Recruitment thread requirements (Updated 20 February 2024)

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Recruitment Thread Requirements & General Information

Looking for people to help you with your project? Looking to help others with their project? This is the place to be.

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These threads may be applied according to the moderator's discretion, which all serve to ensure a quality/effort minimum in the threads posted in the Recruitment forum.

If a thread has not been updated for a whole month, it will be archived. You may recreate it if you wish, but you should ask yourself why nobody responded to your call for help, and use it as an opportunity to improve your presentation and information.

On top of these requirements, it is entirely your responsibility to present your project properly. If you want higher chances of recruiting someone dedicated or being recruited, try to use proper grammar, punctuation, and so forth. The amount of information you give also influences your chances of successful recruitment. It's in your own hands.

If the information in your own thread is no longer accurate, you've found people for all your positions, or have been recruited, you may request for your thread to be archived. This is not mandatory, but ensures users who visit your thread are up-to-date when it comes to information.

Bumping your thread without a sensible update is no longer allowed.

Discussion in the threads is encouraged!

Please note that all global rules apply here.

Non-ROM Hacking/General Recruitment Thread Requirements

All threads must contain the following:

• The title of the thread must be the title of the project if one exists, or "Untitled Project" otherwise.
• Each thread must have a clear and unambiguous list of positions being recruited for. Nobody is going to contact you if they don't understand what you're looking for.
• Each thread must have a clear project description, and must state what kit, if any, is being used. For instance, "Pokémon Essentials" or "Pokémon SDK"
• Each thread must have a plot outline, if applicable.
• Each thread must have a list of unique features. This does not include commonly used resources such as Elite Battle System, and cannot be very generic, such as "brand new region".
• (Updated 20 February 2024) (Optional but HIGHLY RECOMMENDED) Each thread should have at least 4 screenshots that are unique to your project and tell us something about what your project. As such, generic Pokémon Essentials screenshots, such as an unmodified battle system, do not count towards this threshold.
• (Updated 20 February 2024) (Optional but HIGHLY RECOMMENDED) Each thread should have a complete list of credits for resources used.
• Each project is allowed one thread at most.

Paid services are not permitted. You may not ask for nor offer any form of paid services in your Recruitment thread. This includes offering money in exchange for artwork/sprites, code, writing, or other services related to your fan game. You may also not offer such services in exchange for paid currency.

Ultimately, thread approval is at the discretion of the Fan Games moderators who will review threads submitted to ensure they meet the requirements outlined above. Please wait 48 hours after submitting a thread before enquiring about its status.

These rules apply to standard Pokémon fangame projects. If this is not what you're recruiting for, a spriting project for instance, you'll be given more freedom as long as you put sufficient effort into your thread.

Prefixes

• Essentials: Use this prefix if you're using Essentials.
• PSDK: Use this prefix if you're using PSDK.
• Misc Engine: Use this prefix if you are using a miscellaneous engine.

ROM Hacking Thread Recruitment Requirements

If you are looking for people to help you with your project or looking to help others with their project, you are in the right place. General discussion of ROM hacks belongs in Fan Game Hub. Questions for help with ROM hacking belong in either Binary ROM Hacking or Decomps & Disassemblies. Before posting in this forum, please read this post in its entirety. Contact a Fan Games moderator if you have queries.

Do not post, direct users to, or link to commercial ROMs of any sort

Regardless of any purpose, you may not link to a "download" of any .gbc, .gba or .nds ROM file, or direct users to any method to downloading a ROM. You may be infracted or risk immediate suspension of your account, should you link to commercial ROMs of any sort.

All threads must contain the following:

• The ROM base you are using and whether or not it is a decomp or disassembly.
• A list of positions you are recruiting for, and what your own contribution will be.
• A story or overview of the themes and plotline of the ROM hack, or perhaps your goals in creating it.
• A list of features which can help differentiate your ROM hack from others.
• (Updated 20 February 2024) (Optional but HIGHLY RECOMMENDED) At least 2 screenshots of your project.
• (Updated 20 February 2024) (Optional but HIGHLY RECOMMENDED) A complete list of credits for resources used.

Paid services are not permitted. You may not ask for nor offer any form of paid services in your Recruitment thread. This includes offering money in exchange for artwork/sprites, code, writing, or other services related to your fan game. You may also not offer such services in exchange for paid currency.

Ultimately, thread approval is at the discretion of the Fan Games moderators who will review threads submitted to ensure they meet the requirements outlined above. Please wait 48 hours after submitting a thread before enquiring about its status.

Prefixes

• Binary: Use this prefix if you're doing your project on Binary.
• Decomps: Use this prefix if you're doing your project on Decomps.

Freelancer Rules

Freelancers use the Freelancer prefix. This tag is for the purpose of displaying your skills to be recruited for a project.

You must:

• Show examples of your work for the role you are offering (e.g. Link to DA for Spriters, Public Scripts for Scripters, etc)

Ultimately, thread approval is at the discretion of the Fan Games moderators who will review threads submitted to ensure they meet the requirements outlined above. Please wait 48 hours after submitting a thread before enquiring about its status.

 

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Hi everyone! This is important enough to warrant its own separate post, since there are multiple instances of this occurring. I also want to streamline how recruitment posts are approved here in this section to make things easier on you the user as well as the fan games staff.

Please do not immediately PM a member of fan games staff unless it has been 48+ hours after your thread has been made. We know some of you are excited to join a team (or form one!) but your thread has to come under review from the fan game staff first before it is approved. Due to so many instances of people wanting to rush their thread approval, from this moment forward, an additional 24 hours will be applied to your thread approval if you attempt to rush your thread approval. This is defined as PMing, VMing, or reaching out to the fan games Staff in any way before the 48 hours have passed.

If 48 hours have passed, you may PM the fan games staff as a whole (in case one of them is on leave), and one of them will get back with you. If 48 additional hours have passed and you hear no response, then you may PM an admin, but only as a last resort if you hear nothing else back

Thank you for understanding!