In a most unfortunate error, we have forgotten to include Sonic 3 & Knuckles in the list of selectable games.

It is now possible to pick it as a base game for the ROM Hack category. Super sorry about that!

[Amendment #3A: n] Changed "Amemdment" to "Amendment"

Prior to now, it was not possible to attribute Sonic the Fighters as a base game for an entry. This is now possible.

If you are submitting an entry for an official Sonic game that is not present in the game list, please let us know!

You can't. Not on your own.

But if you are making a Team entry this year, make sure to message @cinossu on Discord, and he'll work his magic to make your entry into a team entry! Make sure to tell him your team name, and who else is in your team. Your teammates' SHC user names would be appreciated!

Cinossu Edit: Of note, all of your team members will have access to any team entry. That includes updating it as well, in any way. This means that, should you be unable to get the entry completed in time, someone else from your team can instead. This includes updating the descriptions, uploading images, even the main entry upload itself. It's a pretty useful thing to have set up if you're working on a team.

Hello! As the SHC2024 just went live, it is important to inform you that there may be some last-minute amendments to any and all information presented in the Information pages. Where there are conflicts, news posts created after this one (and also including this one) take precedence.

This news post is to inform you that MegAmi is no longer going to be a Judge, for they have willingly resigned.

Heyo! Been a while since you've all heard from me, huh?

Well, I'm here today to announce that you can now add your entries into the 2024 Sonic Hacking Contest! It's all sorted and updated, and ready for all of your lovely content.

Before jumping in, I heavily recommend you reading over the updated Information pages. There have been a lot of changes made for this year, and it should be immediately obvious if you just dive right in to entry creation that there's major differences. Be sure to look it all over, you don't want to make any mistakes.

Well, that's all from me for now. Real life beckons once again. Enjoy this year's contest, all!

Tune in for around 25 minutes of news on up and coming Sonic ROM Hacking and Modding goodness!

Please note: the Sonic Hacking Spotlight is an event organized by, but distinct from the Sonic Hacking Contest. Unless otherwise stated, hacks and mods showcased here may not end up participating at a Sonic Hacking Contest. Even if otherwise stated, circumstances beyond our control may prevent our potential entrants from maintaining publicly stated release promises. We respect those, so please do too.

And that concludes the applications for the first ever version of our Sonic Hacking Spotlight! A surprising amount of applicants came through us, and we can guarantee you that there's going to be something for anyone!

Look forward to the announcement of the exact date of the Sonic Hacking Spotlight, coming this July!

A reminder to all potential applicants of the Sonic Hacking Spotlight 2024 that you have ONE WEEK LEFT to submit your application.

Applicants that have received instructions through private means through giovanni.gen on Discord may continue following them as is. Other potential applicants are expected to fulfill their applications by the end of July 10th, 2024.

You will be granted a few more hours than anticipated. For an exact timestamp, the application form will close down approximately at July 11th, 2024 at 19:00 CET.

Would you like the chance to present or have us present your project to a wider audience?

We're now accepting applications for the Sonic Hacking Spotlight 2024, an experimental Nintendo-Direct style presentation!

Follow the instructions in this form to apply!

Applications will be accepted until July 10th, 2024

With the announcement of the release date of Sonic X Shadow Generations, we're pleased to announce that we'll be locking in our dates for the Contest Period of the Sonic Hacking Contest 2024!

We'll be talking about that, as well as further information in regards to the Media Panel, in our newest presentation!

Also! We're looking for more Media Panelists! If you'd like to shine more light to the biggest Sonic Hacking and Modding event of all time, or expand your audience with our own, then fill in this form!

Great news! After going through the appeal process, the Sonic Hacking Contest Twitter account is back in working order!

In case of another incident like it, leading to a restriction to one of our accounts, we will inform you. In the mean time, to stay up to date on all things SHC, we'd like to remind you where you can find us:

Bluesky

YouTube

Discord Server

Or you can check out this website from time to time for updates!

Effective today, the previous official Sonic Hacking Contest Twitter/X account, under the handle of @shcontest, has been banned. This was the result of me attributing the account with my own age, without checking the account's creation date, which lead to Twitter/X believing the account was created by an underaged person. Official support of the Twitter/X platform from the Sonic Hacking Contest is, as of now, suspended until further notice. We will inform you if a new Twitter/X account is made, or if the old SHC Twitter account is restored.

We'd like to remind you that the best ways to reach out are by either contacting us over at shc[.]zone[.]site[@]gmail[.]com (without the "[]"s), or by using the ModMail bot present in our Discord Server. You do not need to have completed the server's internal validation to use the latter.

We have a previous email we use for other purposes: however, we have to ask you not to send correspondence to said email, as retrieval times may extend beyond your liking. Please use the one specified in the paragraph above.

Additionally, we have to remind you not to send potential entries through our email or other means of contact. The only allowed method of submission is the SHC website's own submission system, which will be enabled later in August. Entries sent through other means, and without going through the submission system as instructed will not be considered.

We have decided to start development on a forum for the Sonic Hacking Contest!

Got thoughts? Positive? Negative? Let us know in the below linked poll, where you'll be able to express your opinion on forums, as well as our Side Events, the Mega Drive Music Contest, and the (now discontinued) Sonic Level Design Contest!

Click here to respond to the poll

As of Friday, April 12th 2024, the Sonic Level Design Contest has entered an indefinite hiatus.

Locking the event down to a Discord server has significantly killed its reach, with not even a hundred of readers for it. Additionally, there were serious flaws with its structure and management that have gone largely unaddressed.

For these reasons, we will no longer be hosting new rounds of the Sonic Level Design Contest in our Discord server, and we will be holding off from starting new rounds until we can deliver this event in a more accessible platform, with an all new structure.

This event has great potential, and has the chance to become a bite-sized, more frequent alternative to the Sonic Hacking Contest, but it can not be continued under the current structure.

Thank you all who have given the Sonic Level Design Contest a chance!

All entries have been archived and promoted within SHC controlled platforms, and can be downloaded right here.

We ask entrants to further advertise their entries themselves, should they wish to do so.

Tune into our YouTube Channel for a 10 minute presentation on the Sonic Hacking Contest 2024, where we'll be detailing all sorts of news and changes for this year's event!

We'll be revealing all of the dates and deadlines in this presentation!

We will have the website's information updated as soon as possible!

We are pleased to announce that Round 3 of the Sonic Level Design Contest is now accepting votes!

We'll be accepting votes until the 12th of April 2024, at 23:00 CET.

Vote now in our Discord server!

We recognize that operating such events within a locked down place like the Discord Server is not ideal: we hope to move this event to the main website, offering you readers a bite-sized alternative to the Sonic Hacking Contest, as soon as possible!

In the mean time, Check out the full set of entries from the Sonic Level Design Contest, including those from Round 3, right here!

UPDATE: As of the time of sharing of this update, FireRat and associates have been removed from the mentioned community. We thank Hame for his cooperation.

It is important to reinforce that this document was meant to target FireRat, Eduardo Knuckles, and Mr. Joker 27. Other individuals that may appear in the screenshot or within the community were not necessarily knowingly or willingly involved with FireRat and associates, and we ask that they not be harassed without evidence suggesting otherwise.

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We have received notice that known pedophile FireRat is actively frequenting an emerging Sonic ROM Hacking community.

Please read this document for further details.

Community managers reading this, especially on Sonic ROM Hacking adjacent communities, are encouraged to spread this document, so that more people are made aware of this.

Once again, to ensure that this document gets the notice it deserves, we are delaying the announcement of the Sonic Hacking Contest 2024 to April 6th

UPDATE: We have postponed the announcement of the Sonic Hacking Contest 2024 from March 30th to April 6th. Please read the next article for more details.

Get ready, for we'll be announcing the Sonic Hacking Contest 2024 with a 9-10 minute video presentation on April 6th, 2024!

I would like to take the occasion to remind everyone that there's more than just the annual Sonic Hacking Contest in store! We happen to host a few Side Events, one with a focus on Mega Drive Music, and one with a focus on 2D Sonic Level Design! If you're interested, feel free to join our Discord server if you haven't yet!

If, for some reason, you were previously banned from the Discord server, and would like to appeal a previous action, contact us at shc<.>zone<.>site<@>gmail<.>com (without the "<>"s); we will examine your situation, and we may even reverse the decision!

In the mean time, stick around and keep your eyes pointed towards this website and our socials for further news! Big things are just around the corner!