Sheep It Up! - A new game cartridge released for Gameboy (+ free ROM available)

[jb143]

Just out of curiosity, where/how did you have the carts made?

Hope the Velcro in the title screen does not get the game shut down.

At least they seem to be having fun with it...
A message from the Lawyers at Velcro Company:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRi8LptvFZY

I hope they don't try to shut it down too, I only mention Etsy because they do "go after" little guys making crafts with their products. Having to call it it a hook and loop fastener just sounds dumb though and no one will know what you're talking about when we all know it as Velcro.

[CRTGAMER]

At least they seem to be having fun with it...
A message from the Lawyers at Velcro Company:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRi8LptvFZY

I hope they don't try to shut it down too, I only mention Etsy because they do "go after" little guys making crafts with their products. Having to call it it a hook and loop fastener just sounds dumb though and no one will know what you're talking about when we all know it as Velcro.

Thanks for the quick refund. Okay changed my mind again now really want the game. Apologies, I promise I will not ask for a refund again. I edited my previous post higher up this thread mentioning your honesty.

Curious on the game, I understand the B button is jump. Does the DPad work for direction or is the leap a random sideways movement?

Thanks, looking forward to the game! Have a great Thanksgiving!

EDIT
Oh and to help your sales, suggest placing the Animated GIF back in your official site. The gameboy keyboard adapter there looks interesting. Imagine if a PS/2 Mouse can be made to work for some of the GB, GBC and GBA games!

[drludos]

Thanks for the quick refund. Okay changed my mind again now really want the game. Apologies, I promise I will not ask for a refund again. I edited my previous post higher up this thread mentioning your honesty.

Curious on the game, I understand the B button is jump. Does the DPad work for direction or is the leap a random sideways movement?

Thanks, looking forward to the game! Have a great Thanksgiving!

EDIT
Oh and to help your sales, suggest placing the Animated GIF back in your official site. The gameboy keyboard adapter there looks interesting. Imagine if a PS/2 Mouse can be made to work for some of the GB, GBC and GBA games!

Hi, the sales part is handled directly by Catskull Games (a one man operation too), who manfactures, sells and ship the cartridge directly. I only created the game, all the hardware part is made by Catskull, so he's the one who refunded you - I'll let him know that you appreciate his professionalism .

Thanks for the suggestion about the GIF, I'll tell Catskull to see if he can include it into the website.

Regarding the game B (or A) is jump, and while in air, you can move left / right using the D-pad. There is no randomness in the way you control the sheep: it's up to you to time your jumps right to avoid fallling!

And I hope you enjoy the game when you receive your cart!

[drludos]

Hi again,

Although I guess most you know the inner workings of the GB better than me, I've wrote up a post-mortem about the game, with a lot of information about how strange the way a Game Boy actually works can feel for someone who have been trained on "modern gamedev engines":

You can read it here:
https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/Doct...171207/311143/

Any feedback is welcome!

[CRTGAMER]

The game cart came in and tried out on a GBA. A bit snug in the GBA, the PCB cart connector appears the same thickness as on official cart. Perhaps the Gameboy cart shell though not a big deal. Neat basic jumping game teasing to beat your own score. The cart could pass for an official cart, nice job in the manufacture.

I've wrote up a post-mortem about the game, with a lot of information about how strange the way a Game Boy actually works can feel for someone who have been trained on "modern gamedev engines":

https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/Doct...171207/311143/

Good read on your link, saved the page to my hard drive. Looking forward to part 2.

[jb143]

Thanks for the write up. That brought back a lot of memories. You used a lot of the same tools I was using. I look forward to part 2 on making the actual carts because I never got that far.

[drludos]

Thanks for your feedback, I'm glad you enjoyed the game and the article.
@CRTgamer, feel free to share your highscore here, mine is 147 points

For the carts, I actually partenered with an electronic wizard, Catskull (https://catskullgames.com/), as I'm only a software guy. Catskull detailed me the process of building the game with some cool picture for the next part of the article .

I'll share the next part here too (but first, I have to finish writing it!)