The week has drawn to a close as does another year of the Sonic Hacking Contest. The results have arrived and you can watch judge commentary from the above video as the trophies are awarded one by one. The video is hosted by both TailsChannel and MegaGWolf For a summary of the contest results, you can read them along with notes from contest judge Spanner after the jump.
Discuss the results on our board in this thread.
Check out the official website here. (sonichacking.org)
Let the team know what you think! Be sure to fill out the feedback form here.
Another Sonic Hacking Contest comes to an end…
Please note that entry evaluation from the Judges will be coming soon. This year they will be on the website, rather than through Google Drive, so please wait for them.
Judged – 1st Place
Sonic 2 Advanced Edit by Team AE
Judged – 2nd Place
Hellfire Saga by Hardline Team
Judged – 3rd Place
Sonic Gaiden by AeroArtwork
Community – 1st Place
Hellfire Saga by Hardline Team
Community – 2nd Place
Sonic 2 Advanced Edit by Team AE
Community – 3rd Place
Sonic Gaiden by AeroArtwork
Judged – 1st Place
Sonic 2 Advanced Edit by Team AE
Judged – 2nd Place
Hellfire Saga by Hardline Team
Judged – 3rd Place
Sonic the Hackable by CHRdutch
Community – 1st Place
Sonic 2 Advanced Edit by Team AE
Community – 2nd Place
Hellfire Saga by Hardline Team
Community – 3rd Place
SONIC AND THE MYSTIC GEMS (project S.A.M.G.) by Harder Project
Judged and Community – Best Visual – Entry voted to have the best graphical work
Sonic 2 Advanced Edit by Team AE
HONOURABLE MENTION FOR COMMUNITY: Hellfire Saga by Hardline Team
Judged – Best Audio – Entry voted to have the best sound work
SONIC AND THE MYSTIC GEMS (project S.A.M.G.) by Harder Project
Community – Best Audio – Entry voted to have the best sound work
Hellfire Saga by Hardline Team
Judged and Community – Best Technical – Entry voted to have the best technical work
Hellfire Saga by Hardline Team
Judged and Community – Best Level Design – Entry voted to have the best level design work
Sonic 2 Advanced Edit by Team AE
Best Voted by Media Panel
Sonic 2 Chaos Adventure by JDpense
SONIC AND THE MYSTIC GEMS (project S.A.M.G.) by Harder Project
Sonic 2 Advanced Edit by Team AE
Judged and Community – 1st Place
Sonic Adventure 2: Randomizer by Prahaha
Judged and Community – 2nd Place
SA2: Blazy Mix by Darkybenji
Judged and Community – 3rd Place
Sonic 06 Legacy of Solaris by JotaroPowered
Judged and Community – Best Visual – Entry voted to have the best graphical work
SA2: Blazy Mix by Darkybenji
Judged – Best Technical – Entry voted to have the best technical work
Sonic Adventure 2: Randomizer by Prahaha
Community – Best Technical – Entry voted to have the best technical work
2P ShadowTH 2.0 by dreamsyntax
HONOURABLE MENTION FOR COMMUNITY: Sonic Adventure 2: Randomizer by Prahaha
Best Voted by Media Panel
2P ShadowTH 2.0 by dreamsyntax
Judged – 1st Place
Sonic Gaiden by AeroArtwork
Judged – 2nd Place
Sonic Mania: Advanced Quest by Balibali_418
Judged – 3rd Place
Amy Mania by troopsushi
Community – 1st Place
Sonic Gaiden by AeroArtwork
Community – 2nd Place
Amy Mania by troopsushi
Community – 3rd Place
Sonic Mania: Advanced Quest by Balibali_418
Judged and Community – Best Visual – Entry voted to have the best graphical work
Sonic Gaiden by AeroArtwork
Judged and Community – Best Audio – Entry voted to have the best sound work
Sonic Gaiden by AeroArtwork
Judged and Community – Best Technical – Entry voted to have the best technical work
Amy Mania by troopsushi
Judged and Community – Best Level Design – Entry voted to have the best level design work
SONIC MANIA WARPED by Ggyas2202
HONOURABLE MENTION FOR COMMUNITY: Sonic Gaiden by AeroArtwork
Best Voted by Media Panel
Amy Mania by troopsushi
MISC TROPHIES
Judged and Community – Most Entertaining – Entry voted to be the most entertaining
Sonic Adventure 2: Randomizer by Prahaha
Judged and Community – Most “WTF?!” – Entry voted the most “what the absolute fuck is this?!”
(traditionally the Polygon Jim trophy)
I made you a Salad by VAdaPEGA
Judged and Community – Best Team Entry – Entry voted best that was made by a team
Sonic 2 Advanced Edit by Team AE
Community – Best Team Entry – Entry voted best that was made by a team
Hellfire Saga by Hardline Team
HONOURABLE MENTION FOR COMMUNITY: Sonic 2 Advanced Edit by Team AE
Judged and Community – Best Multiplayer Entry – Entry voted to have the best multiplayer functionality
2P ShadowTH 2.0 by dreamsyntax
Judged – Best Fresh Concept Using Existing Concepts As A Backbone
Sonic 2 Advanced Edit by Team AE
Community – Best Fresh Concept Using Existing Concepts As A Backbone
Sonic Mania: Advanced Quest by Balibali_418
Judged and Community – Most Potential – Entry thought to have the most future potential
Sonic Gaiden by AeroArtwork
Judged and Community – Most Improved – Entry thought to be the most improved since its last submission in a previous contest
Hellfire Saga by Hardline Team
3D: Judged and Community – Best Audio – Entry voted to have the best level sound work
3D: Judged and Community – Best Level Design – Entry voted to have the best level design
This year was the first year where we revamped the trophy system, splitting the contest into three sections – Retro, 3D and 2D PC. We also changed the trophies in terms of the amount, and of course the fact that the public can now vote for all of the trophies. This was done to make the contest fairer for all, to address last year’s issue with a large amount of 3D entries being submitted…but this year there had been a downturn in 3D submissions, most being SA2 model mods, and no Generations mods whatsoever. We appreciate all submissions however, and hope people can submit next year.
Unfortunately, we do know there are still some things to iron out here. Fortunately not as much as last year, which had a late start and a late finish. Needless to say next year we’ll be doing the Contest Week earlier than December. We already have some changes ready to go for next year, such as how to address the abundance of model mods, as we know people have made their views on them.
We omitted a few trophies which meant a few good hacks this year have gone home empty handed, and we’re sorry for that. As all trophies can be voted by the community, it would have been unfair to add some more solely for the Judges, or add them for everyone mid-week or later on which would have meant those who already voted may not end up voting for the newly added trophies.
Expect trophies for things such as characters and bosses to return for next year, and if you have any others in mind please let us know. There is a Feedback form for a reason, please fill it out whilst it is still open.
We know that there will be some who aren’t so pleased when only a few entries win the entire contest, thinking that the rest of the entries just didn’t deserve recognition. That’s completely wrong and all entries are worth your time, there’s many in the Expo to play as well. Some Expo entries especially could have been in the Contest with their quality of submission – the website still remains open for your consideration.
If you want to watch the Results Show hosted by MegaGWolf and Tails’ Channel, click here.
• All Judges this year for their hard work in ensuring the Contest ran from start to finish.
• All of the Media Panel for their many streams and videos…which you can access here.
• SeanieB for providing server hosting and of course Cinossu for the website.
• redhotsonic for this year’s trailer.
• Everyone who submitted to the Contest or Expo, no matter if they won trophies or not.
• And You…for taking part in the Contest Week.
We will be back for the Sonic Hacking Contest 2020.
Information for that will be posted hopefully by the end of this year, as we don’t expect to do much fixes for next year.
As mentioned, we expect an earlier Contest Week than this year, so the sooner the announcement is out, the better.
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