Programming a GBA Game on an iPhone

# programming a gba game on an iphone Source: [https://blog.adamledoux.net/posts/2026-06-08-programming-a-gba-game-on-an-iphone.html](https://blog.adamledoux.net/posts/2026-06-08-programming-a-gba-game-on-an-iphone.html) #### 2026\-06\-08 it recently occurred to me that it would be possible to make a gba game entirely on my phone \- once it did, i couldn't get the idea out of my head until i'd tried it so, i made a short bitsylike game called TO THE TOWER \- you can[download it from itch\.io](https://ledoux.itch.io/tower)if you'd like to play\! here are all the apps and tools i used to make the game on my phone: - toolchain:[gba bootstrap](https://codeberg.org/SkyLyrac/gba-bootstrap)\+ gcc\-arm\-none\-eabi - shell:[iSH](https://ish.app/)\- this is an alpine linux shell for iOS, which is what i used to compile the game \(you can install the necessary arm gcc toolchain directly from the package manager within the app\!\) - text editor:[textastic](https://www.textasticapp.com/)\- a very nice text editor for iOS - emulator:[delta](https://deltaemulator.com/)\- i used this emulator to test the game on my phone