# Yoshi's Woolly World: an early game decompilation

> Yoshi's Woolly World is an early decompilation of the game with C++ source and headers in the repository. Its build instructions use Green Hills Software MULTI PowerPC v5.3.27 and a Python compile script; assembly diffing and match calculations remain on the task list.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Swiftshine/yww>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Swiftshine/yww/blob/23d1c1c47fa314e3d1ae7bf9cd3a213dd925e512/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/yoshis-woolly-world-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/yoshis-woolly-world-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/yoshis-woolly-world-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Green Hills Software MULTI PowerPC v5.3.27 and its specified compiler, configuration and target files are required.
- **Limits:** Assembly diffing and match-percentage calculations remain planned work.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Swiftshine/yww/blob/23d1c1c47fa314e3d1ae7bf9cd3a213dd925e512/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Swiftshine/yww/blob/23d1c1c47fa314e3d1ae7bf9cd3a213dd925e512/TODO.md>

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