I've written original AR hacks for lots of Pokemon games. Getting Syclant into any version of Pokemon game is going to be a hella difficult task. Yes, you could replace a game sprite, and some name info. But, that's just cosmetic. Since Syclant's typing is unique, there's no easy way to get that in. I've never seen a typing hack in any version of pokemon, but I've never looked for one specifically. The movesets would have to be hacked directly onto an individual pokemon. That's easy, but it won't have level up learnsets or anything. It's virtually impossible to hack Mountaineer into the game. All of this is compounded by the fact that the memory map for D/P still hasn't been distributed out on the internet. There are people who have this data, but they are keeping it very private, so far. Until that leaks, I can't imagine Syclant being successfully hacked into D/P.
If the Shoddy folks are not responding, then it is up to us. Which I guess means me -- since I seem to be the only Java programmer actively participating in this thing. I'll start digging in on creating a mod server. Be patient everyone, this could take some time to work through. If I start making meaningful progress, I'll probably create a new discussion thread to give updates and organize play-testing.
