GBC Maker

Hello everyone! I’m back with a new project: GBC Maker!

Similarly to GB Maker, it’s an offline, code-first development environment for making games for real Nintendo hardware.

This time, we’re adding some COLOR. :D

Write your code, draw sprites, build maps, make music, hit RUN, and compile everything into a real .gbc ROM.

Play it in an emulator, put it on a flash cartridge, or run it on an actual Game Boy Color!

WHY A SEPARATE MAKER?

I wanted GBC Maker to feel familiar to anyone who has used GB Maker, while giving Game Boy Color games their own tools and capabilities.

The same approachable Lua-like syntax. The same init(), update(), and draw() workflow. More colorful things to break and then fix.

No visual-block programming. You actually write your game.

WHAT CAN IT DO?

// CODE EDITOR

Write your game using ordinary variables, functions, and simple commands. Searchable documentation and examples are built into the application.

// COLOR SPRITES AND MAPS

Draw artwork, edit palettes, import PNGs, and build your world without switching between a bunch of separate programs.

Tile flips, priority settings, scrolling backgrounds, moving sprites—all the tiny colorful pieces.

// CUSTOM FONTS AND HUDS

Make your own fonts, import font sheets, and give your dialogue boxes and menus some personality.

// MUSIC AND SOUND

Create four-channel music directly inside GBC Maker.

Because adding color doesn’t mean we’re abandoning the BEEPS and BLOOPS.

// BUILT-IN EMULATOR

Hit RUN. Test your game. Find the bug.

Convince yourself it wasn’t there five minutes ago.

Repeat.

// REAL GAME BOY COLOR ROMS

GBC Maker builds actual GBC-only cartridges, with battery-backed saves and support for two-console link-cable games.

// BRING YOUR GB MAKER PROJECT

Import an existing GB Maker project into a separate GBC Maker project, then start adding color. Your original stays untouched.

// WORKS OFFLINE

No account required. Your projects live on your computer.

Windows and Linux.

And your games belong to you—no royalties or required credit.

GBC Maker is currently an early alpha. There’s still work to do, and feedback from people making actual games will help shape it.

GO MAKE SOMETHING COLORFUL.