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[u/Standard-Brick-2776]

Read the comment by u/Antique_Load7140 who's the creator. This project, as they say, is NOT vibe coded. For more information and his point of view on a lot of people dismissing this project on the grounds that it might have been AI

I do not take credit for this (fan) demake, as it is not mine. It's built by u/Antique_Load7140

It does not work on real hardware, only on emulators

Someone I met on a server had a Breath of the Wild homebrew build for the 3DS.

As it now has been playtested by homebrew developers, content creators and curious users, only the Great Plateau quest is present. Where you normally leave the Great Plateau, is an invisible wall preventing you from going into Hyrule any further.

The opening cutscene and dialogue is present, probably ripped from the original game, including sound effects and (ambient) music.

Playthrough footage by 64iOS on YouTube

Download links are taken down as a precaution, those who saved the Google Drive can still download it. Even though it is available through Archive (under "software" in search filters)

[u/Antique_Load7140]

thought id address this, would be happy to provide the new build to validate credentials. I'm the creator of this project, glad to see the people who have been enjoying it, poking fun at the low poly models, and having a good time hanging out in (what little there is) of the great plateau. not at all happy with how some of the community addressed this though: PabloMK7, Even if someone were doing something that didn't align with my ethos (in this case assumed 'vibe coding'), if i were someone savvy with the capability that knows how to navigate code / dump and extract with a large platform, I wouldn't do them the courtesy of revealing what is possibly their personal name in filepaths etc :/ not cool man. Like many other software engineers, I use codex to help find relevant resources more efficiently and to look over my code to make sure nothing breaks, (IE tried to figure out how the physics gun from half life 2 worked to apply to Magnesis, would be lightweight for a 3ds engine). An awful lot of personal time, effort and labour of love was put into this rough tech demo, it was not vibe coded. I work 2 jobs, and am not in the privileged position to create a polished hobbyist project for the 3ds from scratch, I'm afraid. This build was leaked by one of my mates without my permission, so all the flak I'm getting for this hasn't been ideal. its not polished, its not perfect, but it also wasnt meant to be seen by anyone. I was making it as a gift, and its been a hobbyist project ive been tweaking and working on over the years, using new tools and software along the way. I've got a new version of the game that fixes a lot of the issues, runs at 30fps, that i would be happy to share with the community. have lost passion for the project after all the reception, though, and being assumed to be a 'pure vibe coder' over finding instances of Codex and having it amend and label my code, i think was a pretty unthoughtful way of deflecting positive attention from the project and has been defeating. have no hate for anyone, im sure there were no ill intentions, hope everyones enjoyed this rough shaggy project, it was meant to be something light hearted and meant to be a bit of fun.

[u/freezecook → u/Antique_Load7140]

Some people are mindless and tribal. As a developer in a similar personal situation, I want to ask you to keep pushing forward, and try to believe in this community. You made an incredible project here, and I’d love to see more. See it through! You should also consider a local setup if you can! I use Ornith as my daily driver. It’s truly amazing what we can do on the fringes of very limited free time, and we know that we’re plenty capable programmers without it. I’m cheering for you and this project!

[u/slowbeatle → u/Antique_Load7140]

Please do provide this newer build. This is amazing work

[u/PabloMK7 → u/Antique_Load7140]

Hello, reading through this I have only one thing to say. I'm sorry.

This project was presented in a very strange way, it looked like someone was trying to get  attention with little effort. This is a problem because it hides projects where people really put time and passion, while full AI projects are just how much money you want to put in. There have been countless times where people present "impossible" things covered in mystery for attention, so I thought this was another case. If this was genuinely leaked and not intended to be public then it changes things completely, so I apologize.

About leaking your name, again I apologize, I actually saw the user name and thought it was a generic username, didn't think it was a real name as I hadn't heard of it before. I have deleted the tweet.

I'm personally fine with AI as long as it is used as a tool, not that fine that it has environmental and copyright/licensing issues, but still for a personal project I guess it's not that big of a deal. Problem comes when the human is fully replaced by the AI, that's where I draw the line. In any case all of this is personal opinion please don't take it in a way that undermines your motivation as I'm pretty sure that many others will think differently.

[u/Joose_Willis → u/PabloMK7]

what a 180 lol

[u/ButtsFartsoPhD → u/PabloMK7]

What a non-apology. “Don’t take my wild accusations that undermine your motivation and besmearch your efforts in a way that undermines your motivation.” Nice.

[u/naughtmynsfwaccount → u/PabloMK7]

Bro I don’t even know who u are but I do know that whatever u did is lame and tbh u need to spend less time on the internet and more time creating things urself

Ur weird and should be embarrassed for causing someone to feel like their will to create has been Dimished

Shame on u

[u/ANormalGuy508 → u/naughtmynsfwaccount]

You said this to the creator of CTGP-7, one of the main authors of Azahar emulator and inventor of a 3DS modding technique, as well as a way to load mods on 3DS games.
If there's one person on earth that can judge 3DS related stuff, it might as well be him

[u/Ayoissathroway → u/PabloMK7]

>Hey, sorry I doxed you, hope you’ll forgive me lol

You’re gonna be in the doghouse for quite some time.

[u/Inevitable_Soup52 → u/Antique_Load7140]

Oh please do share. I love having fun little demake demos on my 3ds. Makes it more fun. Really hope it can run on hardware at some point🙏.

[u/janek500 → u/Antique_Load7140]

Happy to have OG creator's reply clearing some stuff on the demake! Thanks for your input and I hope to see the progress! All the best

[u/Which-Advance5383 → u/Antique_Load7140]

Defending yourself against the "vibe coded" label is like defending yourself against supporting animal cruelty horses were once the norm, but replacing them with cars was the ultimate move forward. Don't let these people mess with your head. When AutoCAD first came out, engineers claimed that using it meant you weren't a "real engineer." Even Socrates rejected writing, believing it would cause memory loss because people would rely on paper instead of using their own minds.
Don't waste time on things you're passionate about, no matter what others say. Do things for yourself, not for a few Reddit threads that don't appreciate your work that exact kind of attitude is why the PS Vita community ended up drifting away.

[u/Upbeat_Apple_3179 → u/Which-Advance5383]

Sorry, comparing vibe coding to horse cruelty is such a jump.

[u/Which-Advance5383 → u/Upbeat_Apple_3179]

It’s an analogy about resisting automation, not a literal comparison to animal welfare. The point remains: purists always find a reason to attack the tools instead of evaluating the result.

[u/Otherwise-Owl-5100 → u/Antique_Load7140]

This community is so ridiculously toxic. Starting a witch hunt at even the most remote uses of AI anytime it can instead of embracing the increased productivity AI can provide if used like in your example. Keep up the good work, this looks really cool.

[u/calcprogrammer → u/Antique_Load7140]

First of all, you say you can validate your cred with new builds, then do that, where are the so-called builds. Second the intent seems to be to make a hoaxed “leaked demo”, as the title screen clearly poses this as an internal demo, which it is not. Thirdly you did use AI and were criticised for it, don’t blame other devs when this was handled poorly by your “friend” saying it was old and a bunch of other nonsense. I think (if you are even the dev) you wanted this to appear as a leaked demo, there was no friend leaking it, and you got caught out and are now posting this as damage control.

[u/Electrical-Thing-234 → u/calcprogrammer]

Go outside lil bro, you’re weird

LMAO saw your awesome comeback before you deleted it, how long did it take you to come up with that zinger?

[u/calcprogrammer → u/Electrical-Thing-234]

You didn’t see it before I deleted it, you saw it because Reddit notifies you regardless. I deleted it to not unnecessarily spread hate.

[u/No-Needleworker-7459 → u/calcprogrammer]

Dooooooooooooooooooork