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Sorry, I didn’t see your comment until now. Thank you very much!

Dialogue was definitely tricky. I settled on a combination of liberal use of threads and drawing text to background instead of trying to use the built-in dialogue boxes. I still feel like I could make it even more seamless, but I’ll keep trying!

I wasn’t planning on a lot of extra weapons. Star Fox 64 was more my inspiration here, where a lot of the gameplay is about perfecting being able to take down all the enemies with relatively straightforward shooting as opposed to a litany of power-ups. That said, I am entertaining a “charged shot,” but I haven’t decided how I’d want that to work or how it could change/improve gameplay yet.

If you turn on color mode, you can actually have a total of 8 four-color palettes that you can then assign on a tile by tile basis. My source images are always the standard 4 shades of green, then I apply the colors manually in GB Studio. There's also an "autocolor" mode, but I've never tried it, so I can't say how well that works. I prefer more control over the palettes since I make use of a lot of palette swapping for various effects.

Thanks again! Good luck with your own efforts!

That's amazing! I can't imagine coding a game from scratch in assembly. You even got the simultaneous-with-gameplay dialogue going, which took me a while to get right even with the help of GB Studio.

Star Fox fans unite!

Thank you so much! The running dialogue during gameplay took quite a few tries to get to work properly (something I hope to  elaborate on in a Dev Log eventually), but basically it makes use of "Unlock Script" and "Draw Text" to write the text directly to the background, that I then reset the background to its initial appearance.

The "sprites" for the cutscenes are in fact background tiles as you guessed. The only things that are sprites are the eyes and mouths. (And Rab-bit on the occasion he floats in.) The fade to black is accomplished by changing the palettes, which also hides me swapping in the tiles of different characters.

I feel like too much of the project is in flux to share the source, but if you have any other questions, feel free to write!

Thanks so much for playing my game and sharing your kind words! 

It was quite a challenge to get the simultaneous talking and gameplay working right. I'm glad you noticed!

Also, it's very neat how you offer a live translation of your stream. I appreciate being able to understand everything despite it being in Japanese!

The way the game feels like a cartoon in its presentation, from the large sprites and fun, detailed backgrounds, to the way the main character has to build up speed and is a little slippery when you turn, is such great fun. You can barely tell the game is made of "tiles" at all!

Thank you so much! I had a lot of fun with yours, too! The graphics look so impressively cartoonish with the thick borders and large sprites. I insist on playing RETRO mode, so I haven't made it through it yet in its entirety, but I will!

Thank you for taking the time to write such a thorough comment. It's nice to hear all the things I tried to do with the game were successful. (For one player at least!) I plan to make a full game out of it eventually, so I hope you'll find it worth the wait!

Thanks for playing the game!

Glad you had fun! Pause button is a planned feature, promise. I just focused on other things for the jam.

Well that explains it then!

As a big fan of the original WarioWare, I really enjoyed this. The graphics capture the original's quirkiness while still being its own thing.

Thank you!

Oh! I didn't pay attention to the time really. I think it was less than an hour, but that's about all I can say with any certainty.

I was playing on an Analogue Pocket, so the vibes were there, but I imagine it's even more effective with the old non-backlit displays.

Really great graphic design and color choices. Also everything feels so snappy, I was convinced this was coded by hand before I saw GBStudio pop up in the credits!

Making a game in 5 hours is pretty impressive! I could see how a game with this concept could be really fun.

Thank you so much! You're much too kind. I'm glad the difficulty felt right, as it can be hard to judge once you've played it as many times as I have!

I was impressed you managed to put together a game in 5 hours! That's a small window for a fully working concept.

Thank you so much! I'm glad the difficulty hit the sweet spot for you. I played each level so many times while making them, it's not always easy to judge what's hard enough, so it's good to hear!

Thanks! I liked the gameplay ideas in yours too! Controlling two characters together with unique abilities is fun.

The art is so polished and cute! I'm really impressed by how the visuals aren't held back by the Game Boy hardware at all. Great color choices too. I look forward to playing more.

Thank you! I remember yours too! I was really glad to see more of your adorable artwork put into an actual game. I loved seeing all the unique travelers showing up for their train tickets!

Thank you! The Game Boy Gradius games were definitely an inspiration. (Or Nemesis like the first one was called for whatever reason.) I hope to deliver more gameplay, anime twists, and comedy to fulfill this MAXIMUM desire!

The atmosphere is great, and I love the bits of foreshadowing throughout. The one "jump scare" representing a quirk of the old gameboy hardware was great. Immediately brought me back to playing mine all those years ago.

Thank you so much! I really enjoyed the atmosphere of your entry. I like how it cultivates a sense of unease as you wander the house.

Thank you so much! I really enjoyed the love letter delivery. The drama and humor were great!

I loved this space opera-y adventure! I'm glad you managed to get it added to the jam. There are so many great effects here but I really enjoyed the computer screen readout; just a great evocative little animation.

Thanks! The rolly scrolly demo was cool too!

Thank you, I hope so too! I really enjoyed the artwork of the forbidden fruit! It was very polished and like a "real" Game Boy game.

Thank you! Hopefully I'll finish it one day. I really enjoyed seeing a day in the life of a cat!

Thank you so much! It really is a love letter to the Game Boy and my memories playing it.

Thank you so much! The dramatic introduction of the two fighters in yours was very cool and I liked the colors a lot too.

Thanks so much! And that is the question isn't it? Hopefully someday!

Thank you!

Your words are too kind. Thank you!

Yay! Thank you!

Thank you, I do too! Hopefully one day.

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it!

The animation at the very end was surprising and chokes me up knowing the full context. I really enjoyed the fact this feels like a miniature movie.

If only the Game Boy had a fighting game with big expressive sprites like this! I thought manga-panel-esque intro was neat too.