u/PMG75

I have been playing around with GBStudio on and off for a few hours, I can't believe that I can create something and share it, for the GB. I can't imagine how that would have felt back when I opened my GB one Christmas morning, many, many, many years ago.

Anyway, anyone thinking of having a go really should. I just need to know when to stop, I'm constantly thinking about adding extra animation frames to my character, I haven't even created a game level yet, I have drawings but nothing in GBStudio.

I thought I'd share my first few hours of my creation. Very basic sprites, with idle animation. I am next working out how to make the text pop up as a speech bubble rather than a large box, coming from the ghost on the left, along with a little movement.

I've just fitted some new old parts that I had in the garage, I wanted to bring the bars in towards the seat a bit, I also like wide bars, I'm going to see how it rides just to make sure they're not too wide.

I need to order up some new grips, not sure if I should go a darker blue to match the rear of the bike, or a nice contrasty red. Tyres and tubes need replacing too, I've been looking at some Schwalbe Rapid Robs.

The gearing all works lovely, so I'm going to leave that until it needs replacing.

I am loving this pencil, it is so comfortable to hold and use. I wasn't sure how it was going to feel but I'm very pleasantly surprised. It took 6 days to arrive in the UK from Switzerland, this Included a weekend, so impressed with that too.

The leads inside are very nice, I may get some more because they are so smooth and glide across the MD paper I've had a doodle on.

It's lovely to have something like this as a gift, it feels like will last a lifetime, it'll probably see me out😬. It'll feel at home with my other pencils.

Is it possible to tell if these is a good copy with no photo of the rear?

This may get removed as I am supposed to post photos of the front and back.