If you have any general questions about the competition, feel free to ask below and I will add them to a list here!
We are working on figuring that out now, but in the meantime, I recommend:
And of course, there is always the traditional NESDev Forums.
I wrote this article on the topic: How to Create NES Games
It's great that the NESDev Compo is back! It would've been cool to have an extensive list of resources for NES development on GitHub, something like Awesome N64 Development or Awesome Game Boy Development
This dev has been trying to collect at least some resources: https://github.com/denisenepraunig/nes-development
There's may be some configuration of MMC3 that might work, but I'm not an expert, and you wouldn't be able to use the features of the mapper like scanline counters, etc.
Mapper-specific advice:
I'd recommend asking on the nesdev discord though. Pino is a good person to ask.
not a question, probably just a sharing moment https://puzzle.nes.science/home this free browser based puzzle maker ports to NES so pls feel free to use it if youre making simple nes sokoban likes. give this engine time to shine. thank you
I started a NES game in 6502 earlier this year that I put on hold due to other projects taking precedence. If I finish it, can I submit it since it was within the timeframe of the jam, even if I was unaware of the jam at the time? I鈥檓 not sure if I can finish it up in 3 months but it would be good inspiration to dive back in.
