Tobu Tobu Girl, the first 100% libre Game Boy game, is getting a new deluxe edition
I've been holding on for too long to report this one, but now it seems to be the right time. Tobu Tobu Girl is a wonderful thing. Developed by the nice folks at Tangram Games (who previously brought us the equally libre titles Mr. Rescue and Duck Marines ), this arcade platformer is very likely the first Game Boy title to be developed in a 100% libre environment, and that goes for both code and assets. Originally released in 2017, the game was published as a Game Boy rom made available gratis, and it also got a limited physical cartridge release after a successful Kickstarter campaign. Now, following yet another Kickstarter, the developers are back with a deluxe version , boasting Gameboy Color and Super Gameboy support, and a previously unincluded survival mode. A new batch of physical copies for the deluxe version are also already available for preorder , and the new rom will be once again distributed gratis to the public sometime in July. The game's pixel art is simple, ye