Case study

Harvest: decompiling and porting Massive Encounter

Harvest reconstructs C++ for the Linux amd64 1.18 release of Harvest: Massive Encounter and ports the recovered game and engine code to desktop and web platforms. Matching tools compare compiled objects with the original executable; the port replaces the platform layer with Zig, SDL3 and related components and reads separately supplied game data.

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

Stars: 3
Last commit: 2026-10-27
Language: C++

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Supply the original Linux amd64 1.18 executable for matching. The desktop port needs game data from an installed copy; the browser port downloads game data automatically.
Prerequisites: Matching uses the documented GCC 4.4.3 toolchain image with Docker or Podman; the port build uses Zig 0.17 and just.
Limits: The matching decompilation proceeds function by function.
License: No licence file in the repository.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{harvest-massive-encounter-case,
  title = {{Harvest: decompiling and porting Massive Encounter}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/banteg/harvest}},
  url = {https://github.com/banteg/harvest},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/harvest-massive-encounter-case/}}
}

Plain text

Harvest: decompiling and porting Massive Encounter. https://github.com/banteg/harvest (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/harvest-massive-encounter-case/

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README.md GitHub · banteg/harvest · Revision 0d933d0
docs/port/README.md GitHub · banteg/harvest · Revision 0d933d0