Goodboy Galaxy - Interview with developer Rik Nicol

Goodboy Galaxy is an upcoming indie game developed for the classic Game Boy Advance by Rik Nicol and Jeremy Clarke. It follows a space-faring dog named Maxwell as he travels to an alien galaxy seeking help for his dying planet. The game itself is best described as an exploration-focused platformer with some Metroidvania elements, where you'll explore planets and meet all kinds of obstacles, puzzles, bosses, and interesting characters.
Our interview with Rik Nicol provides an interesting look into how Goodboy Galaxy came to be. It started life as a 3 day jam game, called Goodboy Advance for the Ludum Dare 43 game jam, with Rik and Jeremy experimenting to see if they could make a simple playable GBA game quickly. Buoyed by this initial success, they continued to expand the game bit by bit. The extra free time during COVID allowed them to polish a demo that helped fund the project via a successful Kickstarter campaign.

[@Rihcterwilker]

Incredible game. The art, music, animations, all superb. Oh, yeah, great puzzles and characters too.

[@Banditto23]

Very nice and informative interview. For someone who values the preservation of physical media, I appreciated Rik's take on the release of the Switch's physical where he stated he'd prefer it to be complete on cart. Definitely buying the physical collector's edition.

[@juicelizard]

It's a great game! Maybe I could do some pixel art paintings of its characters with my technics.

[@socalrcguy1]

Will the switch version be digital only?