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Inscryption Vita
Inscryption Vita
General
Author	gl00mm
Type	Card
Version	alpha.1
License	N/A
Last Updated	2025/09/19
Links
	Download
	Website
	Support Author

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Revision as of 04:14, 21 September 2025

Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie.

This patch allows the Steam version of Inscryption to run on the PS Vita. It targets a frame rate of ~15 FPS to balance visual quality and playability within the Vita's hardware limitations.

What's changed:

All shaders had to be rewritten for vita specs, so expect visual differences.
Textures resolution decreased.
Meshes (3D models) have been simplified for cpu and ram usage.
Some meshes were removed or replaced (for critical ones) because they were broken.
Some tricks were used to reach a decent frame rate (reduced field of view, shortened animations, hidden objects).
Some languages were removed for ram usage : Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Turkish (sorry guys).

Installation

Recommended plugins:

ioplus.skprx
Full CPU Overclock (500Mhz)

Patch instrucions:

Download inscryption.vpk from vitadb or releases and install it.
Download InscryptionVitaSteam.zip from releases and extract it on the PC.
Put the game's data folder(../steamapps/common/Inscryption/Inscryption_Data) inside the extracted folder (should be official Steam v1.10).
Launch ApplyPatch.bat and wait.
Let it finish and there should be a .ZIP file named InscryptionVita.zip.
Open VitaShell, connect your PS Vita to your PC and copy the contents of the .ZIP file (zip file should be around 650MB before unpacking) over to ux0:app/INSC12345/.
Click on "Replace the files in destination" when it asks you to.

Controls

Cross/L - Select (where cursor is or on highlighted interactable)

R - Ring bell to end turn

D-Pad - Move player, Change interactable selection (card selection, table slot selection, map destination selection,...)

Right Stick - Look / Flip rulebook page

Triangle - Open rulebook when cursor is on rulebook icon

Circle - Cancel

Start - Open Pause menu

Cursor can be moved with touch screen but is (most of the time) not clickable.

Screenshots

Media

Inscryption PS VITA port version ALPHA.1 - 14 minutes of early gameplay (gl00mm)

Inscryption - Official Launch Trailer (GameTrailers)

Known issues

Rulebook in cabin is buggy (low perf shader + page changing to right ).
Subtitles are not visible when playing videos.
Framerate drops when some animations are running.
Some meshes are missing.
Teeth collisions are sometimes buggy.
Crash can happen when vita is running out of memory (as usual with Unity games).

Changelog

alpha.1

First Release.

External links

GitHub - https://github.com/gl00mm/Inscryption_PSVITA
VitaDB - https://www.rinnegatamante.eu/vitadb/#/info/1323

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+|description=Port of Inscryption for PS Vita.
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-Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
+Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie.
-== Notes ==
+This patch allows the Steam version of Inscryption to run on the PS Vita. It targets a frame rate of ~15 FPS to balance visual quality and playability within the Vita's hardware limitations.
-Inscryption is a quite recent game that relies a lot on graphics (arts, effects, lighting, …) for its ambiance, so porting it on our old beloved vita required some sacrifices.
-Don’t expect the same graphics and performance as official versions, but I personally find the ambiance and game feel remains intact.
+What's changed:
+* All shaders had to be rewritten for vita specs, so expect visual differences.
+* Textures resolution decreased.
+* Meshes (3D models) have been simplified for cpu and ram usage.
+* Some meshes were removed or replaced (for critical ones) because they were broken.
+* Some tricks were used to reach a decent frame rate (reduced field of view, shortened animations, hidden objects).
+* Some languages were removed for ram usage : Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Turkish (sorry guys).
-Considering the type of game, I tried to reach a frame rate around 15 fps, which was for me the right balance between comfort, graphics quality and cpu/ram usage. See for yourself the result in the video below.
+==Installation==
+'''Recommended plugins:'''
+* [[IoPlus_Vita|ioplus.skprx]]
+* Full CPU Overclock (500Mhz)
-If not yet done, support the dev by buying the game.
+'''Patch instrucions:'''
+* Download inscryption.vpk from [https://www.rinnegatamante.eu/vitadb/#/info/1323 vitadb] or [https://github.com/gl00mm/Inscryption_PSVITA/releases releases] and install it.
-== Sacrifices had to be made ==
+* Download <code>InscryptionVitaSteam.zip</code> from [https://github.com/gl00mm/Inscryption_PSVITA/releases releases] and extract it on the PC.
-* All shaders had to be rewritten for vita specs, so expect visual differences
+* Put the game's data folder(<code>../steamapps/common/Inscryption/Inscryption_Data</code>) inside the extracted folder (should be official Steam v1.10).
-* Textures resolution decreased
-* Meshes (3D models) have been simplified for cpu and ram usage
-* Some meshes were removed or replaced (for critical ones) because they were broken
-* Some tricks were used to reach a decent frame rate (reduced field of view, shortened animations, hidden objects)
-* Some languages were removed for ram usage : Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Turkish (sorry guys)
-==User Guide==
-=== PS VITA Set up ===
-In order to have the best possible experience, I recommend you to use following plugins:
-* ioplus.skprx
-* iostaging.skprx
-+ Full CPU Overclock (500Mhz)
-=== Patching procedure ===
-* Download Inscryption vpk from vitadb or from latest release and install it.
-* Go to the Release page and download <code>InscryptionVitaSteam.zip</code>.
-* Extract it.
-* Put the game's data folder(<code>../steamapps/common/Inscryption/Inscryption_Data</code>) inside the extracted folder (Should be official Steam version 1.10)
 * Launch <code>ApplyPatch.bat</code> and wait.
 * Let it finish and there should be a .ZIP file named <code>InscryptionVita.zip</code>.
-* Open VitaShell, connect your PS Vita to your PC and copy the contents of the .ZIP file<code>(Zip file should be around 650MB before unpacking)</code> over to <code>ux0:app/INSC12345/</code>.
+* Open VitaShell, connect your PS Vita to your PC and copy the contents of the .ZIP file (zip file should be around 650MB before unpacking) over to <code>ux0:app/INSC12345/</code>.
 * Click on "Replace the files in destination" when it asks you to.
-* Launch the game and have fun!
 == Controls ==
-Cursor can be moved with touch screen but is (most of the time) not clickable.
+Cross/L - Select (where cursor is or on highlighted interactable)
+R - Ring bell to end turn
+D-Pad - Move player, Change interactable selection (card selection, table slot selection, map destination selection,...)
+Right Stick  - Look / Flip rulebook page
-Some parts can be played using dpad (card selection, table slot selection, map destination selection, …)
+Triangle  - Open rulebook when cursor is on rulebook icon
-* X/L : select (where cursor is or on highlighted interactable)
+Circle  - Cancel
-* R : Ring bell to end turn
-* Dpad : Change interactable selection / Move player
-* Right stick : Look / Flip rulebook page
-* Triangle : Open rulebook when cursor is on rulebook icon
-* Circle : Cancel
-* Start : Open Pause menu
-==Media==
+Start  - Open Pause menu
-'''Inscryption - Official Launch Trailer''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRlnP67TAf4 GameTrailers]) <br>
-<youtube width=""640"">BRlnP67TAf4</youtube>
-'''Inscryption PS VITA port version ALPHA.1 - 14 minutes of early gameplay
+Cursor can be moved with touch screen but is (most of the time) not clickable.
-''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkCgldud1hA gl00mm]) <br>
-<youtube width=""640"">xkCgldud1hA</youtube>
 ==Screenshots==
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 https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/vitahomebrews/images/InscryptionVita-04.png
-== Known issues (that could be addressed in future version if any) ==
+==Media==
-* Rulebook in cabin is buggy (low perf shader + page changing to right )
+'''Inscryption PS VITA port version ALPHA.1 - 14 minutes of early gameplay''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkCgldud1hA gl00mm]) <br>
-* Subtitles are not visible when playing videos
+<youtube width="640">xkCgldud1hA</youtube>
-* Framerate drops when some animations are running
-* Some meshes are missing
+'''Inscryption - Official Launch Trailer''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRlnP67TAf4 GameTrailers]) <br>
-* Teeth collisions are sometimes buggy
+<youtube width="640">BRlnP67TAf4</youtube>
-* Crash can happen when vita is running out of memory (as usual with Unity games)
+== Known issues ==
+* Rulebook in cabin is buggy (low perf shader + page changing to right ).
+* Subtitles are not visible when playing videos.
+* Framerate drops when some animations are running.
+* Some meshes are missing.
+* Teeth collisions are sometimes buggy.
+* Crash can happen when vita is running out of memory (as usual with Unity games).
 ==Changelog==
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 == External links ==
-* Github - https://github.com/gl00mm/Inscryption_PSVITA
+* GitHub - https://github.com/gl00mm/Inscryption_PSVITA
 * VitaDB - https://www.rinnegatamante.eu/vitadb/#/info/1323
+[[Category:PC game ports on Vita]]
+[[Category:Vita game ports]]