Case study

Nuvie: an engine for Ultima VI and its companions

Nuvie reimplements an engine for Ultima VI, Martian Dreams and The Savage Empire that reads the original game data. It runs on Linux, macOS and Windows, and its development has moved to ScummVM.

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: 166
Last commit: 2025-03-12
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Original data files from the supported games are required.
Prerequisites: LibSDL is required to compile the standalone engine.
Limits: The author reports Ultima VI is completable; support for Martian Dreams and The Savage Empire is still being added.
License: GPL-2.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{nuvie-case,
  title = {{Nuvie: an engine for Ultima VI and its companions}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/nuvie/nuvie}},
  url = {https://github.com/nuvie/nuvie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/nuvie-case/}}
}

Plain text

Nuvie: an engine for Ultima VI and its companions. https://github.com/nuvie/nuvie (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/nuvie-case/

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README.md GitHub · nuvie/nuvie · Revision 759cc0c