Ghost Piece Hack Now Available


If you follow me on youtube, you may have seen that I recently upload a short development log, showing my general workflow for building From Below Pocket. To demonstrate this, I added a new feature to the game, "Ghost Pieces".

If you aren't already aware, Ghost Pieces are where the game shows you where a piece will land; a prediction of what would happen if you slammed down a piece this instance.


My intention was never to add this feature to the shipping game, as it was just a quick hack. However, the response was very positive, and I've had lots of people ask how they can get it! Well, I'm happy to say I have released the feature as a "hack file" for the official ROM (see attached). When you buy the ROM, you will get this patch file. You can then go to a ROM patcher, such as Rom Patcher JS (marcrobledo.com), and apply the patch to the ROM if you wish.

Now I have to add the caveat that this patch is not up to the standards I would usually hold myself to for an official feature in the game. It has not been tested at all really. I'm fairly sure it will cause some slowdown on DMG Game Boy Systems, and the "flickering" for the ghost pieces seems inconsistent depending on what system you are using.

But! It's here, and if you want to try it out, go for it!

Files

From Below Pocket Ghost Hack.zip 4 kB
Oct 07, 2023

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