About

Crash Bandicoot Twisted is a short demo/fan game built for the Game Boy Advance. It is inspired by classics like Huge Adventure, and N-Tranced.

 FAQ

How do I run the game?

You can download the ROM and flash it to a GBA cart, run it in your favourite emulator, or play it right here on the website. I haven't tested it on an actual GBA since I no longer own one, but it should run in theory.

Are you going to make this into a full game?

At the moment I'm moving on to other projects I want to work on. I might return to this eventually and add more to it, but for now  I'm happy with it as a "vertical slice" of the game.

Why make this? 

I love Crash Bandicoot, and have fond memories of the GBA games, but always felt it would have been cool to have a pixel art version of Crash. I also wanted to improve my GBA game programming and pixel art skills.

How did you make this? 

It was written in Rust using the agbrs framework. I made the graphics in asesprite, and the level was laid out using tiled.  Thanks to raym.app for the level layout reference.

What are the controls?

On GBA:

• DPAD: Move

• A: Jump 

• B: Spin  

• R Trigger: Body Slam/Crouch 

• Start: Open Menu   

• Select: Show HUD

On desktop browser:

• Arrow Keys: Move

• Z: Jump 

• X: Spin  

• S: Body Slam/Crouch 

• Enter: Start 

• Shift: Select/HUD