GameMaker Studio PS Vita Port Instructions

Hi! You must be here to play the games I ported on your Vita. Follow this guide then.

NOTE: If you want to request a game, please either make a issue and add the "request" label on it or contect me on Twitter. @hatoving

Credits to m1s3ry and Grossleymoo for making this possible!

WARNING!!! These instructions will be obsolete, kind of. From now on, I will make batch files that patch the files themselves rather than yourself, similar to how m1s3ry does it.

Step One: Getting the files

In order for the game you want to play to work properly, you'll need the game files.

Android ports

Go ahead, pay and download the game you want to play on your Vita (example: Fran Bow).

Game without OBB

If the game doesn't have a .obb file to make the game work on Android, then you can proceed.

Go to Your Phone Storage/Android/com.gamename.company/assets and copy-paste all files in it in a in a safe folder where you can come back to (I'll reference it as a Patch Folder).

Note, the com.gamename.company is the "App ID" of your game. You can find that in the app's Play Store URL after 'id'.

Game with OBB

If the game does have a .obb file, you won't find anything in the assets folder. Instead, all assets will be located in the .obb file. Find said .obb file in Your Phone Storage/Android/obb/com.gamename.company and extract it. Then, go its assets folder. Copy-Paste all files from the .obb file and put them in a Patch Folder.

PC ports

Nothing fancy, go to game's directory and copy and paste all of the game's assets.

Note, some games I port may have a marking on them, example: GAMENAME_Device. This is important because Game Maker names the data.win file differently specific to other devices. Another example: Windows: data.win, Mac OS: game.ios, Linux: game.unx, Android: game.droid and so on.

Step Two: Patching the files

Now it's time to patch the files.

Older patches

First, get the data.win/game.droid file and rename it to game.win. Then, go back here to the repo and go to the Releases page. Pick the game you want to play on your Vita and save the .zip file (not the source code) to your Patch Folder.

Extract the .zip file and delete the .zip file afterwards. Now, go to the DeltaPatcher folder and execute DeltaPatcher.exe.

Note, DeltaPatcher is a patching tool for .xdelta files. The program is for Windows only sadly, so if you're using Mac or Linux, try to launch it with Wine.

After you opened the .exe file, you will see a GUI. Select the "Original file" as the game.win file you renamed and the "XDelta patch" as the .xdelta from the .zip file you extracted. Wait a few seconds and presto! The game.win file has been patched for your PS Vita.

Newer patches

Unzip the .zip you downloaded from the Releases page in the Patch Folder. Copy the game assets including the game.win file in the PatchedFiles/games folder.

Execute the batch file from the .zipand let it do its job.

Step Three: Installing the game and replacing the files

It's time! Now it's only a matter of time to actually play the game.

First, install the VPK included in the Releases page or in the .zip file you downloaded for the game trough VitaShell. Go to the game's directory page on your Vita in ux0:app/GAMEID.

Note, you can find the port's game ID by looking at the INFO.txt file from .zip file you extracted.

Older patches

Now, grab the patched game.win and its contents from the Patch folder and put it in ux0:app/GAMEID/games through FTP or USB.

Newer patches

Just copy everything from the folder in the .zip file (.zip file/PatchedFiles/ganes) and paste it into ux0:app/GAMEID/games.

Step Four: There is no Step Four.

Congrats! Now, you can launch the game and play it! Have fun!

-@hatoving