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Jack of all trades, master of none. Developing Jade Cottontail for the Game Boy. https://linktr.ee/mechanicalpaladin https://www.ancientmachines.com/

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"Jberetta" has been at work for some years on a new 3D #Sega #Saturn #homebrew called "Cold Case"

And today he just uploaded some new footage to YouTube, showing off how far the project has come.

Check the full video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8c-...

#retrogaming #SegaSaturn #gamedev #indie

09.02.2026 13:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*terminator theme intensifies*

08.02.2026 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A comparison video would be nice.

05.02.2026 17:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Progress on the second zone's boss!
The crane is now fully functional and I'll get to work on the boss's attack patterns next โ˜ ๏ธ
The graphics are obviously not done ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽจ
#JadeCottontail #GBStudio #GameBoy #devlog

29.01.2026 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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GB Studio Font Generator PLUS - Released! It's Finally Here! GB Studio Font Generator + is Live! ๐ŸŽ‰ Hey everyone! I'm excited to announce that GB Studio Font Generator + is officially released and available to use right now! You can try it...

GB Studio Font Generator PLUS - Released! - GB Studio - Font Generator PLUS! #gbstudio bluemooncoder.itch.io/gbstudiofont...

18.01.2026 08:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There are easier ways to complete that level. Just flexed a bit with the drone on that jump challenge route ๐Ÿ˜…

18.01.2026 19:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looks great!

18.01.2026 09:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Decided to color the drones blue ๐ŸŸฆ
#JadeCottontail #GBStudio #GameBoy #GameBoyColor #devlog

18.01.2026 09:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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XL2 Demonstrates Raytracing on the Saturn Raytracing isnโ€™t just for modern video cards, apparently โ€” homebrew developer XL2 is making it happen on the 31-year-old Sega Saturn. Raytracing is a technique for simulating the way light boโ€ฆ

XL2 returns with another graphical feat on the Sega Saturn โ€” this time, it's real-time raytracing! Marvel at his accomplishment here:

www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/01/16/x...

#sega #saturn #retrogaming #retrogames #videogames

16.01.2026 22:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Trying out colors for the game's second zone ๐ŸŽจ
Got suggestions?
#JadeCottontail #GBStudio #GameBoy #devlog #chiptune #GameBoyColor

15.01.2026 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Feels like a oversight.
Programming that behavior intentionally would be special kind of evil.

13.01.2026 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#JadeCottontail now has dancing construction workers ๐Ÿ‘ทโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿšง
Don't get swept up by their moves ๐Ÿ•บ
#GBStudio #GameBoy #indiegame #devlog

12.01.2026 16:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Caught and fix'd a time challenge breaking bug (sorry speedrunners ๐Ÿ‡).
If you started holding a directional button at the right time when the screen faded in, the timer and actors would remain frozen until next button press.
You can still try it in the demo! #GameBoy

06.01.2026 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's very clever use of scanline interrupts!
Great work!

04.01.2026 10:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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For #ScreenshotSaturday letโ€™s peep behind the curtains to see how Roguecraft DXโ€™s 10x10 rooms made it to #GameBoy

The GameBoy screen is constructed from 8x8 pixel tiles.
(20 โ†’ and 18 โ†“)

A 10x10 grid of 8x8 pixels could work but itโ€™d be tiny ๐Ÿ‘€
A 10x10 grid of 16x16 pixels is too large ๐Ÿ˜•

(1/3)

03.01.2026 19:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 78    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Finished the second zone's music track of #JadeCottontail๐ŸŽต๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿšง
#GameBoy #GBStudio #devlog #chiptune

02.01.2026 20:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Played trough 36 games this year and had a blast!
Me liking or disliking a game does not translate to game being good or bad, just how I felt at the end of it :)

30.12.2025 19:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Very impressive! Your color choices are excellent!
Thank you very much!!

30.12.2025 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Hummer Team" was also responsible for the infamous "Somari"
An ambitious but very crude pirate #NES game

Since then "Terwilf" has worked on fixing this bootleg.
And with v.1.7 this #romhack has turned into a legit good #Sonic game!

www.romhacking.net/hacks/5026/

#romhacks #retro #retrogaming

30.12.2025 11:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ninja Gaiden Shadow DX is out!

Enjoy this exclusive Game Boy game packed with pure ninja action... for the first time in color!

Download at: www.marcrobledo.com/game-boy/nin...

#YearOfTheNinja #NinjaGaiden #GameBoy #GameBoyColor #RomHacking

23.12.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 208    ๐Ÿ” 105    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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After

26.12.2025 16:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Been a bit sick lately, so progress has been slow, but I'm back at it again ๐Ÿ’ช
Here's before & after (in the comments) comparison of the second zone's last stage (jump challenge route).
#JadeCottontail ๐Ÿฐ #GBStudio #devlog

26.12.2025 16:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Would gladly add Alan Wake 2 to my Steam wishlist too โ˜•

22.12.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm sorry, English is not my primary language.
Should do what?

22.12.2025 09:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Does the boycott cover Game Boy games released under the Chromatic label?
This is a sincere question as a game developer.

19.12.2025 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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...

19.12.2025 06:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The biggest project of my life is now released ๐Ÿฅณ

Buck and the Cursed Cartridge is an action platformer. Lots of levels spanning different worlds, explorable overworlds, upgradable abilities, unlockable mini games and more.

Hope you'll check it out ๐Ÿงก

#gameboy #gameboycolor #modretro #chromatic

31.10.2025 16:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
[BIOHAZARD MOD] BIOHAZARD ใ‚ฒใƒผใƒ ใƒœใƒผใ‚ค้ขจMOD RESIDENT EVIL Gameboy Color conversion MOD
YouTube video by ใ‚ขใƒฌใƒƒใ‚ฏใ‚นใฎใ‚ฒใƒผใƒ ้ƒจๅฑ‹ [BIOHAZARD MOD] BIOHAZARD ใ‚ฒใƒผใƒ ใƒœใƒผใ‚ค้ขจMOD RESIDENT EVIL Gameboy Color conversion MOD

I've made Game Boy covers of all the ending songs for @leigi.bsky.social's Resident Evil Game Boy mod, and got them in hUGETracker format.
DM me if you want to do something with them ๐ŸŽต
Here's one of the ending variants in action.
youtu.be/zMqRKs341Ls?...

17.12.2025 14:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

With MD Engine launch just around the corner, this is great news!!

03.12.2025 12:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ขBig news from Homebrew Factory!

We know how much you love Nintendo consoles, but for SEGA lovers, Mega Drive / Genesis support is now available in the configurator!

โžก๏ธ creator.homebrew-factory.com

#retrogaming #SEGA #mddev #gendev #megadrive #segagenesis #genesis #SGDK

03.12.2025 10:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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