FEED IT SOULS, a metroidvania for the Game Boy Color and Analogue Pocket, is now available to download and play!

Made for the #GBCompo23 game jam, FEED IT SOULS has two difficulty modes to enjoy, optional collectibles and a bonus mode to unlock.

I hope you'll get a kick out of my new game!

https://gumpyfunction.itch.io/feed-it-souls

#gameboy #gbstudio #gamedev #indiedev #retrogames #gbc

Start scene of my GBCompo23 entry 👁️🏫

Game starts like this:
Moki, a monster kid, suddenly wakes up and realizes he's almost late for school.

This will be a top down story driven RPG where your choices will matter.

I did not get enough time to do as much as I would, so this jam entry can be seen as chapter 1.

#gbcompo23 #gameboy #gbdev #pixelart #gbstudio #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #indiegamedev

A screen from the opening of my GBC metroidvania game FEED IT SOULS using the unlockable 'Redrum' palette.

Releasing in a week for #gbcompo23 game jam.

#gameboy #gbc #homebrew #metroidvania #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #nintendo #pixelart #gbstudio

Tito of Macho Nacho Productions, one of the #GBCompo23 Gold Sponsors, creates top-notch modding tutorials and video reviews of various retro console mods, rare consoles, custom hardware and more on his YouTube channel — https://www.youtube.com/@MachoNachoProductions

The Macho Nacho team also publishes interesting articles on the recent gaming news, retro games and hardware, and new homebrew releases over at https://macho-nacho.com

ZedLabz, one of the #GBCompo23 Gold sponsors, is a UK-based digital storefront offering a plethora of mods, tools, accessories, spare parts and custom hardware for a wide variety of modern and retro game consoles and handhelds, both made in-house and offered in partnership with other small businesses, such as insideGadgets, BennVenn and more.

https://www.zedlabz.com/

Incube8 Games, our main #GBCompo23 sponsor and long-time community sponsor, is a video game publisher and vendor specializing in both digital and high-quality physical releases for the Game Boy family of consoles. They have helped resurrect the development of Infinity, a previously unreleased GBC game, through a successful Kickstarter campaign, as well as provided commercial releases for some of the #GBCompo21 entries, too!

https://incube8games.com/

As we're getting closer to the #GBCompo23 deadline, we wanted to give a shout out to our awesome sponsors, starting with @ferrantecrafts, an online shop of tons of retro items, including a couple of titles originally developed for #GBCompo21!

https://ferrantecrafts.com/

Reminder: only two weeks left until the end of submission period for the Game Boy Competition 2023! Perfect time to add final touches to your entry, or perhaps see if you can speedrun the development process :blobfoxdealwithit:

If you're planning on submitting an entry ROM, don't forget to refresh yourself on the compo rules and submit your Game Boy game/tool/demo ROM before September 15th via compo's itch.io page — https://itch.io/jam/gbcompo23

Want to showcase your compo progress online? Use the #gbcompo23 hashtag on your favorite social media platform when sharing anything related to your submission! The GBDev Discord server (https://discord.io/gbdev) also offers a dedicated # gbcompo23 channel for everyone participating to share and discuss their work.

Care to try out Game Boy programming for the first time and try to make it before the submission deadline? Head over to https://gbdev.io/ to get all the info and resources to help get you started.

Need some extra last-minute help with your entry? Drop a message or see all the currently active offers at GBDev Discord's # matchmaking channel!

I’m making a weird thing where I build a #gameboy #homebrew game and use my #fallout minis and create game assets with a modified #gameboycamera. That’s three nerd hobbies stacked. Play the the demo here: https://harlequin.itch.io/automatron-gb-demake

#gbcompo23

The platformer variety music asset pack in UGE format for Gameboy homebrews is coming out soon. Here's a preview of "Swimmy Soundscape" from "Large Ape Providence", if you know what I mean.. #gbstudio #gbdk #gbdev #chiptune #assetpack #gbcompo23 #gameboy #vgm #8bitmusic #homebrew

Finished that school scene this morning, phew! 😌

It took me more time than expected because of the school building but also because I reached the limit of maximum 192 repeated 8x8 tiles

That's a GameBoy limitation apparently and I learned it the hard way.. When I did try to render that scene on my GBC, it actually crashed, oops! 🤭😅

#gameboy #pixelart #aseprite #gbcompo #gbcompo23 #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev

The cat is finally out of the bag!
https://vl2m-studio.itch.io/dssd
#gameboy #gbdev #gbcompo23

This morning I woke up at 6am to get approx. 1h30 to draw this school 🏫

#gameboy #pixelart #aseprite #gbcompo #gbcompo23 #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev

I need a name for my main character

Any ideas?💡

I've been using "monster kid" as reference name for the time I've been working on this game for now (1 month).

He is basically a monster kid. He lost his dad during a brutal war against humans. His mom is still there taking care of him.

2nd screenshot is a sprite variant where "Monster Kid" wears a cardboard box on his head.

1/2

#pixelart #ドット絵 #indiegame #gameboy #gbcompo23 #gamedev #indiedev #gbstudio #aseprite

A maze forest 🌳😵‍💫

Alternative scene for my #gbcompo23 entry done in #aseprite ♥️

Can you find your way? Too easy? Too hard?

#gameboy #pixelart #ドット絵 #screenshotsaturday #indiegame

"Humans pollute their own planet, and then they dare to complain about climate change"

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This is the first secret scene of my game entry for #gbcompo23

One month left to go.. I hope I will find time in the upcoming weeks to do as much as I can..

I started to implement conditional story flows - different paths following your answers and actions - and it is exciting to see the story getting a bit more of a thing

I need to find a name for the game and a composer..

#gamedev #gameboy #pixelart

In a world where humans and monsters are in a war, would you lie or say the truth?

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My #gbcompo23 progress so far:
✓ 7 different scenes created
✓ 32 different dialogs
✓ 2 optional collectibles
✓ 1 pause menu
✓ 2 npcs w/ dialogs
✓ 1 SFX 👀

Still a lot to do... But I'm starting to feel quite confident with #GBStudio 🥰

#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart
#gameboy #gbcompo #indiegamedev #retrogame #indiegame

My (very rough) demo build for Purls of Magic, my #gbcompo23 game, is live!

Unfinished notes are on the page, noting what bits are still a mess - give it a go if you like 😊

https://alliemackie.itch.io/purls-of-magic

Pass: mothgoblin

#gbdev #gamedev #gbstudio

Sneaking in bits of gamedev anywhere I can this week.

Hoping to have a demo out for folks to try on the weekend, then back to working on everything else in the backend!

#gbcompo23 #gbdev #purlsofmagic #gamedev

https://beatscribe.itch.io/ All of my gameboy SFX and Music packs will be on sale for the rest of the GB Compo 23. You can also get them all as a bundle for an even more reduced price. #gbcompo23 #gbde #gbdk #gameboy #gbstudio #chiptune #assetpacks #videogamemusic #gpcompo