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Beach Life Virtual Resort: Spring Break - Opening and Editing The .BLE Game Files

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images taken from the game and from the game manual I have an itch to play Beach Life every now and then. The last time it happened, I found a band-aid solution to guests complaining about high prices. I wanted to make more changes if I could but I couldn't find a way to open and read some of the script files. There are some files in the game that are readable on notepad ( GameParameters.pis and the other . pis files on each scenario and sandscenario folder) but when you try to open up the . ble files, you only see random symbols. I've tried tools that I've seen recommended online ( Game Extractor , Ghidra , Offzip to name a few). Admittedly, I did just glaze over them because I know nothing about reverse engineering a game and didn't know what to do. I have an inkling to play it again recently, and I decided to try an idea that has been looming over my head but have been avoiding.... The GameParameters.pis file had a header containing the file name, and I notice...

Betsy's Cake Center (Malabon)

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I came across a blog post about Betsy's Cake Center sometime ago. I live in Malabon, so I was a bit ashamed that I haven't heard about Betsy's Cake Center before (anyway, their location isn't exactly walking distance from my place). I've went near the Malabon City Hall countless of times, but I haven't really noticed it. My sister suffers from cream puff cravings for several days now, and since I've read somewhere that there are also cream puffs available in Betsy's Cake Center, I decided to drop by the shop yesterday. Upon entering, I was greeted by a lot of awfully good looking goodies. They have meals available too. The other night, my sister gave me some money so I can buy cream puffs, but I placed it on top of the tv and forgot to bring it with me yesterday. I kicked myself for daring to enter solely on a poor students' budget. I even saw an apple pie (my favorite!) but it was 60 pesos a piece, so I cried a little inside. Anyway, I saw some ...