Case study

PvZ-Portable: a reimplementation of Plants vs. Zombies GOTY

Cross-platform reimplementation of Plants vs. Zombies: Game of the Year Edition. The README says the code is a manual reimplementation from community research, . It names Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, WebAssembly, and Switch, using OpenGL ES 2.0 and SDL, with a browser build that still needs the player's game data.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 885
Last commit: 2026-11-10
Language: C++
License (GitHub): LGPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

The repository does not contain copyrighted game assets. The README says the player must supply main.pak and the properties directory from a legally purchased GOTY copy.
LGPL-3.0-or-later. The README says LICENSE is the LGPL-3.0 text and COPYING is the GPL-3.0 text it references.

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BibTeX

@misc{pvz-portable,
  title = {{PvZ-Portable: a reimplementation of Plants vs. Zombies GOTY}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/wszqkzqk/PvZ-Portable}},
  url = {https://github.com/wszqkzqk/PvZ-Portable},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/pvz-portable/}}
}

Plain text

PvZ-Portable: a reimplementation of Plants vs. Zombies GOTY. https://github.com/wszqkzqk/PvZ-Portable (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/pvz-portable/

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README.md GitHub · wszqkzqk/PvZ-Portable · Revision 2510223