Pokemon - Niko Uusitalo

Backing up My Game Boy and Game Boy Advance Saves With an InsideGadgets GBxCart RW

Using the InsideGadgets GBxCart RW I was able to really easily back up my old Game Boy and Game Boy Advance game saves and ROMs. Really simple and quick.

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Comparing My 2003 "Competitive" Pokémon Lineup to 2021 Standards

Looking back at the Pokémon team decisions made by kid-Niko. Spoilers: They aren't great.

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Let's Look at Pokémon Gen 1 Part 1: How Are Trainers Kept Within City Boundaries?

Taking a look at what keeps a player within the bounds of a city in the first generation of Pokémon games.

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Looking At Pixels Part 3: Let's Look at Each Building Type in Gen 1 Pokémon

A dive into what different buildings exist in Pokémon RBY, where they exist and a little peek into how tiles are used to construct them.

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Looking At Pixels Part 2: Buildings in Gen 1 Pokémon Cities

For the second post in this series, we'll take a look at the arrangement of buildings in each generation 1 Pokémon city by looking at: Each type of building for a town/routeAny unique buildings Number of buildingsAverage height of the building in storiesSize of the town in 8x8 pixel

Pixel Art

Looking At Pixels Part 1: Characters

Throughout my 20's I've had a here and there fascination with pixel art. It's both Game Boy nostalgia and fascination how much can be done with so little - a concept that finds home in my love for software micro-optimisations (very often unnecessary but very fun). Getting the most out

Procedural Generation

Generating a Procedural 2D Map in C#: Part 2 - Smooth Transitions

The next step: making a stiff, jagged looking map into something a little smoother.

Procedural Generation

Generating a Procedural 2D Map in C#: Part 1 - The Attempt

Trying my hand at procedurally created 2D tile maps with C# from the nostalgic times of Pokémon.