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It’s looking great

I'd have picked up all three of those! I've only seen the animated Persopolis film (but was great).

Starflight was squished down onto a cartridge introducing players to its open sandbox of space exploration and an interstellar mystery with a terrifying twist. The ad is written from the perspective of someone who may be the ship's captain who notes that they had "been out for days, exploring 270 star systems and 800 planets." A folded star map came with the game along with a thick manual. Alien species will also be knocking at your ship's hull to say hello either with comms or high-powered plasma.

A 1991 ad for the Sega Genesis port of Starflight, a sci-fi RPG which originally released in 1986 for IBM PC compatibles

The art used both for the box packaging and the ad was by sci-fi artist, John Berkey

Thanks! ❤️

a... friend told me that HShop is pretty rad if you're not already all over it!

Roguecraft GB is OUT NOW!💀

Find it on @itch.io -> thalamus.link/roguegb-gbc

#gameboy #roguelike #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #retrogames #pixelart

Thanks for putting together a gameplay video from the Fall from Space demo! Downloadable here – joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp....

Le Néo-Rétro sur Game Boy : L'antidote aux jeux sans âme - GBrewFR La Game Boy en 2025? Du Néo-Rétro. Découvrez comment le homebrew et GB Studio transforment la GB en plateforme indé moderne.

A great article on 'Neo retro' and constraints in games compared to modern titles –
www.gbrew.fr/billets/la-g...

[Tribune] Densité de Gameplay : Le constat de Gumpy Function sur le Homebrew - GBrewFR Suite à notre dernière publication sur le Néo-Rétro et l'ennui que pouvait apporter le jeu grand public, Gumpy function partage avec nous une analyse très

​"Si je perds ma sauvegarde sur un Shmup, je garde mon skill. Sur Vampire Survivors, je perds tout." 💥

@gumpyfunction.bsky.social ​ nous livre une tribune passionnante sur la "Densité de Gameplay" et comment l'économie a transformé la difficulté dans le jv.

#GBhomeFR

www.gbrew.fr/billets/trib...

Oh and if you're modding, you have to get Virtual Boy emulator Red Viper and play some Wario – github.com/skyfloogle/r...

Love the 3DS!

Some I enjoyed off the top of my head – Mario 3D Land, Donkey Kong Country 3D, Metroid Samus Returns, Sega 3D Classics, NES Remix, Luigi's Mansions, Fantasy Life, Ever Oasis, Monster Hunter Stories

Thanks, the video you put together was really great too!

Yes all the art was designed in the DMG palette (staying within the sprite and background tile limits), but I've definitely taken advantage of some of the tile priority effects, palette support for a little lighting and the extra CPU!

Thank you very much for the mention!

"Fall From Space"
is an upcoming #homebrew for the #Gameboy Color.
Developed by @joelj.bsky.social
with music by @beatscribe.bsky.social

A very competent action platformer with some RPG elements too

You can get the demo here
joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp...

#retrogaming #gaming #GBC #gamedev #indie

Fall from Space (Game Boy) by Joel J Games An Open World Sci-Fi RPG for the Game Boy

Download the latest demo here! – joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp...

Another Dev Blog, another Fall from Space demo update!
joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp...

#GameBoy

I must have missed a lot of these but this is great thanks, Game of Life Kuzushi is really clever!

Excellent! I'd been hoping for this one to come out on a system I owned, I can't wait to get it!

Thanks to everyone from the #GameBoy community this year for the encouragement, inspiration and motivation.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

2026 will be the year Fall from Space is finally released and after around four years of development, I can't wait!

Collisions!

Thanks!

Fall from Space (Game Boy) by Joel J Games An Open World Sci-Fi RPG for the Game Boy

* Important note: Christmas Planet will most likely NOT be making the cut for the final game.

Download the latest demo here! – joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp...

Thanks to everyone from the #GameBoy community this year for the encouragement, inspiration and motivation.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

2026 will be the year Fall from Space is finally released and after around four years of development, I can't wait!

Spent a good year at uni engaged in Icy Tower high score battles with my flatmates. Looking forward to the release!

man runs on a road between grass. Behind him is a sphere and a large city.

Ralph McQuarrie's cover art detail for Mike Shupp's With Fate Conspire (1985)
#scifi #sciencefiction #books #art

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A robot looks ahead in a forest of giant mushrooms. In a green scale 8 bit Game Boy game.

Fall from Space and its demo have been updated to use the wonderful Camera Plus plugin by @kirbyking186.bsky.social, which has given the game a substantial performance boost over my previous janky solution!

Download for your #Gameboy over on @itch.io –
joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp...

Thank you!

Thanks! @beatscribe.bsky.social did an incredible job on the OST! Yes there will be a physical release (likely in the first half of next year).