Story Mode & gyms

Come for the crown

Story Mode is the campaign path in Empress: Pokémon 2D Arena. Omniscye’s page puts it plainly: fight through Story Mode, beat the gyms, collect badges, take on the Elite Four — then face Empress.

Trainer name

When you first enter the game you choose a trainer name. You can change it later in Settings (1.0.0 notes).

Gyms and the Badge Case

Defeating Gym Leaders earns badges for your Badge Case. The case shows badges you’ve earned and which ones you still need. Open it from main navigation or the story menu.

Gym victories present the badge you’ve earned; locked slots stay locked until you beat that Gym Leader.

What carries in your save

The game remembers saved teams, sound preferences, campaign profile and progress, trainer name and earned gym badges, plus keyboard bindings and touch layouts. Settings also includes save export and import for backup or moving progress between Empress 1.0 devices.

Android note from 1.0.0: the 1.0 APK uses a new app identity and starts fresh — it does not automatically carry over progress from the old 0.4.1 app. Windows updates retain existing Windows data when installed as directed on itch.

What Story Mode does not use

Battle Evolution and Living Arena are Quick Battle toggles. Omniscye states they do not apply to Story Mode or private matches.