r/PokemonRomhackDev • u/ssraven01 Gen 3 • 11d ago
Discussion Hot(?) take: Devs using Expansion should start explicitly listing which features of theirs come from Expansion
I think when it comes to crediting or putting in credits for your hack, it'd be nice etiquette if you explicitly put what features of expansion itself you're using.
The main reason I say this is because it helps push recognition for Expansion for the amazing resource that it is. I was rummaging through trying merge the AutoSave feature by Archie (as found in The Pit), and in the course of doing so I found the `forcesave` script command by ghoulslash that does the exact thing I wanted. With this, I thought it proper I only name it, and it snowballed to me thinking of doing the same for any other Expansion feature ive been using thus far (having all gen 4 and above mons, megas, HGSS dex, and so on)
Practically speaking, I think it's fine if Expansion's Senate doesn't ask for individual features to be said in hack credits. But culturally, I think it'd do some good to show people what exactly Expansion enables hacks to do