a ball"
people are complaining because they downgraded it, but if they could keep it as a good mechanic without violating the patent, then they could iterate on the mechanic and patent it themselves.

[McDi]

Why fight for logic at all? There is no need to create any objects with which pals are summoned, let it be the power of thought.