Twin Peaks: Meanwhile
Twin Peaks: Meanwhile is a short re imagining of the classic 90s show as if it was made into a Game Boy game. The game is completely centered around Cooper's adventure into the black lodge. There is multiple endings and a host of spirits to interact with.
!!!MAJOR SPOILER WARNING!!!!!
This game is made for fans of the show. You might want to avoid playing if you haven't seen all of Twin Peaks and don't want it spoilt for you. Plus it wouldn't make a heap of sense.
Controls
| Action | Game Boy | Keyboard |
| Move | D-Pad | Arrow Keys |
| Interact | A | Z |
| Back | B | X |
| Inventory | Select | Shift |
| Menu | Start | Enter |
The game was made in GB Studio, an amazing piece of software by Chris Maltby. You can really download the ROM and run it on a real Game Boy, (I've tested it).
Twin Peaks: Meanwhile was made for my love of the show but also as a way to learn game dev. This is my first actual game as well as my first submission to any sort of game jam. I made everything by myself from scratch. As noted in the game, I have more content mapped out but this a shortened version to submit to the 2021 Game Boy Comp.
Big shout out to Robert Doman and Goodnight Girl. Their tutorials helped me immensely through this whole process.
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Tory - back in 2021 this inspired me to transcribe some Twin Peaks sheet music into Game Boy music. But I never actually posted it, so now I finally have! Feel free to incorporate it into this old project, or just enjoy it. Here's the asset pack.
Thats absolutely amazing and heartwarming! I'm so thrilled to have inspired someone through my work. Currently I'm working on a larger non-gameboy project but this might call for me to reopen the project and put a lil time into it.
I made an account just so I could let you know how much I love this game! As a longtime Twin Peaks fan, I've always been disappointed by attempts to adapt it to the medium, but this turned out amazing! do you have any plans to add music?
Hey thanks so much for your comment. Means a great deal you would say that, the music was the very last thing I wanted to implement but fell short of for the game jam. I was going to finish it off but felt somewhat satisfied with what i had done and wanted to move on to other projects.
I also originally had another section planed with laura connecting the fwwm plus s3 into coops experience with the lodge. The intention was to explore the idea of the lodge as a place outside time and space that allows people to move into other timelines in a way that's not comprehensible. This was at least my interpretation but with lynch you can never really know.
I'm a newly certified full stack dev that's about to make my own GB style Twin Peaks game centered around Philip Gerard and Mike's search for Bob. Really enjoyed playing your game and felt inspired! I got ending 1/4. Great job, would love to play more!
Thanks for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed the game, id love to see how yours turns out.
I really like that GB game. You're transported in the last scene of the original series. Wonderful!
I had a great time finishing it...
Cheers, that means a lot. I’m glad you enjoyed it.