Case study

Carnage3D: open-source remake of Grand Theft Auto 1

Carnage3D is an open-source remake of Grand Theft Auto 1. The README describes the project as an early stage and links a WebAssembly build tested in Chrome 85 and Firefox 81, both 64-bit. The Linux build instructions use clang and name GLEW, GLM, Mesa, X11, and OpenAL development packages.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 575
Last commit: 2026-08-09
Language: C++
License (GitHub): MIT

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

The README says the Linux makefile is configured for clang. It lists libglew-dev, libglm-dev, libgl1-mesa-dev, xorg-dev, clang, and libopenal-dev.
A browser build is published at https://codenamecpp.github.io/carnage3d/web/carnage3D_wasm.html. The README says it was tested in Chrome 85 64-bit and Firefox 81.0.1 64-bit and does not work in Edge.
The README badge states the MIT license. GitHub reports MIT.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{carnage3d,
  title = {{Carnage3D: open-source remake of Grand Theft Auto 1}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/codenamecpp/carnage3d}},
  url = {https://github.com/codenamecpp/carnage3d},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/carnage3d/}}
}

Plain text

Carnage3D: open-source remake of Grand Theft Auto 1. https://github.com/codenamecpp/carnage3d (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/carnage3d/

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README.md GitHub · codenamecpp/carnage3d · Revision 3dc03b2