Case study

Lantern Engine: a Bloodborne runtime for Windows and Linux

Lantern Engine runs Bloodborne CUSA03173 update 1.09 from the player's own PS4 dump on Windows and Linux. Built on bbport and shadPS4, its game-specific runtime supplies PS4 system services while the game's code executes on the CPU and graphics are translated to Vulkan. The source documents additional launcher, rendering, control, and performance work.

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: 1.6k
Last commit: 2026-11-10
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A user's own decrypted Bloodborne CUSA03173 dump with update 1.09 is required.
Prerequisites: Linux support is beta and requires a Vulkan driver, Python 3, and glibc 2.38 or newer.
Limits: The renderer and shader recompiler still use shadPS4 components at their core.
License: Lantern Engine's own code is GPL-3.0-or-later with additional terms; other components retain their own licenses.

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BibTeX

@misc{lantern-engine-case,
  title = {{Lantern Engine: a Bloodborne runtime for Windows and Linux}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Awakenchan/LanternEngine}},
  url = {https://github.com/Awakenchan/LanternEngine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/lantern-engine-case/}}
}

Plain text

Lantern Engine: a Bloodborne runtime for Windows and Linux. https://github.com/Awakenchan/LanternEngine (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/lantern-engine-case/

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engine/README.md GitHub · Awakenchan/LanternEngine · Revision f96cc42
README.md GitHub · Awakenchan/LanternEngine · Revision f96cc42