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This is kind of old news at this point (lol), as I posted in another thread I was surprised there wasn't already a thread/discussion for this! & eventually decided I would draft something since there wasn't!
Romhacking.net or RHDN for short; one of the largest databases for fan-made romhacks on the internet has posted an update about "winding down" and switching to news only. They explain that the database has been backed up and archived but will no longer host the downloads of the various mods, hacks and translations available on the site going forward.
RDHN's scope goes beyond Pokemon, although many romhacks were also hosted there, it was possibly the best source of fan translations projects of many jp exclusive games. If you are within the community, or have had even a passing interest in romhacks and/or translations projects, you likely have had some interaction with this website!
If you visit the site you will see they still post news updates, here's a link to the news update in question with regards to the "winding down" as they put it. This update has actually been bumped down on the homepage to page 2 as it went up on August 1st, this link should display it right at the top tho:
It is a great loss for our community, I'm glad it will continue to function in some capacity in the foreseeable future, but this comes off the back of another large site closure with Relic Castle back in March. I think of PokeCommunity as standing defiantly in the face of these closures, I'm always ecstatic and relieved to see it still standing every time I log in! I imagine we have or will see at least some migration of projects over that can no longer host their games on those sites. Of course many won't migrate. But I would be interested to hear from any fan-game devs who have done so or plan to.
So what are your thoughts on these closures and what they mean for the community? What are your experiences and memories of the site RHDN or even RC if you wanna share that here go ahead. Personally I used both a fair amount over the years, and was sad to see them both go. I hope PC can stay up and continue to provide the space it does for the community, honestly feels needed now more than ever as spaces to share these projects shrink. I know a lot of fandevs share their works to their own communities and spaces now with Discord, Twitter, Patreon and sites like that but I don't think these fulfil the same roles as these hub/database-like communities have for the interest/practice as a whole, rather than for specific works/projects. Same for more general relevant communities on discord/reddit...it's great that they exist (especially now) but I don't think they necessarily fill the gaps that will be left with these types of community sites closing.
/ignore this next part if you're not interested in a separate drama related to RHDN closure/
sorry this ended up kinda chunky word-wise, I could've separated out my personal thoughts to post as a reply later, but I wasn't really sure how this thread would do and if it would even get any replies so I just decided to condense all my thoughts here. Despite thinking it is a pertinent news topic for this site and the community I wasn't certain of how much of a discussion would really evolve here. But I hope at least some people can express their thoughts and maybe reminisce here!
Romhacking.net or RHDN for short; one of the largest databases for fan-made romhacks on the internet has posted an update about "winding down" and switching to news only. They explain that the database has been backed up and archived but will no longer host the downloads of the various mods, hacks and translations available on the site going forward.
RDHN's scope goes beyond Pokemon, although many romhacks were also hosted there, it was possibly the best source of fan translations projects of many jp exclusive games. If you are within the community, or have had even a passing interest in romhacks and/or translations projects, you likely have had some interaction with this website!
If you visit the site you will see they still post news updates, here's a link to the news update in question with regards to the "winding down" as they put it. This update has actually been bumped down on the homepage to page 2 as it went up on August 1st, this link should display it right at the top tho:
It is a great loss for our community, I'm glad it will continue to function in some capacity in the foreseeable future, but this comes off the back of another large site closure with Relic Castle back in March. I think of PokeCommunity as standing defiantly in the face of these closures, I'm always ecstatic and relieved to see it still standing every time I log in! I imagine we have or will see at least some migration of projects over that can no longer host their games on those sites. Of course many won't migrate. But I would be interested to hear from any fan-game devs who have done so or plan to.
So what are your thoughts on these closures and what they mean for the community? What are your experiences and memories of the site RHDN or even RC if you wanna share that here go ahead. Personally I used both a fair amount over the years, and was sad to see them both go. I hope PC can stay up and continue to provide the space it does for the community, honestly feels needed now more than ever as spaces to share these projects shrink. I know a lot of fandevs share their works to their own communities and spaces now with Discord, Twitter, Patreon and sites like that but I don't think these fulfil the same roles as these hub/database-like communities have for the interest/practice as a whole, rather than for specific works/projects. Same for more general relevant communities on discord/reddit...it's great that they exist (especially now) but I don't think they necessarily fill the gaps that will be left with these types of community sites closing.
/ignore this next part if you're not interested in a separate drama related to RHDN closure/
Spoiler:
sorry this ended up kinda chunky word-wise, I could've separated out my personal thoughts to post as a reply later, but I wasn't really sure how this thread would do and if it would even get any replies so I just decided to condense all my thoughts here. Despite thinking it is a pertinent news topic for this site and the community I wasn't certain of how much of a discussion would really evolve here. But I hope at least some people can express their thoughts and maybe reminisce here!