Case study

Open Wages: a Wages of War engine reimplementation

Open Wages reimplements the Wages of War: The Business of Battle engine in Rust and SDL2 using observed game behavior and parsers for the original data files. It covers mercenary hiring, contracts, isometric maps and tactical combat, with executable and format analysis recorded alongside the code.

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: 0
Last commit: 2026-06-29
Language: Rust
License (GitHub): Apache-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Rust toolchain and SDL2 development libraries.
Prerequisites: Supply a copy of the original Wages of War data directory.
Limits: The project describes its status as alpha and its unit visuals as placeholders.
License: Dual licensed under MIT or Apache-2.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{open-wages-case,
  title = {{Open Wages: a Wages of War engine reimplementation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/suhteevah/wages-of-war}},
  url = {https://github.com/suhteevah/wages-of-war},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/open-wages-case/}}
}

Plain text

Open Wages: a Wages of War engine reimplementation. https://github.com/suhteevah/wages-of-war (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/open-wages-case/

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README.md GitHub · suhteevah/wages-of-war · Revision aa88ae0
docs/WOW_EXE_RE_ANALYSIS.md GitHub · suhteevah/wages-of-war · Revision aa88ae0