Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy)

Aurora's Arcade developing for retro platforms. Mostly ASM.
Last Action-RPG Hero (GB - coming '23-24) / Postal Pete (GB - hiatus) / Elland (GBA - out now)

[Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy) @AurorasArcade]

I have spent far too long working on the checkpoints...

#gbdev #homebrew #gameboy

[Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy) @AurorasArcade]

Listen. If you want to write your own custom editor and export/import toolchain for a project... Do it.

Something probably does exist. You probably aren't saving time. But if you're like me, you know what your QOL should be for a project and you'll get that.

#gbdev #gameboy

[Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy) @AurorasArcade]

@LULU6kat Great stuff. Hopefully I find some more time to try and make it on.

[Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy) @AurorasArcade]

I have spent far too long working on the checkpoints...

#gbdev #homebrew #gameboy

[Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy) @AurorasArcade]

@LULU6kat Hey, so, demo cartridges exist in very small numbers. Testers involved could post them back for updated builds but this was all revolving around mechanical feeling tests.

Officially on the back burner. However I do still pick away slowly, it'll release eventually (2052?).

[Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy) @AurorasArcade]

@IZMAUS MvC is class but I absolutely love CotA. I can't wait to die horribly to Magneto for hours on end on another platform!

[Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy) @AurorasArcade]

@voxel It's as essential as water in these parts 😅

[Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy) @AurorasArcade]

@voxel Had that with a few GBA carts in the past. Always been lucky with GB though (long may this continue).

[Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy) @AurorasArcade]

If all I get from this is the ability to edit tiles and maps in 1 piece of software and it exports them to my game, I'm considering this a week well spent.

[Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy) @AurorasArcade]

Still early days but editor front and backend are working with project saving.

Next step is z80 exporting.

#gbdev #gameboy

[Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy) @AurorasArcade]

@0xbbbbbr ...I've broke ground anyway. Making it fully portable is another big consideration.

Luckily it all fits within my skillset!

[Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy) @AurorasArcade]

I think about the issues surrounding asset pipelines naturally at least once a week and every time I export any tile/map/sprite.

#gbdev deserves to be brought into the modern era.

[Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy) @AurorasArcade]

Looking for anyone in the #gbdev / #gameboy #homwbrew scene who may know about some better tooling for assets than GBMB and GBTD. I'm working in assembly so z80 export support is nice to have. Layers would also be very Useful.

If not I might need to roll a quick GB Photoshop 😬

[Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy) @AurorasArcade]

@0xbbbbbr It's good utility but my goal is having a full CI/CD pipeline for assets. I want to hit save, package and load everything and check it straight out in a build.

There's some other bits too with how I want the project structured in terms of assets that this doesn't provide...

[Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy) @AurorasArcade]

@IZMAUS Looks good. Love the cartoon framing with the highlights on the other one.

I will say the fiddly level can increase dramatically...

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[Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy) @AurorasArcade]

@JollyKingTutt

[Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy) @AurorasArcade]

Super Game Boy!

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[Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy) @AurorasArcade]

@NKyuubi69 @TheRetroRoomRoo I'd highly recommend it.

[Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy) @AurorasArcade]

Damn forgot this was kind of cool...

[Aurora's Arcade | Last Action-RPG Hero (Game Boy) @AurorasArcade]

And a little snippet of it running on the #gameboy. Some things are worth flashing a cartridge to see!

#gbdev #indiegamedev