Tired of the endless “search, copy, paste, test” routine, last year’s FOSDEM helped me break out of that loop thanks to two unexpected sparks: Rust and retrogaming. In this talk, I’ll share how discovering Rust and the Game Boy homebrew scene rekindled my passion for creating software bare metal, bringing back the artistic and playful side of programming. We’ll explore the current state of the Rust ecosystem for GB, GBC, and GBA development — from compilers and minimalist engines to demo ROMs and the ongoing work bridging these two worlds.

Links https://github.com/zlfn/rust-gb https://gbdev.io/