The Year Wrapped for #GBDK & #ZGB!

2025, another good year for releases! Here's a browse of #GameBoy, #NES & #SMS/#GameGear games people made with #GBDK2020.

Check out the gallery & give some a try, most free to download & play.
https://gbdk-2020.github.io/gbdk-2020-gallery/?yearReleased=2025

Congrats everyone! There were 73 releases for 2025 in total (that I know about). Includes released demos in addition to completed games.

Most tags are clickable as filters, plus other ways to sort and search.

#indiedev #retrogaming #retrodev

What tools were used to make #gameboy games in #gbcompo25 ? Similar to previous compos + new tooling.

- #gbstudio main share
- #asm, #gbdk / C, #zgb a couple
- New! #GBBasic #libgb++ #MatlabGB

"Unknown" == likely #asm (#rgbds, #wladx, etc)

Data using: https://github.com/bbbbbr/gbtoolsid
#retrodev #gbdev

New release of #gbtoolsid: 1.5.2

A command line & web app for identifying tools used to build #GameBoy ROMs (such as #GBDK, #GBStudio, #zgb, #hugedriver, etc)

Changes over last few versions:
- Improve detection: GBStudio, VGM2GBSFX, GBDK, GBBasic
- Detect #GBSDK
- Linux and Mac Arm64 builds

Console: https://github.com/bbbbbr/gbtoolsid/releases
Web: https://bbbbbr.github.io/gbtoolsid_web/

#gbdev #retrogaming

Added all 60 #GameBoy games made with #ZGB Engine into #GBDK Showcase.
https://gbdk-2020.github.io/gbdk-2020-gallery/?sortSelector=Year+Featured&usesEngine=ZGB

ZGB is a lightweight C/asm Engine built on top of GBDK-2020.
https://github.com/Zal0/ZGB

CrossZGB is a recent fork by toxa that adds support for #SegaMasterSystem, #GameGear and #MegaDuck.
https://github.com/gbdk-2020/CrossZGB/

#retrodev #retrogaming

Toxa has released a new version of #CrossZGB (multi-console retro game engine based on the original #ZGB engine)

- PSGLib music support for #gamegear #segamastersystem
- Quality of life improvements
- Sprite and other optimizations
- More examples

#retrodev #retrogaming #gameboy #gbdev

https://github.com/gbdk-2020/CrossZGB/releases/tag/v2024.1

New #GameBoy kickstarter for Linked Masked GB Edition

"A hardcore platformer with progressive difficulty, 20 levels and a final boss await you!

Incarnate yourself in the skin of Viewer, a curious traveler who has been called by the gods to fulfill an objective that is not very clear, but you are already here."

Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mekanicalvoid/linked-mask-gameboy-port

Demo rom
https://klonoz.itch.io/unlinked-mask-gb-demo

#retrogaming #gbdev #nintendo #zgb

Teilnehmer des Nikolaus-Kistner-Gymnasiums Mosbach. (Foto: pm)
Mosbach. (pm) Die Teilnehmer der Sparkasse Neckartal-Odenwald konnten beim diesjährigen Planspiel Börse herausragende Leistungen #Mosbach #NKG #PlanspielBöse #Slider #Sparkasse #ZGB

https://www.nokzeit.de/2024/07/27/erfolge-beim-planspiel-boerse/

The first release of #CrossZGB is out.

A multi-console fork of the #ZGB game engine for writing games in C or asm.

(most work by Toxa, some build/tooling support by me)
https://github.com/gbdk-2020/CrossZGB/releases/latest

First release adds these to existing ZGB features:
- Cross Platform
- #GameBoy/Color
- #SMS
- #GameGear
- Analogue .pocket
- #MegaDuck
- MacOS & Linux host OS
- New SFX engine
- And more...

Example ZGB Game Boy releases by Zal0 ported to MegaDuck, GG, SMS with CrossZGB
https://github.com/gbdk-2020/CrossZGB/wiki/Made-with-CrossZGB