Rules for posting hack threads
A note on mature hacks
Hacks with explicit material are allowed, provided a rating is given in the thread title [PG, 15+]., but absolutely NO screenshots or text extracts from it. Such hacks with the aforementioned depiction will not be approved. Likewise, hacks that are unsuitable (for members over 15 years of age) are not eligible for the hack competitions held regularly, such as Hack of the Year.
A hack thread must have at least four screenshots.
These four screens cannot be battle screens, Pokédex entries or stat screens. The screenshots also cannot depict areas that have not been significantly edited. If at least four screenshots meet this requirement, then you may post any other kinds of screenshots. These first four screenshots cannot be map area shots. To elaborate, we'd like to make clear that the four screenshots must be taken from the actual ROM in play. This means no saving a map picture in A-Map and enclosing that as a screenshot. By all means you may include maps, but it will not count as one of the four screenshots necessary for approval.
Also, we do not want to see "I'll post more images once I've got 15 posts". There are plenty of places in PokéCommunity for you to get 15 posts without spamming- surely you can spend SOME time doing so before posting a hack thread.
Hacks must include an introduction or a story.
Optional parts include the game your hack is based off (Pokémon Red, Gold, or Ruby, for instance), a list of features, frequently asked questions, your hack's achievements (such as Hack of the Year!), a list of bugs, the team involved with the hack, etc.
If you are using other people's hacks or code bases, you must have permission.
You are required to state whether your hack is yours or not – you cannot post any hack in the Hacks Showcase forum unless it is yours, unless you obtain permission from the hack's author to post it (and/or modify it for your own purposes). Hacks that we believe are based off the code base of another hack will not be approved.
Fake hacks or theft will not be tolerated.
The hacks you post must not contain any fake information. The images must be screenshots taken in an emulator of your choice, and should not be edited in any form.
Please give credit to any items in your hack where it is due, be it sprites, tile sets or scripts. You are bound to the agreements made by the original poster – for instance, if you cannot give your sprite to others, don't. If your hack is based off another hack's code base and the original poster has asked you not to give the code base to others, don't.
Consecutive posting (double posts) about new features is permitted…
… if you're the thread owner. You may make up to three long posts in a row detailing any information in your game. You cannot make three short (for example, 2 lines only) posts in a row. Any other cases are subject to standard double-posting rules.