Case study

Open KF: a Killing Floor reimplementation in Rust and Bevy

Open KF reimplements the 2009 Killing Floor engine and gameplay in Rust and Bevy, reading maps, textures, audio and other resources from the user’s installed copy. Its ue-assets crate parses Unreal packages and provides commands to inspect objects, scripts, meshes and BSP data. The project offers single-player play and experimental cooperative multiplayer.

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

Stars: 5
Last commit: 2026-10-11
Language: Rust
License (GitHub): Apache-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Demo documented; the documentation covers part of the feature set.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: An installed Steam copy of Killing Floor is required.
Prerequisites: Building from source requires Nix with flakes, Rust and Bevy’s system libraries.
Limits: Cooperative multiplayer is experimental.
License: The source code is dual-licensed under MIT or Apache-2.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{open-kf-killing-floor-case,
  title = {{Open KF: a Killing Floor reimplementation in Rust and Bevy}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Scronkfinkle/open-kf}},
  url = {https://github.com/Scronkfinkle/open-kf},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/open-kf-killing-floor-case/}}
}

Plain text

Open KF: a Killing Floor reimplementation in Rust and Bevy. https://github.com/Scronkfinkle/open-kf (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/open-kf-killing-floor-case/

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README.md GitHub · Scronkfinkle/open-kf · Revision 8586d1f
STATUS.md GitHub · Scronkfinkle/open-kf · Revision 8586d1f