# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/wszqkzqk/PvZ-Portable>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/wszqkzqk/PvZ-Portable/blob/25102237612a82cbe0282d5a8c5db406d029e647/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pvz-portable/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pvz-portable/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/pvz-portable/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/wszqkzqk/PvZ-Portable/blob/25102237612a82cbe0282d5a8c5db406d029e647/README.md>

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