Just a quick Camera GBD-M2 update: 2nd test of shell arrived yesterday with improved fitment. Just placed an order for V3, which hopefully is the final test version before CNC shell. Also, designed an all new Leica-inspired lens sleeve to go along with it.

Starting this month, every month I am going to be sending out prompts to game devs as a thanks for following my patreon (free or sub) and my substack (free or sub) I am also going to try my best to partcipate in the prompts also :D #gamedev #indiedev #gbstudio

I'm really proud of this meme I made for my latest article lol #indiedev #gbstudio #gamedev open.substack.com/pub/howdyric...

Rise of Leif is a brand new game in development for Game Boy Color for fans of Mega Man! It stars an axe-weilding tree-boy named Leif, along with a colorful cast of companions and enemies! Follow our journey through its development! #gameboy #homebrew #indiegamedev #gbdk2020

My newest article is out! If you like the Game Boy Camera you will enjoy this. #gbcam #gameboycamera #indiedev howdyriceball.substack.com/p/a-story-in...

a story in 3 Game Boy Camera acts "Out and About"

or How I submitted my photographs to the Game Boy Camera Jam 2026!

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heyo! I made a substack to share more longform content, I think you will find this content really rewarding and encouraging on your own game dev journey also! do any other GBdevs have one I'd love to follow #indiedev #gamedev

I made pixel art for an amazing Midwest emo / math rock chiptune album!

(pixel art time-lapse also)

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Finally got around to posting an adaptation of Keni Ambro's excellent GB Studio Logo, with musical help from @beatscribe.bsky.social! 2bitcrook.itch.io/gb-studio-lo... #gbstudio #gameboy #gbdev #pixelart

If you're in the need for a transition that isn't Fade in/Fade out, I made a GB Studio Transition Template project! 2bitcrook.itch.io/gb-studio-tr... #gbstudio #gameboy #gbdev #gamedev

I finally made a website! well kind of, it needs more work but I have finished a works archive of all my #indieGameDev / game design experience so far. check it out! howdyriceball.com

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Indie Game Designer / Developer / Pixel Artist & Animator

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hi! my name's Jonathan and I'm making a retro-style 2D platformer called GANDER FROM THE GREEN in the excellent @godotengine.org! my inspirations are mostly a mix of the classic Sonic games, Yoshi’s Island, Donkey Kong Country and Mario 3/World.

@ProximitySound is mastering the cassette tape verisons of Midwestern Math and Syntwave albums. Coming out soon. For now they're on bandcamp and itch. beatscribe.bandcamp.com

everyone in my snail mail club is getting the ROYAL treatment this month! We cooked on this letter. Everyone is going on a game dev quest by King Pixel's decree! #gamedev #indiedev #gbstudio

Missed out on GB Studio Magazine, Volume 9? Back orders are now available at: backorders.gbstudiocentral.com #magazine #gameboy #gbstudio

Midwestern Math by Beatscribe beatscribe.itch.io/midwestern-m... Enjoy over 60 minutes of dynamic and emotional midwestern math rock. www.etsy.com/listing/4535... #chiptune #gbstudio #gameboy #gbdev #gbcompo25 #nintendo #emo #midwestemo #mathrock #postrock

Ten days later. Pretty happy with it for now. I might even dare to call it finished. Maybe just a few more tweaks. I probably won't keep the planet and stars in the background. I just wanted to see how it would look. #pixelart #screenshotsaturday

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Reworking the space station area. I wouldn't exactly call it progress, more regress, but it's the first thing I've done in a few months that I don't hate. I'll eventually add the furniture back in. #pixelart

Is there anything you ever wondered about "a cat & his boy"? I am working on a project where your question may be answered. Please submit questions here: forms.gle/uhenpCdH1c4K...

Thanks to some GB Studio wizards at the discord, I was able to get SEAMLESS SPRITE SHEET SWAPS working as a workaround to that 1 frame graphical hiccup that you can hopefully see here (may be tricky with bsky video compression). Sharing the tech for bsky folks here in this 🧵: #gbstudio #gameboy

Whoop! Whoop! Our Indie Collab x Itchio bundle is now available! itch.io/b/3757/indie-collab-x-itchio-summer-sale-2026 Get 7 of our indie games with animal protagonists for just $15! Please share this to support indie games 🫶 #indiegame #indiedev #gaming

VERY rudimentary right now but what you've got here is Wolfenstein like Raycasting on the Game Boy. Full movement and staffing. \o/ #indiedev #gameboy #GBDK2020 #retrogaming #gbstudio #screenshotSaturday

It's time... 👋

All our physical gameboy carts are on sale for the rest of this week! www.etsy.com/shop/Beatscr... #chiptune #gameboy #gbstudio #gbdev #gbdk #8bit #retro #80smusic #1980s #nintendo

[a cat & his boy] 3rd anniversary tees are on sale! some designs start at $13 for the next 24 hours then they go back up to full price 🤐 howdyriceball.threadless.com #indiegame #merch #indiedev #cats

I’ve been porting my game TOGGLE•BOT to GBDK. Here it is running on actual hardware! #gameboy

Do you love the 4 color pixel graphics of the old Pokemon games? Want to see one of your characters, ideas, or even you made in that style? For $5 per sprite, I will make that art for you! Leave a reply or DM me if interested! #pokemon #pixelart #gameboy #gameboycolor

beatscribe.itch.io All my tools including Midi2UGE and Midi2DMF and the musics Roms are 30% off for the next week! #chiptune #synthwave #vgm #8bitmusic #nintendo #sega #demoscene #videogamemusic #lofi

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Just released GBC Limitations Tools v1.1 2 #aseprite Lua scripts for #GBStudio / GBC dev GBC Tile Tool - palette & tilemap analysis GBC Actor Tool - helps with 4+ color actors: chooses palettes and exports new sprite sheets github.com/pkostic-dev/aseprite-gbc-limitations #gamedev

Congrats on the 3 year anniversary 🥳 It's a fun game, I enjoyed it and can highly recommend others to give it a try if they like games (and/or cats 😺)

I think I owe a quarter of all of my pixel art and game dev focus time to this one amazing Chibi-Robo song on loop lol do you have a song like that?

Chibi-Robo! Park Patrol: Town Theme 3 Extended

YouTube video by Bigbrogogo

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3 years of "a cat & his boy" is crazy! where did the time go? thanks for playing! hope I can make more games that people love <3 #inidedev #gamedev #gbstudio

Snail Mail Club letters are in the proof reading stage! Looking forward to sending these out in the mail to all my amazing physical tier backers! #indiedev #gamedev