Fall from Space (Game Boy)

 

Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n.

Waking with no memory on a strange planet.

Your journey for answers and choices made
will shape the course of history.

Fall from Space is a non-linear open world ARPG for the Game Boy,
with an epic story spanning a solar system.

• Jet off to the stars! Multiple worlds to explore inside your Game Boy, with side quests, unique encounters, secrets and upgrades
• Combines Metroidvanian platforming action with an open world CRPG
• An original story to uncover with multiple endings, a karma system, quests and choices that impact the world and it's inhabitants around you
• Authentic Game Boy aesthetic, with graphics and art style built within the DMG palette constraints 
• Hours of gameplay, save at any time with multiple save slots, unlockables and Game Boy Printer support!
• Designed and developed by a solo developer to run on the original Game Boy with enhanced effects, content and performance when run on a Game Boy Color, GBA/SP, Chromatic or Analogue Pocket
• Original Soundtrack, scored by Beatscribe

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Background

Inspired by Paradise Lost and 90s CRPGs such as Fallout  and Buck Rogers Countdown to Doomsday, it's an epic RPG with plenty of Game Boy platforming action, a player karma system, side quests,  multiple endings, a brand new soundtrack and large non-linear maps filled with secrets.

Developed in my free time, my second game takes what I learned on my first project Tales of Monsterland and expands it using the huge possibilities that the latest version of the GB Studio (3.x) tooling has opened up to make a big, unique and memorable open world game for the Nintendo Game Boy, in a type of RPG not common to the device.

Download the demo now for a taster and to explore the full planet of Pandæmonium, follow for future updates and announcements (and I'd love any feedback), here and on my social media accounts www.twitter.com/joeljgames and http://instagram.com/joeljgames/. There's an email subscription list too, but this will reserved for major announcements and I'm not planning on using very often.

Note: This isn't a Gameboy style game, it's an original game built within the limitations of and designed to run on original hardware and the Analogue Pocket.

^ The Main Theme from the rad OST by BeatScribe, more coming soon.
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Demo controls

Action mode

(A) Jump
(B) Strike / ability
(↑) Roll towards
(↓) Roll back

[select] Toggle ability
[start] In game menus

(B) (↓) Drop down through platform
(↑) Enter/examine (context dependant)

Exploration mode

(A) Talk / examine / interact
(B) Run (unlockable)
[start] In game menus

Overworld travel

[select] Toggle move & map
(A) Examine location (map)
[start] In game menus

Interplanetary travel

Requires ship

Tips:
Enemies often telegraph their attack, roll back to avoid a close combat attack.
Roll forwards to duck under enemy projectiles.

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Credits

Original story, all artwork and development by myself.

Thanks to (this list will grow no doubt) – Rulz, Toxa, Bryan Rollins and all the other champs in GB Studio Discord who are always generous with their time for scripting questions. Gumpy Function for feedback and GBS Central articles on game design.

Chris Maltby for GB Studio, Pautomas, for scripting help, key plugins and for GB Studio, Hauntology for platforming engine mods/plugin.

There's an Original Soundtrack from Beatscribe, including the excellent Fall from Space titles and Junkton theme (and much more) as well as some great new custom SFX.

SFX by Coffee 'Valen' Bat.

Anyone who’s shared, liked or just given feedback about my games, it really means a lot and I appreciate the support.