Making pixel art for an ACTUAL Game Boy Cartridge! | GB Art Jam 2023

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Last week I participated in my first Game Boy Art Jam over on itch; special thanks to Phil (aka ‘Bad Dad’) for inviting me to take part! In this video I’ll share my workflow and the technical restraints necessary in order to create a piece of Game Boy artwork compatible with real hardware!
GB Pixel Art Jam 2023: itch.io/jam/gbpixelartjam23
Tile Counter Tool: gb-studio-tile-count.glitch.me/
GB Studio Central on itch: gb-studio-central.itch.io/
Bad Dad on itch: phil-bad-dad-games.itch.io/
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0:00 Intro & Jam Overview
1:20 Canvas Size
1:37 4-Colour Limit
1:55 Tile Limit
2:37 Counting Tiles
4:29 Working within the restraints
6:03 Finishing thematic touches
7:16 FINAL ARTWORK
8:15 Jam Entries
8:32 CRT Time
8:58 VID OVER
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Check out my art here:
/ brandonjamesgreer
/ bjgpixel
INPRNT Shop: www.inprnt.com/gallery/bjgpixel/
Redbubble Shop: rdbl.co/bjgpixel
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Software used: Adobe Photoshop 2022
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Title sequence theme music by Failpositive:
www.failpositive.bandcamp.com/
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Artwork reveal chiptune music by mcguy215/Concrete Castles:
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Background music obtained through Royalty Free Planet:
Downtown Walk by e s c p
escp-music.bandcamp.com
Promoted by @RoyaltyFreePlanet - royaltyfreeplanet.com
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
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Other background music courtesy of KZread Audio Library.

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  • @JayFolipurba
    @JayFolipurba9 ай бұрын

    Your image turned out incredibly detailed. I like that you used a sprite-approach although you were limited to tiles rather than sprites. I also like that we can see the influences of your previous studies in tile-based artworks, like the teletext stuff, and the practice you have with limited color palettes. It all came together really nicely!

  • @BJGpixel

    @BJGpixel

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks for noticing! That was exactly the line of thought; to have everything organized as if they were in fact sprite assets - all that's left to do would be to isolate those things and add some animation 🤔✨

  • @Sinistar1983
    @Sinistar19839 ай бұрын

    Had a fun time doing some pixel art for this jam. Glad you could join in on it too

  • @_EnricosUt_
    @_EnricosUt_9 ай бұрын

    I recently released a short narrative game with GB Studio, "The Ocean, Like Time", and I found the Gameboy style to be so charming! It was so fun to work within its limits and make hardware-accurate pixel art! I found the limits usually pushed me to make better art. The only limitation I didn't like was how hard it was to make background images animated!

  • @Bad_Dad
    @Bad_Dad9 ай бұрын

    Many thanks for participating, and thanks for a great video of the process.

  • @BJGpixel

    @BJGpixel

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks again for letting me know about it, really fun idea and looking forward to seeing the final gallery! :D

  • @inky2412
    @inky24129 ай бұрын

    This is amazing, I love how there's so much detail you can get out of the gameboy palette if you know how to use it properly!

  • @nowonmetube

    @nowonmetube

    9 ай бұрын

    Well sure, you have 4 shades of green (or on the greyscale). More than enough to generate pixel art.

  • @danielegurizzan
    @danielegurizzan9 ай бұрын

    Thank you for suggesting this jam, I had a great time sharing my art with other creators!

  • @uneducatedswamplet
    @uneducatedswamplet9 ай бұрын

    its always fun to see how you work around limitations to end up with a unique (and always cute) piece of art

  • @toochmcgooch4678
    @toochmcgooch46789 ай бұрын

    Really interesting set of limitations! Well done!

  • @BJGpixel

    @BJGpixel

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks! Yeah it was fun to actually have a reason to adhere tightly to these restrictions; previously I've only ever made things that looked like the style without needing to really be that strict otherwise

  • @jacobstover150
    @jacobstover1509 ай бұрын

    Thx for making me aware of this jam, it was fun to make art for it!

  • @Propergame
    @Propergame9 ай бұрын

    Glad you joined us in the jam. 🤘

  • @mugitchi
    @mugitchi9 ай бұрын

    wah this is such a fun project! yours turn out really good!

  • @BJGpixel

    @BJGpixel

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you! Yeah really fun to put together, somehow feels even more 'pixel arty' to have to also be restricted with tiles etc, kind of a neat challenge! :D

  • @CKTDanny
    @CKTDanny9 ай бұрын

    The pirate cat is such a fun character design! This video makes me feel inspired to try some of these jams, especially seeing how quickly this one came together. I suppose that's the nature of these things but seeing the process is a nice reminder! I've always appreciated the idea of being part of something bigger in these events 😁 I liked seeing the technical challenge presented by the tile count in this jam, even though it seems that wasn't an issue in your case! 👾

  • @BJGpixel

    @BJGpixel

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks! 😸 And yeah it was quite refreshing to work within the scenario of a Jam; the upside of the time constraint is that it forces you to make stylistic decisions pretty fast - also pretty motivating to know that there's a bunch of other people working toward a similar thing at that same moment ✨

  • @evanchilson9829
    @evanchilson98299 ай бұрын

    I'm always in awe of your process, and for this one, I particularly love the HUD and the recolors! Such a fun jam with a great result!

  • @GoochiFPV
    @GoochiFPV9 ай бұрын

    This really makes me want to get back on to my gameboy game creation! Lost in the preplanning! Lol! Making the artwork always gets me hyped!

  • @mkatapodis2
    @mkatapodis29 ай бұрын

    Awesome, love the color palette and the art.

  • @michaeledward3178
    @michaeledward31789 ай бұрын

    I love this art style!

  • @gilgante
    @gilgante9 ай бұрын

    It was my first jam. I participated inspired by your job. Thank you so much. I had so much fun!

  • @ModelZGolden
    @ModelZGolden8 ай бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @Mike-or2cv
    @Mike-or2cv6 ай бұрын

    WOW! So cool!

  • @srb2er
    @srb2er9 ай бұрын

    I'm seeing this vid like a couple days after participating in GBJAM 11 finished, so thats a bit funny. Also, the final art looks soooooo good!! Well done!!

  • @_ayshasht
    @_ayshasht9 ай бұрын

    love it

  • @TwinOpinion
    @TwinOpinion9 ай бұрын

    This is such a cool jam. I love this community!

  • @laroldsjubilantjunkyard
    @laroldsjubilantjunkyard9 ай бұрын

    That's really cool! You're art is great, even when 8-bit. You should definitely think about collab'ing with some Game Boy Homebrew devs. It'll be good content for your channel, exposure for the game boy homebrew community, a lot of fun, and feel good to have a actual game.

  • @WarWulf778

    @WarWulf778

    9 ай бұрын

    Love this idea!

  • @Sinistar1983

    @Sinistar1983

    9 ай бұрын

    I'd definitely be happy to collaborate. It would be nice to have a second artist on board

  • @haffey2

    @haffey2

    8 ай бұрын

    Grammar moment

  • @TheCozyGameress

    @TheCozyGameress

    5 ай бұрын

    @@haffey2You understood everything.

  • @brandonmack111

    @brandonmack111

    5 ай бұрын

    4 colors is in fact 2-bit ;) And yeah, this is some really great art, especially considering the restricted palette and tile count.

  • @hyperfreezegames
    @hyperfreezegames9 ай бұрын

    That's so awesome! I'll definitely will load these onto my flash cartridge and look at them through the actual hardware :D I love the gameboy aesthetic, as you can see in my current devlog series. A lot of great inspiration here!

  • @BJGpixel

    @BJGpixel

    9 ай бұрын

    Ooh awesome! I gotta learn how to do the cartridge thing :D

  • @rpvarela
    @rpvarela9 ай бұрын

    I love game boy art, especially game boy color Nicely done!

  • @snailcheeserulez
    @snailcheeserulez9 ай бұрын

    Cannot believe I just opened youtube like "I fancy a video from that pixel art guy" and checked my notifications and :¬|

  • @CushionSapp
    @CushionSapp9 ай бұрын

    That's a really cool sounding competition/jam.

  • @cybersquib5669
    @cybersquib56695 ай бұрын

    This is too cool! I have been doing game jams for years, and I never knew about this.

  • @unzippz
    @unzippz9 ай бұрын

    best of luck!!

  • @masterdisaster6929
    @masterdisaster69299 ай бұрын

    I was sadly to late for this had like to try it myself. Really nice work as always :)

  • @Arachnid-Man
    @Arachnid-Man9 ай бұрын

    yooo, cool!!

  • @StefanConstantinDumitrache
    @StefanConstantinDumitrache2 ай бұрын

    What a cool outro!

  • @MrKIRAMAX
    @MrKIRAMAX9 ай бұрын

    que hermoso trabajo, realmente me inspiras a seguir, saludos 😍😍

  • @howdyriceball1992
    @howdyriceball19929 ай бұрын

    Nice work! I really enjoyed your submission! I had a lot of fun participating in the Jam as well! I made one called “Tangerine Dream” and had to keep erasing unique tiles to get it to fit to the 192 limit! Hope you join more of these jams! 🤠

  • @lol_boi_le_BG_intergalactique
    @lol_boi_le_BG_intergalactique9 ай бұрын

    I need to play this game, NOW

  • @dicnar
    @dicnar9 ай бұрын

    This is great! This is still my favorite console. I still have my grey brick and I play it once a while.

  • @elone3997
    @elone39979 ай бұрын

    Getting some good WindWaker vibes with the end music ☺️ Turned out great and love "Catlantis" 😁

  • @brandonballman4915
    @brandonballman49159 ай бұрын

    Ah thanks so much, I’ve been an artist on the game “Walter” on itch. It’s been so challenging for me as well!

  • @scientificallyaccuratespino
    @scientificallyaccuratespino9 ай бұрын

    Nice

  • @RandomBSOD
    @RandomBSOD9 ай бұрын

    No disrespect to the other entries but yours REALLY stands out ... 👍

  • @ClintGreene
    @ClintGreene9 ай бұрын

    every time i watch one of your videos, it fires me up to go make original gameboy art

  • @EmmaPersil
    @EmmaPersil9 ай бұрын

    Brandon again with the coolest mockups of games I'll never play 😢

  • @gaogamesh
    @gaogamesh9 ай бұрын

    I need this game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @DazzlingAction
    @DazzlingAction9 ай бұрын

    I wouldn't mind seeing more of these kinds of videos for only just the gameboy.

  • @AckzaTV
    @AckzaTV8 ай бұрын

    thanks i was just buying homebrew supplies carteidges ganeboys etc and i just wrote a hive blog about your art being better than ai pixelart cuz its gameboy! and your photoshop template and the need for this 8 x 8 grid size and how you design stuff using a template thats implying an actual game map in background very handy. thanks

  • @littlebughunter
    @littlebughunter9 ай бұрын

    Fun fact: Flipping (sadly not rotating) tiles was introduced with the GameBoy Color. I guess Nintendo figured it would be a useful feature after all.

  • @ethanpschwartz
    @ethanpschwartz9 ай бұрын

    Took a look at the submissions and if these were actual screenshots from real games, yours is the one I'd want to play! "Captain Cat's Sky Adventure"? I remember playing it constantly on road trips! Never understood why a cat was trusted around carrier pigeons, but.

  • @BJGpixel

    @BJGpixel

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks! Haha "Captain Cat's Sky Adventure" is now canon 😺✨

  • @SethKotta
    @SethKotta9 ай бұрын

    I'd play this game

  • @AllanOhr
    @AllanOhr9 ай бұрын

    Great video as always. What's that music at the end?

  • @Dudldom
    @Dudldom9 ай бұрын

    You're always making me want to play games that never existed.

  • @TC-mk1tc
    @TC-mk1tc4 ай бұрын

    More gameboy pixel art for gameboy games please? Top down sprites and environments

  • @DadVader
    @DadVader9 ай бұрын

    🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @BJGpixel

    @BJGpixel

    9 ай бұрын

    ✌️😎

  • @DadVader

    @DadVader

    9 ай бұрын

    Forgive me such a "poor" comment but you already know what I think about your art ❤️😊😉

  • @BJGpixel

    @BJGpixel

    9 ай бұрын

    @@DadVader Hahaha oh of course, trust me "I know" (like Han Solo) - thanks for all the support! ☺

  • @DadVader

    @DadVader

    9 ай бұрын

    @@BJGpixel My pleasure 😁

  • @boticland4342
    @boticland43429 ай бұрын

    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa omg!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @fallout187
    @fallout1879 ай бұрын

    You should use your pixel art and make a GB Studio game. I’d follow your tutorials. I see previous videos on it but I’d be interested in seeing you make a fully working game.

  • @four-play
    @four-play9 ай бұрын

    Next challenge - make another piece of artwork only using tiles from that sprite sheet.

  • @ShadowDrakken
    @ShadowDrakken9 ай бұрын

    I'm surprised you used two random recolors instead of the GBC palettes :)

  • @Luchsens
    @Luchsens9 ай бұрын

    Please animate this! 💜

  • @igorthunderstorm475
    @igorthunderstorm4753 ай бұрын

    what do you set the PPI to?

  • @XxXOyun_KatiliXxX
    @XxXOyun_KatiliXxX9 ай бұрын

    Please do a video about nintendo❤

  • @muhammadmuffarijhammad2911
    @muhammadmuffarijhammad29119 ай бұрын

    That looks beautiful! (first btw)

  • @bad-people6510
    @bad-people65102 ай бұрын

    Nobody ever wants to deal with color limits.

  • @HorribleHomeVideo
    @HorribleHomeVideoАй бұрын

    art? no games?

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