[Update: in a follow-up post, the closure of the site has been formalized, and the remaining staff will be joining Romhack Plaza (RHP) [formerly Romhacks.org (RHDO)].]
Romhack Heaven (RHH), a website intended as a replacement for Romhacking.net in the wake of its partial closure as reported here, has announced a decision to close the majority of submissions.
Says Ryu, co-owner of RHH, in an announcement post:
It has been a monumental 3 months. After great consideration of what has worked with the site and what hasn’t, we have decided to formally announce big news going forward. ROMHack Heaven is switching gears in a big way for the future.
First thing’s first. I, Ryu, would like to take a moment to celebrate ROMHack Heaven’s victories. We managed to squeeze several Halloween-themed projects into an October release window. We’ve featured downloads for several amazing hacks which got ample attention such as Secret of Mana Plus. We’ve helped the scene somewhat regain footing during uncertain times.
However, once again it’s also important to reflect on what has gone wrong. Unfortunately, two co-owners either disappeared or became unexpectedly busy. I have essentially been performing triple my workload and then some for months. I am afraid I have bitten off more than I can chew and don’t feel suitably equipped to keep ROMHack Heaven around as a large-scale community website. I am officially closing this site’s queue for more general purposes. There needs to be a united front for the average ROMhacker, and GitHub pages are also important for keeping old versions of patches readily available. As such, I strongly encourage everybody to post their project pages on both GitHub and ROMhack Plaza going forward.
So, what is the fate of ROMhack Heaven if we aren’t going offline?
The site is still valid for a couple years at least. As such, we have opted to give it a more unique function. From here on out, RHH will serve as a sort of personal blog where I (along with other staff members) post “greatest hits” of the ROMhacking scene, with permission from the authors of course. Pages will link to their official project URLs, with backup downloads underneath for the sake of preservation. This is being done gradually, but an example can be seen here.
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