 Around the time of the game 's release , Curve Studios approached , and later worked with , the developers to port the game for release on PlayStation 3 and Vita . These versions of the game use Curve Studio 's own game engine . Sony requested that new features be added to the game , though Key said that the company never attempted to steer the direction of the development of these features . Key added location and date @-@ based world generation and a way to interact with the game using the Vita 's rear touchpad . He has stated that the location- and date @-@ specific world generation feature could come to the other versions in the future . The PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita versions were released on 29 October 2013 . 
