Tired of the own-nothing, unaffordable RAM future? Buy new games for old tech. Do not surrender your future. skyboygames.itch.io/gunhawk #indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro

Each gear slot has 4 options. The player gets the first gear option in each slot by default, so we can ignore those when generating passwords only have to save 3 bits of data per gear slot. Retro #gamedev can be such a rush. #indienes #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro

The end of a game's dev cycle produces some of the most interesting bugs. I just fixed a bug where the last piece of equipment in each gear category for Even Goblins would disappear after loading from a password save. #indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro

More of the creatures you will encounter in Even Goblins Fall In Love, an upcoming indie JRPG for the NES. #indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro #screenshotsaturday

This is a sampling of some of the creatures you will encounter in Even Goblins Fall In Love, an upcoming indie JRPG for the NES. #indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro

I got a long-reach stapler to enable creating my own saddle-stitch booklets. That's all well-and-good, but I'm looking at the feature text on the box and it's like: "12-inch reach!", "two-finger operation!" Hmmm... 😏

Recently finished a complete playthrough of the latest version of Even Goblins (all the way from beginning to end) and I have a slew of tweaks and bugfixes on my task list now. #indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro

The Double Dose Potion doubles the dose of applied status effects for the next attack Lin makes. Here, Lin applies SHOCK to an enemy who remains affected by SHOCK despite recovering from one of the applied doses. #indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro #screenshotsaturday

I’m ready to launch my YouTube channel with this first post: an audio recording of my first blog post, which covered Project Blue for the NES! Listen all the way through for a bonus treat! #homebrew #projectblue #ahomebrewdrawsnear youtu.be/6qJqgsliChU?...

A Homebrew Draws Near! #1 - Project Blue

YouTube video by Homebrew à la Cart

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I've reached the point where I am writing a draft version of the manual for Even Goblins Fall In Love. It makes sense when you think about it, but the manual for a game itself is an important part of the QA process. #indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro

PSA on the Victoria Line tube in London. Phillipson and every other GC weirdo needs to take note.

The Skyboy Games Etsy shop will be going on vacation mode from July 23 to August 10. Order games now if you'd like to get a physical NES copy of our games shipped without delay. www.etsy.com/shop/SkyboyG...

With the direction the industry is going, being a #gamedev that specializes in physical games is feeling, not just contrarian , but downright important. Like, making physical versions of my games used to be about it being fun and cool. Now, it feels almost existential.

Just experimented with running Even Goblins Fall In Love in our in-development app shell for Steam. If this works out, I might be able to launch Even Goblins simultaneously as a ROM on itch and on Steam. #indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro #screenshotsaturday

Times like these* call for the guillotine! * I was referring to trimming draft manuals for my NES games. What were you thinking of? #indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro

NEXXT (@FrankenGraphic) updated version of Shiru's NESST, NES Screen Tool) has been a go-to tool for creating data for Even Goblins Fall In Love. Highly recommended if you want to understand how NES graphics work: frankengraphics.itch.io/nexxt

We're so much stronger together!

World of Warcraft Gamemakers Guild - CWA@wowgg-cwa.bsky.social · 3w ago

What are we fighting for at Blizzard Entertainment? WoWGG member John Hartzell walks us through it @cwaunion.bsky.social @videogameworkers.bsky.social

Shout out to Compress Tools, a suite of compression algorithms particularly suitable for #nesdev. www.romhacking.net/utilities/882/ The Byte-Pair Encoding implementation was crucial for me to fit text and map data into the ROM for Even Goblins Fall In Love.

Our indie NES JRPG, Even Goblins Fall In Love, is getting a little guest cameo from Nekomancer of Nowhere! store.steampowered.com/app/3180290/... It seems this magic cat has some sort of gift for Lin. #indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro #screenshotsaturday

I think if you needed any more evidence that the cuts are shortsighted and focused on cutting as deep and as fast as possible with little regard for the future, this is pretty definitive. That engine felt like magic in some spots. A colossal waste of talent and resources.

Sami(14 days til 🎂)@samitron.bsky.social · 4w ago

THIS STUDIO MADE THE FAMOUS IDTECH ENGINE AND YOU'RE FORCING THEM TO USE FUCKING **UNREAL**??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? FUCK YOU

Notice the little "0.9" in the corner of the screen. Our indie NES JRPG, Even Goblins Fall In Love, getting that much closer to version 1.0 completion! #indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro

See that little white sticker? That's an NFC chip that contains a URL that will allow you to get a downloadable ROM version of the physical NES cartridges that we sell on Etsy. www.etsy.com/shop/SkyboyG... #indienes #homebrew #retrogame #nes #indieretro

I've been starting to calculate costs for a physical version of Even Goblins. So far, the component costs aren't too much higher than Fire And Rescue / Gunhawk (though it uses a slightly more advanced board.) The real variable will be printing cost of the manual(s). That's likely to change a lot.

If you can't afford to stay at an inn, you can always go back to your mother's house to rest and save your game. This is not, not a commentary on life and our modern economy. #indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro #screenshotsaturday

There's something nice about seeing a Dreamcast being a lovable goof.

ً@zan.bsky.social · last mo.

dreamcast forever 🌀

One final bundle of doodles by @ursamajorgamma.bsky.social of main character Lin that will be sprinkled about the manual for Even Goblins Fall In Love. #indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #jrpg #indieretro

Been hard at work lately assembling some new physical copies of Fire And Rescue. Available for purchase on our Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/SkyboyG... #indienes #homebrew #retrogame #nes #indieretro

What would a Dragon Quest-inspired RPG be without a cheeky "But Thou Must!" reference? #indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro

Crossing a bridge towards the final castle while carrying the requisite Macguffin sword will spark a boss battle that will open up a path to the end of the game. #indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro #jrpg #screenshotsaturday