We have an important announcement on the submission deadline of the Sonic Hacking Contest! In short, it's been postponed! Effective immediately, the new submission deadline is September 7th, 2025! Read more: shc.zone/news/post/130

What if the @shcontest.bsky.social Spotlight was evil and was actually all me,,, 😈 The spotlight was very awesome to see, love that everyone can come together to showcase their amazing works! Very excited to try everything shown ... when I get any break from my own projects 💀

Hey! I host like half of this and authored some of the gags in the presentation. It was a blast to work on and it's been wonderful to see the reactions; I was a bit nervous that the humor wouldn't stick the landing. I'm glad I was wrong about that. See you at the contest and see you next spotlight!

Glad you all loved the presentation! Here's a bonus clip from when we were developing it!

We're finally happy to announce the reveal trailer for Sonic and the Duel of Fates, a new Modern Sonic fangame built in RSDKv4! Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=quq5...

We showed off Sonic Essence - Second Soul again cause it’s cool and all that, but also go check out the reveal for @sonicdueloffates.bsky.social! Some of us at ReDream are also working on this project, and it’s quite exciting to see what progress they have done.

Coming today! www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPjo...

Coming tomorrow!

You know what time it is? ...that's right, it's time to submit entries at the Sonic Hacking Contest 2025! shc.zone/news/post/125

As part of the process of updating the rules of the Sonic Hacking Contest, we have released an early draft of the rules, for potential participants to read and give feedback on. Read: shc.zone/news/post/122

Hello! Coming here to inform you that you have **TWO WEEKS LEFT** to apply for the Sonic Hacking Spotlight! We're looking forward to seeing what the lot of you have in store for the future! Once you're ready to show what you have in store, remember to apply here:

Also, please note that our servers are currently down. You'll need to wait a bit to join our Discord server! Once that's done, we'll inform you.

After many hurdles, it's finally time for the Sonic Hacking Contest 2025 presentation! You can watch it over here: youtu.be/zhggsCPGfF4

So, Sonic Racing Crossworlds is coming out on September 25th! Awesome! ...but not for us, as it comes scarily close to our planned Contest period. We have to once more delay the SHC2025 presentation to decide what to do of this. The presentation will now occur on June 8th.

those damn bees

Update: it is going to take a while for the room to be rid of bees. For this reason, the presentation is delayed to June 7th, 2025. This will not affect the happening of the Sonic Hacking Contest or associated events.

Due to a bee infestation in our video editor's room, progress on the SHC2025 presentation is temporarily halted, and is delayed to June 1st, 2025. Further delays may be necessary. You will be informed appropriately.

Charlotte Fosgate, 17, a key figure in the Sonic the Hedgehog modding community, has been confirmed dead nearly a month after going missing. Her family and the community have issued tributes and calls for mental health awareness.

As pre-announced, an extended announcement over the current state of affairs of the Sonic Hacking Contest. shc.zone/news/post/111

Due to a series of very unfortunate and private events, HazelSpooder will no longer host the Sonic Hacking Contest. Ownership of the SHC is hereby transferred to giovanni.gen. The upcoming SHC2025 presentation has been delayed to May 31st. Expect an extended announcement.

Tune in this Sunday the 25th for a presentation on the Sonic Hacking Contest 2025, with news, changes, and important announcements!

This is genuinely upsetting to see this happening on such a large scale. It just shows how big corporations can just steal the work of creators who create out of passion, not profit, and basically get away with it. Shame on NVIDIA.

We are once again looking for 1-2 Sprite Artists for the team! The points below apply, alongside also some Background Sprite work! Reach out to us if interested!

Unlike in Megamix Mode, Classic Mode will not feature save files, and so you'll access this mode via a Level Select, just like in v0.9, however... That doesn't mean we can't spice said screen up to be more fun and visually pleasing! Presenting the new Classic Mode Level Select!

Photos of the Knuckles Porcelain Feve Figure, released in France between 1992-94. Feves are small figures you bake into cakes, and if you get one with your slice, you get a prize.

Retroarch was always awful but this is good to know for anyone that cares about emulation and the people behind it

A new way to play Sonic Unleashed on PC. Unleashed Recompiled is now available! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJre...

A promise is a promise. Tune in tomorrow at 12:00 PM EST as we stream every RSDK entry from SHC 2024! www.youtube.com/live/rSUtNrK...

There has been a security issue with Sonic 3 A.I.R., when development mode is active. If you're on Windows, Mac, Linux and Android, please update to this fixed version of the latest stable build v24.02.02.1: github.com/Eukaryot/son... (iOS/Web is not affected, so there's no update needed there)

Yikes. Notice how close the URL is to SFGHQ's site URL. Don't get fooled by this and download anything from this site. We highly encourage people to use official modding sites or a mod developer's official download link.

⚙️ Sonic 1 in Sonic 3 (S.C.E. Version) First Source Code Release This is a port of Sonic 1 to our engine that we have been using for a long time for our MD projects (like Hellfire Saga and S3K: Epilogue). This is intended to be a framework for everyone to use and build their projects on! (1/3)

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The feedback form is officially open! This 40-ish question form will be your place to give us your two cents on just about everything of this year's Hacking Contest. Do take your time filling out each question! Fill in here: forms.gle/rLiAsqp7ZA8z...

Judge evaluations are out!! GO GO GO!! shc.zone/news/post/102

Holy shit where did you guys come from!? Thanks for 500 followers!

We regret to inform you that whatever promised in the linked page of the quoted post will suffer a delay, due to enhanced stress of many key figures of our Staff. Judges' Evaluations, Banners, and the Feedback form will be released sometime throughout the week. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Hello, everyone! The results of this year's Sonic Hacking Contest are now available! shc.zone/news/post/97

We're going live to play more entries in roughly 40 minutes! www.youtube.com/live/dTu6-6C...

We'd like to inform you that you have ROUGHLY ABOUT 48 HOURS to cast your votes! You wouldn't want your favorite entries to miss out on a chance to win Community trophies, do you? So GET VOTING by creating an account or logging into it over at shc.zone

We're going live in a few minutes! www.youtube.com/live/xsXiXOs...

Hi folks, this is Hazel speaking. I'd like to take a moment to talk about the upcoming contest week and express my gratitude for sticking with us after the change in management. 🧵

Fun fact Reimu’s making her way to the Sonic Hacking Contest the 28th thanks to @montydoesgames.bsky.social making Reimu Reimu’d youtu.be/E9NpO8l6GkI?... Also gotta shoutout @shcontest.bsky.social for years of SHC fun #sonic #touhou #Reimu #Touhou #SonicTheHedgehog #TouhouProject

For @shcontest.bsky.social, I made a full port of Sonic 1 to Mega CD, available here: github.com/foreverWIP/s... Featuring smooth special stages! Note that this build contains major issues with audio and level progression; I hope to fix it when the contest allows. #sonicthehedgehog #romhacking

It is our most heartfelt regret to inform you that this entry has been deleted, on account of it being too good. It is important we give a fair chance to the rest of the competition, and this entry just wouldn't have let us.

Well guys, pack it up, Contest is cancelled.

Hello, new followers! We're aware that this account doesn't get as much mileage as its more popular older brother, but we will try our best to keep you entertained and informed! Speaking of, if you're planning to submit to the SHC, you have... LESS THAN ONE WEEK LEFT TO SUBMIT!

Sonic CD... on the MEGA DRIVE!? That's right! Check out the trailer for MDTravis' port of the v0.02 prototype to the SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis, coming this year at the Sonic Hacking Contest 2024! youtu.be/uXDfIk3h-8g?...

We are opening submissions for the Sonic Hacking Contest's Trailer! To submit, fill in this form: forms.gle/qdsb23apDiXH... You have until September 8th, 2024, to submit your submission to the Contest and the trailer. Speaking of the Contest... YOU HAVE FOUR WEEKS LEFT!

We are releasing a statement in regards to a controversy involving mainly two Sonic Riders Modding Groups, them being Extreme Gear Labs, and Sonic Riders Underground. Read the statement linked below. A TL;DR is made available in the replies. docs.google.com/document/d/1...