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  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/openc2e/openc2e/blob/dfcd46f2d6748f6fedc8ba61c3269bdf02956786/COPYING"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "openc2e reimplements an engine for the Creatures artificial life games and reads their original data directories. It targets Creatures 1–3, Docking Station, Playground and Adventures; agents, biochemistry and sound effects work, while creature support and world saving remain incomplete.",
  "description_zh": "openc2e 重实现《Creatures》人工生命游戏系列的引擎，读取原版游戏数据目录。目标包括 Creatures 1–3、Docking Station、Playground 和 Adventures；智能体、生物化学系统与音效已有实现，生物支持和世界存档功能仍不完整。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/openc2e-creatures-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/openc2e-creatures-case/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/openc2e/openc2e/blob/dfcd46f2d6748f6fedc8ba61c3269bdf02956786/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "openc2e-creatures-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/openc2e-creatures-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/openc2e-creatures-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/openc2e-creatures-case/index.md",
  "name": "openc2e: reimplementing the Creatures game engine",
  "name_zh": "openc2e：重建 Creatures 系列游戏引擎",
  "reconstruction_method": "engine-reimplementation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "A data directory from a supported Creatures game is required.",
    "Build dependencies include SDL2, SDL2_mixer, Python and CMake.",
    "Creatures 1 and 2 creatures do not work; world saving is unfinished.",
    "GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要受支持的《Creatures》游戏数据目录。",
    "构建依赖 SDL2、SDL2_mixer、Python 和 CMake。",
    "Creatures 1 和 2 的生物尚不能运行；世界存档仍未完成。",
    "采用 GNU Lesser General Public License 第 2.1 版。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/openc2e/openc2e",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}