Ludum Dare 46: based on the GBA Project Template

Download the rom here: https://github.com/timostrating/Ludumdare46/raw/master/docs/KeepTheGameBoyAlive.gba

Play on a web emulator here: https://timostrating.github.io/Ludumdare46/

this project is based on a template created by the work of Tonc and Luc van den Brand: https://github.com/LucvandenBrand/GBA_Project_Template

GBA Project Template

This repository contains a basic setup for building structured and test-driven Game Boy Advance (GBA) applications.

Project structure

The actual content of the GBA application is stored in source:

• app : This is where all code resides in .c and .h files. Tests are named *.test.c.
• assets : All sound, images, sprites and maps are stored here.
• data : All game data, like entity information and default settings are stored here.

The tools folder contains tools and libraries that ease development, the lib folder contains all external libraries used.

Setting up

This project has been configured for Linux, and will most probably not work in other environments without tweaking. In order to be able to build this project, you will need to perform the following steps:

1. Install DevkitPro for the GBA and setup the right environment variables (see this guide)
2. Make sure all submodules are present by calling git submodule update --init --recursive.

After this, you should be ready to build the project.

Building

Once the project has been setup properly, the only thing a developer needs to do is to call the right make commands from the root of the project:

• make : builds the game and exports a .gba file.
• make test : builds both the game and its tests in the .test.c files, exporting a .gba file that runs all these tests. This is made possible by the minunit_test_builder in the tools folder and the minunit testing library.
• make clean : removes all junk created by the building processes above.