We're taking a break for the Holidays, enjoying some of our favourite GB Studio Games and hoping that Santa brings us more under the tree. We'll be back in the new year with more articles 🍾
#gbStudio
As the year comes to an end it‘s time to slow down and to take a look at what happened in 2025. #PocketCollection has made good progress but there also remain a few gaps to fill. I’m so glad that I was able to add 2 quality of life improvements: interruptable dialogues and – thanks to a fix in the latest #GBStudio beta release – accurate paper feed for the GB Printer.
Here are the most recent entries. Have a wonderful holiday season and see you all next year!
A tip for #GBStudio game makers!
I see a lot of games where point-and-click mode is used for menus. But the cursor is really slow, and there's a lot of dead space, so it doesn't really make sense for that use case. Try this instead:
- Top-down mode
- Set the player sprite to whatever icon you want to use for the menu
- Entire map is set to impassable except for the exact tiles where the buttons are -- ONE tile only, so the player can't move around on the tile
- Set a trigger on each tile where the player will land that changes the functions of the D-pad, so that pressing the directional buttons will move the player to the tile where the next button is. (Make sure that upon exiting the scene these buttons are reset to default!)
There are some great major new features in the new #GBStudio beta, but here are some of my favorite smaller features:
- Add ability to define constants
- Add ability to select all scenes from Game World view
- Add support for template plugins
- Add ability for engine plugins to define new, per scene, collision tile types
- Add ability to pause each scene's update function
- Add support for emoji in font mappings
- Add ability for plugins to read text files
- Add ability to position actors using pixel coordinates rather than tiles
- Fix issue where changing background image size would delete collision and color data
Check out the full Change Log for more!
Versión 4.2.0 beta 1 de GB Studio, creador de juegos de aventura retro para Game Boy, rápido y fácil de usar, disponible para Mac, Linux y Windows: https://www.dekazeta.net/foro/files/file/856-gb-studio/
Pixel Daily Dec 15: Set of Rocks
16x16px
GB Studio Palette
10 min
Haven't done a pixel daily in a hot min, definitely felt the rust. Feel like I could do better but wanted to stick to the time limit. So here's my set of rocks.
#PixelArt #pixel_dailies @pixel_dailies #GBStudio #GameBoy #Rocks #art #ClumsyArt
A solid and simple way to display your Game Boy *and* the entire thing is made from 100% recycled plastic? What a sustainable way to display!
#gameboy #gbstudio
https://gbstudiocentral.com/spotlight/a-sustainable-way-to-display/
Blender may be known for 3D modelling, but with the right workflow you can turn it into part of your 2D workflow! Pretty coo, right? 🕊️
#gameboy #gbstudio #gamedev
https://gbstudiocentral.com/interviews/using-blender-to-create-3d-scenes-for-2d-game-boy-games/
We're holding a #cybermonday deal - 25% off all Back Orders of GB Studio Magazine (not including shipping).
Head to https://www.magcloud.com/user/gbstudiomagazine to get your copy today.
Sale ends Dec 3rd at 9:00 AM EST.
Well, I am getting my paws dirty with #gbstudio and #hUGETracker . So far I like it
Strap yourself in...making a shmup in GB Studio can be a bumpy ride! But you're not alone, with a guide as your co-pilot, you can avoid crashing out! 🚀 🪐
https://gbstudiocentral.com/tips/how-to-make-a-game-boy-shmup-with-gb-studio-without-losing-your-mind/
#gameboy #gbstudio #gamedev
Grazie a PasquiIndustry possiamo giocare a questo horror per Game Boy (ma anche per web) realizzato in 14 giorni per una game jam. Avete passato pomeriggi su questa retro console portatile? Allora scopriamo assieme Questo videogioco! #gameboy #gbstudio #retrogaming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpYBqQin4Rk
Validating 250+ entries to GB Pixel art jam 2025 takes a bit of ingenuity and a lot of python! All so it's pixel perfect and ready for a physical installation at Sheridan College!
https://gbstudiocentral.com/spotlight/creating-the-pixel-art-gallery/
#gameboy #gbstudio #gamedev
GB Studio Magazine Volume 8 goes to print on December 1st, 2025. This volume features articles about cutscenes, so we went with a "cinematic" theme for the cover. Subscribe today to not miss out!
Another actual #Zelda game … with a playable Princess Zelda : the well named « Zelda's Adventure » is a #GameBoy Color port (of a CDi game) made with #GBStudio by john-lay ⚔️
As a wise person once said : « Be faster than the Nintendo's lawyer » 🙃
Othello Trigger
Presented largely as a curiosity, but an entertaining one. An itch.io user named The Great Foohachi went through the trouble of converting background and character graphics from beloved SNES Squaresoft JRPG Chrono Trigger to Gameboy format, and from there put them to work as window dressing for a fairly rudimentary single-player O
https://setsideb.com/othello-trigger/
#homebrew #indies #gameboy #GBStudio #homebrew #indie #itchio #OthelloTrigger #Reversi #TheGreatFoohatchi
These are the 1970s gaming consoles I included in #PocketCollection so far. Of course there where more than 16 devices released over the decade but not all left a mark. Which ones do you miss? Please let me know in the comments!
#Retro #Gaming #Console #Collection #PixelArt #Pixel #Indie #workinprogress #Alpha #Passionproject #GameBoy #GBStudio #GB_Studio
Sand, sunshine, and... super volatile explosives? No need to panic! D*Fuzed is the name, and turn based explosive defusing is the game! Bomb voyage!
https://gbstudiocentral.com/spotlight/dfuzed/
#gameboy #gbstudio #gamedev
Beatscribe shipping department has been super busy! https://etsy.com/shop/Beatscribe #gbstudio #gameboy #homebrew #gbdev #gbcompo25 #retrogaming #chiptune #8bit #lofi #etsy #lofigirl #lofichill #lofihiphop #rpg we are making more as we speak.
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