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joelj.bsky.social
Solo dev making new Gameboy games. Epic Sci-fi Action CRPG 'Fall from Space' in development. Play the demo over on my Itch http://www.joeljgames.co.uk Order a boxed Tales of Monsterland DX now! http://www.talesofmonsterland.com UK, Manchester/Stockport
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It's been a while since the last one, so here's a new, rambling dev blog with updates on the progress of Fall from Space – joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp... #Gameboy #IndieGameDev

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Working on a new enemy/platform for some Fall from Space action areas. Hit it on the underside take damage, destroy it and miss a potentially useful bouncy platform (tiles and sprites WIP). #Gameboy #gbstudio #indiegame #retrogaming

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve added this NPC to a shopping district on the Machine World, where you'll (occasionally) catch them coming out of its various establishments. You're free to accost them and hear their thoughts. #GameBoy #gbstudio #indiedev

submitted 138 days ago • 3 comments

Sweating a little bit on the ROM usage here. Large level backgrounds taking up a lot of space, I'll try and squeeze in as much content as I can, but it's going to be tight and there are likely some tough decisions that will need to be made! #GBstudio devs with space saving tips feel free to share!

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Pixel art on a CRT? I need to learn how to knit.

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

I started work on a Fall from Space prototype (having written a story & game outline), at the end of 2021. Anyway, here's a few old clips I just dug up from around then. 1. A pretty terrible looking player sprite trying out the then new ability to have it larger than 16x16px

submitted 46 days ago • 2 comments

"Tales of Monsterland DX is a truly lovely game" plus a chef's kiss, what a great review from 8bitjoystick! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYIq...

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Games came in todaaaay. Absolutely amazing quality! @modretro.bsky.social @spacebotdev.bsky.social @joelj.bsky.social

submitted 52 days ago • 2 comments

Visit strange worlds in Fall from Space for your #Gameboy! WIP market on the ocean planet of Los, making liberal use of the scanline fx plugin and a few other tricks to hopefully give a 'you're underwater' impression. #gbstudio #indiegame #retrogaming #indiedev

submitted 53 days ago • 5 comments

Thanks to everyone for your support and motivation this year. The shares, likes, positive and critical feedback & inspiring games, developers and articles. Wishing everyone in the #Gameboy and #GBStudio community a happy Christmas and an awesome 2025.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

2024 is almost over! We got In The Dark 2 physically sold in retro Gamestop locations across the US, which is crazy. Though it has been a challenging year, there’s still much to be grateful for. I also want to celebrate the amazing work of others. Here are my Top 5 favorite games this year:🧵

submitted 65 days ago • 4 comments

To know me is to know I love old school platforming games and this right here is a fun one. Still working on the jumping mechanics and the back dash but another reason to own a Chromatic. Coolest looking cart ever and love the spotlight on the creator in the manual from @joelj.bsky.social games!

submitted 69 days ago • 1 comment

It is a stunning soundtrack, it really nails (and improves on) the atmosphere I was looking for. Can’t wait to share more tracks from it, here’s the title theme to start – youtu.be/MXowpUmrXuU?...

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Just had a rather gnarly set of #GameBoyAdvance games delivered. According to Google, the correct term for this would be a ‘kettle of Hawks’.

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments