Top 8 gbdk Open-Source Projects

awesome-gbdev

17 3,822 5.6

A curated list of Game Boy development resources such as tools, docs, emulators, related projects and open-source ROMs.

Project mention: i want to make a gb emulator, but i dont know where to start | /r/EmuDev | 2023-07-01

Use https://gbdev.io/pandocs/ , https://gbdev.io/gb-opcodes/optables/ and https://github.com/gbdev/awesome-gbdev to get started.

gbdk-2020

24 1,536 9.2 C

An updated version of GBDK, C compiler, assembler, linker and set of libraries for the Nintendo Gameboy, Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear.

Project mention: GB Studio: Drag and drop retro game creator for GameBoy | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-06-17

If you want to program the Gameboy or Gameboy color with C or C++ the SDCC compiler is typically used: https://sdcc.sourceforge.net/ There's a ton of good info and dev tools here: https://github.com/gbdk-2020/gbdk-2020

InfluxDB

www.influxdata.com sponsored

Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
ZGB

3 667 3.8 C++

Game Boy / Color engine with lots of features

Project mention: Game Boy Competition 2023 | /r/Gameboy | 2023-05-29

This is a game jam where you make a Game Boy game in three months. If you don't know a lot of programming you can use GB Studio, you can learn the nitty gritty of how the Game Boy works by using assembly programming with RGBDS, or you can use C with GBDK or ZGB.

tobutobugirl-dx

1 70 10.0 C

An arcade platformer homebrew game for the Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Super Game Boy
gb-wordyl

7 54 7.5 C

A word game for the Nintendo Game Boy / Color, Analogue Pocket, Mega Duck
Petris

3 30 0.6 C

A puzzle game for the Game Boy Color (CGB), Analogue Pocket (AP) and Game Gear(GG). Build pets in all shapes and sizes, keep the board clear.
gameoflife-gb

4 14 2.5 C

A Game Boy port of Conway's Game of Life
WorkOS

workos.com sponsored

The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
canyon-racer

1 6 6.8 C

Top Down Racing Demo for the Game Boy (and Mega Duck) with a Vertical Parallax Effect

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).