# OpenDaed: reimplementing The Daedalus Encounter

> OpenDaed reimplements the interactive-movie puzzle game The Daedalus Encounter in C++ using the original CD data. Its source includes game-file readers, an interpreter, video playback and puzzle implementations. The author describes an early build that runs the opening scenes but is not yet playable end to end.

- 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/AMDmi3/opendaed>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/AMDmi3/opendaed/blob/9eb479c5ddf0d6f7f9bd22b2ea19856d2b40859c/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/opendaed-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/opendaed-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/opendaed-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Original game CD data is required.
- **Prerequisites:** Building requires CMake, SDL2, SDL2_image and the libSDL2pp submodule.
- **Limits:** The project is at an early stage and is not yet fully playable.
- **License:** GNU General Public License version 3.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/AMDmi3/opendaed/blob/9eb479c5ddf0d6f7f9bd22b2ea19856d2b40859c/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/AMDmi3/opendaed/blob/9eb479c5ddf0d6f7f9bd22b2ea19856d2b40859c/COPYING>

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