How did the Dev Day Game Boy idea start?

There’s something pretty special about making a game and then holding it in your hands.

I’m glad we got to share that feeling with everyone there and wanted to recognize @ko_kuramoto and his team as part of how this started.

The first inspiration came from seeing Ko Kuramoto’s inventions and exploring ideas with him and the nanu team. I loved the tinkering: taking familiar hardware and asking what else it could do. We talked about connecting Codex to a Game Boy through a remote-control bridge.

https://x.com/ko_kuramoto/status/2042959996041023792?s=20

That part never came together, but I really enjoyed those early conversations.

@dkundel had the idea to do something for DevDay. @DylanAbruscato pushed for every single person attending to get one and @thsottiaux needed little convincing.

That took us from tinkering with a concept to figuring out how to make thousands.

We ultimately worked with @modretro to bring it to DevDay, just as these models were getting really good at making games!