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Passionate about creating Game Boy games. My games: https://playinstinct.itch.io/ My website: https://playinstinct.games

133 Followers  |  72 Following  |  83 Posts  |  Joined: 06.01.2025  |  2.5816

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Thanks ๐Ÿงก

18.11.2025 06:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#GBstudio #Homebrew #GBC

16.11.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 88    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But looking great so far ๐Ÿคฉ

11.11.2025 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I would still recommend to add more contrast. Otherwise they will be very hard to see on the original DMG.

11.11.2025 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Amazing video showing my game My Friendly Little Island in detail ๐Ÿ˜

#gameboy #gameboycolor #gbc #gbdev #gbstudio

08.11.2025 12:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks for the great video. That's almost like a trailer for the game ๐Ÿคฉ

08.11.2025 12:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That means you're a publisher now? (Or have been before without me knowing?)
That's really cool ๐Ÿงก

07.11.2025 21:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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let me tell yout this much... i won't #UI for a long time. ๐Ÿ˜…
This was tedious, but worth it!๐Ÿ˜ค
I'll tweak it eventually, still #WIP
Drill your way through alien monsters in "Dead Mines",
Only for #gameboy!

#gameboy #gbart #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #pixelart #ใƒ‰ใƒƒใƒˆ็ตต #horror #dungeoncrawler

05.11.2025 15:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 113    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow, this looks absolutely fantastic ๐Ÿคฏ

06.11.2025 07:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Same. Too many ideas, too little time ๐Ÿ˜…

04.11.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've also read that the new Croc release has improved controls.

I loved playing Rayman on GBC as child. Played through it again earlier this year. Still a great game ๐Ÿ‘

04.11.2025 00:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow, thanks so much for the great review ๐Ÿ™ Very glad that you enjoy your time with the game ๐Ÿ˜Š

03.11.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ordnung muss sein ๐Ÿ˜„

31.10.2025 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you so much for all of the time you put into testing. The game wouldn't have the same amount of polish without you and the other QA testers ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก

You found bugs I wouldn't have found in a million years ๐Ÿ˜…

31.10.2025 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    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‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Buck and the Cursed Cartridge When Buck, a die-hard retro gamer, buys a mysterious cartridge labeled โ€œDEFINITELY NOT A CURSED CARTRIDGEโ€ from his local GameStop, things go sideways fast. The moment he pops it into his Chromatic...

Buck and the Cursed Cartridge is now available on physical cartridge here:

modretro.com/products/buck

#modretro #chromatic #gameboy #gameboycolor #gbstudio #gbdev #gbc

31.10.2025 16:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Well, it is first-person and it is a shooter. But it does not offer complete freedom of movement.

Rise of Leif looks fantastic btw ๐Ÿงก

29.10.2025 05:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it ๐Ÿ˜Š

28.10.2025 19:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A First-Person Shooter for Game Boy: Doomslinger Dungeon
YouTube video by playinstinct A First-Person Shooter for Game Boy: Doomslinger Dungeon

New Trailer for Doomslinger Dungeon, a first-person dungeon-crawling shooter for #gameboy.

Great fit if you want to play something #spooky for #halloween ๐ŸŽƒ

#gbstudio #gbdev #gbc #gameboycolor #chromatic #analoguepocket

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-XQ...

27.10.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yep. The GBC was my first console ever ๐Ÿ˜Š
The GBC has slight gaps between the pixels on its screen, causing a grid effect somewhat similar to this. Same applies to the Chromatic by ModRetro.

25.10.2025 14:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I've made a pixel grid overlay to make videos and screenshots from my games look more retro.

Already used it in my last post. But still not entirely sure whether it's just an unnecessary distraction ๐Ÿค”

What do you think?

#gbstudio #gameboy #gbc #gbdev #retrogames

25.10.2025 14:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Looking for a spooky treat for your #gameboy? ๐ŸŽƒ

How about Doomslinger Dungeon - a first-person dungeon-crawling rogue-lite shooter?

I built this one for #gbjam 2024 in around a week. But I still really enjoy playing this one myself ๐Ÿ˜Š

playinstinct.itch.io/doomslinger-...

#gbstudio #gbc #gbdev

24.10.2025 14:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ˜Š

23.10.2025 19:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks a lot for the great spotlight article on my game My Friendly Little Island Deluxe ๐Ÿงก @howdyriceball.itch.io & @gbstudiocentral.com ๐Ÿ˜Š

#gameboy #gameboycolor #gbdev #gbstudio #gbc

21.10.2025 05:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Skeleton Warrior

#pixelart #gbstudio #gameboy #gbdev

15.10.2025 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Pixel art of a woman floating in a yoga pose in front of yin and yang.

Pixel art of a woman floating in a yoga pose in front of yin and yang.

Made some 1-bit pixel art ๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™€๏ธโ˜ฏ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Š

#1bit #pixelart #gbpixelartjam

06.10.2025 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolutely amazing! ๐Ÿคฉ

26.09.2025 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ready for adventure โš”๏ธ

Just a test project, not an actual game (yet?) ๐Ÿ˜Š

#gameboycolor #gbc #gameboy #pixelart #gbstudio #gbdev

25.09.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is something I've wanted to do for a long time: Give the cover images of my stuff on itch.io a consistant look.

Will more people play my games because of this? Probably not. But it makes me very happy ๐Ÿ˜„

#indiedev #gbdev #gbstudio #gameboy #gameboycolor #gbc

(before and after โคต๏ธ)

13.09.2025 09:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿฒ New menu cooking!
(And yes, this is all running on Game Boy color hardware :-))

11.09.2025 22:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 60    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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