| Game Boy Color Picker | |
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| General | |
| Author | xenophile |
| Type | Utilities |
| Version | 2022 |
| License | Public Domain |
| System | CGB |
| Last Updated | 2022/05/15 |
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Colors on the Game Boy Color (GBC) and Game Boy Advance are very different from typical monitors, and even from each other. It can take a surprising amount of time just to find colors that look good when run on original hardware (and in emulators like BGB).
There are PC tools to help approximate what colors will look like under various conditions - which help greatly - but they are no substitute for seeing your choices as they will really look.
Game Boy Color Picker is meant to help with colorizing Game Boy games, or developing homebrew. It is a simple program that runs anywhere Game Boy Color games can run, including on the Game Boy Advance and emulators.
It allows you to choose four colors at a time from the GBC's selection of 32,768. As you change the colors you can see them in GBC 15 bit format, ready to use in your Game Boy project, and also in HTML color code format, ready to use in any graphics editor.
This project is written in C and can be compiled with GBDK. GBDK was chosen to explore its functionalities, and optimized assembly was not required for performance.
Controls
Left/Right - Choose a component
Up/Down - Change the value
Screenshots
Compatibility
It runs on Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance emulators, or real hardware using a flash cart.
External links
- Romhacking.net - https://www.romhacking.net/homebrew/166/