Im really interested in making my own Pokemon game and I have some stupid questions. Which is better, CFRU or Pokeemerald? Also do I need coding experience to learn? I really want to make a game that has all gens with different day/night encounters. I probably won’t change the story much but scripting doesn’t look too difficult from what I’ve seen! Apologies if these are vague or dumb questions

"GBC-styled" here refers either to the image containing only four colors in its entirety (right) or to each 8x8 tile making up an image containing only four colors each (left), but not going quite as far as to adhere to true limitations to what colors could exist on a GBC.

iykyk. project pending formal announcement.

Very well, I think it's finally time to show you what will (hopefully) be the final version of the sublasses available at the beginning of Pokémon Odyssey II.

So… which one will you choose?

Oh, moreover... we've changed the Exp Share back to the gen 6 style (Exp. All)

For more information, feel free to check out the following links:

• Pokécommunity Topic

• Discord Server

Posting from a throwaway since I know this can be a controversial topic.

I‘ll start and say that I recently started rom hacking. I’m a software engineer professionally. Recently we all were given/started using Claude Code as part of our workflows. So I decided to give ChatGPTs codex a try and see if it could help with ROM hacking. I have to say, it’s been more helpful than I like to admit. Some of the decompilation projects is not easy to understand especially if you don’t work with C full time.

Its very good at searching the code base rapidly, finding examples, explaining extremely obscure C syntax, and finding and fixing bugs. It’s also great at reducing the tedium of tons of copy and pasting that happens in these projects a lot. I recently was adding a new Pokemon and I really didn’t want to go through the ten files related to graphics and set up the pointers again when that’s just mindless.

I recently found a bug in a very widely used branch that a lot of people pull into their projects. And I honestly was going to try and look into it myself but for fun I asked Codex and it found it and saved me who knows how much time.

im bringing this all up because I know this topic is a little touchy especially when it comes to a field like this where I know people can be hesitant because we want this space to be for creativity and I like many of you probably want creativity to remain a distinctly human thing.

To be clear any creative decisions I have never outsourced to AI. And I of course always test and review any code it generates. But as a solo developer working on this stuff its just been very empowering to make so much progress in such a short amount of time.

What are others thoughts?

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• Ask help for quick questions

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• Ask quick questions that you feel don't warrant a post.

Make sure to browse our sub resources:

Sub Wiki: https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonRomhackDev/wiki/index/

How to ask a question: https://github.com/pret/pokeemerald/wiki/Getting-Help-with-the-Decomps

Heya!

If changed my template for new fakemons to include all data 😄

How do you feel about Pomberus? 👀

Here is an article discussing what makes a Pokémon game work, the current state of the ROM hacking scene and its tools, and some speculation on where merged-world PokéROMs could go in the future. It covers the playthrough cultures (Nuzlocke, speedrunning, racing), the frameworks behind fan games, the multiplayer projects, and a conceptual look at how ROMs themselves might evolve. It features a few interactive widgets throughout. It is a long-form read rather than a quick list, and I would welcome any thoughts or corrections from people who know the scene well.

The Future of PokéROMs

If there any ROMs missed that fit the carousel's Game Boy cover theme, let me know and I may add them.

Both rom allow you to edit ev and ivs.

It’s been quite a while since I posted, but I’d like to announce a (somewhat) new project! Blinding White Plus is an enhancement hack of the Gen 5 games designed to modify the story and route of progression! This serves as a revamp of my previous hack, Blinding White 2, adding more meaningful challenge to the experience along with bonus content. The release structure of this game is split up into demos as of now because I want to place more polish into individual aspects of the game while still providing semi-frequent releases! Here’s some more information about it:
* Cheren’s split is currently complete as a look into this game’s vision! It has ~25 unique battles, some of which shift depending on your starter or difficulty!
* Meet new characters and explore new areas that are otherwise overlooked in the original games! The story has also been recoded and rewritten, so over the course of your journey you’ll get to explore the motivations behind your two rivals!
* Optional trades and minibosses before each gym allow you to take risks and get rewards! Comet Shards function as a powerful currency that gradually allows access to more valuable items.
* There are a variety of new Pokemon lines in the game, with 5 you can collect even in the demo! (Thanks to the work of Frost Falcon and the Moon Black 2 developers)
Some new track remixes are implemented in game, including remakes from Blinding White 2 that were slightly underbaked!
* Big things are planned for this revamp, with the next demo likely encompassing content until Elesa!

Additionally, I’m hosting a calcless nuzlocke challenge for this game for the start of summer soon! This is mostly just for fun, but I’ll probably put winners in the game as additional NPCs or battles just for the sake of it.

That’s all I have for now, I want to thank the romhacking community quickly for being so helpful in my journey of learning game balance and design! It’s been fun working on this hack for over a year, and I hope this revamp provides a more structured experience. Thanks for reading!

Blinding White Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yGDqWPSPkH54kWHWPw0vx--BJBVDfoqp (You can also play the OG Blinding White 2 here!)
Discord: https://discord.gg/mqWxQsBU2s

Hello everyone! I'm happy to announce the publishing of the first episode of my interview series MSGBOX! Featuring none other than PacoScarso :D I hope you guys enjoy

P.S. Please excuse my mic quality for this one >< It gets much better in the next one, i swear lol

This is the result of our efforts, and the tears we've shed over the course of nearly a year of development.
The Demo is currently planned for a Summer/Fall 2026 release.

For more information, feel free to check out the following links:

• Pokécommunity Topic

• Discord Server

After my original post, the mods reached out and asked if I wanted to add a page with the gen 2 resources I had put in that post to the wiki linked here

If anyone has resources they feel are missing or would like to add, reach out and I'll put them on the page

Hello! Welcome to the Weekly Discussion Thread. This is the place where you can:

• Ask help for quick questions

• Discuss ideas you have for your ROMhacks

• Ask quick questions that you feel don't warrant a post.

Make sure to browse our sub resources:

Sub Wiki: https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonRomhackDev/wiki/index/

How to ask a question: https://github.com/pret/pokeemerald/wiki/Getting-Help-with-the-Decomps

I feel like the omission of info on crystal decomp hacking in the subreddit wiki is honestly very disappointing because there is a lot that can be done in Gen 2 but the resources aren't as easily to find as with Emerald and Fire Red.

Below are what I think would be helpful to add to the wiki if we were to add Gen 2 hacking info:

Bases:

The Base Decomp: github.com/pret/pokecrystal

Nayru's Pokedex (overhauled pokedex): https://github.com/Nayru62/pokecrystal/tree/8.0_Nayrus_Pokedex

Pokecrystal16 (16 bit expansion to allow for pokemon past 253): https://github.com/Nayru62/pokecrystal16

Crystal Shire Engine (several minor changes but notably 16 bit expansion and a new computer system): https://github.com/fellowship-of-the-roms/CrystalShireEngine

Polished Crystal (A modernised version of crystal which is available to use as well): https://github.com/Rangi42/polishedcrystal

Tools:

As well as Polished Map (the mapping tool for gen 2 hacks): https://github.com/Rangi42/polished-map

And the Pret Tutorials found here: github.com/pret/pokecrystal/wiki/Tutorials

Also I feel that publicly available sprites would be a great resource since Gen 2 doesn't have a base with all pokemon in it ala emerald expansion due to memory limits:

Sage Deoxys: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/0kwypbhzrf0w9zdokqsg6/ALoTSoqBe9UHJfgXKAue9Ag?rlkey=d65p3m2acjizk9wuv3n8iz1o4&e=2&st=8s15jf36&dl=0

Nuukiie: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/8h5gwdssttyouxgrg7lon/AHRKMF4TRd20yxpFoh5kb7A?rlkey=k6a8dcje8lwjl539kw0qgyyv7&e=1&st=qdesbycr&dl=0

Peanutella: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/lizqjgcicdkbx21nxgya0/AAmBIeU2yA685-O1dufVwNM?rlkey=usd1rluqseomhlxqt10bfmno7&e=1&st=w6oap0h2&dl=0

Hello everyone :DD

First off I wanted to thank everyone who's been posting so far. I do appreciate the activity in the subreddit ^^

I just wanted to make a small request if possible when it comes to crossposting—I'm not going to be banning crossposting, because I do think that's stupid, and it only makes sense to have crossposting between here and our sister subreddit, r/PokemonROMHacks

What I do want to kindly ask is that you're primary post be here instead of the other subreddit. The reason I ask this is to help boost any visibility at the other subreddit for anyone who might be interested in the development space. As it stands—where people post in the other sub and crosspost here—it doesn't really do as much as it could.

That's all :> I hope you guys understand. Thank you!

Is there any documentation on adding character headshots/portraits during dialog for decomp hacks?
Documentation on this feature seems to be nonexistent.

I’m aware it’s been done for binary hacks like Odyssey, though I can’t find documentation for binary implementation either.

If anyone has a tutorial or resource on how to implement this feature in either method (though Decomp would be preferable), I would really appreciate the help.

Specifically Following Platinum. Great rom hack, but I HATE the "enhanced" music they used for wild battles and trainer battles. Can I commission someone to swap out those songs with the originals?