Case study

Heretic2: adapting reconstructed game code to Yamagi Quake II

Heretic2 adapts Heretic 2 game code from an earlier reconstruction project to a customized Yamagi Quake II Remaster engine. Its source and progress notes cover differences in effects, movement, rendering and save handling while targeting single-player play from Heretic 2 game data.

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

Stars: 33
Last commit: 2026-11-05
Language: C

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: The documented test setup uses data from the Heretic 2 Loki release.
Scope: Single-player support is the priority; the author describes the work as an early-stage project.
Limits: Save handling and several gameplay systems remain incomplete.
License: The repository LICENSE lists GPLv2-covered Quake II code and multiple component licences.

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BibTeX

@misc{heretic2-yamagi-reconstruction-case,
  title = {{Heretic2: adapting reconstructed game code to Yamagi Quake II}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/0lvin/heretic2}},
  url = {https://github.com/0lvin/heretic2},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/heretic2-yamagi-reconstruction-case/}}
}

Plain text

Heretic2: adapting reconstructed game code to Yamagi Quake II. https://github.com/0lvin/heretic2 (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/heretic2-yamagi-reconstruction-case/

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README.md GitHub · 0lvin/heretic2 · Revision a81594b