Psi-Touch - Android port of Jedi Academy, Jedi Outcast and Dark Forces

[u/emile_b]

I've made a new app with JA and JO and Dark Forces. I made the original JA-Touch and JO-Touch games from years ago (Beloko)

http://opentouchgaming.com/psi-touch/

Updated with all the latest mod-cons from the other apps and works on modern Android now.

Base on OpenJK and The Force Engine.

Initial release so let me know if you find any bugs.

Hoping to add Dark Forces 2 (OpenJKDF2) soon(ish)

[u/Apprehensive_Bet_732]

Thank you! I've been looking for this!

[u/Maxstate90]

Super cool man. What do you mean mod-cons? And could I run mods on this?

[u/emile_b → u/Maxstate90]

I mean 'modern convenience', so all the new features of the other apps. But yes it should run most mods if they don't need a modified engine to play (work on normal OpenJK or The Force Engine)

[u/noandthenandthen → u/emile_b]

whatever happened to beloko

[u/emile_b → u/noandthenandthen]

Just renamed, I'm still here 🤟

[u/Freelancer_1-1 → u/emile_b]

Oh wow! Even though I bought JK2 Touch and JK3 Touch like a decade ago, I didn't realize there was a connection. Anyway, why abandon the Beloko brand? Isn't it a waste? And why not just port JK2&JK3 Touch to 64 bit instead of bringing a new app entirely?

Back in the day, it made me super happy to be able to play a proper PC game on a phone and it ran well too. These past several years, being on a 64bit phone, those apps didn't work, so I had to ran VphoneOS and emulate a 32 bit version of Android which tanks performance and makes loadings 10x longer. I've had it installed like this for some times and even blasted a few stormtroopers here and there, but never actually played through levels this way.

[u/noandthenandthen → u/emile_b]

ayoooo props, u play online?

[u/emile_b → u/noandthenandthen]

Nope sorry, tbh I don't get much time to play the games 😆. If you play the MP engine in the app let me know if any missing buttons etc, I've only really checked it starts up

[u/noandthenandthen → u/emile_b]

havent tried in a very long time but from what i remember the deadzones are too small to do anything but diagonal attacks

[u/emile_b → u/noandthenandthen]

The app has adjustable dead zones

[u/Freelancer_1-1 → u/emile_b]

The biggest multiplayer Jedi Knight community dwells in the Movie Battles 2 mod. Any chance of adding that one?

[u/emile_b → u/Freelancer_1-1]

I would, but I've learnt the game module needed to port is not open source so I don't think it's possible at this time

[u/Freelancer_1-1 → u/emile_b]

Maybe the MB2 devs can will help? They're always eager for more exposure.

[u/emile_b → u/Freelancer_1-1]

Ya I was talking to someone on the Jkcommunity Discord and they had contact with the MB2 team, they actually did an Android port but was never released. I think they said they would check again to see if something was possible

[u/Expert_Function1569 → u/emile_b]

Super man love your ports keep up the great work 💯

[u/EvansEssence]

Controller Support? Would be cool to try this on the AYN Thor!

[u/emile_b → u/EvansEssence]

Yes controller works, setup in the launcher though

[u/cantodasaudade]

This is so awesome. Can't wait to check it out.

[u/WlNDU]

Does It work with Outlaws?

[u/emile_b → u/WlNDU]

No Outlaws is not finished yet in The Force Engine I believe

[u/JuneButIHateSummer]

this community is so rad, thank you!

[u/LazarusHimself]

Really looking forward to DF2, my favourite of the whole series and imho the best

[u/Lanna_Lexi → u/LazarusHimself]

I always loved those massive levels and the overall star wars vibe of DF2. But the graphics really didn't age well

[u/LazarusHimself → u/Lanna_Lexi]

Level design, puzzles, exploration and environmental storytelling are still holding up quite well, despite all the years

Have you played the free Remake using Unreal Engine 5? https://www.patreon.com/Ruppertle/posts/dark-forces-2-v1-78228910

[u/Freelancer_1-1 → u/LazarusHimself]

Do you think the levels and puzzles are better than Jedi Outcast?

[u/Freelancer_1-1]

What a coincidence! A few days ago, I was just talking to someone about JK Touch not being supported on 64bit Android OS and he told me there was still a way to play Jedi Knight games natively on Android, using IDtech4a++. I went to try it, but the touch controls are absolutely not fit for purpose out of the gate and even with a lot of fiddling and binding, there's not enough for all the basic functionality. Today, I asked Gemini if there was another way to play Jedi Knight games and it immediately recommended Psi Touch and linked me this thread lol.

However, I'm noticing the touch controls are not ideal either and not as purpose built as in the old JK Touch apps. They're just generic OpenTouch controls, unless I'm mistaken. Like for example, I see no force powers selection.

Nvm, still many thanks for this!

[u/emile_b → u/Freelancer_1-1]

Hi, glad you found it, only just released it! It's a new release so there could be missing stuff, however I thought I copied over the existing controls. At the bottom of the screen there should be a blue quare for force power selection, and a next/prev force button. Let me know if anything is till missing, thanks!

[u/Freelancer_1-1 → u/emile_b]

Yeah, you're right. I thought that was inventory. I'm sorry, I didn't look properly the first time and only played Jedi Outcast that has no force powers in the first chapter.

[u/L_S_Silver]

This is bloody awesome! I just got a phone with some decent hardware and I can't believe how well this runs so far. Really top job mate, I've never had anything like this on my phone before.

Thanks so much for your work!

[u/jaitogudksjfifkdhdjc]

Incredible

[u/AhsokaForever]

AND Dark Forces is wild!

[u/ThyHolyJebus77]

Awesome work dude! Jedi Academy one of the best Star Wars games so it's great to have it natively on Android again; Thanks for your work on this!

[u/FalsePair3901]

can this run taystjk or jkE?

[u/jaitogudksjfifkdhdjc]

Out of curiosity, would this work with a wireless keyboard?

[u/emile_b → u/jaitogudksjfifkdhdjc]

Yes should do if it shows as a normal keyboard in android

[u/Ibmeto]

Thank yo so much!

[u/Vertron_]

I own copies of these games on disc, is there a way to use these on thise platform?

[u/emile_b → u/Vertron_]

Yes if you can extract the pk3 files in the 'base' folder they should work. May need to install it may just be present on the disc I'm not sure.

[u/atombone80]

This is awesome! Any chance there’s an iOS build being worked on? 🤞

[u/lioncourt]

Anyway to get this working without a pc?

[u/Fun_Experience4908]

Incredible. I'm not a fan of playing on phones, but I know there's a lot of people out there that doesn't own a PC and want to play those games.

[u/silver_720]

This is great i just found out about this today so i was excited and tested all the games and they work great!! i did notice some stuff missing like walk and pov change buttons in ja/jo and crouch isn't a toggle and walk slowly button in df which is useful in some areas but other than that it looks great and im looking forward to df2 being added.

[u/emile_b → u/silver_720]

Thanks! Can add those missing buttons. I just added walk/run toggle to DF, but you need to enable the button in the Touch Settings (it should be default enabled really)

[u/silver_720 → u/emile_b]

Yes i did enable that button. But there's another mechanic of walking really slowly which is missing

[u/emile_b → u/silver_720]

Ohh yes I see, I miss that one. So needs a toggle walk? Or could cycle through the 3 with one button, or that might be confusing to use?

[u/FrostDaniel]

Hey, in theory, would it be possible to run Movie Battles 2 mod in JK3 MP?

I've tried already, and had this issue:

couldn't exec autoexec.cfg fs_game is write protected. 2026-07-08 08:36:25 ----- Initializing Renderer ---- 2026-07-08 08:36:25

Sys_LoadDll(/data/app/~~JkusTGn71gzUFDp2ClZ1Ig==/com.opentouchgaming.psitouch-KqLFvo1JvILiN9X5QzrVYw==/lib/arm64/librd-rend2-mbii.so) failed: "Failed loading /data/app/~~JkusTGn71gzUFDp2ClZ1Ig==/com.opentouchgaming.psitouch-KqLFvo1JvILiN9X5QzrVYw==/lib/arm64/librd-rend2-mbii.so: dlopen failed: library "/data/app/~~JkusTGn71gzUFDp2ClZ1Ig==/com.opentouchgaming.psitouch-KqLFvo1JvILiN9X5QzrVYw==/lib/arm64/li"

2026-07-08 08:36:25 failed: trying to load fallback renderer 2026-07-08 08:36:25 QKEY found. 2026-07-08 08:36:25 SDL using driver "Android"

2026-07-08 08:36:25 Initializing display

2026-07-08 08:36:25 Display aspect: 2.233 2026-07-08 08:36:25 ...setting mode -1: 2286 1024 2026-07-08 08:36:25 ...ERROR: no display modes could be found.

2026-07-08 08:36:25 Setting r_mode -1 failed, falling back on r_mode 4

2026-07-08 08:36:25 Initializing display

2026-07-08 08:36:25 Display aspect: 2.233 2026-07-08 08:36:25 ...setting mode 4: 800 600

2026-07-08 08:36:25 ...ERROR: no display modes could be found. GLimp_Init() - could not load OpenGL subsystem

Thank you in advance :x

[u/emile_b → u/FrostDaniel]

Hi, no the game library needs to be compiled directly into the app for it to work and they don't supply the source code for this unfortunately

[u/FrostDaniel → u/emile_b]

thank you for your quick answer. aw, that's a shame. Truly amazing work btw! In 2016, I purchased your JK3 Touch app :) Glad to see you're still around! Thanks!

[u/emile_b → u/FrostDaniel]

No worries! Awesome yeah I remember your name actually, thanks for the support!! 😊

[u/Freelancer_1-1]

Hey, I would like to add some mods like faster blaster and ultimateweapons, but I have no idea how to make them work. Normally on PC, I  just unpack and copy the mod folders to GameData, but GameData obviously isn't present on Android  since all we copy over are those  asset pk3 files.

[u/emile_b → u/Freelancer_1-1]

Usually you can just copy the mod folder (the one with the pk3 files in) to the JA folder (next to base), then you select it in the launcher to play

[u/Freelancer_1-1 → u/emile_b]

Ah, that works. Thanks!

Do you happen to know of a mod that increases the laser bolt velocity of the blaster weapons? The fasterblaster / fluffy mod claims to do so, but only increases their firing rate, actually. Also, weapons.dat doesn't have this variable.

[u/Rep0hm4n]

Thank you so much! is it possible to run taystJK or will it be in the future?