# NitroSharp: reimplementing the N2System visual novel engine

> NitroSharp is an open-source reimplementation of N2System, the visual-novel engine used by Nitroplus. The current target is Chaos;Head Noah on Windows x64, with Direct3D 11 and Vulkan, and on Linux x64 with Vulkan. The Linux build has no sound.

- 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/CommitteeOfZero/nitrosharp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/CommitteeOfZero/nitrosharp/blob/e3869842bb5bdd5ed95344027297620cd54454a6/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/nitrosharp/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/nitrosharp/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/nitrosharp/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- The README says some endings of Chaos;Head Noah can be reached, and that saves should not be expected to survive an engine upgrade.
- License: MIT.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/CommitteeOfZero/nitrosharp/blob/e3869842bb5bdd5ed95344027297620cd54454a6/README.md>

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