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I made a Game Boy game in 2026
CJ built a Game Boy Color game in 4 days. Here's how he did it.
- intro
- the plan
- ways to build a GBC game
- i've built retro games before
- just get it working first
- GBC sd card flash cart
- GBC emulators
- GBC Rom Format Testing
- GBC mods: shell swap and backlight screen
- build build build
- creating pixel art with pixelorama
- how game boy color graphics work
- scoping down the plan, fixing bugs
- story dialogue
- polish and clean up
- GBC music format
- attract mode
- syntax error retro ad
- we did it (and what's next)
- call for artists
- thanks
I'm looking for an artist for the game cover art. See the brief here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OfrbtdTVhJmFONzQbb7p7XVb1ueWDnEL1BjDHE9RJrM/
Backlight Mod | https://amzn.to/4rFE92g
Custom Shell | https://amzn.to/4hDmSCj
8GB SD Game Cartridge | https://amzn.to/4jyJwOG
Worm Light | https://amzn.to/4xVsfCU
Refurbished Game Boy Color | https://amzn.to/4rIMPVv
GB Studio | https://www.gbstudio.dev/
GBDK 2020 | https://gbdk.org/
GBDK Github | https://github.com/gbdk-2020/gbdk-2020/
GBDK Platformer Template | https://github.com/gbdk-2020/gbdk-2020/tree/develop/gbdk-lib/examples/cross-platform/platformer_template
PyBoy | https://github.com/Baekalfen/PyBoy
SameBoy | https://sameboy.github.io/
Pixelorama | https://pixelorama.org/
hUGETracker | https://github.com/SuperDisk/hUGETracker
GBS Music | https://www.gbstudio.dev/music/
Backlight Mod install guide | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDnYH0dnr0w
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