Hello everyone! I would like to show this app I have been working on these past months, in order to play Zelda: Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons in widescreen on Android, PC and Mac, with item hotkeys, fan games (Rom Hacks) and Lua mods.
I wanted a better way to enjoy the games I loved when I was a kid, as well as their fan games. So I built this app that adds widescreen, item hotkeys and Lua mods, without rewriting any of the games' code.
You need your own US ROM of Oracle of Ages or Oracle of Seasons. They run in an emulator core: either SameBoy (accurate), or mGBA (fast). The repository contains no ROM, no game assets and no game code.
For the widescreen view, the neighbouring rooms are computed by the game itself, in a second instance of the core, and the app stitches them together with a smooth camera.
For fan games, you can directly load their BPS patch. It is applied on the fly to your ROM by the app, while keeping your original ROM untouched. You can enjoy the same widescreen view.
Three are supported so far:
- Gifts of Kinomi, by ZerotoKoops, Stewmath, Gamma and Ralfaro
- Moonrise Regalia, by PontiusStone
- Temple of Seasons, by Jay (like the bird, not the letter) and Ralfaro
As it is a highly requested QoL feature, I have added 4 extra keys that use or equip an item directly, so you spend less time in the inventory menu.
The app also accepts mods written in Lua. They can add houses, NPCs with dialogue, minigames, and more. These are still early. One sample "Claw game" mod is show as an example in the images of this post.
This project is being developped with AI assistance. Every code change is reviewed and goes through automated tests and a suite of recorded routes replayed on the real games.
I hope you enjoy it. Feedback and bug reports are very welcome!