In the GS SW97 demo, maps outside of demo bounds lack collision due to expecting an older collision map. Thankfully, the source code has updated versions of the collision data which works perfectly with SW97's collision map. Here's Old City's, for instance.

I'm working on an English translation patch for the Pokémon GS Spaceworld 1997 demo! youtu.be/_GkJu5_I4L4

Episode 2 of our podcast is now out! Bo sits down with drx, Nic, Saz, and Hwd45 to talk about some of our greatest hits. Thanks to everyone for the warm reception of our first episode, we hope that we can continue to entertain in the future! hiddenpalace.substack.com/p/hidden-pal...

Here's some unused Skateboard functionality! These holes found in Route 6 were meant to be crossed with the Skateboard. The source code calls them "SKATE_HOLE". Fixing the movement code for the skateboard alongside fixing the collision ID it checks for shows this in action.

i had a thought

experimenting a bit with the SW97 engine

whoever wrote these entries are mean...

Working on a bit of something that's been long overdue...

honestly didnt think i'd be running into 3D rendering errors by zooming out the camera just a little bit

And now... last but certainly not least, the podium winners of the ROM Hack category, by both Judged and Community vote are...

...featuring a tie between Sonic 1: The Super Challenges and Sonic: To Be a Star!

There are also two honorable mentions for the community vote on this trophy:

Judges selected these entries as the winners of this trophy:

The Judges have selected these entries as the winners of this trophy, including a tie in the 3D Category!

The community voted for these entries as the winners of this trophy in the ROM Hack and 3D categories...

Additionally, these two entries get an Honorable Mention from the community vote in their respective categories:

The community voted to give their trophy to these entries, including another tie in the Modern 2D category!

The Judges awarded this trophy to the following entries!

Not to worry though! The community decided to give their Storybook Trophy to that one, whilst agreeing with the Judges in the other 2 categories completely.

The Judges selected these entries as the ones featuring the best cutscenes for this year's contest!

Our Judges decree that these were the entries with the best level design in each category this year!

The community also decided to award this trophy to the following entries!

The community trophy was also very close! As such, Sonic: To Be a Star in the ROM Hack Category deserves an Honorable Mention!

And now, for the community version of the trophy! This is what all of you decided were the best looking entries in each category this year.

The Judges of each category have named these entries as the best looking ones of the contest this year!

play sonic stardom

lugia's title model is surprisingly complex

back to the HGSS grind

apparently that sonic cd port experiment i did ended up on No-Intro this is the only sonic hack on here

very cool, game

weird UI in the platinum protos...

starting work on platinum builds now

cool game

an attempt to give the scratchpad Milotic proper palette

this thing's hard to draw

dumb experiment (sound on)

something something time travellers

I don't see many people talk about this weird change made in Sonic CD 2011. #Sonic #Deltarune

put together my NES again to play that busted zelda cart i got

got bored again

This also means I can access that one update that enabled debug mode.

Since Deltarune's now released, that means I can now grab older versions of the Chapter 1&2 demo. Of course, my main saves are completely busted.

got bored

is steam supposed to give me a giant follow button