Case study

donut: reimplementing The Simpsons: Hit & Run

donut is a C++ and OpenGL reimplementation of The Simpsons: Hit & Run. It needs the original game assets. git clone --recursive fetches the tree. Dependencies are SDL2, Bullet3, OpenAL Soft, and fmt, installed through vcpkg or found by CMake. Windows uses Visual Studio 2019. The Linux command is cmake -S . -B build with the vcpkg toolchain, then cmake --build build.

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: 488
Last commit: 2021-05-11
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

The original game assets. CMake, and vcpkg or the system packages for SDL2, Bullet3, OpenAL Soft, and fmt.
License: GPL version 3.

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BibTeX

@misc{donut,
  title = {{donut: reimplementing The Simpsons: Hit \& Run}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/plowteam/donut}},
  url = {https://github.com/plowteam/donut},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/donut/}}
}

Plain text

donut: reimplementing The Simpsons: Hit & Run. https://github.com/plowteam/donut (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/donut/

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README.md GitHub · plowteam/donut · Revision 80c06fc