Case study

DoomRPG-RE: reconstructing Doom RPG in C

DoomRPG-RE reconstructs Doom RPG as a C program with gameplay, combat, menus, rendering and input modules. Its SDL-based executable loads game data from DoomRPG.zip and builds through CMake with audio and compression dependencies.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 164
Last commit: 2024-04-23
Language: C
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: CMake, SDL2, SDL2-Mixer, zlib and FluidSynth are required to build.
Prerequisites: The executable loads DoomRPG.zip as its game data input.
License: GPL-3.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{doomrpg-re-case,
  title = {{DoomRPG-RE: reconstructing Doom RPG in C}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Erick194/DoomRPG-RE}},
  url = {https://github.com/Erick194/DoomRPG-RE},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/doomrpg-re-case/}}
}

Plain text

DoomRPG-RE: reconstructing Doom RPG in C. https://github.com/Erick194/DoomRPG-RE (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/doomrpg-re-case/

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README.md GitHub · Erick194/DoomRPG-RE · Revision 8ff35da
src/Main.c GitHub · Erick194/DoomRPG-RE · Revision 8ff35da