I just wanted to say thank you to the following people, who have had a massive impact on the Melee modding community over the years.
- DRGN – for developing Melee Code Manager, DAT Texture Wizard and countless other modding tools that make modding Melee way more approachable for newcomers
- Achilles – for expanding the community’s knowledge of Melee modding especially within the area of Gecko codes and the creation of the 20XX Melee Training Hack pack
- Uncle Punch – for pushing the Melee modding further than almost anyone, with the creation of things like Training Mode
- Dan Salvato – for their work on 20XX Tournament Edition, Melee Stage Hacking, and so much more
- wParam – for their work on The Crazy Mod, the secret behind the Memory Card hack method
- Zankyou – for exploring custom game models in a way that no one has quite matched in recent years
- Magus – for their work on hitboxes, character states, and elemental effects
- revel8n – for opening up the world of DAT formats to so many aspiring modders
- Deconimus – for their work on the 20XX Music Manager and the Melee Audio Converter
- Veggies – for moderating and updating the Official Melee Texture Hack thread for years
- Gardevoir – for managing the Music and Sound Compendium for years
- Doq (Doctor Kirby) – for picking up where Gardevoir left off and continuing to managed the Complete Music (and Sound Compendium)
- Milun – for their expansive work in the area of model and stage hacking and their willingness to share the documentation behind their work
- Lanceinthepants – for laying the ground work for changing color effects and cosmetic hitboxes in Melee
- Ampers – for creating Crazy Hand, and insanely cool tool that allows users to edit character commands
- jam1garner – for their work on Smash Forge, a tool for viewing, editing, and exporting stage and character models
- Itaru – for their influential work on customized Melee move sets
- Tcll – for their continued work on the Universal Model Converter, a tool that aims to be able to convert a 3D model of any format to any other format
- Jorgasms – for their work on changing menu text
- Godfed – for their work on texture hacking, audio hacking, and in-game video hacking as well as a multitude of other areas
- Cobalt – for their explanation on how to alter the opening movie in Melee
- Minerali – for creating textures so dope that they inspired a ton of would-be modders to support or join the Melee modding community
- Spamitburns – for offering extremely helpful guidance during the creation of this website and for helping me test certain features during a very rough creation state
Did I forget anyone? Want to add someone to this list? Send me an email via the Contact Us page!