This jam is now over. It ran from 2023-06-14 22:00:00 to 2023-09-14 22:00:00. View 80 entries

This jam is done!

Check out the winners at : gbdev.io.


Create original games, demos, homebrews tools and music for the original Game Boy / Game Boy Color and compete for fame, glory and over $5500 of prizes!

Join us on Discord to get started with Game Boy development, find a team or get help!

More details (and the full ruleset) can be found at gbdev.io/gbcompo23.


Competition

The total prize pool of will be split according to this document. Anybody can contribute by donating. There are also a bunch of physical prizes!

This competition is about making software that can run on actual game boy hardware.

  • The entry must implement/interpret the jam theme (applies to Game category only).
  • The final deliverable must consist of a GB or GBC ROM file.
  • GBC features are allowed (entries may be GBC only)
  • SGB features are allowed (but don't rely on them)
  • You can use RGBDS (ASM), GBDK (C), ZGB (C), GB Studio, GBSDK(C+RGBDS ASM) or anything that produces a valid ROM.

Jam Theme: You are the monster

Rules

Your work must be new and original:

  • Examples of things that are allowed:
    • A brand new game using your own (or any) existing game engine
    • A remake of your (or someone else's) game for a different platform, but with new code and assets
    • A brand new game you barely started (e.g. you only made a title screen or a mockup of the gameplay)
    • Asset packs for art and music are ok if the licensing permits. Make note of what is being reused and under what terms
  • Examples of things that are not allowed:
    • A project you've been working on for months
    • An update/patch for a game you already released publicly
    • ROM Hacks
    • NSFW content

Categories

An entry can compete in one and only one of the following leaderboards:

The complete ruleset can be found here.

Open Source

We strongly encourage releasing your work under an open-source license. You'll be eligible for additional prizes.

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Resources

Here is a brief list of tools and documentation to get you started.

Past edition

You can check out gbcompo21, the past edition of the event, to get inspired and see the winning entries. Some of them were also released as Open Source!



Submissions(79)

All submissions
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Browser playable (58)
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Platform (17)
Racing (1)
Puzzle (10)
Strategy (4)
Fighting (2)
Visual Novel (3)
Card Game (1)
Educational (2)
Shooter (9)
Action (22)
RPG (10)
Interactive Fiction (5)
Simulation (4)
Survival (3)
Adventure (26)
Rhythm (4)
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Ok - understood! I attached the GB/GBC ROM file as "MYGAMENAME_jam.gb" or "MYGAMENAME_jam.gbc" (69)
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Demoscene (2)
Tool (5)
Game (57)
Music (5)

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A metroidvania for the GBC
Platformer
Play in browser
Lightseeker is a gameboy retro game that runs in the original hardware and got 3rd place in graphics in GBCompo2023!
Adventure
Play in browser
You are Nano the undead, and you are going to rescue your brother Mano from hell.
Platformer
A retro heavy metal pirate adventure!
Adventure
Play in browser
Play many arcade games as you haunt an arcade.
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Nunya is an adventure platformer game.
Platformer
Play in browser
Memory is a sacred meat that's drying all the time
Adventure
Play in browser
Escape from the saturn moon as an alien lifeform
Platformer
Play in browser
A short and cute Gameboy Color game where you have to clean a dungeon!
Adventure
Play in browser
Tactical espionage action template for GB Studio 3.1
Action
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Help TV-Chan sneak out in this GBC game!
Puzzle
Play in browser
PowerBall it's a brick breaker game with RPG elements
Action
Play in browser
A fast-paced stealth monster attack gameboy game
Action
Play in browser
A tribute to Mercenary Force (1990) set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
Shooter
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A platformer-RPG for Game Boy about yarn, magic & revenge!
Platformer
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A GBStudio Mini Game Adventure
Action
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Story driven top-down RPG for the GameBoy where your choices matter.
Adventure
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Possess creatures and use their abilities to find your way home. Let no one stand in your way!
Puzzle
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A fast paced swinging precision platformer for GameBoy
Platformer
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[gb] A song designed to showcase the extremes of the Gameboy sound chip's capabilities.
Play in browser
Consume. Spread. Repeat.
Platformer
Play in browser
An original release from WLS to Nintendo's Gameboy handheld console.
Action
Play in browser
A top-down adventure game about colonialism and petroleum for the Game Boy Color.
Play in browser
An original release from WLS to Nintendo's Gameboy handheld console.
Action
Play in browser
A homebrew Commodore 16/Plus4 game rewritten on Nintendo's Gameboy handheld console by WLS.
Action
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You are the monster
Action
Play in browser
GB Competition 2023 Entry
Role Playing
Play in browser
Rogue-like with dungeon generation
Action
Play in browser
A casual card game where you fuse cards to maximize your score
Card Game
Play in browser
The worst enemy in every game is having a great time.
Action
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You Are the Monster
Platformer
Play in browser
A musical toy for the Game Boy™ - 1st Place Tool in the Gbcompo23 Jam
Run in browser
Daily adventures of Kaiju Kai Kai
Play in browser
Very short shmup for the gameboy
Shooter
Play in browser
Pests are running amok around various houses! It's your job to Gas 'em and collect 'em!
Platformer
Play in browser
Adventure
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A turn based combat GBC game where you must not succumb to the Mask of Majiatros
Strategy
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¡¡¡ He's Hungry, Feed Him !!!
Platformer
Play in browser
Hacker Themed Action Adventure Puzzle Shooter
Puzzle
Play in browser
Post-apocalyptic story driven adventure.
Adventure
Play in browser
A home-boo Christmas adventure
Adventure
A sea creature called Kelp-Dragon
Play in browser
gbdk2020 Gameboy game
Platformer
Play in browser
A fighting game for the gameboy color
Fighting
Play in browser
A shooter with puzzle aspects, with lots of minigames.
Action
Play in browser
teach your son the way of the trolls
Simulation
A top-down western action RPG for the GBC.
Action
Play in browser
Game Boy Music Cartridge
You are the demon of dreams chasing a dreamer down the nightmare realm.
Puzzle
Play in browser
Adventure
Play in browser
An evil car runs people over!
Action
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Cleanse the Wasteland of those pesky robots!
Shooter
Play in browser
my GBcompo23 entry
Action
A demo-like-thing for the Game Boy
A game where you are the monster!
Platformer
Play in browser
Nobody is born a monster, they are birthed in choice.
Adventure
A short turn-based RPG following a kobold mother called "Viriik" who's trying to find her stolen eggs.
Role Playing
You Are The Monster
Action
Play in browser
gameboy homebrew
Adventure
Grim reaper game for Game Boy for GBCompo23
Action
ultra rare sound reg editor tracker
Run in browser
Gameboy song made for GB Compo 2023!
GB tool
Play in browser
A monstrous rampage of a golf simulator
Simulation
A micro RPG for the GameBoy
Role Playing
2d platformer for original GameBoy
Platformer
rare notepad with a cat
Run in browser
A game for the original gameboy about a monster chased by a crazy Swordsman©
Action
Plays custom music on your SNES! (needs SGB or compatible emulator)
Retro game in a world were there is no fighting or killing.
Adventure
Play in browser
Try to find the key and pass the honesty test (French language)
An alien on a mission runs into humans...
Platformer
Play in browser
You're the boss of a dungeon now! Create your dungeon and fill it with monsters.
Simulation