GB UNITY TEMPLATE

A collection of useful scripts and assets that will provide the basic building blocks of your next GameBoy style game in Unity.

Spend less time tweaking shaders, cameras and adding gamepad support. Spend more time creating fun gameplay.

Participating in a game jam? This template will get you up and running in no time, and all of its components are easily adaptable to suit your needs.

FEATURES

GameBoy Shader
Outputs a 160x144, 4-color image. It uses the Universal Rendering Pipeline and was created with Shader Graph. It's very easy to tweak and supports customizable color palettes that can be changed during run time.

Input System
All the Game Boy buttons are already mapped to 2 keyboard sets and gamepad, using the new Unity Input System.

Sound System
Play sounds and music without needing to set individual audio sources on every object.

Example Assets
A menu system, an options screen, a dialog system, fading between scenes, etc. All of them are easily expandable.

WebGL Ready
No last minute surprises when submitting your Game Jam entry, it just works.

CC0 License
Use as you please, credit is not required but appreciated.


USING THIS?

If you make a game using this template, please reach out! I love seeing how my work helps others.


GAMES POWERED BY THIS TECH

GBNoid
GBNoid
Crazy Space Taxi
Crazy Space Taxi
Skippy the Bot
Skippy the Bot
Reach the Horizon
Reach the Horizon
Siren Cat in Space
Siren Cat in Space

Never Forgiven
The Last Star Marshall by Arknano
The Last Star Marshall

by Arknano
Astray in the Stars
Astray in the Stars
by LightningGrey
Hauler
Hauler
by Saito Interactive

GBJAM Mod Simulator

by Arknano

Cursed Paws

by theMETALWORKS


NEW IN V2.0

  • Added mobile friendly touch controls
  • Various minor fixes
  • Added new examples featuring canvas and text rendering

Download

Download
GB Unity Template Install Guide and Reference v2.pdf 361 kB
Download
GBTemplate02.unitypackage 645 kB

Install instructions

Please read the Install Guide before importing the package.

Development log

Comments

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Super cool! Definitely gonna be utilizing this for a gamejam soon! Is the music in this demo available anywhere online? I'm super addicted to that tune! ðŸ•ºðŸ•º

Here's a link to the music used in the example: URL

Looking forward to see your jam entry! Let me know if you need help with anything related to the template.

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Fantastic, tyvm. Will do! :)

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Ooooh, gonna check this out for an upcoming gamejam I think

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Hello! am I able to use this to make and post some games? I wont monetize them or anything, I just absolutely love how it looks and what it seems to have and I've just always wanted to make a Gameboy game lol

Sure!

The license is CC0, that means you can use it in any free or commercial product for free. No need for credits either, although it would be cool to see what people make with this.

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Awesome thank you so much! ill try to remember to send a link for something i make for it if you'd like :)