I plan to sell it on itch.io once I fulfill all the kickstarter backers physicals. In the meantime you can check out the free demo.

Sortof, some of the characters change some logic on how the stages work.

Thank you for the kind regards!! What are you programming in? It's been a while since I've used a modern engine. Our first release was Unity ~2014 I think lol. Nowadays I'd probably do something in GoDot because I really like 2D.

@@maithonis I use Godot but I am still pretty bad. I tried unity but didn’t like it as much as godot. Both are good though

@@JohnathanGG Sweet. I haven't used Godot at all but I heard it's getting really good! If I ever make another game I'll probably go in that direction.

​@@maithonisGameMaker studio 2 is better for 2D

Thanks for the really nice comments! Basically, I looked for suppliers on all the individual parts and then sourced just a few for prototyping purposes. The Game Boy modding scene is huge and so a lot of this stuff has gotten a lot easier to source. I'd say sourcing the box/manual/labels are probably the more challenging parts. There was a ton of back and forth with the labels to get it looking perfect so that was tricky. As far as the PCB, anyone can buy them from insidegadgets and then buy a ROM dumper (which he also sells). There's other PCB sellers too that offer other configurations also. I went with them because I know he uses high quality parts, something you wouldn't get with re-writing a chinese bootleg. He's got many different cart configurations so ideally you want to get the cheapest one that will fit your game and features you want (ie: rumble/fram/sram/rom-size). One thing I wish I could have done was had my own Injection moulded cartridge shell. I'm not sure how bigger publishers are doing that, but that would have been really cool for us! I play all sorts of games and I've been developing for over a decade so I've gotten pretty good at knowing what I chew off myself. A finished game is better then no game. I know DiveBlob isn't a super deep RPG like Pokemon with vast artwork and a sprawling world. But, if people can pick it up and play it for a few minutes here and there like they would Puzzle Bobble or Tetris, then I'm happy. I also like arcade-style games for their share-ability (which handhelds are great for). It's much easier to get your friend to play a quick game of Tetris rather then a quick game of Zelda links awakening.

Hey, I'm glad you like the music! One cool thing we did was with one of the music channels (Ch2) will duck when SFX plays like the spring platform "boing" or the TNT "zap". Our composer made sure not to use ch 2 for any critical melody notes but the channel is still heavily in use for filling out chords and stuff. With many GB games you can tell that the SFX clashes with the music so we were very mindful of this. You do hear some SFX getting interrupted during the JUMPEE gameplay but that's because I made the jump have a SFX and not because the music is fighting with the SFX. Maybe I should remove her jump SFX. Hmmm lol.

@@maithonis That is an amazing insight into the development for GB games. I am fascinated with these behind the scenes takes. Not sure if you know him by Timbo who made Bubble Frog was the first campaign I backed last year for a GB game. He even has a cool tool to bring GB games to Windows. You should check him out if you dont know him!

Thanks for the kind words :)

Interesting. Which song exactly? I love what our composer came up with. You can only hear one song (Shinee's) in the trailer but the demo has 2 others (main menu and Blobee's). Our composer has even made music for Runescape/OSRS!

@@maithonis I was referring mainly to the music at 0:44. It reminded me of this track from the Atari Tetris arcade game: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpaTYpZvjthlhbc&ab_channel=Otouto72 I think it's the tempo that made me think of that. Nothing to be worried or ashamed about. There will always be similarities with other work, no matter what you do.

@@AugustRenders Oh believe me I'm well aware of that haha! It's like that meme where the kid has a song he's showing the dad, but the dad puts on the song that sounds similar to it that he grew up with, and then grandpa walks in and he's got his version of the song from like the 1940s that's also the same. Basically any pop song is a dusted off song from history. Intentional or not! But in this case I'm not sure I'm hearing what you're hearing. Just FYI I'm not the composer but I'm very happy with our music. You can check out the Kickstarter to learn more about him! I do know that with one of the songs that's not in the trailer, there is a bit of a nod to another game's melody, but I doubt anyone will ever notice it.

@@maithonis I think it was just the tempo or genre between the two that I noticed. Ever hear of Siivagunner?

@@AugustRenders Yeah definitely familiar. I looked up their channel I've seen them before. I know what you mean now. I wonder if our trailer song is the same tempo as that tetris song :P

There's a free demo linked in the description. I'd love some more feedback!

Yeah it works on GBA. I tested it on my GBA-SP and it worked fine.

​@@maithonisI speak in spanish I cant believe they answered me(im use the translate XD)

@@alejandropineda5390 DiveBlob es muy bueno en GBA ;)

@@maithonis:0 otra vez!

I'm not sure what you mean. There is a GB monochrome mode without palette data. Or do you mean something else?

@@maithonis i mean something else gb palette should have separate versions of the same sprite but with shading

Thanks! You can find a free demo on the Kickstarter page.

You're the GC joycon guy! I loved that video. Also ";)"

@@maithonis lol understood :)

Hey, you're 100% right. I actually ran a few polls though and many preferred the blue cartridge. On the bright side the shell is not an original GBC cartridge mold it's a bit different to allow it to function with an original DMG.

eh doodle jump?

Yes it works on GB and GBC

Thanks, my friend made the box art in blender, I'll tell him!