Submission Guidelines

Guidelines Changelog

Below you can find a lists of changes made to any of the guidelines featured here (since they were newly published) as well as links to old changelogs if they already existed before the publication of the Submissions Guidelines section.

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General Guidelines

Site Rules

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Screenshots

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Update Policy

[26 March 2024]

• Added advice about making detailed submission notes for moderators.
• Added points about keeping a simple changelog in the description field of a resource when making update.
• Added section to clarify moderation team expectations when it comes to fixing all issues pointed out in a rejection, and addressing rejection concerns.

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

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Hack Guidelines

All Hacks


[02 September 2024]

• Added links to new Puzzle hack guidelines.

[30 August 2024]

• Added policy for Anonymous Submissions.

[29 August 2024]

• Added "Core Value 8" to address hacks that have a clear lack of testing.

[27 July 2024]

• Clarified the quality control rejection guidelines.

[17 June 2024]

• Added specific guidelines and clarification for collaboration and compilation hacks.

[11 June 2024]

• Swapped out link to old tutorial about cut-off to the new one

[07 May 2024]

• Updated the Credits guidelines to clarify how to credit particular resource sections.

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Standard Hacks

[26 April 2024]

• Revised the language around "peak difficulty" and hack categorization.

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Kaizo Hacks

[26 April 2024]

• Revised the language around "peak difficulty" and hack categorization.

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Tool-Assisted Hacks

[12 June 2024]

• Added guidelines for emulator usage as it relates to Tool-Assisted Hacks

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Puzzle Hacks

[02 September 2024]

• Added new guidelines for Puzzle hacks.

Troll Hacks

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

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Resource Guidelines

Graphics

[8 August 2024]

• Reorganized the guidelines to match the structure of other pages and provide direct links to guidelines.
• Added clarifications about reasonable use to the Core Values for submissions.

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Old Graphics Guidelines Changelog

Music

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Old Music Guidelines Changelog

BRR Samples

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Tools

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Old Tools Guidelines Changelog

SRAM Database

[02 April 2024]

• Added point about how a hack moderator will test submitted SRAM for its validity.
• Added missing link to rejection & removals subforum.

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

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ASM Guidelines

General ASM

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Old ASM Guidelines Changelog

Blocks

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Old Blocks Guidelines Changelog

Patches

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Old Patches Guidelines Changelog

Sprites

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Old Sprites Guidelines Changelog

Tweaks

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Old Tweaks Guidelines Changelog

UberASM

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Old UberASM Guidelines Changelog

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Information Guidelines

Documents

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Old Documents Guidelines Changelog

Tutorials

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

ROM Map

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Old ROM Map Guidelines Changelog

RAM Map

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Old RAM Map Guidelines Changelog

Hijack Map

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Old Hijack Map Guidelines Changelog

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Tag Guidelines

Hacks Tags

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

ASM Section Tags

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Graphics Tags

[30 June 2024]

• Updated definition of eastern tag for new expectations.

[28 June 2024]

• Added interior and ocean tags.

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

Music Tags

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.

BRR Sample Tags

[24 March 2024]

• New and revamped guidelines published.