Case study

FreeHeroes: a Heroes of Might and Magic III engine recreation

FreeHeroes recreates Heroes of Might and Magic III in a C++ engine with a battle emulator and a one-time converter for original SoD, HotA and HD game resources. It can also start with substitute resources; the author describes the project as unfinished.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 76
Last commit: 2026-08-29
Language: C++
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Original Heroes III resources are recommended for improved visuals and can be converted once.
Prerequisites: Building requires Qt 6.12, CMake 4.0 and a C++20 compiler.
Limits: The author says the project is pre-alpha and may never be fully finished.
License: Source code is MIT licensed; project images and audio are CC BY-SA 4.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{freeheroes-case,
  title = {{FreeHeroes: a Heroes of Might and Magic III engine recreation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/mapron/FreeHeroes}},
  url = {https://github.com/mapron/FreeHeroes},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/freeheroes-case/}}
}

Plain text

FreeHeroes: a Heroes of Might and Magic III engine recreation. https://github.com/mapron/FreeHeroes (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/freeheroes-case/

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README.md GitHub · mapron/FreeHeroes · Revision 01537e2