have a nice thrift

A cozy thrifting game for the Game Boy Color! In this game you will explore City 21 to find the best thrift stores! Live your life in City 21 and enjoy customizing your apartment, playing arcade games, and much much more! You may follow the main story line or just enjoy living in the city. The choice is yours!

Story:

You have just graduated from college and ready to start your life in the big city! Unfortunately, City 21 has been under martial law for sometime now. You quickly realize that art is dead and everyone is unhappy here. Being an adult isn't what you imagined it would be... Will you make the best of what you have here and help out the community? Or will you succumb to depression of the city... 

Download the .gbc ROM file below OR play right now in the web browser above!

(Playing on original hardware or an Analogue Pocket will give you the best experience! Note: This is a Game Boy Color game so it will only work on Game Boy Color and  Game Boy Advanced.)

 

Features:

Many games, music, and clothes to collect and enjoy! (Yes playable games!)

Customize your character! 

Many characters to talk to!

Ample thrift stores to explore!

A sprawling city to explore during the Fall season!

Fully colorized for the Gameboy Color!!!  

Controls: 

(If you decide to play in browser)

Move(d-pad): WASD

A button(jump/interact):   ;

B button (let go of rock):   L

Afterword:

I made this game for my wife Brandy, and my best friends Ali and Virginia. We all love to explore thrift stores together. The game took me a couple of months to build and I learned so much (including some good habits to save myself from burnout for this project) ! It was so much fun to make! Also this is my first Game Boy Color exclusive game, meaning it is fully colorized!

 

Credits:

Game and music created by:

Kevin Neilson

Art by:

Shimablark

Sound Effects by:

Coffee 'Valley' Bat

Tronimal

Made with Gb Studio!

Plugins used:

gbs-setPaletteColorPlugin by:

Mico27

gud gbs plugins by:   

mikeleisz

1 bit arcade art by:

craftylarkcreations

AblazePython

greatdocbrown

CYON4D

Canari Games

GibbonGL

Vibrant Gusano

Craftpix.net

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