I made a prototype of a Pac-Man style game during the last couple of days. I don’t know if I’ll finish this or not, but it’s a fun little project so we’ll see where it goes. The demo is a free download on my itch.io page.
I made a video tutorial on how to make zapper games for the NES.
Today I separated my YouTube channel into two different channels. The old channel (board-b Tutorials) has become Commodore Tutorials and I created a new channel dedicated to NESmaker videos, called Unofficial NESmaker Tutorials. All the old NESmaker videos have been re-uploaded to the new channel, and that’s where all future NESmaker videos will be published.
You can find the channels here:
Commodore Tutorials
https://youtube.com/@board-b-tutorials?si=WeQPR0rJMzT9G-aj
Unofficial NESmaker Tutorials
https://youtube.com/@board-bnesmakertutorials?si=oXmvkJlx-lGjF6zl
I made the decision to make Nosey Joe the Power Mystery free. It’s a game I started working on back in 2020. Over the years I have made fixes and updates for it. I think there may still be a few bugs here and there in the game though.
https://baardbi.itch.io/nosey-joe-the-power-mystery
I also posted another game on itch.io today. It’s a game I have been working on since the summer of 2024 and I consider it a beta version at this stage. The game is called Theo’s Task and is a metroidvania style game with the ability to play normal mode or randomizer. So far I don’t have original music for it, so I’m using the tutorial music and sound effects from NESmaker 4.1.5. It’s a free download if you want to try it out.
I just uploaded a major revision of Nosey Joe The Power Mystery on itch.io. This is revision 2.0. I did this instead of doing a complete remake of the game, like previously announced, because the game is so complex that it wouldn’t be worth spending my time on that. Instead I have done this revision and also working on finishing up Nosey Joe VS. The IT-Bandit. Personally I feel this revision has drastically improved the game. Hopefully others will feel the same way.
The game is available on itch.io as a digital download ($5 USD).
I recently made some changes to alle the default NESmaker modules. I included a bunch of fixes and features from the NESmaker forum and made them into “new” modules. The modules setup can be downloaded here:
BBI Modules 2.0.1 – Updated Modules and BASE + Test Games (NESmaker 4.5.9) | NESMakers
I also made some videos that explain how this new setup works.
I have recently started to make written tutorials in addition to the video tutorials. So far there are only tutorials for NESmaker, but I will eventually make some for the Commodore 64 as well.
You can find the written tutorials here:
Written Tutorials
I just started a free Commodore 64 programming course on YouTube. It covers a lot of topics related to the C64. It’s also a complete tutorial for making a Commodore 64 game from scratch.
Yesterday was the deadline for this years NESmaker Byte Off competition. My entry this year is a game called Beyond Frontier 5. You can find more information and a playable demo on The Retro Verse:
https://theretroverse.com/product/beyond-frontier-5/
Here is a full playthrough of the demo:
I was never really satisfied with Nosey Joe The Power Mystery. So I have started to remake the game from the ground up with all new graphics and code. Nosey Joe VS. The IT-Bandit is almost complete, but I’m going to delay the release of that game since I might reuse some of the new graphics.
