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gbadev, 9 days ago to random

Check out the GBA Jam 2024 invitro ROM brought to you by members of the GBADev community!

Play it in the browser or download the GBA ROM at https://gbadev.itch.io/gbajam24invitro
Learn more about the jam at https://itch.io/jam/gbajam24

#GBAJam24

Video recording of the GBA Jam '24 invitro ROM in action. First two seconds show a scrolling view of lilac skyscrapers at night towering above their own reflection in the water waves in front of an indigo sky with clouds and twinkling stars, with "PRESS START" flashing on the foreground. Upon pressing the start button the camera stops moving as a giant Game Boy Advance crashes amidst the buildings, then the music starts and the GBA Jam logo slides into the picture. As the GBA rises and starts slowly floating above the ground, its screen showing another version of the jam logo, the scrolling text that appears below reads: "INCOMING TRANSMISSION ... ... ... GREETINGS EARTHLINGS ... A NEW GBA GAME JAM AWAITS YOUR PLANET ... INVASION BEGINS 2024-05-18 ... THREE WHOLE MONTHS ... ONE FAR OUT HANDHELD ... STUNNING 0.2K GRAPHICS ... 32 BITS OF GAMING POWER ... A RADICAL SELECTION OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES ... MAKE THE GAME OF YOUR COSMIC DREAMS ... COMPETE FOR GLORY AND STELLAR PRIZES ... ALL SPECIES ARE INVITED ... VISIT GBADEV.NET FOR MORE INFO ...". At some point in the recording the camera points above the hovering GBA, revealing twinkling credits text, floating among stars, that reads: "Code: PyroPyro, art: kva64, music: exelotl"

gbadev, 10 days ago to random

It's time for another full-scale GBA jam! :blobcatGBA:

Create something cool that runs on the Game Boy Advance in three months, get homebrew scene cred and win prizes! Submission period starts May 18th 2024.

Learn more at https://itch.io/jam/gbajam24
#GBAJam24

gbadev, 1 month ago to GameBoyAdvance

The first public tech demo of the upcoming 3DSage Game Engine, a highly optimized 3D game engine and level design tool for the Game Boy Advance, has recently been released! Check out the latest update video by 3DSage to learn more about its current and upcoming features, as well as leave your feedback for the author — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql5edE8zje4

Download the demo here — https://www.gbadev.org/demos.php?showinfo=1575

#GameBoyAdvance #GBADev

gbadev, 3 months ago to random

With gba-link-connection, a set of C++ libraries for providing Serial Port functionality in Game Boy Advance homebrew games, it is now possible to send multiboot ROMs to other GBA systems via Wireless Adapter.

Learn about how it works at https://github.com/afska/gba-link-connection/blob/master/docs/wireless_adapter.md#wireless-multiboot and check out the library repo on GitHub https://github.com/afska/gba-link-connection

Video demonstration by Afska below (originally posted on the GBADev Discord).

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Footage by Afska of a Game Boy Advance with a Wireless Adapter attached sending a simple Hello World multiboot app to be accepted by another GBA and two GBA SPs.

gbadev, 7 months ago to random

We have created a new guide on getting started with programming for the Game Boy Advance for anyone interested in trying out #GBADev for the first time https://gbadev.net/getting-started.html

gbadev, 8 months ago to GameBoyAdvance

The long-awaited physical release of Goodboy Galaxy, a brand-new adventure platformer for the Game Boy Advance by @exelotl and @goodboyrik is now available for pre-orders via First Press Games!

Promotional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t51COTygMvg
Goodboy Galaxy collection page at First Press Games website: https://firstpressgames.com/collections/goodboy-galaxy

Not only does the game bark-tridge come in three different region-based box variants, there are also three editions of each boxed release with a different set of corg-eous physical goodies such as labrador-able stickers, a premium soundtrack CD, a mini-artbook and more!

#GBA #GameBoyAdvance

gbadev, 9 months ago to random

If you haven't heard the latest big news yet, thanks to tremendous efforts of @avivace and @exelotl both @gbdev and @gbadev Mastodon accounts have been moved to a brand new dedicated instance @ fedi.gbdev.io!

Unfortunately, unlike for GBDev account, we weren't able to successfully transfer GBADev account's follower list during migration, so while we're still sorting things out, feel free to spread the word about our move in the meantime!