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

GBA Studio still requires you to have Python 3+ and devkitARM installed on your system.

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

• File changes detection outside of GBA Studio
• Copy/paste events
• Use variables for any value
• Rename events
• Foreground sprites
• WASM mGBA integration
• Windows signed installer (I'm too poor for this, enjoy the unsigned version)
• Move target point from the target scene
• Side scroller scene type
• Parallax backgrounds
• images auto convert on build
• Portable python & devkitARM
• Auto updater
• Sprite animations editor
• 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 MIT.

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.
• Example assets displayed in the screenshot:
  • Retro RPG Characters from The Pixel Nook
  • Pocket Valley Essentials from Widsey Labs
  • Pocket Valley Interiors from Widsey Labs