I look forward to seeing your future suggestions, and I'm sure I'll end up using some of them when the time comes :) Glad I could help you feel better about that.
As for other projects, let's see:
- I'm planning to bring back "Pokémon Secrets and Rumours", except this time it will be a Red hack instead of a Gold hack and will be called "Pokémon Forever". Technically it will be based on Red++ instead of regular Red, but yknow. That isn't really a secret or anything though since I think I mentioned it in the thread for Red++.
- I have a Gen III hack in very early stages right now, which is called "Mateo's Hoenn Adventure" for lack of a better title. It is a hack of Fire Red that will take place in Hoenn, but not be a direct remake. It will be kinda like what Dark Violet was. There will be changes to the region and storyline and stuff to make it be the way I want it instead of how Gamefreak did it. This is a combination of me learning how things work in Gen III and also me wanting to make Hoenn better. I always thought the region had potential, but I always get bored playing RSE and still haven't beaten it to this day believe it or not. This is basically a side-hack right now and I haven't done anything to it in a while, but I have a thread for it on PHO if you want to see some early screenshots.
- I am planning to make "Pokémon Spirits and Legends" which will be a Fire Red hack (unless people come a lot further with Emerald hacking between now and then) that will take place in Johto. Chronologically, it will take place between GSC and Christmas. I already have some of the major plot points planned out, and there are references to them occasionally in Christmas although admittedly some of these won't make a ton of sense yet. One of these is "Ace Trainer Jack" who was in the 2012 version. He is the male player from Spirits and Legends, and is in a Secret Base near Lake of Rage. He addresses the player by name and mentions meeting them a few months ago (because in Spirits and Legends, Mei and Hiro will both be unimportant NPCs in New Bark Town for continuity). Anyway, as you probably guessed from the title, the main focus of this hack will be Dark and Ghost types. There will be no Team Rocket takeovers or anything (they are still in hiding from Gold, meeting up with Giovanni so they can come back in Christmas) and there will instead be a different antagonist. A little teaser: there will be trainers who are actual ghosts, and a reason for their existence as such. You will also be able to explore new areas in Johto, such as expanded parts of Ilex Forest and abandoned subway tunnels in Goldenrod to name a few that are already planned. "The Looker" from Gen 4 will also make appearances here as well. Basically, this hack will take place in Johto but be a lot less like Gold than Christmas will inevitably still end up being. I have a lot of fun ideas for this one.
- I have considered making a small side-hack that would focus on South Isle and the other islands in the region it belongs to. Despite the Legend Festival there being strongly influenced by Pokemon 2000, I do not consider South Isle to be part of the Orange Islands or the Johto region (although it shows up on the Johto town map for convenience). I have imagined it as part of a small archipelago without its own Pokemon league. This side hack would have you play the son/daughter of a researcher stationed there, and there would be more of an emphasis on exploration and solving puzzles with no actual gym leaders and stuff. (Badges would be used to keep track of areas you had explored or something, haven't come up with a lot of the specifics yet).
That is probably a lot more than you were expecting to get, but I could be wrong :p I tried not to go too nuts with it, but I think I still got carried away talking about them at times.