Your first step into making Game Boy games is pixel art!
In this video I talk about the GB Pixel Art Jam 2023 and how to break into making games by starting with pixel art! From understanding background images in GB Studio 3.1.0, to managing unique tile count. I hope this video is everything you need to get started making a Game Boy game in GB Studio.
GB Pixel Art Jam: https://itch.io/jam/gbpixelartjam23
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:35 GB Pixel Art Jam 2023
02:20 Understanding background images
03:46 Document set-up and colours
06:30 8x8 pixel grid and exporting
08:46 Adding detail but staying within limits
09:41 Using Tiled to manage unique tiles
11:02 Simply reducing tiles
12:08 Creative ways to reduce tiles
13:57 Itch.io and jam uploading
15:14 Out of Jam exceptions
17:05 Outro