Case study
BaK-Again: reconstructing Betrayal at Krondor
BaK-Again rebuilds Betrayal at Krondor in Unity, loading story, world, rules and art from the player's installed game. It includes .NET data libraries, Kaitai specifications for game formats and tests; the author reports that every chapter can be played to its end.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Evidence class
- C2 code & docs, no demo or download
- Stars
- 15
- Last commit
- 2026-11-09
- Language
- C#
- License (GitHub)
- MIT
GitHub data as of 2026-11-10
Evidence
- Observed
- Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
- Checked
- 2026-11-09
Requirements & limits
- Prerequisites: Requires an installed copy of Betrayal at Krondor and its data files.
- Prerequisites: Building requires the Unity version specified in the project and .NET 10 SDK.
- Limits: The project is beta.
- License: Code is MIT; documentation and format specifications are CC-BY-4.0.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{bak-again-case,
title = {{BaK-Again: reconstructing Betrayal at Krondor}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/stellargames/bakagain}},
url = {https://github.com/stellargames/bakagain},
urldate = {2026-11-06},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/bak-again-case/}}
}Plain text
BaK-Again: reconstructing Betrayal at Krondor. https://github.com/stellargames/bakagain (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/bak-again-case/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · stellargames/bakagain · Revision 6f0237a
- formats/README.md GitHub · stellargames/bakagain · Revision 6f0237a
- THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md GitHub · stellargames/bakagain · Revision 6f0237a
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