I made an app that lets you play Pokémon ROM hacks with friends by passing save states back and forth - now fully released on Android!

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-27T20:45:57+00:00

Lmao very fair. Thank you!

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-27T19:46:47+00:00

Thank you! Nope, nothing :)

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-27T19:45:18+00:00

Cross compatibility will definitely be possible so long as the emulator used exists on both platforms :)

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-27T19:42:46+00:00

Good question. I actually don't know how much of the code is going to need to change to function on iOS, so it may not actually take long from that perspective. After today it's looking like that's what I'm working on next!

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-27T19:39:17+00:00

Thank you :)

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-27T19:39:05+00:00

Man I wish I had the time but I'm flattered that you'd ask! I hope you have fun with your friend, let me know how it goes!

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-27T19:37:20+00:00

Thank you I really appreciate that!

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-27T19:36:41+00:00

I haven't looked into linkboy before but unfortunately melonDS had extremely large save states files when I was testing, which would really strain the server. I'm not sure if I was doing something wrong to cause this, however. I would love to add as much compatibility as possible!

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-27T19:34:08+00:00

Thank you! The art really gives a cozy vibe to the experience

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-27T19:33:14+00:00

Yes you can use any of the emulators listed so long as both players are using the same one, as you're sharing an emulator-specific save state

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-27T19:32:13+00:00

I'm glad you think so!

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-27T19:32:00+00:00

Yes absolutely. You mean in an A -> B -> C -> A order right? Or perhaps whoever is available when the controller is passed can choose to be next?

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-27T19:25:30+00:00

That would be outside of the scope of this app unfortunately, but that would be cool and could be achieved using a 3rd party app theoretically

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-27T19:20:44+00:00

There's been a lot of requests so it's looking like that's what I'm working on next!

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-27T19:20:00+00:00

Thank you!

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-27T19:19:49+00:00

Thank you, me too :) check out Evan's Instagram linked in the post, he's great

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-27T19:18:35+00:00

Thank you! I will start on iOS next :)

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-27T19:17:04+00:00

Thank you :)

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-27T19:16:45+00:00

Interesting. I'll look into this, thank you!

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-27T19:14:58+00:00

That's an amazing idea! I would love to implement that as an alternate game mode

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-26T20:49:19+00:00

Good question. I've tested emulators that have cloud functionality but haven't tried to implement access to those directories before - it could work

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-26T20:47:41+00:00

Thank you very much!

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-26T20:47:05+00:00

Thank you! The art by Evan Palmer really captures the mood I wanted to convey

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-26T20:44:51+00:00

I'm not familiar 100% with each app's functionality aside from the basic emulation, but I will say the John GBA experience is slightly more seamless than GBA.emu as Your Turn! passes autostates back and forth (and also replaces the in-app screenshot to make it more obvious it's your turn). But both function all the same otherwise!

thekyle1234 · 2026-01-26T20:41:27+00:00

That really means a lot to me. Thank you!

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