GB Studio
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| Developer(s) | Chris Maltby |
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| Initial release | April 17, 2019 |
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| Operating system | Mac OS (on m1 machines), Windows, Linux.[1] |
| Available in | English, German, Spanish, Polish[2] |
| Type | Game creation system |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | GBStudio.dev |
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GB Studio - a visual game editor, written mostly in C and JavaScript by Chris Maltby[3][4], designed to make games for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color handheld gaming platforms. The first stable version was released in April, 2019.[5]
Software[edit]
GB Studio is a visual, drag and drop type editor with additional scripting capabilities.[4][6] It allows to produce popular game formats, such as platformer, top-down adventure in the Zelda style, shooter games or point and click.[7] It is capable of delivering game files compliant with the technical Game Boy specification (based on the GBDev-derived, GBDK 2020 - a Nintendo handheld development kit)[7], in the form of ROM images, that can later be flashed into physical ROM cartridges, as well as HTML files[2][4] and since version 3.x - also Analogue Pocket files, as the console producer partnered with GB Studio author.[8][9]
Reception[edit]
Being fairly easy to use, due to the graphical, intuitive interface[3][6][10], GB Studio became largely popular among all generations of game creators[7][9], addressing the nostalgia for the '90s prime handheld Nintendo console, gathering a large and active community[6] and widely adding to the rise in new, indie development of Gabe Boy games.[7][11] The GB Studio community on Reddit had over 5100 members as of April, 2022.[12] The developer and player community is also centered around the GB Studio Central website as well as the Discord server, that sports over 5300 members[13]
With the advent of GB Studio version 3.x in 2021, it saw more than half a thousand indie games developed with the toolset, most of which release via the online gaming platform itch.io.[14] Several games, such as Daedeus[7], The Machine, Flooder or Petris saw physical release via dedicated, indie games companies like Incube8[15] or Ferrante Crafts[16], while others were released by the creators on their own.[10] Remakes of old 8-bit games sor demakes (versions of games downgraded to the technical specification of Game Boy and ported back) are also popular.[7][9]
This rise in Game Boy game development further contributed to the already present retrogaming nostalgia among all age groups[17], that rose still during the COVID-19 pandemic.[18]
References[edit]
- ↑ "GB Studio by Chris Maltby". itch.io. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Documentation - GB Studio". gbstudio.dev.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Darkcritz. "GB Studio, a tool to create your own games for the Game Boy". linuxadictos.com. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kolakowski, Nick. "Want to Build a Game Boy Game? Now's Your Chance". Dice. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ↑ "GB Studio changelog". GitHub. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Choosing tools for Game Boy development". gbdev.io. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 McGlynn, Anthony. "Why are game-makers creating new Game Boy games in 2021?". ars TECHNICA. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ↑ "Make you own games for Pocket". Analogue.co. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Clark, Nicole. "Elden Ring fan is demaking the game for Game Boy". Polygon. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Jarman, Joel. "Why I decided to make a new Game Boy game in 2021 – Reader's Feature". Metro. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ↑ Yezpitelok, Maxwell. "O.G. Game Boy Games Are Still Being Made (And Look Amazing)". Cracked. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ↑ "GB Studio". Reddit. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ↑ "GB Studio". Discord server.
- ↑ "Top Games made with GB Studio". itch.io. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ↑ "Incube8 Games". Games - Incube8 Games. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ↑ "Ferrante Crafts". Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ↑ Collard, Sarah. "Video game nostalgia booms as young and old seek refuge from an online gaming warzone". ABC News. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ↑ Heubl, Ben. "Retro-gaming boom during lockdown". The Institution of Engineering and Technology. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
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