Hello everyone!
First, I want to sincerely apologize for the lack of updates recently. I have been incredibly busy with work-related issues which made it difficult to find the time to work on JoiPlay. I truly appreciate your patience and understanding during this busy period.
I'm back with JoiPlay 1.21.000 and significant updates to the RPG Maker Plugin. This release focuses on performance improvements, bug fixes, and refining the virtual gamepad.
Hello! It took some time to figure out and fix the issues with the new virtual gamepad implementation, but it should be a lot better now with this update.
Virtual gamepad now comes with a joystick that looks and behave like dpad by default due to user demands. It can behave like both joystick and dpad and this can be controlled by a simple toggle in edit mode.
There was an issue that causes buttons to align and position incorrectly in portrait orientation which is fixed with this...
2025-08-30 09:49:57 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! It’s been a while! Work has kept me pretty busy lately, so I haven’t had much time to work on JoiPlay over the past few months. But I finally got a chance to focus on it during my annual leave to release an update!
A more customizable and modular virtual gamepad was one of the most requested features in the recent user survey. In response, I’ve rebuilt the gamepad system from the ground up to better match your feedback. Please note that this new version is not compat...
2025-07-27 15:52:07 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! This update brings a few bug fixes, game engine updates and small improvements.
JoiPlay Development Survey for 2025 is online. This survey is created to gather insights, opinions, and suggestions to enhance the development of the JoiPlay. Feedback provided will help make JoiPlay more user-friendly and tailored to your needs.
JoiPlay Development Survey 2025
Hello everyone! This bug fixes the crashes caused by faulty runtime handling and missing javascript classes. RPG Maker MV and MZ games should work without issues now. Also haptic feedback is added for virtual gamepad buttons.
2025-02-23 13:05:47 +0000 UTC View PostHi all! It's been awhile since the last update. I have been busy with work so I couldn't work on JoiPlay that much and couldn't answer most of the messages. I'm really sorry for that. This update brings some features requested by users and adds several bug fixes and improvements.
Added experimental support for Google TV and improved UI.
Added ability to create folders in the launcher and ...
2025-02-12 18:57:28 +0000 UTC View PostHi all! This update brings several bug fixes, updated libraries and experimental support for Godot games.
There are two new plugins for Godot 3 and Godot 4 that enable support for games build with Godot. Compatibility is pretty low and heavy games might not work at all but most of the gdscript-only games should work without any major issues.
Ren'Py 8.3.3 is released a few days ago and the relevant plugin is updated with it to support the latest games.
Version of Ruby used f...
2024-11-17 11:38:17 +0000 UTC View PostHello! This update brings some bug fixes, a few improvements and a new Ren'Py plugin to support games build with the latest version of Ren'Py (8.3.2). Please check the changelog below for the changes.
JoiPlay 1.20.540: MEGA
Ren'Py 8.3.2 Plugin 1.00.00: 2024-09-29 12:51:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all! This is a small update with several bug fixes and improvements. Significant changes are listed below.
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External module handler got a small upgrade which made it to be able to locate and load node modules better.
Blob URLs are now supported so games should be able to export save files to disk without using native interfaces.
A file chooser is implemented for HTML games so games should be able to open fil...
2024-08-04 13:57:06 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! This update focuses on Ren'Py support and brings some major bug fixes and improvements.
Ren'Py 8.2.1 Plugin for JoiPlay is renamed to Ren'Py 8.2.3 Plugin for JoiPlay and supports Ren'Py 8.2.3 now.
A critical bug that causes crashes on Ren'Py 7.1.3 Plugin is fixed.
Ren'Py version detection is improved and added version detection for Ren'Py 6.99.14.3 and below.
Improved JGP file extraction speed for devices wit Androi...
2024-07-07 12:28:23 +0000 UTC View PostHi all! This update brings some fixes and improvements for JoiPlay and it's plugins. Unlike the last update, which was a major one with some breaking changes, this update focuses on bug fixes and improvements.
JoiPlay 1.20.510
JoiPlay now has basic support for games that build using Electron and most games should be detected automatically.
Sorting and filtering on Game Catalog was buggy and slow so some changes are made in sorting ...
2024-06-09 11:23:16 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! It's been a long time since the last update. I could not work on JoiPlay as much as before due to some work related issues so it took a lot longer to post an update. This update brings some new features alongside a few bug fixes and new versioned Ren'Py plugins.
External controllers were not working properly with JoiPlay before this update. D-pads and analog sticks wasn't working on most controllers. This update should fix most controller issues and any controlle...
2024-04-17 15:48:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! This is a bugfix update for RPG Maker Plugin that fixes a few bugs that introduced with the previous updates. Please check the changelogs for the changes made.
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RPG Maker Plugin 1.20.53: MEGA
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Hi all! This update brings the latest improvements and features from the last alpha builds and adds bug fixes and improvements on top of them. A list of the changes (including changes from alpha builds) can be found in the changelogs below.
Please use this form for bug reports and feature requests: https://forms.gle/PABZgHdASmtxnEDr8
JoiPlay 1.20.410: 2023-11-26 13:33:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello guys! This update brings some bug fixes, new QOL features and adds support for two new game engines. There are three new plugins: Ren'Py 7.4 Plugin, NScripter Plugin and Kirikiri2 Plugin.
Ren'Py 7.4 Plugin includes Ren'Py 7.4.11 which should provide better compatibility for old Ren'Py games. It will be used instead of regular Ren'Py Plugin when it's installed and the selected game is made with Ren'Py 7.4.11 and lower.
NScripter Plugin and Kirikiri2 Plugin are based on ...
2023-09-24 12:37:02 +0000 UTC View PostHi all! Here are the latest builds with new features, improvements and bug fixes. Some noticeable changes are dummy electron API implementation, Ren'Py and Ruby update, Adobe Flash Projector file support and bug fix for Zlib::StreamError on arm32 devices. Please check changelog below to see other changes.
I want to express my gratitude to our community for your valuable feedback. Your feedback helped a lot to fix the bugs and improve JoiPlay. Thank you!
Hello everyone! I wish a happy Eid al-Fitr to all who celebrate it. These builds bring bug fixes and small improvements over the latest alpha builds.
RPG Maker Plugin comes with some risky changes and built with a new version of toolchain so there might be some undetected bugs.
JoiPlay 1.20.027: MEGA
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2023-04-21 07:26:07 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! I'm sorry for not being able to post an update earlier and slow responses to messages. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to spend much time on JoiPlay as I'm busy with my new job.
This update adds several bug fixes and improves compatibility with games that uses mkxp-z. Also, it should improve performance on some RPG Maker MV games.
JoiPlay 1.20.026: 2023-04-02 12:36:25 +0000 UTC
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Hello! I'm sorry for the inconveniences that caused by the bugs in the last update. This update fixes the bugs reported by users.
JoiPlay 1.20.023
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Hi everyone! I hope you are all safe and sound. As some of you know, a few days ago Turkey and Syria are hit by two devastating earthquakes. I express my condolences to who loss their life and my sympathies to whom affected by the disaster.
This update brings some new QOL improvements to JoiPlay and performance improvements to RPG Maker Plugin. Also, there are many changes that improve stability and compatibility. Please check the changelog below to see the changes.
Happy New Year everyone! I wish you all the best for 2023.
These builds adds some bug fixes and improvements over the last stable builds.
JoiPlay 1.20.017: MEGA
RPG Maker Plugin 1.20.22: 2022-12-31 10:11:49 +0000 UTC
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Hi all! This update brings a lot of bug fixes, improvements and new features over the last public builds.
The new builds come with some changes to improve compatibility on devices with Android 13, with these changes JoiPlay should work well without any permission problems and should integrate better into the system.
There are some improvements for RPG Maker MV games that improve both performance and compatibility. Also, a change was made to fix double-speed bug on devices with h...
Hi guys! These are new alpha builds for JoiPlay and its plugins. This update brings some changes for Android 13 support, WebGL2 and Sprite Downscaling features for RPG Maker MV games, some bug fixes and compatibility improvements. The changes should not cause any major issues but there might be some minor bugs. Please check the changelog below to see the list of changes.
JoiPlay 1.20.010: 2022-10-22 11:24:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! These are new stable builds. These builds bring some bug fixes, a lot of stability and compatibility improvements, new QoL features and support for Construct 2&3 games. Please check the changelog below to see a list of the changes.
JoiPlay 1.20.005: MEGA | 2022-09-15 13:44:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all! New beta builds include bug fixes, Construct 2 & 3 support, some QoL features and improvements for UI, stability and game compatibility. You can see a list of the changes below.
JoiPlay 1.20.001:
Hello everyone! This update contains a lot of bug fixes and improvements over version 1.10.065. RPG Maker MV games has been problematic on recent releases so many changes are made to improve compatibility for RPG Maker MV. To improve compatibility for Pokemon Essentials v19 and above, custom tilemap class from mkxp-z is merged to RPG Maker Plugin. Also, some changes are made to improve compatibility for other RPG Maker g...
2022-07-22 10:47:10 +0000 UTC View PostHello! These builds bring several bug fixes and improvements over the latest alpha builds and there shouldn't be any major bugs. Please read the changelog below to see the changes.
JoiPlay 1.11.003:
Hi all! This is a small update that fixes a bug in fs.readFileSync method. Please update JoiPlay by installing this build if you installed JoiPlay 1.11.000.
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Hello everyone! These builds are alpha builds for the next update. These builds should fix some bugs and improve compatibility and stability. Please check the changelog below the see the changes.
JoiPlay 1.11.000:
This update fixes several bugs and improves overall stability.