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PaperBoat for Android v1.1
Unofficial Android port of PaperBoat (Harbour Masters’ Paper Mario 64 port), by JayElDragon.
No game files are included: you need your own Paper Mario (USA) ROM.
NEW
VR support (OpenXR) — contributed by u/Sea_Attention8964
On a VR headset with an OpenXR runtime (Meta Quest, Pico and others), the game runs in VR. On phones and handhelds such as the Odin nothing changes: the same APK shows the normal screen.
Immersive 3D view (default): the world is a stereo 3D diorama with 6DoF head tracking.
First person (experimental): look through Mario’s eyes, at life size, in the overworld.
Hand hammer: in first person, swing the controller to use the hammer, or squeeze the grip and throw it.
Smooth turning (optional): turn with the right stick.
Virtual screen: the flat game on a big floating screen, as a fallback and for menus.
Motion controllers work as a gamepad, with the usual button mapping.
New “VR Settings” tab in Options: view mode, world size, HUD and backdrop distance, draw distance and more.
Huge thanks to u/Sea_Attention8964 for creating and sharing the VR mod.
Master Quest Jr. enemy stats (optional, experimental)
New option System → MQ Jr. Enemy Stats: enemy HP, levels (Star Points), coins and escape/bounce chances for 96 enemy types, taken from Paper Mario: Master Quest Jr. by Emperor_Thamz, Rainchus, JaThePlayer, Brotenko and Quackles.
This is only the first step of porting Master Quest Jr.: attacks, AI, new enemies, maps and badges are not ported yet.
The stats preset is not included in the public APK or the repository.
Other changes
The in-game “Menu” button is now small and in the top-right corner, so it no longer covers dialogue boxes.
Optional feature presets are now installed correctly, which also removes a possible error message at launch.
KNOWN ISSUES
VR: the sky (background) is only drawn where the original screen was. When you turn your head or look up, the edges show the empty background colour instead of a sky all around you.
VR: the game still culls objects for its own narrow camera, so things can pop in at the edges of your view.
VR: post-processing filters (Story Book, CRT) are not applied in the headset.
Only the USA ROM is supported.
CREDITS
VR / OpenXR mod: u/Sea_Attention8964
Harbour Masters: the PaperBoat team (Bass3l, JeodC, KiritoDv, Caladius), libultraship and Torch.
The Paper Mario decomp project.
Master Quest / MQ Jr.: Emperor_Thamz, Rainchus, JaThePlayer, Brotenko and Quackles.
CRT Shader Pack: @Lywx.
Android port, menus and art direction: JayElDragon.
This is a fan project, not affiliated with Nintendo or Harbour Masters.
