CONTROLS: Arrow Keys = D-Pad, Z = A button, X = B button, ENTER = Start button
IN CASE YOU GET STUCK: hit 'Enter' to enter the menu screen, then Enter again to back out -- this should reset the position of a specific puzzle-related object.

(NO SOUND because the process of creating or using sound with GB Studio is currently beyond me)


JANE slept in and her girlfriend KAT needs her to get some GROCERIES.

A very normal trip to fetch GROCERIES follows.



Using GB Studio by Chris Maltby, I created this silly little mini prototype game for my wife for Xmas. It takes the default sample project fiels included with GB Studio and edits and adds to them using mostly borrowed and edited assets, as well as a few things I made from scratch. I've tried to remove any possible bugs, but feel free to let me know if you find anything I missed! (there is one detail that will seem like a bug at first but is actually intentional)

This parody project was fun to work with as I had to learn about the physical limitations of what the Game Boy was able to do and display. As per any game made in GB Studio, this can actually be run on actual Game Boy hardware, in theory. So it was nice, as someone who doesn't have much coding experience outside of RenPy, to learn a bit more about the workings and limits of the Game Boy.

I utilized the default sprites and backgrounds included with the program, as well as sprites borrowed from (and in many cases edited a bit from) the following sources:
DeerTears
Jan Schneider's Murder Mansion
Rekkimaru
and a very special sprite I used was created by hamigakimomo

And sprites from the original Game Boy Pokemon games, created by Game Freak and ripped to the Spriter's Resource.

The main characters are my own characters Jane Fitzpatrick and Katrina Kesuk from my story What We Learned at Rokudai, and you can find more art of them here. The artwork used in the faux GB label is by my wife mollifiable, full version can be found here.


StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
AuthorDestiny-Smasher
GenreAdventure
Tags8-Bit, Cute, Game Boy, Gay, gb-studio, Lesbian, LGBTQIA, Pixel Art, Prototype, Retro

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Such a cute game! I wasn't expecting that mind trip, but it was a very promising surprise <3

Haha, glad you liked it. Thanks for playing and leaving a comment.

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In the online-version the first scene loads and freezes. None of the controls work.

Hm, I just tested it in my web browser and it seems fine. Did you make sure to click in the window to make it 'active' and then use the keyboard controls? (they're laid out right below the game screen here on the web page). If that still doesn't work, it must be some incompatibility with what browser you're using and how this website runs this kind of software?

It turns out that I have to press J button for dialogues. Very nice game!

Thanks for trying it out! These characters are actually from a whole original story I've worked on, had a lot of art drawn of the characters, too. It was fun getting to explore this kind of weird, dream-thing with them.

I love this so much

Thanks for trying it out!

I really want to finish the game but I'm stuck on how to get the marmite. I think it has something to do with the konami code but I can't figure out either where to input it or what specific combo to put in? 

If it's how I remember it, you get the Marmite from the Clefairy (the thing in the cave shouting about 'Helix), you have to give it the Helix Fossil you can pick up elsewhere. The Konami code thing you're thinking of is actually a play on Twitch Plays Pokemon, it's not actually a code the player needs to punch in anywhere. Thanks for giving this a try btw!