Observed arrival · 2026-08-20
Pipe Dream, a gentler Super Mario World hacking tool
An open-source, cross-platform editor for building Super Mario World hacks, combining level editing with project files, patching, and command-line workflows.
Why it surfaced
Pipe Dream targets a very specific problem: replacing the familiar pile of editors, inserters, patchers, and scripts with one MIT-licensed tool that works alongside Lunar Magic. Its shareable .pdp files are plain JSON containing edits relative to a pinned base ROM, keeping the ROM itself out of Git, pull requests, and collaborators' hands.
An open-source, cross-platform editor for building Super Mario World hacks, combining level editing with project files, patching, and command-line workflows.
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