Case study

BreadFlowerDos: reimplementing the Refractor 2 game engine

BreadFlowerDos is a modern C++ recreation of the Refractor 2 engine, focused on Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142. The README says it reimplements functionality rather than matching the original binaries.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 49
Last commit: 2026-10-01
Language: C++
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

CMake 4.0 or newer, and Clang 19 or newer or MSVC. Commits are expected to pass clang-tidy and clang-format.
The README names no license.

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BibTeX

@misc{breadflowerdos,
  title = {{BreadFlowerDos: reimplementing the Refractor 2 game engine}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/kiwidoggie/breadflowerdos}},
  url = {https://github.com/kiwidoggie/breadflowerdos},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/breadflowerdos/}}
}

Plain text

BreadFlowerDos: reimplementing the Refractor 2 game engine. https://github.com/kiwidoggie/breadflowerdos (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/breadflowerdos/

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README.md GitHub · kiwidoggie/breadflowerdos · Revision 6b4d4e1