What are you working on?

[Spherical Ice]

What are you working on, at the moment?

This thread is for posting about what you're working on. Perhaps you haven't posted a thread for your ROM hack yet, but still want to share little snippets of progress you're making. Maybe you're working on a different type of ROM hacking project, like a tool! Or maybe you just want to talk about a small thing on your hack you're working on that wouldn't normally warrant a post in your hack thread.

Whatever the reason, let's get some discussion going about whatever it is you're focussing on at the moment!

This is NOT a help thread; please go to the Beginner's Lounge if you want help.

 

[wolfboyft]

Whatever the reason, let's get some discussion going about whatever it is you're focussing on at the moment!

Typo :P

Regardless, I'm currently trying to think up a good storyline. At this point, I'm just "winging" it, making rooms on the first level of the abyss and unimportant-but-cool features as I go along, with barely any planning.

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Spoiler:

I also believe that the current state of ROM hacking, as far as I can tell, is very, very sad. Maybe I'll create a "disassembly appreciation festival" at some point or something, to reach out to all the sadly ignorant kids, and teach them about assembly coding, how not to ask in the recruitment thread for a person for literally every role possible, etcetera. That kind of stuff.

Y'see... the thirst for knowledge around these parts is so sparse. Here's a sums-it-all-up quote for what ROM hackers are like nowadays.

"That feature is not possible, for there is no tool for it. The great tool gods have not bestowed us with such a tool."

God damn it... ever heard of "disassembly?"

C'mon. Consider one of the finished generation 1 or 2 disassemblies, and try to understand it. Go to the #pret IRC channel and be taught exactly what it is. I bet 99% of the kids who make FireRed hacks and abandon them after a few days have never even heard of git or GitHub, never even heard of the z80-like processor that the Game Boy used. Let's wrap this up with a quick blast of on-topic: I believe that I'll, one day, make a "true ROM hacking appreciation festival." That's a "what I'm working on" for the future.

I apologise if I'm too off-topic and I apologise if I'm being a bit harsh, but this actually is a real plan of mine.

 

[LilBueno]

I'm actually taking a hiatus from what I was working on due to falling behind in some more important things in my life. However, I'm still learning to hack for the sake of my intended to hack.
So what I'm currently working on is three things (when I can sneak a few minutes here and there): Plotting out the story itself (not worried about the finer things yet, but I want a solid idea of where the story is at every point as well as side quests), Sorting out the features I want to include into a list from Easy to Learn and Implement to More Difficult, and of course, Learning how to hack!
For learning to hack, I'm focusing on scripting right now, but like I said, I only have a few minutes here and there to spare and learning to script is more time-intensive, my primary project at the moment is story content planning and an overall list of features.

 

[pokefreak890]

I'm making my 880 emerald rombase as well a yes u read right a 1020 base for fire red that's 90% complete just need them cries to work

 

[Crizzle]

My final hack and hopefully my best hack.

 

[FSBS]

Realizing if I really want to hack at all, I should make my own region instead of adapting an existing region that's been 386'd to death already. At least I got some good mapping practice.

 

[Squeetz]

What are you working on, at the moment?

Why, a ROM hack of course!

 

[Sea Dragon]

I've been working on an Emerald hack off and on which has the p/s split, gen 4 evolutions, new moves and abilities etc. I'm not sure if I want to release a regular Emerald hack or make something else out of it.

 

[Jacrad]

Spoiler:

I also believe that the current state of ROM hacking, as far as I can tell, is very, very sad. Maybe I'll create a "disassembly appreciation festival" at some point or something, to reach out to all the sadly ignorant kids, and teach them about assembly coding, how not to ask in the recruitment thread for a person for literally every role possible, etcetera. That kind of stuff.

Spoiler:

Wouldn't that be an interesting idea for a ROM in and of itself? A ROM hack that teaches ROM hacking.
With built in crashes that players need to fix after learning a bit about assembly coding in order to progress. A little humor here and there, some examples of the mind blowing work you can do with a small bag of tricks, and a sense of accomplishment and it might make for a very useful training tool.

 

[esperance]

Working on a couple different ROM hacking tools plus I work on my hack in sporadic bursts.

 

[wolfboyft]

Wouldn't that be an interesting idea for a ROM in and of itself? A ROM hack that teaches ROM hacking.
With built in crashes that players need to fix after learning a bit about assembly coding in order to progress. A little humor here and there, some examples of the mind blowing work you can do with a small bag of tricks, and a sense of accomplishment and it might make for a very useful training tool.

Yeah! Of course, there would be no ROM. It would all be done in pokered/pokeyellow/pokecrystal/pokegold/pokeemerald disassembly. Conventional ROM hacking absolutely sucks.

 

[thebrawler56]

My overall progress is off and on, but I've mainly been working on music (mostly remixes) for it. I got like 13 different songs done.

 

[Awec]

I'm working on a hack of Fire Red, probably using MrDollSteak's rombase, which will be yet another 'enhanced' version of Fire Red. I'm making it for my and my friends' personal use but might release it here.
It will include a choice selection of Gen 4,5,6 Pokemon (the ones I like enough to add), possibly some fakemon, some added/changed maps and the ability to find all the Pokemon in the wild, plus changed trainer teams to include the new variety of Pokemon.

 

[PokéMew1]

A hack of FireRed I've been working on for 3 years, Pokemon Fuchsia. I haven't made a thread for it because a lot of it is being changed frequently, and I currently don't want people waiting on me to finish it. Right now, the fakemon are being made and finalized.

 

[Yurnero]

I'm currently working on my first hack which I've been postponing since 2014. Actually, if any of you guys are interested, just PM me. I'm up for sharing ideas and/or receiving tips.

 

[graym]

I'm making a orange island ROM ;) need some map tiles tho guys if anyone wants to help I'll give in game credit (before you even play so everyone can see)

 

[Cryovolcano]

Working on my Pokemon: Magma Version. I have the protagonist sprites done, just need to do maps, as I'm doing a new region. And a new enemy team, lel. If anyone wants to help or give suggestions, feel free to!

 

[Logan]

From the ashes of Pokémon Sienna rises a new dawn... Pokémon Trinity

 

[Substitute Doll]

Im working on a hack that's been postponed for years, and I finally got time to work on it.
Pokémon Delta

 

[_Evan]

I'm just trying to find time to work on a custom rom for myself. Not many big plans currently, just adding the Mystery Events, fixing the trade evolutions, and editing a couple other things.