Originally, it was an idea by my former mod partner, but when he resigned he never really built it. So, as I stepped in, I developed the program from square one again and it took me two months to make it happen (I believe this month was the month I started recruiting mentors lol).
I *was* a rom hacker...kinda...all I knew was to operate AdvanceMap and AdvanceText, as well as a bit of spriting. That was my 19-year-old graphic design student self at the time, because I felt creative. Then well...as school took its toll on me, I left the scene and came back as a lurker of the Emulation section. I had the story in mind too. xD