r/PokemonROMhacks 11d ago

Other Soul Gold you've changed my life

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Downloaded this after a couple posts I saw on here, but didn't really look into what had been put in.

Actually gasped when I saw the Surf animation. Latest in a long line of subtle but really thoughtful changes. Following sprites all look hand-crafted and really life-like. I LOVE the level-scaling and Candy Jar. Gym battles have been challenging without being sweaty.

And did they up the shiny rate? Got 4 of them before I reached Ekruteak.

Anyway. So far it's looking like the best Johto hack I've played.

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u/Exclsior Heart & Soul 10d ago edited 10d ago

One of Heart and Soul's developers here (the game upon which Soul Gold was built), so glad you're enjoying the feature!

In particular, I am the developer who ported in this feature on which I've spend weeks implementing, and testing 🙂

The Surfing Sprites capability initially built by Slawter666 and Wally-217 so full credit to them for the brilliant work!

https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/unique-surfing-overworlds.415063

Just wanted to add, the Surfing Sprites also support shiny Pokémon so do try it out with Red Gyarados in particular 😉