I open-sourced a tool that turns any photo into a playable Game Boy ROM using AI

I open-sourced a tool that turns any photo into a playable Game Boy ROM using AI

1989 hardware + 2026 AI

I open-sourced a tool that turns any photo into a playable Game Boy ROM using AI

generate pixel art, then optimizes it for Game Boy’s brutal constraints (4 colors, 256 tiles, 8KB RAM)

Result: your photo becomes a playable .gb or gbc ROM with:

– Animated character (idle/run/jump/attack)

– Scrolling background

– Music & sound effects

Open source (Windows)

github.com/lovisdotio/SpriteSwap-Studio

Much more to come 🙂

submitted by /u/Affectionate-Map1163
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