Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n

Waking with no memory on a strange planet, 
you begin a journey for answers.

The choices you make
will shape the course of history.

A solar system inside a cartridge

Fall from Space is an open-world, non-linear RPG built for real Game Boy hardware and created entirely by a solo developer.

Explore a solar system full of secrets, side quests, and choices that matter.

Features

Explore the stars! Journey across multiple worlds. A solar system inside a cartridge, filled with side quests, encounters, secrets, and upgrades.

• Combines an open-world RPG with Metroidvania style platforming, in a unique Game Boy experience.
• A branching story with multiple endings and a karma system that shapes the world around you.
• Quests with multiple outcomes and real choices that affect characters and events.
• Hours of gameplay, with save-anywhere support, multiple save slots, unlockables, and even Game Boy Printer support!
• Developed solo to run on Game Boy Color, GBA/SP, Chromatic, Analogue Pocket, and all compatible hardware and software.
• Featuring a stunning original soundtrack by Beatscribe.

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Background

Fall from Space is a large-scale, exploration-driven RPG for the Game Boy, developed solo in my spare time since Dec 2021. Blending literary and science-fiction influences—from Paradise Lost to 90s CRPGs like Fallout—it tells a story of memory, loss and discovery across a solar system of interconnected worlds. 

Built entirely within the hardware limits of the Game Boy as to run on original hardware, the project pushes the system’s boundaries to deliver an open-world CRPG experience rarely seen on the platform.

As my second project in the works for several years, it builds on everything I learned creating Tales of Monsterland and expands it using the incredible possibilities the latest versions of  GB Studio tooling have opened up. 

You can download the demo now to explore the full planet of Pandæmonium which should be a solid glimpse of what’s to come in the complete game.

A new trailer is on the way (the current one’s two years old!) featuring new planets and content. Fall from Space is now in its final stages of development, with completion expected in late 2025 / early 2026.

If you enjoy what you see, sharing, retweeting, or spreading the word helps more than you might think — every bit of support makes a real difference.

Follow for future updates and announcements (and I'd love any feedback), here and on my social media accounts https://bsky.app/profile/joelj.bsky.social, www.twitter.com/joeljgames and http://instagram.com/joeljgames/.

There's an email subscription list too, but this will reserved for major announcements and I'm not planning on using very often.

^ The Main Theme from the rad OST by BeatScribe, more coming soon.
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Demo controls

Action/Platformer mode

(A) Jump
(B) Strike / ability
(↑) Roll towards
(↓) Roll back

(B) + (↑) Step towards
(B)  + (↓) Step back

[select] Toggle ability
[start] In game menus

(B) + (↓) Drop down through platform
(↑) Enter/examine (context dependant)

Exploration/RPG mode

(A) Talk / examine / interact
(B) Run (unlockable)
[start] In game menus

Over-world map travel

[select] Toggle move & map
(A) Examine location (map)
[start] In game menus

Interplanetary travel

(A) to examine a celestial object while in orbit of it

Tips:
Enemies often telegraph their attack, step or roll back to avoid a close combat attack, step forwards to counter strike.

Roll forwards to duck under enemy projectiles.

Talk to everyone you can in towns to discover side quests and progress the main story along.

Save regularly, the star system is a dangerous place!

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Credits

Original story, graphics and all development by myself.

Thanks to (this list will grow no doubt) – Rulz, Toxa, Bryan Rollins and all the other champs in GB Studio Discord who are always generous with their time for scripting questions. Gumpy Function for feedback and GBS Central articles on game design.

Martin Gauer (2nd Law Games) for testing and feedback.

Chris Maltby for GB Studio, Pautomas, for scripting help, key plugins and for GB Studio, Hauntology for platforming engine mods/plugin.

The full Original Soundtrack is by Beatscribe, including the excellent Fall from Space titles and Junkton theme (and much more) as well as some great new custom SFX.

SFX by Coffee 'Valen' Bat.

Anyone who’s shared, liked or just given feedback about my games, it really means a lot and kept me going with this project over the years, I appreciate the support.