Unlock Your Inner Game Designer: GB Studio Beginner's Guide

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Күн бұрын

Hello and Welcome to ModernBroadcast!
Ever dream of being the mastermind behind your own Game Boy game, just like the ones you swapped cartridges with your buddies for during recess? Wish you could bring back the magic of 'blowing the cartridge' to fix a game? Well, get ready to party like it's 1990, because this video is your personal time machine back to the golden era of handheld gaming!
In this tubular tutorial, we're going back to the future with GB Studio, the raddest game design tool for creating your very own Game Boy games. Remember the joy of playing 'Tetris', 'Pokémon', and 'The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening' under your blanket with a flashlight? Now, you can recreate that magic with your own stories and characters!
By the end of this series, you'll be ready to create your own 'Super Mario Land'. Or, in our case, a totally adorable delivery game, where you'll help a cute character make deliveries all around town - think 'Paperboy', but with a kawaii twist!
So, dust off your Walkman, set your Tamagotchi aside, and get ready to ride the pixelated wave of nostalgia. Let's make a Game Boy game that's sure to make even the '90s say, 'Woah, that's rad!
[Links]
GBStudio - www.gbstudio.dev/
Game Assets - www.itch.io
00:00 - Start
01:28 - GB Studio Install
03:06 - Creating New Project
03:45 - GB Studio Interface
07:52 - Creating our First Map
11:10 - Importing our Map
11:30 - First Playtest
12:14 - Collisions
13:08 - Character Creation
14:27 - Importing Character
16:50 - Multiple Scenes (Triggers)
21:39 - NPC
23:46 - Outro
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@sarahhornbuckle9398 Жыл бұрын

I'm going to become a professional game designer for a party of one! ME! Thanks Modern Broadcast!

@ModernBroadcast Жыл бұрын

Best of luck!

@fallout187 Жыл бұрын

Please make more videos on this series. Would love to see a tutorial on melee combat as well.

@ModernBroadcast Жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree with you! Making GB Studio content is so much fun, but it can be quite a challenge to keep everything organized. I'll have to make more for sure! Have a great week!

@ItemlabelOtto Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for making this! I was at first very confused by all the features in GB Studio but this explained them wonderfully!

@fuzzoven Жыл бұрын

Rapidly becoming one of my favorite channels. Got here from your Flipper videos and have been consuming just about everything you put out. Thanks for all you do!

@ModernBroadcast Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind comment! Your words truly meant a lot to me and brightened my day. Have a great week!

@Twizztyy 10 ай бұрын

This is the most beginner-friendly tutorial I've seen on GB Studio, please do more!

@ModernBroadcast 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do! I always get overwhelmed when I start recording a video on the subject lol.

@Crushertalos 10 ай бұрын

Super straightforward and clear explanation. Thank you very much!!

@MagnetizedBread Жыл бұрын

I am flabbergasted that you are not that popular, considering how you have high effort quality videos! Excellent work man! Wish you the best of luck!

@ModernBroadcast Жыл бұрын

Thank you Toast for the kind words! I hope you have a great week!

@RetroCozyArt 6 ай бұрын

Awesome video! I really want to give GB studio a go for a fan game, or during a game jam. Thanks a lot for the tutorial!

@darkkuma4297 9 ай бұрын

You explain things really well, your tutorial helped a ton, thank you

@pongtrometer 4 ай бұрын

This is such a great introduction overview , very clear and attuning you to the working environment. Cheers 👾

@ModernBroadcast 4 ай бұрын

Much appreciated! I'm so glad it was helpful! Have a great week!

@controllerspixelsplayers9202 5 ай бұрын

this video really made it seem so easy and it was concise and straight to the point, I've been reluctant to dive into GB Studio but I think today I am going to give it another try! thanks!

@ModernBroadcast 5 ай бұрын

That's awesome! I hope it helped and I want to make more GB Videos just a bit daunting at times lol. But stay persistent and before you know it you got something.

@Slferon 10 ай бұрын

a free alternative (which i use) is krita. it's not really a pixel art program but if you make your image small enough you can make pixel art with it. they even have a special pixel art pen for that case!

@ModernBroadcast 10 ай бұрын

That’s fantastic! Thank you for the helpful comment!

@ramihrduswi1646 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful for getting started, thanks!

@ModernBroadcast Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad it was of some help! Have a great week!

@ELV13S Жыл бұрын

thanks for covering this program!

@ModernBroadcast Жыл бұрын

Absolutely I wanna do more but should probably build a storyline first lol helps with the rambling.

@benlogan4038 10 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial. Thanks!

@ModernBroadcast 10 ай бұрын

Thanks BenLogan I want to make more but always get overwhelmed because part A connects to part F but to show part F I need to show how to do part C and B in that order the. You have parts D and E just waiting at the train stop late for work. But yeah I’d love to do more GB Studio videos :D

@RobertDoman 9 ай бұрын

Great video!

@mattiaspirttijarvi Ай бұрын

So cool, very good video

@ModernBroadcast Ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@ScottofOakland 5 ай бұрын

This was a great and informative video! Do you have anything about how to make music within GB studio?

@ModernBroadcast 4 ай бұрын

Crafting Catchy Chiptunes: A Step-By-Step GB Studio Music Tutorial kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fbiYiqlktL26Ypc.html

@ZachariahMJ Жыл бұрын

Great video

@ModernBroadcast Жыл бұрын

Thank you Zachariah, I look forward to making more in the future

@andremassa6755 9 ай бұрын

planning more GB Studio tutorials ? an transition effect between scenes (useful to visual novel like game), there is noting tutorial about in the internet

@ModernBroadcast 9 ай бұрын

This would be fun to do! You’re talking about like in Pokémon when the player starts a battle?

@andremassa6755 9 ай бұрын

No, visual novel games is an history game with scenes like pages in comic HQ book - one type of classic transition effect in games is FADE-IN and FADE-OUT between scenes (pages), another effects they are welcome too (like transitions in Microsoft power point manner)

@aaronlewis5956 11 ай бұрын

Question! I want to put objects in my world the character can interact with that will display a dialogue box. Like, clicking on a sign post, or trash can, or statue in Pokémon. Do I need to make them actors? Or can I set up events to trigger on the background?

@ModernBroadcast 11 ай бұрын

So you can make them actors OR set them up as triggers. It's easier to set them as actors but then your limiting your npc count.

@DeavtheDev Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video!! Im confused though can you only use those 3 colors for the map? Cause you said you can only use those 3 colors but your houses were different colors?

@ModernBroadcast Ай бұрын

So in "color mode" you can have 8 pallets then paint them on the screen to make different colors. Same with actors you can have upto 8 pallets.

@DeavtheDev Ай бұрын

@@ModernBroadcast oh okay thank you!

@CPD_scratch 8 ай бұрын

Hi how do you if you don’t by the pocket RBG thing? Just wondering

@REN-57005 Ай бұрын

The VOID is coming

@michaeldemers2716 Жыл бұрын

Pixel Game Maker MV is also very cool and Nesmaker too.

@ModernBroadcast Жыл бұрын

Yeah! I wanna make more gb studio content and then move to the NESMaker.

@tylermuranakanau 4 ай бұрын

Also can you show us how to make a gameboy color game with the assets

@ModernBroadcast 4 ай бұрын

I can definitely try I’m not the greatest at this but learning as I go.

@ljgamesandtech 6 ай бұрын

Around 14:08, is green the only color we can use to make sprites?

@WindowsNT351Server 5 ай бұрын

i think you can also use color if you want to make a GBC/GBA game

@ModernBroadcast 5 ай бұрын

So yes and no. GB Studio best supports the green palette. Then within GB Studio you can enable color and paint over it.

@JustinKocian 3 ай бұрын

I'm having some issues getting the correct color palette in Aseprite - is there a link to download it?

@ModernBroadcast 3 ай бұрын

www.gbstudio.dev/docs/assets/sprites

@JustinKocian 3 ай бұрын

@@ModernBroadcast That was it - thanks. You rock!

@Lowmandavis Жыл бұрын

thing I don't get is, why did the reverse b and a to a and b?

@ModernBroadcast 10 ай бұрын

That is odd.

@JustinKocian 3 ай бұрын

Check settings > Top Down 2D and make sure that the Interact Button is what you want it to be (should be A)

@Lowmandavis 3 ай бұрын

@@JustinKocian Thanks!

@boimesa8190 2 ай бұрын

how would someone go about making graphics like alone in the dark for the original Game Boy colour?

@ModernBroadcast Ай бұрын

That is a great question and I'm not sure I have the technical know how. I'd recommend you ask @RobertDoman as they have WAY more knowledge about GB Studio.

@DracoTheNinja 8 ай бұрын

I have a problem with my gb studio, i am running it on version 3.1.0. When I choose the dialog button my game gets freaky, one of 2 things happen: 1. There is a dupe of the text in the middle of the screen that wont go away + the text box just isnt there. 2. The dialog just doesnt show up. How do I fix this?

@ModernBroadcast 8 ай бұрын

Oh that’s bizarre, I haven’t seen this glitch, I’ll look into it and write back

@DracoTheNinja 8 ай бұрын

@ModernBroadcast you are the best, thank you. I really want dialog in my game, but it isn't possible now. Maybe I could use a previous version. But I have it installed on 2 devices and both have the same glitch so I think it is something in this version

@ModernBroadcast 8 ай бұрын

@@DracoTheNinja I found the following on a form. They state your exact situation so hopefully this is your issue as well? “I've been wrestling with this graphical error for a few months and I think may have just found a fix. For all affected scenes that had the text issue, I made sure that none of them had the "Logo" scene type (I changed any affected scene that did), I changed the backgrounds, ran the build, closed it, then changed the backgrounds to whatever they were supposed to be. This fixed the issue in my project, hopefully this solution works for you guys as well.”

@DracoTheNinja 8 ай бұрын

@ModernBroadcast thank you for the solution, the only weird thing is: I dont use the logo scene, i just use the background and the text go brrrrrrr! But i will try the rest

@jovenjayluna2224 9 ай бұрын

Hello, can GB Studio implement physics?

@ModernBroadcast 9 ай бұрын

Very basic, non complex physics, I’m sure. And most likely a whole lot of “if statements”

@jonnyblanka 7 ай бұрын

So are we only a few steps away from having user-friendly software that will allow us to color existing palletes of our favourite monochrome DMG games?

@ModernBroadcast 7 ай бұрын

Oh yeah we can customize the color pallets in GB studio already. You’re just limited to have 8 sets of 4 colors.

@jonnyblanka 7 ай бұрын

@@ModernBroadcast I guess I didn't word this correctly haha. What I meant was have an interface like this where you can load up an existing Gameboy monochrome game and add/tweak Color pallets to make it playable on Gameboy Color. Which has 56 Colors. Do you see this as something possible? I know some people have already done dx hacks of a handful of games already (like metroid 2 and super mario land) but there probably aren't more than 10 in total. This could be a game changer..

@ModernBroadcast 7 ай бұрын

@@jonnyblanka oh I see what you mean. Yeah really the only way for that currently is rom hacks and idk if someone will develop something mainlined for that as it’s messing with the big N’s intellectual properties. But who knows, it would be cool to have a program do this.

@jonnyblanka 7 ай бұрын

@@ModernBroadcast Yeah that's disappointing. I'm trying to teach myself this and see if there are any guides online but the community seems very cryptic about it's implementation other than saying it's very complicated. Is there an equivalent to GB studio for Color games or is this something yet to he released? Perhaps then it could be backwards engineered and you could access a games code/pallets..

@2.x_92 8 ай бұрын

is Pixel studio ok???

@BladeReynolds Жыл бұрын

When I pasted my design from Aesprite to GB studio, it just shows blank. Says I only used 3 tiles. Why is not showing my floor I made???

@ModernBroadcast Жыл бұрын

With the blank map selected on the right in the inspector there’s a map drop down where you can change the map. Also when saving from Aesprite be sure to save as .png in the background folder

@BladeReynolds Жыл бұрын

@@ModernBroadcast so I have it saved as house.png and it’s selected, but it shows blank

@ModernBroadcast Жыл бұрын

@@BladeReynolds hmmm what colors did you use for the house? Sometimes if you use rgb lighting gb studio will relate that to the closest color? Maybe somehow you managed to get all the same color? Can you open the background folder and see your house.png? Is it blank there?

@BladeReynolds Жыл бұрын

@@ModernBroadcast yellow, brown, tan, and a darker yellow. The image opens fine on its own, but doesn’t in GB studio

@ModernBroadcast Жыл бұрын

@@BladeReynolds open the image in aesprite and try changing the colors to something like black, blue, red, and green then save as house2.png and try that

@ChaonicMew 7 ай бұрын

Oh! I thought you were code bullet!

@ModernBroadcast 7 ай бұрын

I hear this a lot. Nope not CB

@ChaonicMew 7 ай бұрын

@@ModernBroadcast I'm sorry. =( It's tough to build your own online identity. I hope this won't happen too much in the future!

@tylermuranakanau 4 ай бұрын

PLEEAAASEEEEE MAKE A CARD GAME TUTORIAL LIKE YUGIOOOOO

@ModernBroadcast 4 ай бұрын

lol that would be fun.

@infinitestuff222 6 ай бұрын

bro is just family freindly code bullet

@ModernBroadcast 6 ай бұрын

I get this alot. I'm not, but CB is a dope content creator.

@ajax3017 18 сағат бұрын

Maybe Ill come back and try again... too complicated for me.

@ModernBroadcast 6 сағат бұрын

No harm in that. Tinker here and there before you know it you got something

@rcarrascc 10 ай бұрын

Nice video! But cmon someone has to tackle the Buy/Sell purchase mechanics at some point. 😮

@ModernBroadcast 10 ай бұрын

Great point! Maybe I can do a video that soley revolves around this?

@rcarrascc 10 ай бұрын

I think you'd have the whole monopoly on the topic as I havent found any videos on it and for an RPG, the buy/sell/leave combo is a must. Wish you the best with this series of videos on GB Studio from Chile 👍

@ComeFr 27 күн бұрын

i found this video after spending 3 days coding a basic gameboy game in c...

@PeterMilko 7 ай бұрын

I make GB Studio tutorials too! Also teach pixel art so come look.

@ModernBroadcast 7 ай бұрын

@PeterMilko I’m actually live right now on Twitch finishing up tomorrow’s video related to GB Studio. Also I know exactly who you are! You actually got me into GB Studio creation! Absolute legend!

@PeterMilko 7 ай бұрын

@@ModernBroadcast ❤