Sonic Hacking Contest 2014 - Entries, Streams, Voting Live!

Alright, thanks for clearing it up. Sorry for being paranoid and things like that, this is just my first time submitting to this contest and I have a tendency to make sure everything makes sense to me before I do something to make a fool out of myself and whatnot. (I guess it's too late for that.)

And I think you misunderstood me. Sonic Generations has very specific limits as far as stages go, with the limits for stage replacements having to be worked around the limited amount of level slots to replace. Therefore, if a project aims to port more than, say, nine new levels into the engine, they do technically have to be split up into separate mods. My question wasn't as nonsensical as it might've seemed.

edit: As much as I really should be leaving this alone, I just want to say that I'd rather not be reproached simply for asking clarification of rules that I read thoroughly several times. Yes, they are very open-ended, so that means additional questions might be necessary on a case-by-case basis; especially in the context of Sonic Generations, because the same rules cannot be applied in exactly the same context between a 199x 16-bit ROM hack and a 2011 PC game mod. Since the hacking contest has mostly been based around the former this whole time, I think it's perfectly fair to ask that the rules regarding the latter specifically be explored and clarified. Anxiety-fueled questions aside, please don't treat me like I don't know what I'm doing or saying. Thank you.

edit 2: I really am a ball of paranoia. Regardless of any of this, I hope there are no hard feelings. I don't want to create any tension when there's already enough putting pressure on me. Now, I'm gonna take a nap before I make more of an ass out of myself. See ya guys later, and good luck to everyone.

 

Nah, you're fine, I just wanted to make sure you aren't going to be asking questions like...

"What is the contest's definition of homebrew?"

See, that we could be discussing for another 4 pages. Like, I've had so many PM's with people about it, that it ain't even funny.

Spoiler

Because by definition of the rules, a hack has to be built on a preexisting Sonic game. How much percentage of the Sonic game is the question =P

Best be quiet before Spanner fires me from my seat ......

Anyways. As far as the rules go, as far as I am concerned, most seem to apply to most hacks. SADX hacks have been submitted for the past few years, and they seem to play by the same rules as the MD Sonic games, so I assumed that Generations would play just as nice.

I somewhat understood what you are referring to, but I assumed that even if you had multiple mods, that they needed to be working in tandem with each other, otherwise it wouldn't work to well. So, posting them separately would just be odd. Seems though my dabbling in the hacking of Generations has been just that, dabbling, so I could be wrong and I'll put on my dunce hat and sit in the corner if my presumptions are indeed false.

Sorry if I made you feel that I was calling you stupid, that wasn't exactly the intended purpose or direction I was headed, but best to apologize anyways.

 

Even SADX/SA2 are becoming more like Generations now, we're not packaging modified executable files anymore, it's all mods that can to some extent be mixed and matched however the user wants, especially with my recent additions to the mod API. The AutoDemo levels mod could have been separated into three mods for the three levels it modifes if I were so inclined.

 

How many of the entries are Genesis hacks, since those are the only ones I can check out during the Community Week this year unless the SADX hacks were hosted someplace else after the contest is over.

 

I'll be starting my first commentary videos on my YouTube channel. I'd like to start with the Mega Drive Hacking Contest entries...

They won't be of high production value quality since I haven't done this thing much before but I'd love to give the Public ones a run and get some experience doing this. Keep an eye out.

So that said, I too am looking forward to seeing how many entries are MD/Gen hacks

 

This SHC has me excited. Gonna try to stream all the entries I can with a few friends on my Twitch channel once they are up- (see sig for the link)
I'll probably make a post here when the stream starts or at least edit this one.

I can't seem to log into the SHC website though with my forum account here- is it because I'm still a trial member or just a misc. bug?

 

Is there a way to delete screenshots for my entry? There are a few that aren't entirely applicable anymore.

 

Click and drag it to the trash can that appears in the lower right corner of the window.

 

What time are the entries going public? I'll try to make the release video thingamy public at the same time as the entry goes up for the hell of it.

 

Probably "whenever Cinossu wakes up tomorrow morning", like when new entries stopped being accepted.

 

I'm almost ready to finalize my entry, so I hope there's enough time for that.

 

I suppose it doesn't matter a whole lot, but does this mean there's no hope of getting the underscore bug fixed in the entry description?

Edit: Actually, my release video has an underscore in the ID and won't play after refreshing the page. This may be problematic as I've no time to reupload the video.

 

..Only two partial private entries? I'm really suprised, honestly! Looks like the contest is easily shaping up to be changing for the better.

 

I wasn't expecting so many PC game mods, I think I count ten, which makes a quarter of all entries.

 

I just realized that cinoussu is making a sonic 2 omochao edition. Soon, I'll have to play it through D: