Petris - A puzzle game of shapely pets for the Game Boy Color (CGB), Analogue Pocket (AP) and Game Gear (GG)
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Build your favorite pets in all shapes and sizes, keep ahead of dropping pieces and make it to the next level!

Petris is a new home-brew 2D puzzle game for the Game Boy Color (CGB). It will run on original hardware (CGB and GBA) and in most emulators.

### Physical Cartridge available:
* ~~[Catskull Electronics](https://catskullelectronics.com/collections/games/products/petris)~~ 
* Ferrante Crafts: https://ferrantecrafts.com/products/petris

![Petris cart](/info/petris-cart_one_row.jpg)


(Check other branches for Game Gear and Analogue Pocket sources)

### Download ROMs and Play Online

Downloads and online playable version are at: https://bbbbbr.itch.io/petris
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Run it either in an emulator such as [BGB](http://bgb.bircd.org/), on a real Game Boy if you have a flashable cartridge, or you can buy a cartridge at ~~[Catskull Electronics](https://catskullelectronics.com/collections/games/products/petris)~~ [Ferrante Crafts](https://ferrantecrafts.com/products/petris).

![Petris cartridge sticker](/res/printable/cartridge_sticker_petris_x300.png)
![Petris game in Long Pet game type](/info/Petris_LongPet.png)
![Petris game in Tail Cleanup game type](/info/petris_tail_cleanup.gif)

You can read the [Instruction Manual](/info/Manual.md) for full details about game play.
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##### Game Types
Try out a variety gameplay modes with different incentives and strategies:
* **Long Pet**: Complete progressively longer pets to reach the next level.
* **Tails Cleanup**: Clear all tails off the screen per level
* **Crunch-up**: Keep ahead as the screen crunches upward and new pets appear
* **Level Up**: Classic level-up style
* **Marathon**: For the long distance player

##### Head-to-Head 2 Player
Two players can compete over Game Boy Link Cable (CGB and GBA) in all game types.
 * Send crunch-ups to your opponent when you complete long pets or level-up. The last player standing wins the match.

##### Difficulty Settings
A range of difficulty levels make it suitable for all players, from relaxing to hectic:
 * Easy / Normal / Hard / Expert / Beast

##### Other Options and features
 * Choose from multiple sound tracks
 * High Contrast mode for small and non-backlit screens
 * Visual hinting for drop location/etc can be turned on/off

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##### Music Credits
 * Krümel (crumb) / GB Studio Community Assets - https://github.com/DeerTears/GB-Studio-Community-Assets

##### Tools and Resources Used
 * GBDK 2020 - https://github.com/Zal0/gbdk-2020/
 * BGB - http://bgb.bircd.org/
 * Game Boy Tile Designer - http://www.devrs.com/gb/hmgd/gbtd.html
 * GIMP TileMap GB - https://github.com/bbbbbr/gimp-tilemap
 * Game Boy Map Builder - http://www.devrs.com/gb/hmgd/gbmb.html
 * GBT Player (modified to work with compression) - https://github.com/AntonioND/gbt-player
 * A little code from ZGB - https://github.com/Zal0/ZGB
 * Some GBDK patches by Toxa  - https://github.com/untoxa
 * UnaPACK aPack decompression by Toxa  - https://github.com/untoxa
 * apultra aPack compression - https://github.com/emmanuel-marty/apultra]