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An independent game developer focusing on retro styled games. https://www.dancingmadstudios.com Download demo: https://dancingmadstudios.itch.io/the-cult-of-blood

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Updated: Posting the latest screenshots of my current action platformer project: The Cult of Blood.

#gbstudio #gamedevelopment #retrogaming #retrogames #gameboy #nintendo #thecultofblood #cultofblood #castlevania #indiegames #indiedev @itchio.bsky.social @gbstudiocentral.com @gbstudio.dev

16.01.2026 13:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Another amazing poster piece by DarianBelmont.

#gbstudio #gamedevelopment #retrogaming #retrogames #gameboy #nintendo #itchio #thecultofblood #cultofblood #castlevania #indiegames #indiedev

13.01.2026 15:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽฎ RETRO GAME BLAST FROM THE PAST ย ๐ŸŽฎ
Title: Castlevania: Bloodlines
Publisher: Konami
Released: 1994 NA / JP / EU
Platform: Sega Genesis / Mega Drive

#retrogames #retrogaming #blastfromthepast #videogames #castlevania #sega #genesis #megadrive

10.01.2026 23:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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15.11.2025 13:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 20 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Here is a sneak peak at the cover art, put together by the very talented DarianBelmont.

#gbstudio #gamedevelopment #retrogaming #retrogames #gameboy #nintendo #itchio #thecultofblood #cultofblood #castlevania #indiegames #indiedev #homebrew #kickstarter #gamedev #indiegamedev

10.11.2025 13:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Progress is being made. TheGamerDracul has been doing an amazing job reworking the sprites to reflect the artwork of DarianBelmont.

#gbstudio #gamedevelopment #retrogaming #retrogames #gameboy #nintendo #itchio #thecultofblood #cultofblood #castlevania #indiegames #indiedev #homebrew #indiegamedev

02.11.2025 15:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽฎ RETRO GAME BLAST FROM THE PAST ย ๐ŸŽฎ
Title: Wizard & Warriors
Publisher: Acclaim
Released: 1987 NA / 1990 EU
Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System

#retrogames #retrogaming #blastfromthepast #videogames #nintendo #acclaim #wizardsandwarriors #nes #tbt #throwbackthursday

30.10.2025 12:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It was a rough weekend. So, yesterday, I treated myself to something special.

#retrogames #retrogaming #blastfromthepast #videogames #gameboy #gbc #nintendo #gameboy #lego #legogameboy

27.10.2025 11:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽฎ RETRO GAME BLAST FROM THE PAST ย ๐ŸŽฎ
Title: Doom
Publisher: Activision
Released: 2001 NA / EU
Platform: Game Boy Advance

#retrogames #retrogaming #blastfromthepast #videogames #doom #idsoftware #gameboyadvance #gba #nintendo #gameboy #tbt #throwbackthursday

23.10.2025 11:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽฎ RETRO GAME BLAST FROM THE PAST ย ๐ŸŽฎ
Title: Kid Dracula
Publisher: Konami
Released: 1993 NA / EU / JP
Platform: Game Boy

#retrogames #retrogaming #blastfromthepast #videogames #castlevania #kiddracula #alucard #nintendo #gameboy #tbt #throwbackthursday #nes

09.10.2025 13:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The campaign has ended. 238% of my goal. THANK YOU! Now, comes the hard (and fun) part: finish the game to get the rewards out.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/pko...

#gbstudio #gamedevelopment #retrogaming #retrogames #gameboy #nintendo #itchio #cultofblood #castlevania #indiegames #indiedev

28.09.2025 16:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Almost 24 hours left!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/pko...

#gbstudio #gamedevelopment #retrogaming #retrogames #gameboy #nintendo #itchio #thecultofblood #cultofblood #castlevania #indiegames #indiedev #homebrew #kickstarter #gamedev #indiegamedev

27.09.2025 15:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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52 hours left to our Kickstarter campaign! And TheGamerDracul has joined our small team to supply some of his amazing pixel art!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/pko...

#gbstudio #gamedevelopment #retrogaming #retrogames #gameboy #nintendo #itchio #cultofblood #castlevania #indiegames #indiedev

26.09.2025 12:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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5 days left to the Kickstarter campaign!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/pko...

#gbstudio #gamedevelopment #retrogaming #retrogames #gameboy #nintendo #itchio #thecultofblood #cultofblood #castlevania #indiegames #indiedev #homebrew #kickstarter #gamedev #indiegamedev

22.09.2025 12:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 27 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Be sure to check out our fully funded Kickstarter!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/pko...

#gbstudio #gamedevelopment #retrogaming #retrogames #gameboy #nintendo #itchio #thecultofblood #cultofblood #castlevania #indiegames #indiedev #homebrew #kickstarter #gamedev #indiegamedev

20.09.2025 20:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just got back home from a week long business trip and the first thing I pulled out of the pile of mail.

#gbstudio #gamedevelopment #retrogaming #retrogames #gameboy #nintendo #itchio #thecultofblood #cultofblood #castlevania #indiegames #indiedev #homebrew #kickstarter #gamedev @gbstudiocentral.com

19.09.2025 11:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Introducing our hero, Isaia Lecardi. Artwork by DarianBelmont (x.com/DarianBelmont). He did an amazing job and will continue to help with artwork for the game.

#gbstudio #gamedevelopment #retrogaming #retrogames #gameboy #nintendo #itchio #cultofblood #castlevania #indiegames #indiedev #homebrew

14.09.2025 12:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I have been polishing up the stages (notice the trees and the water).
Reminder: 16.5 days left of our #Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pko...

#gbstudio #gamedevelopment #retrogaming #retrogames #gameboy #nintendo #itchio #cultofblood #castlevania #indiegames #indiedev #homebrew

11.09.2025 12:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New Gameboy Color Game - Nathan and Luke, Badasses @ Law Pick up and play side scroller for the Gameboy Color.

If platformers for the Game Boy Color are your thing, check out Guardian Games's latest project: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tre...

#gbstudio #gamedevelopment #retrogaming #retrogames #gameboy #nintendo #itchio #indiegames #indiedev #homebrew #kickstarter #gamedev

10.09.2025 13:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes. There is definitely going to be some clean up.

09.09.2025 15:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Almost done with level 7. Next, I will wrap up with the character / enemy sprites, collision detection cleanup, etc.

#gbstudio #gamedevelopment #retrogaming #retrogames #gameboy #nintendo #itchio #thecultofblood #cultofblood #castlevania #indiegames #indiedev #homebrew #gamedev #indiegamedev

09.09.2025 12:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 34 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I received a wonderful comment about the backgrounds but I want you to see what I see. I get creative in Gimp and can only use 4 shades of green. I can assign 4 colors per 8x8 pixel block.

#gbstudio #gamedevelopment #retrogaming #retrogames #gameboy #nintendo #cultofblood #castlevania #indiegames

08.09.2025 12:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Feel free to sound like a broken record! :-D
I appreciate the words!

07.09.2025 12:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Working on Level 7 and using tile swaps to experiment with lighting.

You can still support our #Kickstarter project: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pko...

#gbstudio #gamedevelopment #retrogaming #retrogames #gameboy #nintendo #itchio #cultofblood #castlevania #indiegames #indiedev #homebrew

07.09.2025 12:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
"Bloody tears" CastleVania  Cover
"Bloody tears" CastleVania Cover YouTube video by ๆฅ“ๆœˆใƒ†ใƒ„ใƒค-Tetsuya Kazuki-

To date, this is still one of my favorite Bloody Tears covers...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_Q1...

#Castlevania #simonsquest #retrogaming #retrogames #konami #nintendo #nes

05.09.2025 14:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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๐ŸŽฎ RETRO GAME BLAST FROM THE PAST ๐ŸŽฎ
Title: Mega Man X
Publisher: Capcom
Released: 1993 NA / EU / JP
Platform: Super Nintendo

#retrogames #retrogaming #blastfromthepast #videogames #megaman #capcom #snes #nintendo #supernintendo #megamanx

05.09.2025 12:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wow! We are officially funded and in 6 days! A HUGE thank you to everyone! Even though the campaign is still going, the work continues.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/pko...

#gbstudio #gamedevelopment #retrogaming #retrogames #gameboy #nintendo #cultofblood #castlevania #indiegames #indiedev

04.09.2025 13:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Check out @nicoplaysindies.bsky.socialโ€™s review of the Cult of Blood! Video dropped today on YouTube!

03.09.2025 16:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

An awesome track from @retroasobi.bsky.social.

02.09.2025 22:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Where does our vampire princess toss the bodies of her victims? Into the catacombs!

Check out our Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pko...

#gbstudio #gamedevelopment #retrogaming #retrogames #gameboy #nintendo #itchio #cultofblood #castlevania #indiegames #indiedev #homebrew #kickstarter

01.09.2025 12:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 28 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0