Sherlock: A Study in Scarlet
This is my Gameboy adaptation of the first Sherlock Holmes short story, A Study in Scarlet, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This is essentially a visual novel; expect a lot of text boxes and not a lot of game mechanics.
I developed it in GB Studio for the Gameboy; you can play it in your browser here, or download the .gb file and play it in a Gameboy emulator.
You can also download the project file from this page, if you're interested in seeing how I developed it in GB Studio. Spoiler alert: It's pretty straightfoward. The assets, code, project file, etc are released under an open source GPL license, excluding the text box font, which I got from Damien G's website - https://damieng.com/typography/zx-origins/.
CONTROLS:
Z - A Button (interact/deduce)
X - B Button (talk to Watson)
ARROW KEYS - D-Pad (Movement)
ENTER - Start Button (Pause)
SHIFT - Select Button (Unused
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What an awesome idea for a GB project!
Hi, for the source you provided with your project, what open source license is it released under?
If you want ideas about possible licenses for gbcompo, you can check:
Here: https://github.com/gbdev/gbcompo21#open-source-bonus And here: https://github.com/gbdev/gbcompo21/issues/5#issuecomment-872790493
If you decide not to choose one that is ok, but we can only categorize it as open source if a license is specified.
Thank you!
GPL - I can add a text file to the download stating as much if need be (and I've already updated the game's description)
Thank you!
I’m loving the text and graphics, definately a “click fest” but it has lots of charm and character and not just because of the source material. Congratulations!