Sawnik Teh Hedgehawg

*copy & paste from RetroHack*
So, this is my first attempt at a ROM hack, and I decided to start with Sonic 1. Why? I have no idea XD
So anyways presenting my "hack":
Sawnik Teh Hedgehawg
(joke name until I think of a better one, unless you think I should keep this one =P)

Not very much done at the moment, but I do have a couple of things to show.


This screenshot shows off quite a bit in one go. My attempt at making a Sonic Adventure 2-esque HUD, the Sonic adventure style life icon, the different sprite style I'm using (Sprite import around 70% done, just gotta work on ones not in the spritesheet), and a new palette for GHZ that I'm trying out. (Palette, Yes or No?)


This second one just shows new signpost art, and that I'm using Sonic CD Title card art.


Just to show that you now get a life every 50000 points like Sonic 2 and 3.


Things are not what they seem...*shot*


Working Spindash.


Monitor art made to look like/similar to Sonic Adventure style.


Monitor images from various games.

1-up: Same as life icon.
Speed Shoes: A shoe from an advance style Sonic sprite.
Shield: ...I forget where it's from.
Invincibility: The original
5 ring: Sonic 3 Ring image edited to have the number 5 on it. (I made all normal ring boxes give 5 rings...don't ask why, I don't even know =P)
15 ring: Same as above, but with 15 on it. S box made into one that gives 15 rings.
Robotnik: Sonic 3

Music planned for stages: Various music from Sonic 2, 3 and maybe 3D.

Credit where credit is due
Sonic Retro: Helpful guides.
Shobiz: Helping me with the life every 50000 points thing.
Rathe: For making the sprite sheet I'm using for Sonic.
SCAA: Some compressed art.
ESE Sound Importer: Lots of music ports.
The guy who made SonMapEd (I forget his name): For making mapping editing, sprite importing and getting the pallete from a sprite quick and easy.
I think that's about right.

No download yet, sorry =P

Anyways, all comments and criticism welcome, and if neccesary, feel free to mock =P

Updates since then:
New Marble pallet


A few of the ending sprites:


Walking sprites:

(They may look as if it'd be jumpy towards the middle but it looks fine in game, so =P)

New Scrap Brain and Labrynth pallets:




For the tl;dr people: I'm working on a hack, updates as and when they happen =P

 

Thanks for the comments people.

Thanks, most of the sprites needed were already in the sprite sheet I found, but I'm trying my best to make the rest that I'm editing from Sonic 3's sprites fit in with the style. Good to see I'm doing it well XD
Also, Adventure style Robotnik will most probably be used, unless there's an extremely good reason why I shouldn't =P

Cinossu: The Sonic 2 Sonic pallet does look good with the sprites in game, but I'm not sure which I think looks better. I may post a comparison pic tomorrow to let more people give thier opinion of which palette would look better.

 

Decision time peoples, which palette should I use for Sonic? (Mainly focusing on the blues and the reds. The rest of the colours are pretty much the same.)


Palette A: Sonic's Sonic 1 palette.
Palette B: Sonic's Sonic 2 palette.
Palette C: The one I'm already using.
Palette D: A mix of all 3. Darkest blue from Sonic 1's, main blue from Sonic 2's, and brighter blue from the one I'm already using.

@ Tets: I may consider changing the running sprites depending on what people think of them after I actually release something.

@ Squints: I was planning to do that anyway, good to know someone agrees that I should =P