fierce eagle
Creator(s): z64offline.jc
Download: https://hylianmodding.com/competitions/2025-crossover/link-in-golden-sun/Link_In_GoldenSun.bps
Notes:
Special thanks to Nokaubure and Skawo and everyone at the Hylian Modding Discord community. It's short, but hope you enjoy!
thin chasm
wait what
ruby rampart
Oh man! 😁 nervous and excited
ruby rampart
There should be a speak prompt near the door
granite prairie
LETS GOOOO NEW HACK
ruby rampart
jk, I've gotta check this out though
lol! Its decent considering the time constraints and juggling all the other issues 😆
wispy leaf
new hack to play? lets frickin goooo!
snow ivy
this exit takes you to deku tree
not that big of a deal though you can exit back out to the field
mystic igloo
Goddamn! Gotta get this running immediately
ruby rampart
not that big of a deal though you can exit back out to the field
Oof
snow ivy
What is the purpose of this switch?
mystic igloo
I've been a massive fan of GS for years, so definitely happy to see that you've persevered through with making it 
ruby rampart
What is the purpose of this switch?
In the original game this was a faulty switch. There was a back switch behind it, and you had to use ice magic to open it. So it’s not actually meant to open, it’s just a reference. It does open in the original but much later
It will not open
snow ivy
||can I get a hint for where I can find the papers? if that's what I need||
fierce eagle
if you post any patches be sure to @ me so i can update the site
ruby rampart
@snow ivy check the NPCs in the first and second towns
mystic igloo
||Somehow managed to get myself in an endless loop of random encounters by dying||
snow ivy
oh I figured it out ||I had no Idea you could jump off there because there's invisible walls around everywhere else||
wispy leaf
Just completed this hack. ||The turn based combat was an amazing concept!||
snow ivy
congratulations on the release! ||really cool combat and charming miniature overworld scenes, the quest was just took me awhile to figure out||
little sail
||Somehow managed to get myself in an endless loop of random encounters by dying...
||there's random encounters?! 
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little sail
||i had no random encounters. I just finished||
mystic igloo
lemme hide that 
||Or just spots where there was an enemy? I kept getting summoned to fight this single wolfos||
little sail
||i only encountered one enemy and it was the guy that ambushes you after you find the guard in the roof||
snow ivy
||if you explore outside of the path you'll encounter them||
little sail
||if you explore outside of the path you'll encounter them||
||on the world map?||
snow ivy
yes
knotty flame
||So I have no idea how to find the papers… I jumped the gap, hit the bell, and sent the suspicious guy running, but now he’s just sitting by the cell whispering||
silk beacon
yeah that's where I am stuck too
ruby rampart
||Somehow managed to get myself in an endless loop of random encounters by dying...
It should have sent you back to the overworld to trigger the death sequence. Prolly another bug. I’ll have to look into that also.
knotty flame
Nvm, just got it, great hack!
swift tiger
||So I have no idea how to find the papers… I jumped the gap, hit the bell, and ...
Same for me
silk beacon
||I love the mini world map concept. Random encounters worked well enough.
But the camera in towns is soooo zoomed out that link is just a tiny blue blur. Is it supposed to be like that? I can see the edge of the world at the edge of the screen.
And I can't figure out how to proceed. The guy (theif?) whispers and it makes a sound like I triggered something, but nothing happens. I run around town and talked to all three people and none of them mention the guard like the Innkeeper said they would. I guess I am supposed to get on the roof, but the guy won't move and I can't jump to it from the cliffs. ||
knotty flame
||I love the mini world map concept. Random encounters worked well enough.
But t...
||Go back and check the first town again||
silk beacon
||that seems rather obtuse||
shut ledge
candid venture
<@832495392259964998> check the NPCs in the first and second towns
could you please help ? I've talked to everyone and got stuck lol
snow ivy
could you please help ? I've talked to everyone and got stuck lol
In the ||2nd town first talk to the lady in the inn twice, then hop across the cliffs and go around over to the bell tower, hit the bell and the suspicious man will go into the prison, talk to him there and you will be ready to recruit someone you've previously met||
candid venture
thanks!
mild geyser
yay! I'm glad there's more hacks
candid venture
||I've finished this hack, it's short but very sweet! It also looks like a solid proof of concept of a game! Ngl, I kinda wished there is a exp and stats system in this hack 😁||
lofty terrace
<@832495392259964998> check the NPCs in the first and second towns
I'm pretty sure I talked to all of them
snow ivy
brotherman bill just look at the last few messages 😂
lofty terrace
Nvm got it
surreal tinsel
I gotta play this one!
frail glen
||I've finished this hack, it's short but very sweet! It also looks like a solid...
||That’s I was think same thing lol||
zenith jackal
Scott Falco has been playing this on Twitch for an hour now
ruby rampart
I wish I could add an exp system. I know someone in showcase did it a while back. It would fit very well.
@silk beacon The camera is supposed to be like the top down in the original game. Actually, the original game had a camera that followed the player from the top almost directly moving down but moving with the player. Unfortunately, OoT does not have that exact camera function, but there was work arounds. The idea was to make it similar to the original, which tried to mimic its fashion. Though, arguably, regular camera could work too, but it would lose the sort of GBA top down feel I wanted it to have.
Technically I can still expand the game. I had the || mercury lighthouse || started which was my favorite part of the game. I made || it a dungeon but cut it from the game bc it was no where done.||
What I wish I had was knowledge or someone that could do the hud/menu system, there was things I really wanted to add to make it crazy, like || link having magic attacks and even his own summons ||
Which I could set up, but I don’t have time to do script writing wise bc I needed to make sure everything else fell in line. Even though it was short, it was actually a lot for one person to do. Which is kinda impressive for one person to do. Though I’m assuming a team would have produced an output at a rate far faster
A more wild idea I wanted || (but not good at the coding aspect) was to add models for Isaac, Garett, Ivan and Mia. And also the wise one. At some point I wanted them to be part of the team ||
zenith jackal
<@269306525573447682> The camera is supposed to be like the top down in the orig...
Scott Falco played your game on stream with 220 viewers. He was surprised by the Golden Sun bits but felt too much was devoted to the overworld
ruby rampart
🤷🏻♂️ I mean there’s not too much one person can do considering the time constraints. If it was a team effort, or things were started far well in advance, there would be more obviously. Idk 🤷🏻♂️
ruby rampart
@mystic igloo Could you describe more of what happened? Like which enemy, what actions did you take?
mystic igloo
I had to start a new save. So let me see if I can recreate it in the initial one I made.
But basically when I was trying to head north towards where Lunpa (?) would be, when I entered the small area with the chest, I was pulled into a battle with a Wolfos.
And whether I killed it or died myself, the fight ended, I spawn on the world map and immediately start another fight with the Wolfos
And if I died, the fight would start and end on repeat.
ruby rampart
I don’t think I’ll win, but I should rank…possibly. But it’s still too early to tell. There’s still a lot of great modders out there!
knotty flame
The overworld and the turn-based system should give you some real consideration for ranking, I’d say, it’s very cool
zenith jackal
nocturne shoal
I don’t think I’ll win, but I should rank…possibly. But it’s still too early to ...
stlll tho should be proud of that golden sun is an unappreciated peak game and possibly the best game on the GBA
zenith jackal
I don’t think I’ll win, but I should rank…possibly. But it’s still too early to ...
Any chance you'll update or add onto it after the contest?
clever burrow
Anyone know how to fix the textures here?
modern tide
Different graphics plugin/emulator probablu
ruby rampart
Any chance you'll update or add onto it after the contest?
Yes. Though it might not be a while because I want to re-focus on my other project. But yes at some point.
azure sinew
||Cool short hack, I really liked the combat system.
Like others have said an exp/stat system with this would be great.||
zenith jackal
Yes. Though it might not be a while because I want to re-focus on my other proje...
Sweet, looking forward to that then.
clever burrow
Different graphics plugin/emulator probablu
Oh yeah switching to p64 was the solution last night, thanks btw!
carmine nymph
||I can see the vision but the product is lacking hard to have a real opinion on an unfinished demo still nice that a lot of the mechanics were applicable in OOT shows great dedication to the craft keep it up I am proud of you||
frail glen
Skill issue
gloomy lintel
Also, you can || Skip to the end of the lost guard quest by just going behind the carpenter and climbing the ladder lol||
trail turret
Just finished this romhack
Very cozy and the music was really well done
Honestly amazed at the battle system and how faithful the level design was to the OG game
Amazing work!
The animations are really well done
surreal tinsel
Dis one pretty cool. Good stuff @ruby rampart
onyx flax
Starting this hack rom and looks very good, the cam make think about a more classic zelda using the motor of OOT
onyx flax
Well i think this is all this hack offers in the moment, Very Nice Concept!
zenith jackal
Yes. Though it might not be a while because I want to re-focus on my other proje...
Vinny is playimg your rom
Vinny was quick to jump to the next entry.....
jade gulch
"Hey, vinesauce. Michael here."
zenith jackal
https://youtu.be/lkAUFu06iTw?si=DFjKlZqFZMZ4iyqr
1:17:10 Link in Golden Sun
ruby rampart
Well that was short
Thanks for finding this!
zenith jackal
Yeah it didn't click with him enough with him and he couldn't het Zeldarune to work
jade gulch
"Hey, vinesauce. Wrong emulator/plugin here."
urban forge
Small review:
||I really loved the intro cutscenes and the color choices for the map and that area with the portal. Absolutely stunning work.
But yeah, as someone else has commented already it's hard to judge this one because it didn't have much to show besides the battle system and how the maps are looking.
The defend thing for healing is kinda weird since it basically makes you immortal, but I've never played Golden Sun so I wouldn't know if this is something from that game.
I hope you keep working on this one and make it a full hack!||
haughty spire
I love how you can enter the great deku tree in the master version in this hack lol thought it was part of the hack XD
