Joel J Games
@joelj.bsky.social
Solo dev making new Game Boy games. Open world RPG 'Fall from Space' coming soon, try the demo! – https://joelj.itch.io/fall-from-space
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UK, Manchester
http://www.joeljgames.co.uk
Order a boxed Tales of Monsterland DX! http://www.talesofmonsterland.com
UK, Manchester
http://www.joeljgames.co.uk
Yet another Dev blog!
Save game scumming, combat refinements and additional quests.
joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp...
#GameBoy
Save game scumming, combat refinements and additional quests.
joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp...
#GameBoy
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Yet another Dev blog!
Save game scumming, combat refinements and additional quests.
joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp...
#GameBoy
Save game scumming, combat refinements and additional quests.
joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp...
#GameBoy
Another Dev Blog and another demo update.
joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp...
TLDR: difficulty modes have been added to Fall from Space!
#GameBoy
joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp...
TLDR: difficulty modes have been added to Fall from Space!
#GameBoy
October 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Another Dev Blog and another demo update.
joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp...
TLDR: difficulty modes have been added to Fall from Space!
#GameBoy
joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp...
TLDR: difficulty modes have been added to Fall from Space!
#GameBoy
If interested, this is how it was achieved: changing animation state, having a duplicate sprite set to display behind background
October 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
If interested, this is how it was achieved: changing animation state, having a duplicate sprite set to display behind background
Rolling out a few updates to the Fall from Space #Gameboy Demo, minor bug fixes as well as improvements, download over on Itch – joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp...
October 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Rolling out a few updates to the Fall from Space #Gameboy Demo, minor bug fixes as well as improvements, download over on Itch – joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp...
You never really know who you’re going to bump into in the shady back alleys of Terra Mächina.
...I’m sure I recognise this robot from somewhere?
#FallFromSpace #GameBoy
...I’m sure I recognise this robot from somewhere?
#FallFromSpace #GameBoy
July 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
You never really know who you’re going to bump into in the shady back alleys of Terra Mächina.
...I’m sure I recognise this robot from somewhere?
#FallFromSpace #GameBoy
...I’m sure I recognise this robot from somewhere?
#FallFromSpace #GameBoy
My soft spot forever lies with this guy
July 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
My soft spot forever lies with this guy
Very cool, thanks for doing this! Here's a screenshot from the upcoming #GameBoy RPG Fall from Space! Hoping to have it finished later this year. joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp...
June 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Very cool, thanks for doing this! Here's a screenshot from the upcoming #GameBoy RPG Fall from Space! Hoping to have it finished later this year. joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp...
May 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Oof. That's certainly some rough GIF compression Bluesky!
May 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Oof. That's certainly some rough GIF compression Bluesky!
With the majority of the Fall from Space RPG, story and various endings in place now I'm currently working on action levels. Here's a preview of the new 'look ahead' camera which should help with some of the trickier jumps.
#GameBoy #gbstudio #indiegame #retrogaming #indiedev
#GameBoy #gbstudio #indiegame #retrogaming #indiedev
May 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
With the majority of the Fall from Space RPG, story and various endings in place now I'm currently working on action levels. Here's a preview of the new 'look ahead' camera which should help with some of the trickier jumps.
#GameBoy #gbstudio #indiegame #retrogaming #indiedev
#GameBoy #gbstudio #indiegame #retrogaming #indiedev
April 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
March 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
It's been a while since the last one, so here's a new, rambling dev blog with updates on the progress of Fall from Space – joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp...
#Gameboy #IndieGameDev
#Gameboy #IndieGameDev
February 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It's been a while since the last one, so here's a new, rambling dev blog with updates on the progress of Fall from Space – joelj.itch.io/fall-from-sp...
#Gameboy #IndieGameDev
#Gameboy #IndieGameDev
Working on a new enemy/platform for some Fall from Space action areas. Hit it on the underside take damage, destroy it and miss a potentially useful bouncy platform (tiles and sprites WIP).
#Gameboy #gbstudio #indiegame #retrogaming
#Gameboy #gbstudio #indiegame #retrogaming
February 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Working on a new enemy/platform for some Fall from Space action areas. Hit it on the underside take damage, destroy it and miss a potentially useful bouncy platform (tiles and sprites WIP).
#Gameboy #gbstudio #indiegame #retrogaming
#Gameboy #gbstudio #indiegame #retrogaming
Sweating a little bit on the ROM usage here. Large level backgrounds taking up a lot of space, I'll try and squeeze in as much content as I can, but it's going to be tight and there are likely some tough decisions that will need to be made!
#GBstudio devs with space saving tips feel free to share!
#GBstudio devs with space saving tips feel free to share!
February 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Sweating a little bit on the ROM usage here. Large level backgrounds taking up a lot of space, I'll try and squeeze in as much content as I can, but it's going to be tight and there are likely some tough decisions that will need to be made!
#GBstudio devs with space saving tips feel free to share!
#GBstudio devs with space saving tips feel free to share!
3. The original over world map, inspired by Fallout 2, was a point and click effort. Except the player token could get lost. Switching to top down movement fixed it and ended up feeling a lot more seamless coming from top down areas.
Oh, you could jump in top down back then too
Oh, you could jump in top down back then too
January 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
3. The original over world map, inspired by Fallout 2, was a point and click effort. Except the player token could get lost. Switching to top down movement fixed it and ended up feeling a lot more seamless coming from top down areas.
Oh, you could jump in top down back then too
Oh, you could jump in top down back then too
2. The first working SRPP tests (Short Range Personal Teleporter), quite resource heavy on the poor Game Boy but it felt fun to play with.
January 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
2. The first working SRPP tests (Short Range Personal Teleporter), quite resource heavy on the poor Game Boy but it felt fun to play with.
I started work on a Fall from Space prototype (having written a story & game outline), at the end of 2021.
Anyway, here's a few old clips I just dug up from around then.
1. A pretty terrible looking player sprite trying out the then new ability to have it larger than 16x16px
Anyway, here's a few old clips I just dug up from around then.
1. A pretty terrible looking player sprite trying out the then new ability to have it larger than 16x16px
January 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I started work on a Fall from Space prototype (having written a story & game outline), at the end of 2021.
Anyway, here's a few old clips I just dug up from around then.
1. A pretty terrible looking player sprite trying out the then new ability to have it larger than 16x16px
Anyway, here's a few old clips I just dug up from around then.
1. A pretty terrible looking player sprite trying out the then new ability to have it larger than 16x16px
Visit strange worlds in Fall from Space for your #Gameboy!
WIP market on the ocean planet of Los, making liberal use of the scanline fx plugin and a few other tricks to hopefully give a 'you're underwater' impression.
#gbstudio #indiegame #retrogaming #indiedev
WIP market on the ocean planet of Los, making liberal use of the scanline fx plugin and a few other tricks to hopefully give a 'you're underwater' impression.
#gbstudio #indiegame #retrogaming #indiedev
January 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Visit strange worlds in Fall from Space for your #Gameboy!
WIP market on the ocean planet of Los, making liberal use of the scanline fx plugin and a few other tricks to hopefully give a 'you're underwater' impression.
#gbstudio #indiegame #retrogaming #indiedev
WIP market on the ocean planet of Los, making liberal use of the scanline fx plugin and a few other tricks to hopefully give a 'you're underwater' impression.
#gbstudio #indiegame #retrogaming #indiedev
Just had a rather gnarly set of #GameBoyAdvance games delivered.
According to Google, the correct term for this would be a ‘kettle of Hawks’.
According to Google, the correct term for this would be a ‘kettle of Hawks’.
December 13, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Just had a rather gnarly set of #GameBoyAdvance games delivered.
According to Google, the correct term for this would be a ‘kettle of Hawks’.
According to Google, the correct term for this would be a ‘kettle of Hawks’.