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How many active hackers do we have here?
« on: December 18, 2019, 02:24:24 am »
I had an idea that I stole from a Mario RPG hacking community that is completely original and new.

In a small timeframe, each hacker submits a hack on a theme, for example, Chrono Christmas. Minimum hack length is a single frame (screenshot length), with no maximum.

The idea would be to get more people aware of what can be done with hacking, and hopefully get a few people to try out hacking that hadn't before.

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Re: How many active hackers do we have here?
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2019, 12:21:28 pm »
It'd be really cool to try! I don't know much but have lurked for a long time.

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Re: How many active hackers do we have here?
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2019, 12:38:37 pm »
Wait! You're into SMRPG hacking?

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Re: How many active hackers do we have here?
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2019, 02:16:39 pm »
Oooo, This sounds fun :D I'm in

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Re: How many active hackers do we have here?
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2019, 03:13:41 pm »
Wait! You're into SMRPG hacking?
Nope. I've just seen a few results of the contest submitted to RHDN lately, and decided to look into it a little.

So far this is the kind of response I was hoping to get, newbie hackers and experienced hackers showing interest.

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Re: How many active hackers do we have here?
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2019, 04:45:00 pm »
I am not a hacker but I love this idea! This sounds fun and should be further communicated. :D

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Re: How many active hackers do we have here?
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2019, 06:42:04 pm »
A non-hacker to help organize would be useful.

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Re: How many active hackers do we have here?
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2019, 01:05:56 pm »
The most I've done is change text in Crimson Echoes. I have an idea for a non-canon, alternate universe CT. Basically all the characters are enemies instead of allies. Might try and do a mock-up of that.

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Re: How many active hackers do we have here?
« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2019, 11:48:28 am »
I do think this could be a really fun event, although obviously it will have to be done after Christmas. Maybe an early-2020 winter event (January-February)?

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Re: How many active hackers do we have here?
« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2019, 11:53:13 am »
I don't know how to hack, but this sounds like a really interesting and fun idea. For a theme, since March 11th is the 25th anniversary of Chrono Trigger's Japanese release, why not try making hacks to celebrate that?

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Re: How many active hackers do we have here?
« Reply #10 on: December 24, 2019, 12:38:08 pm »
I could get behind that.

Some pointers:

- If you haven't done this before, start small. A simple finished entry is better than a complex incomplete one.
- Work with the assets you have. Assume that creating new graphics and inserting them will take too long, unless you've done this before.
- Feel free to ask on the forum if you have any questions about what you can and can't do.

Judging/scoring/whatevering should be done in a way where both experienced and beginner hackers have a chance at winning.

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Re: How many active hackers do we have here?
« Reply #11 on: December 26, 2019, 01:25:53 pm »
I think it can be as simple as a single frame hack, right? I think I had seen that mentioned.

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Re: How many active hackers do we have here?
« Reply #12 on: December 26, 2019, 01:35:57 pm »
Yeah, but we need to make sure the single frame hacks won't automatically lose to a full level hack just because the latter is a full level.

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Re: How many active hackers do we have here?
« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2020, 06:25:51 am »
I've dabbled with hacking a bit. And then there's deliberate corruption of games for amusing results, which isn't entirely random nowadays, but it's not for the epileptic. One such rom corruption is "Yoko Ono Trigger": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxDuYA8nI4E

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Re: How many active hackers do we have here?
« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2020, 08:43:25 pm »
I am super glad you put a seizure warning on that, haha...