# Chicken Invaders 1: rebuilding the 1999 game

> Chicken Invaders 1 rebuilds the original 1999 game in C++ with a separate UveDX engine layer. Its reverse-engineering notes cover game classes, scoring and file formats, while the author reports that the current build is playable despite remaining bugs and decompiled variable names.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/LockBlock-dev/chicken-invaders>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/LockBlock-dev/chicken-invaders/blob/8b1f4a0aa1e3ea2fd15f6862756e2581247a2f5e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/chicken-invaders-1-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/chicken-invaders-1-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/chicken-invaders-1-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Original Chicken Invaders assets must be supplied separately.
- **Prerequisites:** CMake 3.25 or later for the root build.
- **Limits:** The project remains in progress with bugs and decompiled variable names.
- **License:** AGPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/LockBlock-dev/chicken-invaders/blob/8b1f4a0aa1e3ea2fd15f6862756e2581247a2f5e/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/LockBlock-dev/chicken-invaders/blob/8b1f4a0aa1e3ea2fd15f6862756e2581247a2f5e/doc/reverse_engineering/README.md>

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