Here is the intro to the first story of The Book of Rynn: The Royal Seal. Hyped? Join us on Discord! #thebookofrynn #nesdev #jrpg #nes #retrogames #8bit

Started work on the title and game start menus. Mundane stuff but necessary! The first story is also slowly taking shape w/ new maps and new characters. Can't wait to share more! #nes #jrpg #thebookofrynn #indiegames #gamedev #retrogames

Our first battle dev build is out! If you want to help test The Book of Rynn and fight Sillygoos and grind your way to fighting the stronger Goofygoos, join us on our Discord! Link in bio :) #jrpg #thebookofrynn #nesdev #nes #indiegames #retrogames #gamedev

Hope y'all had a great Halloween night! I spent mine in Arc Raiders 🤭 and I'm ending it by introducing you to Mr Spooky. Mr Spooky comes when someone has 0 HP left! Hi Mr Spooky! 💀👻 #thebookofrynn #jrpg #nesdev #nes #retrogrames

The Book of Rynn now has functional shops! Do you want to try them out and help shape the game? Join us on Discord! I just posted a new dev rom! #nesdev #jrpg #thebookofrynn #retrogames #indiegames #gamedev

The shop system is coming along but I took a little detour to integrate up to 4 party member sprites because the more the merrier! #jrpg #nesdev #thebookofrynn #indiegames #gamedev #retrogames

I love how this is slowly becoming a full game! We now have the framework for simple quests! Here's an example where our hero goes out to fetch the Red Orb for this villager! #nesdev #jrpg #thebookofrynn

I wasn't meant to work on these just yet but we now have roaming NPCs. Our little town is starting to feel more alive! Next up: make them talk! #jrpg #nesdev #thebookofrynn

We now have persistent searchables! Maps are kept in read-only memory so searchable tiles have to be checked in real time whether they have been found or not and show the right chest (closed or open) tile. #nesdev #jrpg #thebookofrynn

First look at towns in The Book of Rynn! Tileset is WIP but it's coming along great! Can't wait to see this populated with NPCs! #nesdev #jrpg #thebookofrynn #indiegames #retro #8bit

Just make it exist first!

Speaking of... Myself and a couple friends are making a new Dragon Warrior inspired NES JRPG exist! Check it out: sebotron.itch.io/the-book-of-...

#thebookofrynn #nes #homebrew #jrpg #aseprite #pixelart

Prepare to be dazzled: completed Status Info screen! #thebookofrynn #nes #homebrew #jrpg

Made some good progress on the battle loop. Also integrated new monsters, designed by @prettystrange.bsky.social! Do these look bad ass or what? #nesdev #jrpg #dragonquest #thebookofrynn

A BIG shoutout to @jroweboy on the NESDev Discord who literally held my hand for the past 4+ hours to help me get the Famistudio music engine working into the game. What an afternoon! #nesdev #jrpg #thebookofrynn

Now we're talking! #nesdev #thebookofrynn #jrpg

Functional menus! Things are getting interesting! #nesdev #thebookofrynn #retrogames #nes #jrpg

It took me an entire month and 4 rewrites but I finally have a fully scrollable map, based on the scrolling techniques of Dragon Warrior 1-4. This is what's kept me from starting the project on NES 2+ years ago. Now that this giant hurdle is behind: time to do the menu system! #thebookofrynn #nesdev