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Matt Hughson (NES & GB Dev)

@mhughson.bsky.social

Game developer making new games for old systems, such as the NES and Game Boy! #nesdev #gbdev • From Below (NES | 2020) • Witch n' Wiz (NES | 2021) • From Below Pocket (GB | 2023) • Super Sunny World (NES | TBD) MORE: https://linktr.ee/matthughson

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It was my Birthday yesterday and my mom painted me this cool watercolor of "Witch n' Wiz" 🧙‍♀️ and "Super Sunny World" 🌞!

How cool is that? #nesdev

26.01.2026 17:31 — 👍 39    🔁 5    💬 4    📌 0

Stunning work! I sent you a DM 📩

26.01.2026 17:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That's great, thank you!

26.01.2026 05:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I haven't heard of Rewind Entertainment before. Do they have a website or social media page?

24.01.2026 20:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Box, Instruction Booklet and Cartridge for Bustina and the Search for Booty!

Box, Instruction Booklet and Cartridge for Bustina and the Search for Booty!

The first PHYSICAL copies of my game #Bustina are up for sale now! Ships internationally! Big thanks to Rewinded Entertainment for publishing!!

retrogametycoon.com/fi/catalogue...

#indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro #nesmaker #6502asm

23.01.2026 15:44 — 👍 19    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

Woah, looking very cool!

11.01.2026 05:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That's right! This is exactly what I did. This looks cooler though ;)

08.01.2026 23:59 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Beta Testing has officially begun!!

There is still time to sign up, using the link below!

29.12.2025 22:28 — 👍 16    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Hey Jake, I have a contact list for content creators to give early preview builds closer to release. Would it make more sense for me to add you there instead?

I think I have all your contact info from youtube already, if that works.

23.12.2025 21:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Super Sunny World on Steam Super Sunny World is the ultimate love letter to the platformer greats of the 8-bit era. Jump, bump, and kick your way through 8 worlds of pixel-perfect platforming, cute characters, and exciting powe...

REPOSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED!

If you're more interested in playing the final version of the game, or just wondering what Super Sunny World is, please take a few seconds to Wishlist the game on Steam!

store.steampowered.com/app/2772980/...

23.12.2025 21:23 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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🎉BIG NEWS🎉

Super Sunny World, my NES platformer, is entering the final stages of development!

So, it's time for a PRIVATE BETA!

If you would like to give feedback and log bugs, please sign up using this link!

Beta Testing will being the new year!

forms.gle/1sFGnaQiMZpF...

23.12.2025 21:23 — 👍 56    🔁 29    💬 4    📌 2

Could be a fun project for the @romhack.ing community?

23.12.2025 00:05 — 👍 19    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Unfortunately the output is very different between the 2 ROMs, so nothing obvious there.

I dug through the source a bit, but didn't get very far. It wasn't obvious to me that there was a branch where it would pick this debug level vs the title screen.

22.12.2025 23:57 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Is the 11/30/90 ROM available? I would start by doing a diff between the ROMs and seeing what changed (with the hope that it's minor)

22.12.2025 23:15 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Follow-up question: Are they BFFs?

12.12.2025 22:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Who are "Team Super Best Friends"??

12.12.2025 17:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Midnight Zone, the upcoming NES adventure from TeamSuperBestFriends!
Coming in 2026, stay tuned, more info dropping soon! 😘☕️

#NES #homebrew #nesdev #NESmaker #indiegames #gamedev #ファミコン #同人ゲーム

12.12.2025 13:01 — 👍 28    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0
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Is this Kaizo?

Super Sunny World🌞 will feature a HARD MODE that can be unlocked (like Super Mario Bros), so I get to imagine fun ways to make the game more difficult.

😈Here's a nefarious idea: 🔥Lava Balls don't reveal themselves until the player approaches them! #nesdev

02.12.2025 05:46 — 👍 24    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

But you have to grind every time you die or load a save

25.11.2025 14:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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We're a Scarios family, with the odd can of U.F.O.'s, thank you very much!

25.11.2025 04:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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🎉Wow! Just hit 10k followers on Twitter!

I'm so thankful to be part of this enthusiastic and engaged community around the NES and Homebrew!

I spent years making Indie Games without finding an audience, but that completely changed with #nesdev!

Thank YOU so much!💖 #screenshotsaturday

22.11.2025 20:08 — 👍 31    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Super fun game! It's got a great "pick up and play" style that is fun even for 5-10 minute bursts of play. Highly recommend.

22.11.2025 00:45 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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It never feels good taking this cute little guy out...

20.11.2025 05:51 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A big change I'm working on is allowing BOSSES to be shot with the PEARL POWER. I think it's the right thing to do, since it make the power-up feel more meaningful.

But each of the 8 unique bosses need to be re-coded a bit to support this. Should be worth it I hope!

#nesdev

20.11.2025 04:50 — 👍 40    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0

Really beautiful work! If you ever want to play around with getting this onto real hardware, let me know! It could be a fun little weekend project.

18.11.2025 19:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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I live for this aesthetic...

#ThrowbackThursday #tbt #nesdev

17.11.2025 00:08 — 👍 40    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
NES Game Programming - Super Sunny World
YouTube video by Matt Hughson NES Game Programming - Super Sunny World

Doing some live streaming of Super Sunny World development for about an hour, starting now!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8V2...

16.11.2025 17:37 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Wow, it worked! Thank you so much for the suggestion! It took just one line of code and made a big improvement.

14.11.2025 23:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No, it's inspired by SMB1 and 3 mostly.

14.11.2025 16:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hmm, no, that might actually work. I'll see what I can do.

14.11.2025 16:05 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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