⚡ A Slack-native adventure

Your whole workspace boards one bus and drives it through a living region together — taking turns at the wheel, catching, battling, and voting where to go next, right inside Slack.

The Poké Bus rolling down the road

? What is Pokébus?

It's a shared, co-op creature-collecting journey that lives in a Slack channel. There's no app to install and no game to launch — the adventure just happens in your workspace. One world clock moves the whole team from town to town on a tireless little Poké Bus. Hop in whenever you've got a minute: catch something in the grass, gang up on a wild on the road, challenge a teammate, then vote on where the bus rolls next.

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One shared bus

One bus, one map — and the crew takes turns driving it through the region together.

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Co-op by design

Tag-team wild battles, trade, rally the crew to drive, and vote the route together.

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Bite-sized

Drop in for 30 seconds between meetings — the bus waits at each stop until someone wants to drive.

1 You drive the bus

The bus doesn't drive itself — you do. It parks at each stop and waits until someone takes the wheel, then the crew piles on for the ride. Quiet when nobody's driving, alive when they are.

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ParkThe bus rests at a stop. Nothing moves until a human drives.
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DriveTap Get on the bus & drive — a 5-min “all aboard” window opens for the crew.
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VoteRiders vote which way to go; the bus follows the group.
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Roll outOff you go! Wilds appear in #wild-grass for everyone riding.
You-are-here map
📍 A live “you are here” map at every stop
Voting map with arrows
🗳️ Branching roads — the team votes the route

2 Everything happens on the card

No clutter, no commands to memorize. Each stop posts one interactive card — progress, wild Pokémon, the vote, and who's riding with you, all tappable:

🎉 The party has arrived at Cerulean City!
Region ambiance art
🌊 🕗 Departs at 3:45 PM
(your local time)
⛽ Gassing up🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜️⏳
🌿 Wild PokémonPsyduck · Staryu · Goldeen
🗳️ VoteSaffron ███ 3
Vermilion █ 1
Lavender ██ 2
🗺️ Open the voting map 🌿 Walk in the grass 🏥 Poké Center 🛒 PokéMart ⚔️ Challenge a Trainer
🚌 On the bus
AngelLead: Charizard · Lv.36 · ⚔️ 5–1
🌿 3 caught here
MistyLead: Starmie · Lv.30 · ⚔️ 3–2
🌿 1 caught here
A real arrival card — the table de-clutters the details, and the roster lets you battle whoever's aboard.

3 What you can do

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Catch 'em

Wade into the grass and a wild pops up right in a window — weaken it, then throw a ball. On the road, wilds appear in #wild-grass — join it to hunt, mute it to skip.

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Battle

A private, Gen-1-style turn loop — Fight / Switch / Item / Run with type hints. Challenge a teammate and it opens on a VS screen showing who you're up against.

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Always a fair fight

Wild levels track your team — and on the road, the average of who's aboard. Newbies and veterans both get a worthy, catchable fight. No one's bored, no one's walled.

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Stop scoreboard

The bus roster shows how many each rider's caught at the current stop — a little friendly competition every leg.

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Co-op the road

Wild HP is shared, so the whole crew can tag-team one tough Pokémon together — a real raid-team vibe.

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Gyms & badges

Gyms are the real skill-checks — “always open,” recommended-level hints, and a bonus for your first clear. Chase all 8 badges.

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Take the wheel

When the bus is parked, drive it to the next stop — or hop on a ride that's already boarding. Riders are battle-available for the trip, too.

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Trade

Swap Pokémon with a teammate through a safe, both-confirm trade window.

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Pokédex

Every species you see or catch fills your dex — seen vs caught, shinies and all.

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Trophy Case

Badges, dex count, catch streak and your PvP record — the path is ephemeral, the achievements are forever.

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The open road

Travel legs are where the action is — roamers appear that you can only catch on the move.

4 All aboard the Poké Bus

When the 5-minute “all aboard” window closes, the bus rolls out for the voted destination. The travel card tracks your trip with a little bus driving toward the destination flag:

🛣️ Rolling along  ▰▰🚌▱▱▱🏁

Wild Pokémon appear in #wild-grass while you're rolling — join that channel to hunt, mute it to just ride. The whole roster rides along, so you can battle a teammate between stops.

Travel animation
🚌 The bus slides toward the glowing next stop

🎒 Ready to ride?

Hop in, meet Professor Oak, pick your starter, and catch up to the bus — we'll see you on the road! 🚌

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