Hardlove Gold Wiki
Pokémon Hardlove Gold is a
QoL and difficulty hack of HeartGold, built using
hg-engine.
Get the latest patch here or on Hackdex!
Disclaimer: some sprites aren't done yet in hg-engine, you will see a placeholder Bulbasaur on those for now.
Credits
This project would not be possible without the community that has built an amazing suite of tools.
I have called out some specific individuals and groups below but many others have contributed in various ways.
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BluRosie, Aero, Ebbenezer and the other hg-engine devs. Most of the major features can be attributed to their work on hg-engine.
Please check out the full credits here for a list of contributors.
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AdAstra, Mixone, and the rest of folks working on DSPRE.
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BluRosie and Drayano for some great ASM work including PC anywhere
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qtoloza for script dumps
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Dabomstew, Ajarmar, and others for the universal-pokemon-randomizer-zx which helped me set up double battles without partner trainers
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sauceyaTTa whose videos put DS hacking on my radar
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Memory5ty7 for the awesome documentation sheet template
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hzla for the Pokeweb application and the custom calc
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Many other members of the DS hacking community for their contributions towards pushing the boundaries of DS hacking
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Jose, Zedakae for playtesting early versions and helping find bugs in the AI.
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LeoVulpine for the box art cover
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All rights to The Pokémon Company, Gamefreak, and Nintendo who made the actual game and own all the IP. This for-fun fan project but would not be possible without their great work.