# Empo

> Run RPG Maker and PSDK games on iPhone and iPad.

## Docs

- [Introduction](https://empo.mateo.sh/introduction): Empo runs RPG Maker XP, VX, VX Ace, Pokemon Essentials, and PSDK games on iPhone and iPad.

## Play

- [Requirements](https://empo.mateo.sh/requirements): The devices, the iOS version, the tools, and the games that Empo supports.
- [Install Empo](https://empo.mateo.sh/install): Requirements for Empo, how to sideload the app, and how to get update notifications.
- [Import a game](https://empo.mateo.sh/importing-games): The file types Empo accepts, the three ways to import a game, and what happens when the game is already in your library.
- [Play a game](https://empo.mateo.sh/playing): The library, the on-screen controls, controllers, the in-game menu, and the settings that apply to one game.
- [Saves](https://empo.mateo.sh/saves): Where Empo keeps your save files, what happens to them when you update or delete a game, and how to move saves in and out.
- [Troubleshooting](https://empo.mateo.sh/troubleshooting): Frequent problems with games in Empo, what causes them, and how to collect logs for a bug report.
- [FAQ](https://empo.mateo.sh/faq): Short answers to the questions people ask before they install Empo.
- [What's new](https://empo.mateo.sh/changelog): The player-facing changes in each Empo release, derived from the changelog.
- [Community and support](https://empo.mateo.sh/community): Where to ask for help, how to report a game that does not work, and how to collect the logs a report needs.

## Ship a game

- [Ship custom controls](https://empo.mateo.sh/controls-format): Ship a controls.json file with your game to set its touch layout, its screen region, and its gamepad mapping.
- [Config files: JSON5](https://empo.mateo.sh/config-format): The JSON5 dialect that Empo and its engine both parse, the files that use it, and the quirks to know about.

## Contribute

- [How it works](https://empo.mateo.sh/how-it-works): The parts of Empo, how the SwiftUI app and the C++ engine share a process, and where to read more about each piece.

## Legal

- [Privacy policy](https://empo.mateo.sh/privacy): What Empo collects and what leaves your device.
- [Terms of use](https://empo.mateo.sh/terms): The terms you accept when you use Empo, and the limits on what Empo promises.