How difficult is it to make a game for a gameboy advance

1. awesome-gbadev

   1 26 1,103 6.0

   A curated list of Game Boy Advance development resources

   

   An amazing resource to learn about the GBA is TONC. At the start I read it many times to wrap my head around the hardware, and I still consult it often when I forget stuff. Also here you can find (probably) all the tools worth using. Make sure to join the gbadev discord too, people there are extremely helpful!

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3. libtonc-template

   2 1 66 2.9 Makefile

   GBA example C project using libtonc

   

   •  libtonc - a low-level C library providing direct access to the hardware          •  Butano -  a high-level modern C++ engine      •  gbaplusplus - a low-level modern C++ library      •  gba-modern - a batteries-included modern C++ project template      •  BPCore - an engine that uses Lua scripting, similar to PICO-8      •  gbsenpai - can be used to port GB Studio (v2.0 only) games to GBA      •  agb * - a crate for Rust users      •  libseven * - a new replacement for libtonc      •  ugba * - a C library that can also target PC      •  Natu * - a toolkit using the Nim language

4. butano

   3 9 1,283 9.4 C++

   Modern C++ high level GBA engine

   

   •  libtonc - a low-level C library providing direct access to the hardware          •  Butano -  a high-level modern C++ engine      •  gbaplusplus - a low-level modern C++ library      •  gba-modern - a batteries-included modern C++ project template      •  BPCore - an engine that uses Lua scripting, similar to PICO-8      •  gbsenpai - can be used to port GB Studio (v2.0 only) games to GBA      •  agb * - a crate for Rust users      •  libseven * - a new replacement for libtonc      •  ugba * - a C library that can also target PC      •  Natu * - a toolkit using the Nim language

5. gba-plusplus

   4 1 69 10.0 C++

   Discontinued C++ library for writing Game Boy Advance apps and games

   •  libtonc - a low-level C library providing direct access to the hardware          •  Butano -  a high-level modern C++ engine      •  gbaplusplus - a low-level modern C++ library      •  gba-modern - a batteries-included modern C++ project template      •  BPCore - an engine that uses Lua scripting, similar to PICO-8      •  gbsenpai - can be used to port GB Studio (v2.0 only) games to GBA      •  agb * - a crate for Rust users      •  libseven * - a new replacement for libtonc      •  ugba * - a C library that can also target PC      •  Natu * - a toolkit using the Nim language

6. gba-modern

   5 4 77 2.8 C++

   An attempt to create a Game Boy Advance game using Modern C++

   •  libtonc - a low-level C library providing direct access to the hardware          •  Butano -  a high-level modern C++ engine      •  gbaplusplus - a low-level modern C++ library      •  gba-modern - a batteries-included modern C++ project template      •  BPCore - an engine that uses Lua scripting, similar to PICO-8      •  gbsenpai - can be used to port GB Studio (v2.0 only) games to GBA      •  agb * - a crate for Rust users      •  libseven * - a new replacement for libtonc      •  ugba * - a C library that can also target PC      •  Natu * - a toolkit using the Nim language

7. BPCore-Engine

   6 1 173 4.2 C++

   Lua game framework for Gameboy Advance

   

   •  libtonc - a low-level C library providing direct access to the hardware          •  Butano -  a high-level modern C++ engine      •  gbaplusplus - a low-level modern C++ library      •  gba-modern - a batteries-included modern C++ project template      •  BPCore - an engine that uses Lua scripting, similar to PICO-8      •  gbsenpai - can be used to port GB Studio (v2.0 only) games to GBA      •  agb * - a crate for Rust users      •  libseven * - a new replacement for libtonc      •  ugba * - a C library that can also target PC      •  Natu * - a toolkit using the Nim language

8. gbsenpai

   7 6 109 2.6 C

   GB Studio Extended Nominal Player Adaptation/Interface

   •  libtonc - a low-level C library providing direct access to the hardware          •  Butano -  a high-level modern C++ engine      •  gbaplusplus - a low-level modern C++ library      •  gba-modern - a batteries-included modern C++ project template      •  BPCore - an engine that uses Lua scripting, similar to PICO-8      •  gbsenpai - can be used to port GB Studio (v2.0 only) games to GBA      •  agb * - a crate for Rust users      •  libseven * - a new replacement for libtonc      •  ugba * - a C library that can also target PC      •  Natu * - a toolkit using the Nim language

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10. agb

    8 1 343 9.6 Rust

    Library for writing Game Boy Advance games in Rust

    

    •  libtonc - a low-level C library providing direct access to the hardware          •  Butano -  a high-level modern C++ engine      •  gbaplusplus - a low-level modern C++ library      •  gba-modern - a batteries-included modern C++ project template      •  BPCore - an engine that uses Lua scripting, similar to PICO-8      •  gbsenpai - can be used to port GB Studio (v2.0 only) games to GBA      •  agb * - a crate for Rust users      •  libseven * - a new replacement for libtonc      •  ugba * - a C library that can also target PC      •  Natu * - a toolkit using the Nim language

11. libseven

    9 1 50 10.0 C

    Discontinued Moved to sdk-seven | From-scratch library for GBA homebrew development

    •  libtonc - a low-level C library providing direct access to the hardware          •  Butano -  a high-level modern C++ engine      •  gbaplusplus - a low-level modern C++ library      •  gba-modern - a batteries-included modern C++ project template      •  BPCore - an engine that uses Lua scripting, similar to PICO-8      •  gbsenpai - can be used to port GB Studio (v2.0 only) games to GBA      •  agb * - a crate for Rust users      •  libseven * - a new replacement for libtonc      •  ugba * - a C library that can also target PC      •  Natu * - a toolkit using the Nim language

12. libugba

    10 1 55 0.0 C

    Low level library to develop GBA games that can also be built for PC.

    

    •  libtonc - a low-level C library providing direct access to the hardware          •  Butano -  a high-level modern C++ engine      •  gbaplusplus - a low-level modern C++ library      •  gba-modern - a batteries-included modern C++ project template      •  BPCore - an engine that uses Lua scripting, similar to PICO-8      •  gbsenpai - can be used to port GB Studio (v2.0 only) games to GBA      •  agb * - a crate for Rust users      •  libseven * - a new replacement for libtonc      •  ugba * - a C library that can also target PC      •  Natu * - a toolkit using the Nim language

13. natu

    11 3 234 6.8 Nim

    Toolkit for writing Game Boy Advance games in Nim

    

    •  libtonc - a low-level C library providing direct access to the hardware          •  Butano -  a high-level modern C++ engine      •  gbaplusplus - a low-level modern C++ library      •  gba-modern - a batteries-included modern C++ project template      •  BPCore - an engine that uses Lua scripting, similar to PICO-8      •  gbsenpai - can be used to port GB Studio (v2.0 only) games to GBA      •  agb * - a crate for Rust users      •  libseven * - a new replacement for libtonc      •  ugba * - a C library that can also target PC      •  Natu * - a toolkit using the Nim language

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