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It's as basic as dragging some lines to somewhere near the edge of a map, then you drag another map into the world, and drag some more lines.
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GB Studio, a "Game Maker application" for making your own custom Game Boy games, has just released (UP: GB Studio 2 + Analogue Pocket support in Aug)
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It's as basic as dragging some lines to somewhere near the edge of a map, then you drag another map into the world, and drag some more lines.
The closest thing are BASIC compilers for the Sega Genesis/Megadrive. The first one was Basiegaxorz, wich can create Cart, CD and partial 32x compatibility. Then there is Second Basic, a newer implementation that creates ROM for carts at the moment, but it's better and still updated.
GB studio has improved a lot recently. It now has partial color support, for example.
In the future it will allow the creation of platform and shooters, tough it may take a while.
In the future it will allow the creation of platform and shooters, tough it may take a while.
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The creator mentioned that is putting the finishing touches of the next version, and shared video of games created with the tool.
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I've been using this for a while now on a project, and honestly it's a joy to use. As long as you keep a handful of limits in mind (which can challenge you to work with constraints, leading to solutions you never would've considered), it's probably the easiest and most straightforward game-making software out there. I could see a branch of this being splintered off and excised from the GB limitations (tile count, color, some entity limits, and audio), and just becoming a solid simple game-making suite on its own. But as it is right now, spitting out real working Game Boy games is pretty darn cool.
It sounds like the next version is going to be a MAJOR reworking. I'm eager to see what changes and is added.
It sounds like the next version is going to be a MAJOR reworking. I'm eager to see what changes and is added.
GB Studio 2 announced + Analogue Pocket support
New version coming in August will include an option to export titles directly to the Analogue Pocket.
Will also support new genres including 2D plataform, side scrolling shooter, point and click adventures, and possibly it's own solution for combat.
Full color support, too.
I expected they would go great together, but I was not expecting them to work directly with each other.
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Added threadmark.
This is cool to know. Especially when exporting as C.
Hopefully, it's modern C++.
Aside from Deadeus have their been any other games worth sinking some time into? Or projects to keep an eye on?
Looking forward to checking these out on a pocket next year.
Looking forward to checking these out on a pocket next year.
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Thread title has been updated.
There's going to be more genres to look forward to, so you can wait and see what the community has curated.
While I am excited for the wide array of new genre options, I still think I'm mostly into the idea of a cute little walking sim in the original engine. Been working on some assets in my free time. This is such a cool program.
The version that supports plataformers has not released yet, but will be released later this month.
GB Studio 2 Beta 1 released
GBStudio ver 2 beta is now available to download.
Complete list of changes here.
Highlights:
Really interesting that you can mix and match genres.
Complete list of changes here.
Highlights:
Really interesting that you can mix and match genres.
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Beta 2 of GBStudio 2 is now available.
Have little time to test, but not being able to shoot projectiles in diagonal directions put a stop to my game idea. So now I'm just looking at examples of cool 8 bit 4 way movement action games for inspiration.
Have little time to test, but not being able to shoot projectiles in diagonal directions put a stop to my game idea. So now I'm just looking at examples of cool 8 bit 4 way movement action games for inspiration.
I have not used Game Maker, but in GBStudio you pretty much drag and drop stuff. It's more or less like this.
Click on "+" to Create a new scene. You select what type of scene you want (Platform, Shooter or Pokemon/Zelda-like)
Then you draw on the scene or drag and drop the stuff you want to have on the scene.
When you are done, you draw a line from the scene to the next scene.
If you want to do more than the basic stuff, you select from many pre-made options, then you can drag and drop the order.
For example, you want to have your character shoot a projectile, you just click on "Add event" and select one from the list, such as "Joypad input" then add a "Launch projectile" event to that.
If you want more than that, version 2 has an option called "Eject" that will allow you to see the source code in C to modify and then continue editing it on GB Studio.
This channel has tutorials, most are for the the previous versions, but they still apply.
Thanks for the thread OP! I had never heard of GB Studio, but I'm having a lot of fun messing around with it.
So far, the Game Boy limitations are actually adding to the fun, forcing you to find work arounds to make it do what you want. But we'll see if I still like them if I ever do a bigger project.
I do find it a bit frustrating that you can't configure things like player movement, jump height and all that. Makes all platforming games have the same feeling to it. Hopefully the ability to do so is added in the future.
So far, the Game Boy limitations are actually adding to the fun, forcing you to find work arounds to make it do what you want. But we'll see if I still like them if I ever do a bigger project.
I do find it a bit frustrating that you can't configure things like player movement, jump height and all that. Makes all platforming games have the same feeling to it. Hopefully the ability to do so is added in the future.
Settings Update
Sneak Peek of New Engine Update
A sneak preview of some new engine updates:
Music tracker, wav sound effects, parallax backgrounds and more:
Music tracker, wav sound effects, parallax backgrounds and more:
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I'm tempted to migrate, but my current project would not really use any of the new functionalities. I'll wait, but it's amazing how GB Studio keeps getting better and better.
GBDK now includes support for Sega Master System and Game Gear, so my hope is that someone will make a fork of GB Studio for making games for these systems.
GBDK now includes support for Sega Master System and Game Gear, so my hope is that someone will make a fork of GB Studio for making games for these systems.
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Well, if you want to be technical, head over to the Github project page's Issues tab, and then look for feature enhancement requests. You should be able to spot a few of them where the creators are hitting some limitations.
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