Sonic the Hedgehog: Ramped

PC2 · Jul 11, 2006

Okay. First off, I'm glad to announce that I have returned to good ol' S2B as a civilized member of the Sonic community. Thanks to all the people who helped after seeing the improvement in my behavior, you know who you are. I apologize for all the crap I brought here 4 years ago. So anyways, what better way to prove myself as a member than waste one of my 30 Trial posts showing off my new half-assed hack? Introducing Sonic the Hedgehog: Ramped, ladies and gentlemen. Sure, it's in some early stages now (the only full zone that is actually near completion in both level layout and pallette is City Heights :F) but be prepared for a release sometime along the way. What I give you today is only a board of pallettes (and retarded level names) that I plan on putting in my hack. Be aware that tenative pallettes may not be in the final hack.

So, what the fuck is Sonic the Hedgehog: Ramped? Okay, here's how it goes. Once upon a time, I was bored and felt like hacking Sonic 1, and so I did. Keep in mind that this came before I knew that you needed a clean rom to use ASM and SonED 2. It's not going to be anything fancy, but if it is released as a full hack, here's what I'm promising you:

Decent pallettes.
[*]Decent, high-speed level layouts.
[*]Any good chunks of hex that I feel will have a nice effect on the game.
[*]Perhaps, some very minor art edits (or major, depending on on how far I feel like going with TLP)
[*]End-of-Level 'Ramp' System

^ This is where the whole "Ramped" thing comes from. At the end of most levels (as of now, with the exception of Bosses, Labyrinth and Marble) you will notice a ramp. You will either have to gain enough speed on your own or find a hidden spring somewhere to make your way up the ramp. The higher up you go, the more bonus points you will aquire. If you find 50 rings, there will be a Special Stage ring at the very top. This is my first hack, and as you can see, it is still in early stages. I will only release the finished version, with little or no periodic updates to avoid looking like a fucktard, especially since this is a very minor hack. So, stay tuned for more info, or just ignore it until it's complete. It's not like it really makes a difference. =P You want screenshots, you got 'em. As of now, the most helpful thing you can do is say "FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT" to the level names and pallettes you dislike (the current problem I find is that there is WAY too much green in each level). That is all.

...Lol. What an unnecessarily long post.

Rosiero · Jul 11, 2006

I have only one thing to say.

Tentative*.

Furthermore, the only pallette I don't like is the one you do not deem "tentative."

Varion Icaria · Jul 11, 2006

Welcome back, Hopefully you can prove to us you're a Civilized member, City Heights has a great palette btw. Good work so far.

PC2 · Jul 11, 2006

Crap, I knew I would make a spelling error. XD Sorry about City Heights, but I really like the more bubbly theme, and as you can see, it's the only pallette so far that isn't exactly dark - another problem I'm finding with these.

ddrmaxromance · Jul 11, 2006

Yeah, Amazon Furnace is dark. Just brighten up the hue values and it should look nice.

And for being a "A Boy and His Blob" fanboy, the Metro Park buildings look a lot like the building from ABAHB. :P But yeah, nice pallete for it anyways.

Tweaker · Jul 11, 2006

Not bad looking! I remember the City Heights picture well, but the others are new to me. Hope to see more layouts from you soon as well. ;P

Good job, though. I'm liking what I see, and the ramp concept is pretty cool. I may even help you remove the limit on speed so you can concentrate on that when it comes to your layouts.

FinalBeyond · Jul 11, 2006

I've got to say, that Pipeline has one of the best pallettes I've seen for Labyrinth. Nice stuff.

Shade · Jul 11, 2006

City Heights pallete is definitley good, the others could use work. You certaintly didnt hold back on the presentation :P

At any rate, welcome back I suppose. We all know people are capable of changing, so we'll see how it goes, eh?

Squints · Jul 12, 2006

Botnik Marsh and Amazon Furnace are WAY too dark. I'd suggest some more browns in BMZ instead of the blacks (maybe slightly dull some of the greens as well), and brighten everything in AFZ.

SGR · Jul 12, 2006

I like the ideas reflected through your palettes. They fit incredibly well. Keep it up!

stormislandgal · Jul 12, 2006

Nice one on City Heights. As well as pipeline zone.

.hack//zero · Jul 14, 2006

PC2 said:

Okay. First off, I'm glad to announce that I have returned to good ol' S2B as a civilized member of the Sonic community. Thanks to all the people who helped after seeing the improvement in my behavior, you know who you are. I apologize for all the crap I brought here 4 years ago. So anyways, what better way to prove myself as a member than waste one of my 30 Trial posts showing off my new half-assed hack? Introducing Sonic the Hedgehog: Ramped, ladies and gentlemen. Sure, it's in some early stages now (the only full zone that is actually near completion in both level layout and pallette is City Heights :F) but be prepared for a release sometime along the way. What I give you today is only a board of pallettes (and retarded level names) that I plan on putting in my hack. Be aware that tenative pallettes may not be in the final hack.

So, what the fuck is Sonic the Hedgehog: Ramped? Okay, here's how it goes. Once upon a time, I was bored and felt like hacking Sonic 1, and so I did. Keep in mind that this came before I knew that you needed a clean rom to use ASM and SonED 2. It's not going to be anything fancy, but if it is released as a full hack, here's what I'm promising you:

Decent pallettes.
[*]Decent, high-speed level layouts.
[*]Any good chunks of hex that I feel will have a nice effect on the game.
[*]Perhaps, some very minor art edits (or major, depending on on how far I feel like going with TLP)
[*]End-of-Level 'Ramp' System

^ This is where the whole "Ramped" thing comes from. At the end of most levels (as of now, with the exception of Bosses, Labyrinth and Marble) you will notice a ramp. You will either have to gain enough speed on your own or find a hidden spring somewhere to make your way up the ramp. The higher up you go, the more bonus points you will aquire. If you find 50 rings, there will be a Special Stage ring at the very top. This is my first hack, and as you can see, it is still in early stages. I will only release the finished version, with little or no periodic updates to avoid looking like a fucktard, especially since this is a very minor hack. So, stay tuned for more info, or just ignore it until it's complete. It's not like it really makes a difference. =P You want screenshots, you got 'em. As of now, the most helpful thing you can do is say "FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT" to the level names and pallettes you dislike (the current problem I find is that there is WAY too much green in each level). That is all.

...Lol. What an unnecessarily long post.
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From I've seen so far it looks good, and welcome back.

ICEknight · Jul 15, 2006

Those look nice (specially City Heights), but a bit of graphic-altering would be a good addition.

TeRaByTe88 · Jul 17, 2006

Well, Those palettes are OK at best... here are my opinions on what you could do to make them better

City Heights: Leave as is

Metro Park: I like the purple color for SLZ but having the sky dark blue will conflict with other palettes in the Zone, also, the Foreground pallete needs to be lightened maybe make it a more lavender or purpley-blue color

Pipeline: I like the greenish tiles for LZ but the brown water is too brown. If you want dirty water in your hack, lighten the browns up a bit and it'll look better

Botnik Marsh: This is a new idea for GHZ, usually people have sunset hill or whatever, and it is a good concept but Make the water a little less dark green and a little more olive green, make the sky light grey and lighten up the foreground a bit

Amazon Furnace: This level could use a total palette overhaul. although the pallete is nice, Im getting the feeling that you want this to be a dark evil looking zone. So here's what you do. Get rid of the night sky, as there are already too many night skies in the hack, and replace it with a fiery looking sunset palette.. also, change the grey foreground and mountains to have a red tint and lighten it up a bit... then change the grass to make it more brownish and dead looking

attached is an example botnik marsh I did in ChaosaXpal. (ignore the blue clouds because I took the screen at the very start of the zone)

ICEknight · Jul 17, 2006

There must be other ways to fix it (if needed) other than making a two-color Atari-style level.

PC2 · Aug 18, 2006

08-18-06

NEW SHIT

List of Levels |"Why Sonic the Hedgehog: Ramped?"
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Notes: Hey guys, it's me, PC2! Remember those disgusting pieces of crap sprites I made a while back to resemble the ones Kojichan made for this hoax? Of course you do. After all, I made a thread about them here but it probably got pruned because I never worked on the damn things.? Well, now I finally have a use for the little buggers. Most of what you need to know about my hack is up there. The reason why the images look the way they do (please ignore the "TENtATIVE PALLETTE" text in Metro Park Zone's shot, it was a last minute mistake I made in Photoshop and didn't even notice) is because I am currently using two computers. One computer is where I make all of my crap, art, avatars, hacks, joke images, you name it - the other computer does not belong to me, but that's where I save all my crap onto discs to send to the other one.

This is just a preview of what's to come if I ever do finish this hack. End-of-level ramps, new boss and level layouts, new pallettes, new sprites, and any really good chunks of hex that may be useful in this hack. No ASM, nothing too big. The only Zone that is actually very complete as of now is City Heights. The others are just painted over with a shiny new pallette. The next thing I look towards is compressed art, but since I'm using Sonic the Hedgehog [J], it will be much more difficult - the only two people I know that have actually even touched the Japanese Sonic rom hack-wise are Esrael and Yuski, and they are much more advanced than I, and, they're Portugese (although, their translation skills are quite accurate).

This hack may never even come to be, because of several important factors. Ontop of having a life and needs that are supposed to be fulfilled such as healthy bathing, eating, and sleeping habits, on my list of things to do, hacking sometimes isn't even a part of the top 3. The only time I work on this hack is when I damn well feel like it, and the amount of changes I will be able to make varies. As for the changes I have already made, I'm pretty sure my pallette ideas are all pretty much final, unless I decide to do some minor changes. This way, zones aren't as dark, and there seems to be less green (a problem I had before touching up the pallettes a bit). I didn't know Botnik Marsh looked like like "Green Hill Bad Future" until after I made it, and I really like the new "subtle and dirty" pallette. Plus, there never really was an official bad future of Green Hill, so it doesn't phase me. :F

Basicaly, I chose the Japanese cart because I like the ripple and scrolling effects, I can port the spike bugfix (as seen in 2nd pic) and it was before I found out about porting such effects into the NA version via ASM. No guaruntee I'll even finish this, and even if I keep working on it, there's no say on a tentative release date. That being said, discuss.
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Quoted from SSMB. :F

Yeah... remember when I told you I wouldn't bump this topic up with nearly meaningless updates? I lied. D: Couple new screens with updated pallettes and sprites, going a wee bit further into detail. Sorry about the bump, but SSRG is down and since I have yet to show you all the glory of the slightly-less-gay screens, here I am, showing them to you. They want me to make a playable demo of City Heights Zone over at SSMB, but I think it's still a little too early, and I'd rather release everything in full.

*-1 Trial Post*

I guess it's worth it, though. Took some of the advice I got from you guys on Botnik Marsh and Marble Zone, and it worked like a charm. Now there's just the issue of the custom sprites and level design... ^^;

Quickman · Aug 18, 2006

I love the ramp idea. It's innovative and nifty.

Sith · Aug 18, 2006

Why are ppl critisizing his palettes? They're awesome.
Amazon furnace foreground & bg-trees should just be a little brighter, as well as the grey foreground squares in botnik marsh. Everything else looks good to me.

I love your dark levels, top atmosphere. City heights palette looks great too.

Edit: just noticed your 'list of levels' link.
Really love 'boiler hill'. That's HOT in both meanings of the word.

PC2 · Aug 18, 2006

Sith-Smasher said:

Why are ppl critisizing his palettes?
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Mine? Because they stunk. =P I want constructive criticism against my pallettes, so that I know what to improve on. That's one of the reasons I decided to show my hack off in the condition it is currently in. According to your feedback, it still needs work anyway. Criticism is like food for the right (?) side of my brain. After enough criticism, I can ultimately turn shit into gold, as far as my artistic, hacking, and musical skills go.

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