A screen shot of my work-in-progress game boy game with the background image scrambled.

Aw yeah, classic old school tilemap corruption. Now that's what I call homebrew! 😁😉

GitHub - mxashlynn/gb-studio-4.2-variables-and-constants-at-compile-time: How to access game variables, user constants, and engine constants at compile time. How to access game variables, user constants, and engine constants at compile time. - mxashlynn/gb-studio-4.2-variables-and-constants-at-compile-time

Small demonstration of how to access the values of variables, user constants, and engine constants from JavaScript at compile time in #GBStudio 4.2

Chris was nice enough to write up this little example for me!

github.com/mxashlynn/gb...

#GameDev #RetroDev #GameBoyDev #IndieDev

GitHub - mxashlynn/gb-studio-4.2-variable-access-from-c: How to access game variables from a native C function. How to access game variables from a native C function. - mxashlynn/gb-studio-4.2-variable-access-from-c

Small demonstration of how to access game variables from a native C function in #GBStudio 4.2, by me

github.com/mxashlynn/gb...

#GameDev #RetroDev #GameBoyDev #IndieDev

pixel monster heart

Come jam with us and celebrate gay monster gal liberation!

itch.io/jam/sapphic-...

🏩🧟‍♀️🐉💒

Oh wow, that's hecking amazing!!
Incredible work!
Thanks so much for sharing!

Calling all devs creating games for women! Join our online showcase, Women's Game Fest 2026!

🔗 itch.io/jam/wgf2026

🌟 All genres
🌟 Video & Tabletop games
🌟 Any platform & Language
🌟 WIP or Completed works
🌟 Demo optional

Title graphic for the Sapphic Monster Girl Fluff Jam 2026 showing a pixel art cloaked-eyeball-lady and a trio of hearts

Wanna make relaxing art about gay monster gals?

Beginning next month I'm hosting a low-stress jam about exactly that!

Join us if y'all've been just dying to make that comic/game/poem/track about Carmilla and Medusa hanging out on their day off〜!

itch.io/jam/sapphic-...

#ItchJams #MonsterGirls

Speaking for myself, it's very unlikely I would have made any of the games, tools, assets, or jams that I produced over the past five years if this bundle hadn't been there to help me get started!

It looks like we've reached the end of the #QueerGamesBundle

I just want to say how grateful I am for all the work that all the organizers did for this. It was an enormous amount of mostly thankless labour that positively impacted hundreds of creators

❤🧡💛💚💙💜

Screen shot showing custom collision masks in GB Studio.

🆕 Upcoming feature of #GBStudio 4.2: ability to define your own collision types, complete with a web tool for creating in-engine masks! Read more: github.com/chrismaltby/...

I already have this working in next game ♟

Note: This functionality requires writing a plugin or extending the engine 🧩

Crystal Dreams 2 / Triton (1993)

Your annual reminder to view the inside of a cube thru a magic block〜

demozoo.org/productions/...

Title Logo for Aro Jam 2026

Aro Jam 2026 is now live!

itch.io/jam/aro-jam-...

#GameJams #ItchJams #Aro #AceSpectrum #QueerGames

Metroidvania Month 31 x Magical Girl Game Jam 13 Trailer YouTube video by ShibeyFaceGames

I really do love that we live in a world where game jams have trailers 📹✨

Metroidvania Month 31 x Magical Girl Jam 13

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhUe...

#GameJams #ItchJams

Ace Jam 2026 Title Logo

Ace Jam 2026 is happening, if you wanna jump in!

itch.io/jam/ace-jam-...

#GameJams #ItchJams #Ace #AceSpectrum #QueerGames

Unopened physical copy of The Heart of Arel by Meadowdrone for Game Boy Color. The cover shows four women walking through the woods together. In the lower right is the Official Transgender Seal of Quality

Finally got a physical copy of one of my favorite games!
🌳👯‍♀️👩🏼‍🤝‍👩🏻🌳🌫🌋🌫

meadowdrone.itch.io/the-heart-of...

#GameBoyColor #RetroGames #HomeBrewGames #TransGames

Happy New Year! 🆕📅🎆

Feeling pretty hyped about my current game right now. Excited to get back to it

Hey y'all!
The Bundle With Benefits is ENDING in three days! 📆

51 items for $15 or 33 items for $10 🎁🧧

Usher in the new year with books, comics, music, games, and more, made by independent queer artists! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Bundle With Benefits 33 Items for $10

The Bundle With Benefits is still LIVE!
33 items are available for $10, with an extra 18 items available at a $15 tier!
Get yourself a selection of the finest queer books, comics, music, and more for Xmas, all made by independent artists!
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Two weeks left to pick up the Bundle With Benefits!
Support my work and that of twenty four other queer creators, and get some steamy content along the way!

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#GameBundles #QueerArt #IndieGames #EroticArt

Photograph of a paper prototype for a digital boardgame. Dice are being used as play pieces and resource counters

One of my girlfriends convinced me to do another round of paper prototyping after all

Nice! I used to do a lot of VNs but I've still never used Ren'Py; someday!

The new She-Ra is definitely my favorite American-made cartoon, tho the earlier seasons were better than the later ones IMO and I didn't care for the ending at all. But I am a big fan!

I hope you like!
Remind me what engine you usually use?

- Ability to pause scene update function
- Support for emoji in font mappings
- Ability for plugins to read text files
- Changing background size no longer deletes collisions & color

Check out the full Change Log for more!
github.com/chrismaltby/...

#RetroDev #GameDev #GameEngine #OpenSource

GB Studio 4.2.0 Beta | GB Studio Get more from GB Studio on Patreon

There're some great major features in the new #GBStudio beta, but here're some of my fave smaller features:

- Ability to define constants
- Ability to select all scenes from Game World view
- Support for template plugins
- Ability to define per scene collision types

www.patreon.com/posts/146153...

Agreed! 💚

Photograph of a paper prototype for a digital boardgame

Today I played my paper prototype thru several times, adjusted some of the rules, and am feeling fairly good about it

Next to make a digital prototype and hopefully get some feedback on it