# FreeGunman: reimplementing Gunman Chronicles in QuakeC

> FreeGunman is a clean-room reimplementation of Gunman Chronicles in QuakeC. It is cloned into the Nuclide SDK as the directory rewolf. The build is Nuclide's build_game.sh, or make inside rewolf/src. Nuclide needs fteqw and fteqcc set up.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/eukara/freegunman>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/eukara/freegunman/blob/c1457896fdc5848e2b154184b9fa3abb42d4e898/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/freegunman/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/freegunman/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/freegunman/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- The Nuclide SDK with fteqw and fteqcc. Clone this repository as rewolf inside that SDK, then run ./build_game.sh or make in rewolf/src.
- License: ISC.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/eukara/freegunman/blob/c1457896fdc5848e2b154184b9fa3abb42d4e898/README.md>

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