{"id":114,"date":"2023-07-24T17:50:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T17:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawrlab.com\/blog\/?p=114"},"modified":"2023-11-21T14:07:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T14:07:04","slug":"how-to-play-your-godot-3-x-game-on-your-xbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawrlab.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/24\/how-to-play-your-godot-3-x-game-on-your-xbox\/","title":{"rendered":"How to play your Godot 3.x game on your Xbox!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A few years ago, I read in the news that Microsoft stopped allowing games in UWP format in Xbox’s Microsoft Store. UWP is a very convenient and simple format to port Windows applications and videogames to Xbox: The same APIs that work on Windows will work right away on Xbox!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I haven’t had an Xbox until now, so I couldn’t tell if this was true, but the truth is that Microsoft still accepts games for Xbox Store and Windows Store in UWP format<\/strong>, they only stopped accepting 32-bit executables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So\u2026 Can we export a Godot game to Xbox directly by simply pressing Export to UWP? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well\u2026 Yes**! And it will work like a charm***!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

** mostly \ud83d\ude05.
*** at least all the 2D video games I have ported so far work flawlessly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This doesn’t mean that the game is ready to be published on consoles, but it’s a big step forward. We will still need to solve out many TRCs related to Xbox Live, achievements, Xbox application life-cycle, gamepad management, users, etc\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if you just want to play your Godot 3.x games on your Xbox, just follow these steps!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Download Godot 3.x and make a game<\/strong>. (Take your time, I’ll wait here)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. In Godot, go to the Project tab<\/strong> and click on Export<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Press “Add…<\/strong>” and select UWP<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. If you don’t have the export templates<\/strong> installed, a red message will appear below with a link: “Manage export templates<\/strong>“. If so, click on it and press “Download and install<\/strong>“.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. After that, get again to the Export window<\/strong> and fill those fields.
    Target architecture should be x64<\/strong> and the publisher name must be the same as the one in the certificate you’ll create later. Those fields have many restrictions, so, for just testing, I would recommend just filling “test” in them and “CN=TEST” in the Publisher field.<\/strong>
    For Product\/Publisher GUIDs<\/strong>, just use “3159a24f-700c-4c29-8c5b-27c962dba839<\/strong>“. It’s a random generated one.
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  6. Click Export Project<\/strong>, uncheck “Export With Debug<\/strong>” and save the appx file wherever you prefer!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    “Congrats!!! You just exported your game for UWP<\/strong>, which is compatible with Windows 10\/11 and Xbox!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    That’s what I would say if the exporter wasn’t currently broken… \ud83d\ude05
    (PS: A fix is on the way! \ud83d\ude00 https:\/\/github.com\/godotengine\/godot\/pull\/79544 )<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In order to fix the exported APPX package, it must be repackaged and signed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    How to do that? Well. First, you will need to install:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u00b7 Visual Studio Community 2019
    \u00b7 Windows 10 SDK
    \u00b7 A lot of stuff<\/s><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Nevermind. I just made a PowerShell script to make the process a lot easier! \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Download it from here \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/github.com\/panreyes\/godot-appx-repackager<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It will take care of everything for you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u00b7 Download the required tools (MS Build Tools, Angle DLLs).
    \u00b7 Create a self-signed certificate.
    \u00b7 Repackage and sign the APPX file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Enjoy! \ud83d\ude4c\ud83e\udd73
    Send a video if you export something, feel free to hit me in Twitter<\/s> “X” (@rawrlabgames)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    PS: I totally forgot that you’ll also need to enable the Developer Mode in your Xbox \ud83d\ude05
    Sorry, I don’t have a PowerShell script for that, but here are some instructions:
    https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/uwp\/xbox-apps\/devkit-activation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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