Nathan Tolbert

The Book of Rynn Kickstarter campaign is finally in pre-launch!! Head over there and click "Notify me on launch"! In the meantime, get the free demo from itch (link in KS description) and tell your friends, your family, your pets, everyone! 🎉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/seb...

Coming soon! www.kickstarter.com/projects/joh...

Been working on sprucing up the subscreen for Halcyon. Still got a bit to clean up on the icons, but it's getting there! #nesdev

Here is a very promising new #Metroidvania #homebrew for the #NES "Hiraeth" by "Linen Games" Navigate your way through an enormous castle with over 200 interconnected rooms and collect new items to help you on your journey. Demo available: castle.linen.games/ja/ #retrogaming #indiegame #gaming

Minor update for my NES sound driver - Sabre: github.com/CutterCross/... - Fixes an NMI race condition bug that I somehow missed all this time. 😬 - Minor byte optimizations to keep the driver under 1700 bytes. - Fixed minor typo that prevented ca65 assemble. #NESdev #NES #homebrew #ファミコン #gamedev

They aren't happy that you woke them up.... (in Halcyon, my upcoming NES homebrew game) #nesdev

I know there's a flood of NES homebrew being released these days, but Diggy Diggy Mole is head and shoulders above the crowd. It's polished, well-designed, good-looking, and fun. The Steam version includes a NES rom, so now's your chance to get the ROM if you didn't buy a physical cart.

The Book of Rynn demo is out for internal testing. Expect the grand announcement soon! #nes #jrpg #retrogames #indiegames #thebookofrynn

This ain't really a new #homebrew but I was just so impressed with what I saw, that I wanted to share, for the people interested "Over OBJ" is a #SHMUP for the #NES that shows off some absolutely insane visuals for the system. Tons of actions & sprites with minimal slowdown #retrogaming #indiegame

Visualizing RAM access to debug saving. A peek into the NES's brain. #NESdev 1 pixel = 1 byte red = writes, green = reads, white = currently being accessed

To celebrate the upcoming unveiling of The Book of Rynn public demo, we're releasing the game's OST on Bandcamp! We'll be revealing new tracks progressively in the lead-up to our crowdfunding campaign, but you can listen to the main theme today: thebookofrynn.bandcamp.com/album/the-bo...

For the #nesdev heads out there: the Steam version comes with the NES ROM as well!

Testing, testing and more testing. You cannot imagine how excited I am to share The Book of Rynn with you all! #jrpg #nes #retrogames #gamedev #indiegames #thebookofrynn

Our next Speaker Announcement! Behind the Scenes: Choose Your Own Adventure with Author E.C. Myers. Starting at 3:30 PM in the Glens Falls Room. For more info, please check out their page at @ecmyers.com

This is one banger of an NES homebrew. Seriously. Can't recommend it enough. #NESdev

Our game Micro Mages is on this! $1 per game is a steal. Many quality NES homebrews in this bundle! It should be a great way to get started and support the #NESdev scene ;) #N8ABundle

🧭 A Journey Into The Unknown (2026) by dalecoop Studio brings a quiet, explorative adventure to the NES. It’s a deliberate, atmospheric walk rather than a sprint. 🎁 dale-coop.itch.io/a-journey-in... #homebrew #nes #retro #game #ajourneyintotheunknown @dalecoop.bsky.social

Played a little bit of this yesterday. Really well-made demo. Can't wait to see where this team goes.

I've started to make proper levels in our #nes game. It's quite fun but also challenging, as we are not doing a conventional platformer and need to invent a good formula for levels. I use greyboxing until I have something fun. #gamedev #nesdev #homebrew #indiedev

I finally got some mock samples made of my boxes and labels for BioCreeps. Had a little emotional moment I wasn't expecting while holding them. Although that cart is empty, everything felt much more real. I'm so excited to get this out, you guys #nes #nesdev #biocreeps #indiedev

Another great-looking NES project to follow!

All of the bosses in BioCreeps have unique intros. I think they're all pretty good, but zone 1 is probably still my favorite. #nesdev #nes #indiedev #biocreeps

This game looks really interesting, and even better, it's open source. Go check it out!

Absolutely required. Along with having an ice and a fire level.

When I was making Anguna 2600, by the end, I was so low on space that every new line of code involved 30 minutes of searching for a place to optimize and free up 3-4 bytes. The last few features were PAINFULLY slow.

A quick reminder that our Homebrew Factory service allows creators to produce and finance physical versions of their NES, Game Boy, GBC, and Mega Drive/Genesis games. You can also follow all these projects on the dedicated account @homebrew-factory.com ➡️ creator.homebrew-factory.com

Attention NES/GB/GBC homebrew devs!🎮 We’re hosting a special activation at GDC Festival of Gaming 2026 to showcase homebrew titles! We'd love to see your games! Space in the build is limited, so please submit your game for consideration🙂 Ends 2/28 forms.gle/Q1Qg5iG5AQ...

put-put-put-ing into the new year. Lots of new stuff coming so stay tuned! #nesdev #gamedev

Found these while cleaning my office. Am I too late to exchange them for an Anakin Skywalker figure?

Finally starting on the boss fights for my upcoming NES adventure game Halcyon.... Boss graphics by FJ #nesdev

Here's the functioning inn system. Scribes can also save games now but I'm not done with them as they also need to revive and remove poison. I got a linker surprise this morning and had to move all string literals to their own dedicated bank. 😅 #nesdev #indiegames #gamedev #jrpg

Janus is still alive! Really looking forward to this one someday.

Spent the week working on polishing up the water/swimming area of my work-in-progress NES adventure game Halcyon. #nesdev

Hey y'all! ROMs of my NES homebrew games are on sale on itch until the end of the month. Get them all for less than $5 and help fund new projects, including our NES JRPG, Even Goblins Fall In Love. itch.io/s/158466/sky... #indienes #gamedev #homebrew #retrogame #nes #nesdev #indieretro

Enjoyed meeting folks at Illinois Game Con this past weekend. Thank you for stopping by!

🚨 The Homebrew Factory by @brokestudio.bsky.social is now live! This new service makes it super easy for NES devs to launch their physical NES editions with just a few clicks. Time to get your games out there! 😍☕️ #NES #homebrew #nesdev #NESmaker #indiegames #gamedev #ファミコン #同人ゲーム

It's been awhile.....but things are moving....

🔥 Malasombra is NOW LIVE on Kickstarter! 🔥 The adventure begins! Get your cartridge, CIB edition, or digital copy now! ⚔️ An epic NES quest with spells, secrets & challenges! 📦 Physical & digital rewards available! 🚀 Funded in under 8 hours! bit.ly/3F0j1zw

We're excited to announce that The Storied Sword is coming to Steam on Friday! You can wishlist it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3471340/... Join us for a launch party livestream on the 14th at 10pm UTC over on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/orcfacegames #wishlistwednesday #retrogaming #indiedev

Sweet review of The Storied Sword! #nesdev youtu.be/WVW4MuVi51g?...

The Viking, the first boss from the upcoming game Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls for the NES. #nesdev

Courier: A Cyberpunk Adventure is out now on Steam for only $4.99! Explore, pickpocket, shoot, and hack your way through many areas in order to upgrade your skills, take down the evil Ankh Industries and fulfill your destiny. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEyY...

Dreamcast copies of The Storied Sword are finally finished! We're working on shipping copies for KS backers, and the game is available for purchase at orcface.com/store

Also, this is the first official teaser of what else I've been working on in #nesdev . Oh my, what could those little black characters be for!?