Hi! I was in a Sonic Hacking Contest video! Yes, there's no more schedule that media panelists have to abide to. And yes I'm now a Head Judge! And...I'm considering streaming entries during Contest Week again! Not 100% set in stone yet but we'll see! bsky.app/profile/shco...

Thank you to everyone that tuned in for the premiere! If you missed it, you can still catch the video, as well as the written announcement on our website. shc.zone/news/post/148

Gentle reminder that this premieres in less than an hour! Tune in for this extended presentation on all the changes we're bringing to revitalize the format of this year's contest. youtu.be/sWb8-rpKZW8

A literal glow-up:

Happy 35th birthday to @sonic-official.bsky.social. We have a celebration of our own planned for this occasion, though it will be slightly belated. Please join us on YouTube on June 26th at 1:00PM (EDT) for a very special announcement: youtu.be/sWb8-rpKZW8

Hmm... What on earth could these be? #SHC2026 #WeSwearTheAnnouncementWillBeMadeThisMonth

it's nuts. (progress on the announcement video is coming along; stay tuned and hang tight!)

Big things are happening

An important update regarding this year's contest: shc.zone/news/post/147

as announced by former colleague Koichi Namiki: Hiroshi Kubota (aka "Jimita"), the ex-Sega composer & programmer who wrote the X68000 SMPS sound driver for Mega Drive & personally arranged the BGM for Sonic the Hedgehog & Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, has passed away x.com/k_namickey/s... 🇯🇵 R.I.P.

Please read this announcement. shc.zone/news/post/144 Thanks for the ride!

Oh also, these awesome trophy renders were done by @theduckdealer.bsky.social! Go check out her work.

It's that time, everyone! In this thread, we will be sharing the results of the 2025 Sonic Hacking Contest! We'll go through all the trophies and honorable mentions. We appreciate your patience with us. We have a lot of ground to cover, so hang tight!

Soon™ www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A2g...

That is just one of the many hacks and mods that will be appearing at the Sonic Hacking Contest, coming TOMORROW!

Good day, everyone! We bring you a big haul of information for the upcoming Sonic Hacking Contest 2025, beginning in less than one week! Please click here for more information: shc.zone/news/post/135

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 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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