geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Diet Color I'm working on a web app to convert images to c64 Multicolor Bitmap Mode. It is very slow and has basically zero features, but it works! No Koala export button yet. Sorry. You can play with it at geon.github.io/diet-color/ #c64 #pixelart #indiedev #retro 040
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 22/03/2026I'm playing around with c64 color conversion in Typescript. lots of fun! 040
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Free download on itch: geon3.itch.io/buddiesgeon3.itch.ioBubble Buddies by geon3100 new levels for Bubble Bobble on the c64. 010
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 19/03/2026These are the sprites I drew for Bubble Buddies. Love the antialiasing and the subtle shadows on the twin ice pop. The captured monsters are enlarged from 18x16 to 20x20 pixels. It doesn't sound like a lot, but I was able to make them much more expressive. #pixelart #c64 #retrogaming #indiedev 1122
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Bubble Buddies out now!geon3.itch.ioBubble Buddies by geon3100 new levels for Bubble Bobble on the c64. 0117
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 13/03/2026I got a great prerelease review! Free download will be released on Itch this weekend! Bubble Buddies is a fan remix of the original c64 Bubble Bobble, with 100 new levels,fresh graphics and a smooth difficulty progression. #bubblebobble #c64 #pixelart #indiegamingyoutube.com 041
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Bubble Buddies ☂️ Free download will be released this weekend! Bubble Buddies is a fan remix of the original c64 Bubble Bobble, with 100 new levels and fresh graphics. The levels are designed for maximum playability and a smooth difficulty progression. #bubblebobble #c64 #pixelart #indiegaminggeon3.itch.ioBubble Buddies by geon3100 new levels for Bubble Bobble on the c64. 061
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 08/03/2026I finished the Bubble Buddies home screen. Looking good! Bubble Buddies is an upcoming fan game for the c64. It is a hack of the 1986 game Bubble Bobble with 100 new levels and new graphics. #c64 #bubblebobble #retrogaming 022
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 08/03/2026I think the Bubble Buddies boss sprites are done. I tried to have separate sprites for left and right, but there just isn’t room for them. Bubble Buddies is an upcoming fan game for the c64. It is a hack of Bubble Bobble from 1986, with 100 new levels. #bubblebobble #c64 #gamedev #pixelart 0136
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Work in progress on my boss sprites. Bubble Buddies is a hack of the c64 game Bubble Bobble, with 100 new levels and a slightly easier and smoother difficulty progression. #c64 #bubblebobble #pixelart #bubblebuddies 092
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Title screen for my upcoming c64 Bubble Bobble hack. The screenshot is from Vice. Feeling so stoked. 082
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Bubble Love 💖 Some screenshots from my BB hack. 100 new Levels. 100% fun. #BubbleBobble #c64 084
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 02/01/2026I spent new years with my brother. He loves bb as well. We had a blast play testing levels. 010
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 18/12/2025New c64 Bubble Bobble levels for my upcoming hack. #c64 #bubblebobble #indiedev #pixelart 164
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 07/12/2025My new c64 Bubble Bobble levels are turning out great. #c64 #bubblebobble #indiedev 0196
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 28/11/2025I’m designing custom levels for Bubble Bobble on the c64. Great fun! #bubblebobble #c64 000
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Early sketch of my Bubble Bobble boss. #bubblebobble #pixelart #c64 030
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 19/10/2025A bit rich coming from nintendo, since they do everything to stop people from enjoying their old games. 030
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 19/10/2025That’s looking really nice. I see you have the helmets in separate layers. I have been experimenting with segmenting images into areas of similar colors in order to map them closer to the target palette. I never got very far, because it was a lot of work. But I think it has some potential. 000
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Also a ton of gray pixels in the right visor. Technically correct, since the original image isn’t quite as saturated as the palette, but it looks weird to me. 110
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 18/10/2025The 16 color cga palette is the same as the ega. I just called it ”ega” to avoid confusion with the 4 color cga palettes. Your version isn’t too bad, but you can see some stray pixels of gray in the left visor. 110
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Normal ordered dithering will use mixes of colors that makes no sense. Like a solid blue area with a handful of bright red pixels. Sure, that is the mathematically correct dithering, but it looks like crap. This metgod gives *much* better results 110
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 18/10/2025I created a palette of the basic 16 EGA colors, plus 50/50 mixes, totalling 73 colors. The key is to use pairs of colors that a human would pick. Convert to this palette, without dithering. Then clean up stray pixels etc, before converting to the final 16 color EGA palette with pattern dithering. 230
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 08/10/2025The newly released remastered Bubble Bobble for C64 includes a fix for an old bug where the game ended even if you still had credits. Now it waits until you're actually out. #c64 #BubbleBobblegeon.github.ioFixing The C64 Bubble Bobble Continue BugThis would be my website, I guess. 010
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Normal. A game is never ”done”. You just have to draw the line at some point and stop working on it. 020
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 06/10/2025I’ve been working on Bubble Bobble C64 Remastered since January. It’s finally released! daves-retro-forge.itch.io/bubble-bobbl...daves-retro-forge.itch.ioBubble Bobble C64 Remastered by Dave's Retro ForgeA graphically enhanced, fan-made version of the C64 game Bubble Bobble (Firebird, 1987) 022
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Oh, you already got it running on macos! That’s amazing. Do you have a binary? 100
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 03/10/2025I tried visualizing the wind currents in Bubble Bobble for the c64. The dots spawn at the center of each tile and move the direction of the current. After the dots have moved one tile, the animation is repeated. Randomly spawned dots would looks better. Might try later. 000
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Looks real nifty. Would you mind sharing the project on github? I’d love to try it on Bubble Bobble. 100
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Did you port the existing python/vala or did you have to rewrite? 100
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 07/01/2025geon.github.ioParsing the c64 Bubble Bobble Wind CurrentsThis would be my website, I guess. 000
geon @geontherealone.bsky.social · 07/01/2025I disassembled the c64 game Bubble Bobble to find out how wind currents work. 100
