chrismaltby/gb-studio
A quick and easy to use drag and drop retro game creator for your favourite handheld video game system observed · 2026-10-10
Health v2 · maintenance only
93/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 82
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 10
- age_days: 2743
- days_rel: 120
- days_push: 16
- n_releases_24m: 6
Adoption not part of the score
9418 stars · 580 forks observed · 2026-10-10
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
GB Studio is a drag-and-drop visual game creator for making Game Boy games without programming knowledge, built as an Electron desktop app with a C-based GBVM game engine. It exports real ROM files playable on emulators or real hardware, web builds, and Analogue Pocket files, with a companion CLI for automation.
Use cases
- make a game boy game without coding
- build retro game roms
- create drag and drop 2d games
- export game boy game to web
- write chiptune music for game boy games
- make games for analogue pocket
- teach kids game development
When to choose
- you want to make Game Boy or retro handheld games with no programming experience
- you need to export playable ROMs, web builds, or Pocket files
- you want visual scripting with an escape hatch into C/assembly via GBVM and plugins
When to avoid
- you need modern high-resolution or 3D game engines
- you target platforms other than Game Boy/Pocket/web
- you require a fully code-first engine workflow without visual scripting
Facets
application · maturity active
game-engine gui cli audio-processing build-tool gaming-tools cross-platform developer-tools windows cli game-boy retro-gaming visual-scripting rom-builder drag-and-drop no-code gbvm gbdk pixel-art music-editor game-development macos linux electron desktop web-server
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/chrismaltby/gb-studio · fetched 2026-10-10 · 92a306670f29
- homepage: https://www.gbstudio.dev · fetched 2026-08-29 · f81d5d6e9d26
- site_page: https://www.gbstudio.dev/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · d47cfe48f33b
- site_page: https://www.gbstudio.dev/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4cd75faa256d
- site_page: https://www.gbstudio.dev/docs/installation · fetched 2026-08-29 · eb3a57b8cc28
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| chrismaltby/gb-studio | main | 93 |
For agents
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