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30 days... 1 all-new NES platformer! Announcing...

🌞Super Sunny World🌞

Over the next month we are going to work start to finish on a BRAND NEW platforming game for the NES!

At the end of it, the game will immediately go on sale as a physical cart! #nesdev


About the game:

Super Sunny World is going to be a very simple, bright, colorful, platformer inspired by Super Mario Bros 1. I'd like to recreate some of the "design magic" of that game, with a few little twists to the formula.

This is not a hack! It is an original NES game!

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Why 1 month?

This tight timeline will keep things moving at a breakneck pace, and also act as a forcing function to keep scope in check!

Is 30 days too short? I don't know... who cares!

This game will not be groundbreaking, but I plan to make it silky smooth and fun as hell!😁

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Current Progress?

We are more or less starting from scratch.

We have already established the general design principals, and mocked up a few test screens.

I have been building a platforming engine for a few months, and that will be the start for this project's engine.

Lots left to do!

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The clock starts now!

If this sounds interesting to you, please hit "follow".

I'll be posting regular updates throughout the month, with lots of behind the scenes insight into what it takes to make a new NES platformer game in 2023!

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When making games on the NES, nothing is easy!

With a LOT of help from the #nesdev Discord, I was able to clean up the seam above the status bar.

Also there's some new (temp) art, and I even perform the forbidden mid-frame palette update for extra colors!

An NES crossover!

The Kraken from my first NES game, "From Below", will make a cameo as one of the bosses in my next NES game, "Super Sunny World"🌞

Super Sunny World is a new pixel platformer, and a love letter to the original Super Mario Bros.🍄

WISHLIST!

"Ghost Piece" is now available in From Below Pocket via a "patch/hack" for anyone interested! It comes with the game when purchased on itch.io! Warning: It's very untested, and probably has perf issues. 😅 https://mhughson.itch.io/from-below-pocket/devlog/617249/ghost-p…

Go tell your favorite creators to join Game Jolt and get REKT with love and support! 💓

For inspiration, here's an animation by one of our very own creators, @ElPichon !

Big news for From Below (NES) and From Below Pocket (GB) physical editions!

Full Update: https://mailchi.mp/9df0515acedb/from-below-update-3

Short Version: Both NES and GB will start shipping next week!

Woohoo!!! #nesdev #gbdev

Game Jolt Colors is back!

Draw your OC (or favorite character) in the Game Jolt color palette and post them in the Art realm with the tag #GameJoltColors25.

At the end of the event, we'll pick a winner & add their design to the GJ Colors sticker pack!

It's the FINAL push for From Below!

shop.matthughson.com

Sale ends 11:59PM PT!

If you know folks who love Game Boy, Tetris, NES, or Homebrew... LET THEM KNOW!

If you're on Reddit, Discord, social media... anything: Every share makes a HUGE difference!

🚨1 WEEK LEFT!🚨 🚨GAMEBOY PREORDER!🚨 Last chance to get a copy of this brand new Game Boy game, From Below Pocket, as well as the NES version!🦑 After this week, the game will be out of print, likely for YEARS. 📆 https://frombelowgame.com #gbdev #nesdev

Here's more incredible art that Jolters have made for #GameJoltColors25!

There's still time for YOU to enter so check out your quest log!

Artists are tagged and posts are linked 🔽

Here's something you don't see in every NES game:

A platformer with ZAPPER support! Super Sunny World allows a 2nd player to kill enemies with the Zapper Gun.

#nesdev