flOw: Recompilation

flOw (2007) was the debut PlayStation Network title from thatgamecompany — the studio that went on to create Flower, Journey, and Sky. Originally a browser Flash game by Jenova Chen, the PS3 version was rebuilt on Sony's PhyreEngine with 1080p rendering, SIXAXIS tilt controls, and a hypnotic ambient soundtrack. It never received a PC release.

Until now.

This project takes the PS3 EBOOT.elf binary, disassembles all PowerPC functions, lifts them to C, and links against ps3recomp — a set of HLE runtime libraries that replace the PS3 operating system with native host implementations. The result is a standalone Windows executable that runs flOw natively, no emulator required.