Dzzee homebrew game is now available for #GameBoyAdvance as well (among other retro platforms) #retrodev #retrogaming #gba #gbdev #gbadev #gameboy

Dzzee 1.10.0 for GBA (Homebrew...
Dzzee 1.10.0 for GBA (Homebrew) - Dzzee (2021) by thp

A new port of Dzzee is here: Dzzee now works as a Homebrew on the GBA, a gaming handheld released in 2001. This port is special, because the GBA is very low-powered and doesn't have floating point har...

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Content for no-one! I included this dialogue specifically to make my husband laugh, lol. 😆

#TaiFab Test Kitchen is coming this year!
- Solve 400 #nonogram puzzles!
- Adventure on a new island!
- Unlock costumes and collectibles!

#PixelArt #ドット絵 #GBDev #GBStudio #GBC #IndieDev #GameDev #homebrew

Poll results are in! Mostly the same as 2024. :)

(What's the MAIN way people play #GameBoy / Color games)

Combined results from Mastodon, Bluesky, and barely any Twitter this year. Very un-scientific and un-rigorous! 😅

See: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@bbbbbr/116730125497176484
#gbdev #gameboycolor #retrogaming #gbdk #gbstudio #rgbds

Now with two more targets! 🎉​​

...to facilitate which I rewrote the rendering (across all targets) to use maps and tiles, since the Game Boy and Game Boy Color do not support bitmaps!

They all use the same tiles, map and palette - the latter is organized in 4 columns roughly in luminance order such that the indices also work as grayscale values.

#RetroProgramming #GBDev #GBADev #DOS

🚨 DOWN TO THE LAST 6! L'Abbaye des Morts is vanishing fast at Homebrew Factory!
The box art blends so perfectly into the abbey picture it’s basically camouflage—and with only 6 copies left, the physical game is about to disappear too!
https://homebrew-factory.com/game-boy/161-labbaye-des-morts-undefined.html
#retrogaming #gb #homebrew #indiegames #indiedev #gbdev #abbayemorts

RE: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@gameboyscene/116727452019104801

Already new #GBStudio version, bugfix 4.3.1

"Deleting music files no longer causes the application to crash (sorry!) and there's no longer an error message shown in the Javascript console of web builds."
https://chrismaltby.itch.io/gb-studio/devlog/1550737/gb-studio-431-now-available

#gameboy #retrogaming #retrodev #nintendo #gbdev

Been a few years, return of the Game Boy Screen poll!

What's the MAIN way you play #GameBoy / Color games?

(SGB / GB Player people: no room, you gotta shout it in comments)

Curious what people use since supporting OEM screens takes more effort for devs.

#gbdev #gameboycolor #retrogaming #gbdk #gbstudio #rgbds

GB + Unmodded OEM Screens
21.1%
GB + IPS mod screens
15.8%
Handheld Emulator / FPGA
42.1%
Desktop/Phone Emulators
21.1%
Poll ended at .

Jam for #GameBoyAdvance games starts in about 2 days!

#GBAJam 2026

"The full-scale GBA game jam back ... just in time for the console's 25th anniversary! You have 3 months to make something cool that runs on the Game Boy Advance."

https://itch.io/jam/gbajam26
#gbadev #retrogaming #indiedev #gbdev

GBA Jam 2026

A game jam from 2026-06-13 to 2026-09-30 hosted by Pyro_Pyro, Nikku4211, skylyrac, GValiente, kva64, exelotl & avivace. The full-scale GBA game jam is back again for 2026 - just in time for the console's 25th anniversary! You have 3 months to make something cool that ru...

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New #GBStudio version 4.3.0

* new music editor with MIDI input
* place notes in the world view
* ways to prevent plugin clashes
* event for reading table data like monster stats using index variable
* import/export to .CSV files
* set Super GB Color Area

https://chrismaltby.itch.io/gb-studio/devlog/1547703/gb-studio-430-now-available

#gameboy #retrogaming #retrodev #nintendo #gbdev

GB Studio 4.3.0 now available! - GB Studio by Chris Maltby

This version includes: The new music editor that was recently released at music.gbstudio.dev including MIDI input The ability to place notes in the world view Plugin authors now have more ways to prev...

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Game Boy collectors, wake up! 📣 L'Abbaye des Morts is back at Homebrew Factory.
⚠️ ONLY 12 IN STOCK! Grab your physical copy before it's gone for good. First come, first served!
https://www.homebrew-factory.com/game-boy/161-labbaye-des-morts-undefined.html
#retrogaming #gb #homebrew #indiegames #indiedev #gbdev #abbayemorts