Random hack/Mini project thread

I may do more but I guess we'll see.

 

Before turning myself into a Prospect, I wanted to show my romhack so i can improve it while the staff decides if letting me in again or not
Credits

Spoiler: Music

Flamewing for his SMPS2ASM music pack
Clownacy for the Sonic 2 Clone Drive v2
Nineko and Gamma V for your SMPS Packs
MainMemory for the KEH source code, thats where I found the emerald jingle and the song for Burning Temple Act 1

Spoiler: Used Programs

SonMapEd by Xenowhirl for edit Sprites
SonLVL, S1SSEdit, SonPLN, etc by MainMemory for edit levels, special stages, the title screen, etc
S1TCG by Selbi for edit the zones names
Flamewing's SMPS2ASM for the music porting
ClownMdEmu by Clownacy for hardware-accurate beta testing

And overall, Thanks to the whole Sonic Retro + SSRG for all the y'all gave me indirectly
(Also, send me an DM if I forgot some credits for me to edit this reply)

 

A lovely YouTube user, under a video related to Sonic 2 - Score Rush, was wondering if there was a way to play Sonic 2 with just the moveset changes. Indeed, such a way was there.

...or so I thought, because turns out I didn't finish porting over some things from Sonic 2 - Score Rush to Vanilla Sonic 2.

So I did exactly that!

The attached ROM hack is a straight build of Sonic 2 with Knuckles, the very disassembly that was used in the creation of Sonic 2 - Score Rush. This build offers you the default moveset options from Sonic 2 - Score Rush. There's no way to change those in game, as I could not be bothered to implement an options screen specifically for this mini hack.

For 2 player versus, only options that would normally affect all characters are made available, so Sonic and Tails do not get air moves.

The moveset is as follows:

• No air speed cap;
• No rolling jump lock, meaning you keep control if you jump after rolling;
• Slow ducking from Sonic & Knuckles is in place;
• Sonic gets the Super Peel-Out, the Drop Dash, and the Insta-Shield in 1P mode;
• Tails gets the Flight in 1P mode;
• Tails gets flight cancel in 1P mode. Only a human can cancel Tails' flight, and it can not be cancelled while holding Sonic;
• Bullet deflection from Sonic 3 is in place

Additional features not normally accessible in Sonic 2 - Score Rush include:

• Tails Assist, from the 2013 version of Sonic 1.
• Virtual controller swap: if both players press A while the game is paused, they will swap controllers virtually. Useful for netplay users!
• Modified Super Transformation method: to transform, you'll have to press a different jump button from the one you used to jump. Same as Sonic 3 Complete's method!
• Player-dependent pausing: If player 1 pauses, only player 1 can unpause. Same goes for Player 2.

Credits
Giovanni: Knuckles in Special Stages and Ending port, additional bugfixes.
Heyjoeway: Code and assets from Sonic 2 Community's Cut
DeltaWooloo: Scrapped programming work
redhotsonic, MoDule, Esrael Neto, MainMemory, flamewing, Selbi, Puto, Clownacy: Guides

 

I appreciate the creativity and some of the ideas in this hack, but everything is quite rough and unpolished, and there are a multitude of questionable decisions everywhere, like the easy to hit bottomless pits in the first act, or the Special Stages not remembering your position, chronically problematic enemy placement, broken bubble graphics, Eggman Monitors with new unrecognizable art, among other issues. It almost seems like you didn't play test it, as there are bugs, collision issues, and sound errors galore. Some of the music tracks are unlistenable, and even the "SEGA" chant sounds busted for some reason. If you are going to use premade assets, it's even more important to complement them with polished design, because at the moment they make the issues stand out even more.

This is an interesting start, but I definitely suggest that you spend much more time testing things out, and maybe invite someone you trust to test it for you as well, to get an outside opinion.

 

Thanks for the opinions, I already fixed this and addded some little things

The following credits are new or I forgot to put them.

LordXermon for the Level Select , MFZ Cutscene and Final Battle Zone music
Cinossu for the Special Stages song

Also, Amy's here (with a moveset similar to Sonic 1 Forever) and her sprites are the ones made by CartoonAnimate22 slightly modified.

Edit: Fixed an oversight with MZ's level gfx

Known Errors:

1. The start option is broken in the options menu
2. Enter any water stage and the game will crash (Really need help with this)

 

So, I decided to release a build of the Hack I am working on, Sonic: Project Revenge.

Enjoy!

 

Do you remember when I made sonic 1 that sounds like its running on a firecore sega genesis?
Get ready to experience sonic 2 like it sounds on the firecore system!
Spoiler: its not that good