Case study

DuperHex: reimplementing the Super Hexagon engine from extracted game logic

DuperHex reimplements the Super Hexagon engine in Rust with SDL3 and wgpu. Its extractor uses angr and Unicorn to recover game logic encoded in executable conditional branches and convert it to JSON, alongside assets from the Steam-on-Linux release.

Targets: Binary · Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 5
Last commit: 2026-10-05
Language: Rust
License (GitHub): MIT

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

Prerequisites: The latest Steam-on-Linux release of Super Hexagon is required for asset and logic extraction.
Limits: Input other than keyboard or mouse remains on the TODO list; Steam integration, scoreboards and arcade mode are outside scope.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{duperhex-case,
  title = {{DuperHex: reimplementing the Super Hexagon engine from extracted game logic}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/DavidBuchanan314/duperhex}},
  url = {https://github.com/DavidBuchanan314/duperhex},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/duperhex-case/}}
}

Plain text

DuperHex: reimplementing the Super Hexagon engine from extracted game logic. https://github.com/DavidBuchanan314/duperhex (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/duperhex-case/

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README.md GitHub · DavidBuchanan314/duperhex · Revision a972222
LICENSE GitHub · DavidBuchanan314/duperhex · Revision a972222