# Open Greedy: a from-scratch Greedy XP rewrite

> Open Greedy reimplements Greedy XP as a C game written from scratch. Its source tree contains game logic, an engine and rendering code, and the documented build relies on SDL, SDL_mixer, OpenGL, libxmp-lite and zlib.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/atroel/open-greedy>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/atroel/open-greedy/blob/9cdd0811143238eb80d5ee69c3436173f273cc0c/README>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/open-greedy-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/open-greedy-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/open-greedy-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** SDL, SDL_mixer, OpenGL, libxmp-lite and zlib are required.
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/atroel/open-greedy/blob/9cdd0811143238eb80d5ee69c3436173f273cc0c/README>

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