Solar Guard

A space shooter where you complete various missions that take place in the solar system.

This is a  homebrew Game Boy Advance game made for GBA Jam 2021.

This game is in a state of development (i.e. any build thus far can be considered a development version as the game is not feature/content complete). Please note that since this game is still in development, there is a fair probability that you may encounter an issue(s)/bug(s).

This game was made using GValiente's Butano engine).

Butano is a modern C++ high level engine for the Game Boy Advance.

Running the Game

Using a GBA Emulator on PC

To run the game, download a GBA emulator (mGBA is a good choice) and run the .gba file in it.

Alternatively, any hardware that runs .gba files on an actual Game Boy Advance (e.g. Everdrive or EZ-FLASH) can be used to run Solar Guard on a GBA (or DS with backwards compatibility).

If you have a modded 3DS, the .cia file made using Ultimate GBA VC Injector for 3DS by Asdolo can be used to install Solar Guard as a Virtual Console GBA title.

Running the .gba file using a GBA emulator that runs on the 3DS also gets the job done.

Open Source on GitHub

This game is open source on GitHub, under the GPL-3.0 license. More information about the game from a development perspective is available in the repository on GitHub.

Art Acknowledgements

This game uses artwork from Open Game Art and elsewhere, please see the Art Acknowledgements folder in the GitHub repository or go to Information > Art Acknowledgements in the game's main menu to see attribution information for others' art assets used in Solar Guard.