Case study

Free in the Dark: reimplementation of Alone in the Dark

Free in the Dark is an engine reimplementation of the Alone in the Dark games released from 1992 to 1995. The README focuses on the versions sold on Steam and GOG and says some other releases, including the Windows version of Alone in the Dark 3, are incompatible for now.

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: 163
Last commit: 2025-08-02
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-2.0

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 Steam apps named in the README are Alone in the Dark 1, 2, and 3.
Some non-Steam and non-GOG versions are described as incompatible for now.
License: GPL-2.0.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{fitd-case,
  title = {{Free in the Dark: reimplementation of Alone in the Dark}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/yaz0r/FITD}},
  url = {https://github.com/yaz0r/FITD},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/fitd-case/}}
}

Plain text

Free in the Dark: reimplementation of Alone in the Dark. https://github.com/yaz0r/FITD (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/fitd-case/

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README.md GitHub · yaz0r/FITD · Revision 543e22b