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Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · Oct 21

At Skyboy Games, we make new games for the NES.
Our current WIP project is Even Goblins Fall In Love, a JRPG about a goblin who goes on a quest to prove their love for a princess.

Visit this link to support us:
skyboygames.com/static/Skybo...

Goblin image by @ursamajorgamma.bsky.social

A brave, young goblin in an orange scarf holding a dagger stands on a green field in front of a blue sky.

Boxed copy of Gunhawk, a Zapper game for the NES. Includes manual, red decoder, game cart, cartridge sleeve, foam insert, and box.

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Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · 12h

This is the image that was supposed to go with the above post. Not sure why it turned into a void of black pixels.

Just worked around by turning it into a single-frame animated gif.

Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · 12h

I added the princess you'll meet at the end of the game to the castle you visit at the beginning of the game.
Dramatists refer to this as Chekov's Princess.

#indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro #screenshotsaturday

Castle in an 8-bit Dragon Quest-style RPG. Seven characters are visible: 3 guards, 2 towns people, the goblin protagonist, and a princess.

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Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · 1d

Dang!
This reply had a Scoville rating of over 3 million! 🌶 🌶 🌶

Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · 1d

Learning that a canon Star Trek model had details kit-bashed from a Macross Valkyrie (and a whole-ass chibi Xabungle) made my day.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wk7...

Why This Star Trek Starship Was Canonically Painted Yellow

YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested

www.youtube.com

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Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · 2d

Little bro surprised by a girl in a hijab at a university.

Tell me you haven't been to a university in the last 20 years without telling me you haven't been at a university in the last 20 years.

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Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · 4d

Pardon me while I fall in love with your game.

Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · 7d

It should be some time next year. We're still working on finishing the game.

You can find a WIP demo on skyboygames.itch.io

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Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · 7d

As we head into Spooky Season, it seems like a good time to showcase one of the enemies in the Haunted Tomb dungeon in Even Goblins Fall In Love, my 8-bit NES JRPG:
The Scream.

#indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro #screenshotsaturday

8-bit RPG Dragon Quest-style battle against an Edvard Munch-inspired enemy called Scream

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 24d

Chiitan loves all transgender people.
I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like.
love you all 🤍
↓
www.instagram.com/reel/C9qppva...

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Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · 25d

You use Zero Page variables to optimize performance.
I use Zero Page variables to reduce code size.

We ARE NOT the same.

...

Although, if you understand what I'm saying, we probably ARE the same. It's just that our projects have different priorities.

#nesdev

Gus, in a dapper suit and tie, from Breaking Bad.

Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · Sep 9

A recent commit to my #nesdev #jrpg:

"Saving 119 bytes if I promise to not place NPCs where they'd be overlapped by the text window?
Sure, I'll take it!"

Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · Sep 7

Listening to some Hasan while truckin', I'm all for it.

Just be sure to keep your eyes on the road and drive safely.
Distracted driving is dangerous driving.

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Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · Sep 7

Also, me:
What if I add a hydra to my game?

Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · Sep 7

Sometimes, my projects are such hydras.

Every time I complete a task, two more spring up to take its place.

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Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · Sep 5

That's such a lovely picture!

Although, my anime-poisoned mind reads it as the last frame we see of a character before they're vaporized by a giant energy beam.
Joyous to the last moment!

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Nekomancer of Nowhere- Out 10/31 @standingcat.bsky.social · Aug 31

🐱 Release Date! 🐱
Draw spells with the magic in your paws when Nekomancer of Nowhere releases on... October 31st! 👻

🪦 Wishlist on Steam! 🪦
store.steampowered.com/app/3180290

#indiegame #gamedev
#nekomancerofnowhere

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Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · Aug 31

Who needs luck when I have your music in the game!

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Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · Aug 31

Just submitted Even Goblins Fall In Love for consideration to be part of the MAGFest Indie Videogames Showcase.
Enjoy the trailer video I cut for the submissions and wish me luck!

#indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro

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Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · Aug 31

Even Goblins Fall In Love may be a love letter to Dragon Quest, but that won't stop me from throwing in a semi-obscure Final Fantasy reference.

#indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro #screenshotsaturday

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Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · Aug 24

All good treasure chests give it all on leg day.

Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · Aug 23

I'm looking forward to making a physical edition of Even Goblins someday.

I'm not looking forward to figuring out the component sourcing. Especially considering the new de-minimis tariff rule changes. Even "low" tariff packages have a minimum $80 charge.

#nesdev #smallbusiness

Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · Aug 23

Meet the King of Mimics in Even Goblins Fall In Love: the MimiKing!

#indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro #screenshotsaturday

An encounter with the MimiKing, a super-sized mimic-type boss creature in Even Goblins Fall In Love, an in-development 8-bit NES JRPG. The MimiKing (Mimic King) is a treasure chest that has sprouted muscular legs and arms while large tentacled eyes rise from inside the chest.

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Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · Aug 23

It's proof that there is still good left in this world.

a man is talking to another man and says that there 's some good in this world mr frodo

Alt: a man is talking to another man and says that there 's some good in this world mr frodo

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Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · Aug 22

Same brain cell!

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Skyboy Games @skyboygames.com · Aug 22

Incidentally, people who signed up to the Skyboy Games mailing list have had access to this build since May.
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