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The Empire of Dreams

The Empire of Dreams

‘The Empire of Dreams’ is a (point-and-click) exploration game, set in a world inspired by the paintings of surrealist René Magritte.
You must choose a character to go and explore. Collect the tool items which you can use to recover 5 treasure items, so you can retrieve your favorite pipe and find your way home.
Every new game you start will have some objects distributes randomly to keep things interesting and every character has their own specific tool, already in their inventory.

The game was built using GB Studio, with an export as a Gameboy ROM and an HTML5 version.

You can play The Empire of Dreams in the browser here, or download the Empire of Dreams to play in your favorite Gameboy emulator (or console).

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Transmissions

Transmissions

Imagine you are walking one day, and find a boxy handheld computer in the bushes. It looks like something out of an 80’s sci-fi movie. You turn it on and you realize it is the lost device of a space traveller, with all their log transmissions (a diary of sorts).

‘Transmissions’ is not so much a game, but a serial story converted into a Gameboy game. I wrote and released it in instalments on Instagram and via RSS, every other day in 2020. There is no gameplay, other than you reading what the traveller was up to before the device was lost.
It was built using GB Studio, with an export as a Gameboy ROM and an HTML5 version.

Here’s one review of the game (at 4m:17s).

You can play Transmissions in the browser here, or download Transmissions to play in your favorite Gameboy emulator (or console).

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DMG Express

DMG Express

‘DMG Express’ is a homebrew Gameboy game simulating a slow-paced trip by train, through a long scrolling landscape, past train stops and vending machines.
It was built using GB Studio, with an export as a Gameboy ROM and an HTML5 version.

You can play DMG Express in the browser here, or download DMG Express to play in your favorite Gameboy emulator (or console).

I’m still actively updating the game, so be sure to check there every now and then to get the latest version. Version 3 has parallax scrolling on the landscape scenes, better enemy AI and various tweaks to make timing and dialogs better.

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