Case study

BaK GL: rebuilding Betrayal at Krondor mechanics

BaKGL reimplements Betrayal at Krondor in a C++ and OpenGL engine built around original game data. It reconstructs exploration, quests, shops, inventory and other mechanics, includes resource explorers and an image extractor, and allows replacement textures. Combat remains in progress.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 76
Last commit: 2026-09-16
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Code, documentation, download and demo observed; a full-reconstruction candidate for manual Class 0 review.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A copy of Betrayal at Krondor is needed for its data files.
Prerequisites: Building requires CMake, SDL2, OpenGL, GLEW, freeglut and a C++23-capable compiler.
Limits: Combat is in progress, and macOS is not currently supported.
License: GPL-3.0 license.

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BibTeX

@misc{bakgl-case,
  title = {{BaK GL: rebuilding Betrayal at Krondor mechanics}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/xavieran/BaKGL}},
  url = {https://github.com/xavieran/BaKGL},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/bakgl-case/}}
}

Plain text

BaK GL: rebuilding Betrayal at Krondor mechanics. https://github.com/xavieran/BaKGL (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/bakgl-case/

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README.MD GitHub · xavieran/BaKGL · Revision 5f31492