Top 15 Game Boy Homebrew Competition Games! [GB COMPO 23]
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
- Check out the 15 finalist entries in the Game Boy Indie Homebrew Game Jam, GB Compo 23!
Check out all the homebrew game jam entries here:
itch.io/jam/gbcompo23/entries
Watch the judging process here -
Games list:
1 Hermano - patmorita.itch.io/hermano-gam...
2 Feed IT Souls - gumpyfunction.itch.io/feed-it...
3 Enceladus - mrpapshmir.itch.io/enceladus
4 The Host - allalonegamez.itch.io/the-host
5 NUNYA - bard-0.itch.io/nunya
6 Ghost of the Arcade - playinstinct.itch.io/ghost-of...
7 Kaiju Kai Kai - sunnychowtheguy.itch.io/kaiju...
8 Chantey (Prologue) - gortyncode.itch.io/chantey-pr...
9 Slime Trials - canight.itch.io/slime-trials
10 Hidden Gems - rebusmind.itch.io/hidden-gems
11 Abducted - itch.io/jam/gbcompo23/rate/21...
12 Slayer the Hawk - mindbleach.itch.io/slayer-the...
13 EXTERMINATOR - glitchytsp.itch.io/exterminator
14 Imperium Strike Force - orlando64.itch.io/imperium-st...
15 Lightseeker - zanipixels.itch.io/lightseeker
Video contents:
00:00 intro
01:11 Lightseeker
02:18 Imperium Strike Force
03:25 Exterminator
04:15 Slayer The Hawk
05:31 Hidden Gems
06:04 Slime Trials
07:00 Chantey (Prologue)
08:31 Ghost of the Arcade
09:14 Nunya
09:41 The Host
10:20 Enceladus
11:14 Feed It Souls
11:53 Hermano
Last year we hosted GB COMPO 32, the second Game Boy Homebrew game jam competition where developers were given three months, and the task of creating a game that could play on game boy or game boy color hardware, with the theme of “You Are The Monster”
With 80 entries across a variety of genres and game engines, I, along with a team of other judges had the tough challenge of playing all of them to narrow it down to the top 15 games!
We ranked each game based on the following 5 categories and a score of 1-5 for each, then we combined the results to work out the winners.
The categories were:
Gameplay
How entertaining are the gameplay mechanics? How fun is the game?
Technical
How innovative is it from a technical perspective? Does it push the hardware to the limit?
Originality
How refreshing is it from a non-technical perspective? Does it have a unique design / mechanics?
Graphics
How impressive are the art, animation and visual effects?
Audio
How good are the music and sound effects?
Theme
How was the theme implemented in the gameplay, the mechanics and/or the story?
I won’t be sharing my specific scores, but I do have the aggregated scores from all the judges. Where the final score was equal, we based the ranking on whoever had the higher score for the theme.
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Thanks for watching! If you’re interested in seeing my judging process for all the games, check it out here -
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Dev of "Ghost of the Arcade" here. Thank you so much for playing my game and for your incredibly helpful feedback in the judging video. Since the jam submission I have released a couple of updates (currently sitting at post-jam version 7) for the game, turning it into what I would have wanted the submitted version to be. I'm going to continue working on the game. And your feedback gave me quite a few ideas for further improvement. So thanks a lot again 🧡
Your gane looks so fun. I am curious, what were your inspirations? Why the GameBoy?
@@bes03c Thanks 😊
Well, it was a Game Boy game jam. So there was no other option than to make a GB game. I wanted to try a couple of things I had not done before, like a 3D-ish racing game, which is not really supported by the engine.
Exterminator , where you kill "innocent" creatures sounds like a 5/5 for fitting the theme of "you are the monster" TBH
I was thinking the same.
Glad someone got what I was going for!
In other words, when we will roaches and rats....... its not them that are the monster......... its us. WOW
I'm still disappointed that mine didn't even get to be properly judged, but it's cool to see all the ones that *did* make it. I can definitely see why most of them were chosen.
Honestly, I'm glad I made mine regardless since it gave me a chance to use something other than RPG Maker for once, and it led to me making one of my favorite character designs (Simply cause she isn't human or human-like).
((Also my title screen was at the start and end along with a bunch of others, so I at least got to point at that and say "That's mine!" Lol))
More games I can add to my EZ flash.
Great list! :) FYI for anyone who tries "Hermano" by the Pat Morita Team, it's not until the end of the second stage where the player is introduced to one of the most fun, clever, and unique gameplay mechanics I've ever seen in a 2D platformer.
Isn't this a cool video? It's so wholesome. Part of why I love this channel. Hope you're doing great, D
So many cool new GB homebrews on the horizon! Thank you for your awesome videos, sir. You’re one of the best on RUclips.
Wonderful to see all the new games being made. The quality of them just keeps getting better and better. Really impressed with what is being made in GBStudio, and how far people are pushing the engine. Thanks for going through the final 15 and showing us the rankings.
Gameboy is still so amazing, love these homebrew games.
All of these games look so great! Thanks for the awesome videos!
Great video ! Thanks !
I liked Lightseeker's aesthetics and The Host's creativity.
My top 5 I have to agree Hermano looked the most awesome! I love games that flip the script so in 2nd is Enceladus where your the monster in the air ducts looking for humans to hunt! 3rd is Nunya, which looks like another good platformer! 4th is Ghost of the Arcade what a cool concept! That is like the most tubular place to haunt ever! & Kaiju Kai Kai in 5th because its just too cute! Shout out to Hidden Gems that game looks good but as stated it doesn't fit the monster theme! Thanks again for the Game Boy Retro Break!
This is so cool, what an amazing group of creative people!
Great to hear about so many new promising Game Boy games! I actually like that some have a less obvious “monster”, from the rats point of view the exterminator surely is a monster 😁
Amazing ✊🏽 🔥🔥🔥
Slayer The Hawk would benefit from an attract-mode demo showing you can grab and drop stuff.
And someone else doing the sound.
This is so cool
Very cool.
Great video, looking forward to playing some of these. Question, what is that illuminated game boy you have? (To the right if the screen) custom piece or retail?
The good thing about these homebrow shares is, so far all of them you've shared have been no longer available for sale on physical media so they don't cost me a thing. Although, sometimes that's depressing too.
This comment doesn't make any sense. None of these are available physically, and even if they were, it doesn't stop you from acquiring them digitally... furthermore, it would be good if there were good original games still available physically, even if you personally don't want to buy them
@@viridionwaves it makes plenty of sense. Some of us like to own physical media.
Always love the homebrew vids!
Quality of these games looked a bit disappointing, but I appreciate the time limits. Feed it souls is a game I have already played a while back, surely they can't just submit a pre made game?
Also your frustration is palpable that so many games didn't use the intended theme haha
as a WH40K fan, that second game in this video looks hilariously awesome
Pat Morita Team make some really nice Speccy games too. There's always a layer of polish that set them apart from other homebrew devs. Well deserved win. Also, well done to everyone else who entered - you've certainly achieved way more than anything I could pull out! :)
I found the trailer for Chantey not long ago and it looked very interesting but I had no idea it was a rhythm game. Nunya has a great art style. So good as I watched I thought, what if this was a top down game? I was imagining this Nun wandering around Victorian London at night, dark alley ways, taverns, looking for a missing person from the parish or something. It looks like the rightful winner, won. It looks up there with an official release. It had some colour in the pallet. I'm guessing that [or any that I've mentioned] won't be playable on a DMG?
Exterminator developer here late as per usual. Thanks for the insight and feedback on the game!
Honestly regretting not making that tutorial screen or stage, but, hindsight is 20/20 as they say.
Great video! Not a big fan of the GB Studio's physics engine. Movement feels quite sloppy in most games.
Amazing run down. Your visuals and graphics are so nice to look at, your explanations are super on point. Great video as always!
Physical releases plzzz
It's probably too time consuming for a game jam but I'd love not RPGs.
Are you guys interested in making a hardcover artwork and guidebook for your game? If you are please contact me.
The theme aspect is silly and obviously holds all the titles back.