GBA Studio

Just like GB Studio, but worse and for the GBA.

GBA Studio is an Electron game creator built on top of the Butano GBA C++ game engine.

Installation

Download the latest build for your platform from the build action pipeline.

Note: macOS builds are signed & notarized. Windows builds are unsigned.

Road to v1.0

• Top Down 2D scene type
• WASM mGBA integration
• Windows signed installer (I'm too poor for this, enjoy the unsigned version)
• Portable python & devkitARM
• Sprite animations editor
• CLI
• Side scroller scene type
• Auto updater
• Point & click scene type
• Shooter scene type
• Parallax backgrounds
• Sound editor
• Plugins

Development

Install dependencies:

yarn install

Run:

yarn dev

Contributing

Please check the CONTRIBUTING.md doc for contribution guidelines.

License

This software is licensed under GPL-3.0.

Credits

• GBA Studio is heavily inspired by (if not a pale copy of) GB Studio by Chris Maltby.
• C++ Code is built using the extraordinary Butano engine.
• devkitARM executables are provided by devkitPro.
• Python executable is provided by the Python Software Foundation and downloaded using @bjia56/portable-python.
• Example assets displayed in the screenshots:
  • Retro RPG Characters from The Pixel Nook
  • Pocket Valley Essentials from Widsey Labs
  • Pocket Valley Interiors from Widsey Labs
  • Simple Pixel Cursors from Gabl18