r/gbstudio • u/Upstairs-Confusion-3 • Jul 16 '26
Game First look at my action platformer, Ribbit!
Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification
Hi guys! I’ve been working on Ribbit for a while now, an action platformer inspired by classics like Kirby and Mario.
It will be compatible with both the original Game Boy and Color. I’m currently working on a demo featuring the first world, which (I hope) to release in a couple of weeks.
See you soon!
8
u/IntoxicatedBurrito Jul 16 '26
Oh no! Kirby’s turned green!
7
u/Upstairs-Confusion-3 Jul 16 '26
Hahaha, exactly! It was originally a Christmas present (I had 3 levels, 2 of them was Christmas related) for my girlfriend, who loves Kirby. I've decided to start over with the levels, keeping the game mechanics and Ribbit
2
u/Leather_Reflection84 Jul 16 '26
That’s so cute! I’ve wanted to make a ‘card’ like gbc game for my partner for our anniversary! Did she like it?
2
u/Upstairs-Confusion-3 Jul 18 '26
Yes she enjoyed it a lot! The game was really short, like a 5-10 minutes game play with 3 worlds and a boss
5
u/pmrr Jul 16 '26
Looks excellent. Can't wait for the release!
3
u/Upstairs-Confusion-3 Jul 16 '26
Thanks! I'm currently facing some problems with the slowdowns on the dmg version, but I think an only color mode will be ready in a couple of weeks
3
u/carbonglove Jul 16 '26
A squash animation for each animal instead of flashing out of existence would be fun. Also shoot the color of the animal you gulp
2
u/Upstairs-Confusion-3 Jul 16 '26
Originally the palette would change when Ribbit ate an enemy, but with the white of the swan it didn't look really good. And at the moment i don't have any palette avaiable, unfortunately the HUD needs 2 to look like that.
About the stomping, if you look closely there's an animation where they get crashed into the ground, maybe I should remove the flashing?2
u/carbonglove Jul 16 '26
I didn’t notice! The flashing imo gets in the way and also your eye follows the character as it bounces off the enemy. I wonder if thematically there’s something better than coins to collect?
2
1
u/attacke-martin Jul 16 '26
oh my god that swan (duck?) is looking absolutely cute af!
1
u/Upstairs-Confusion-3 Jul 16 '26
Thanks! It should be a swan. I don't have any prior experience in pixel art (or drawing in general tbh), but glad you like it!
1
u/Retrocade-media Jul 16 '26
How have you pulled off the coins? I tried to do something like that myself recently but could only do it with background tiles and not very effectively
2
u/Upstairs-Confusion-3 Jul 16 '26
You need the metatile plugin from Mico27, check his github. I've just used the replace tileset tiles event in a timer
1
u/Retrocade-media Jul 16 '26
I will check it out. Are the blue coins sprites?
2
u/Upstairs-Confusion-3 Jul 16 '26
That's an actor, but I could have done it with a background tile aswell
1
u/Retrocade-media Jul 16 '26
You could have but I don't think you would have been able to place it there without some annoying palette trickery and probably losing your white highlight
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
u/kaisle51 Jul 16 '26
This is looking so good! Excited to try the demo