Case study
OpenPol: an early Polanie reimplementation
OpenPol reimplements the Polish RTS Polanie in Rust and includes tools for reading and extracting its data formats. The current program plays intros, loads some game files, and displays the main menu and cursor; other gameplay remains unfinished.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Evidence class
- C2 code & docs, no demo or download
- Stars
- 5
- Last commit
- 2022-12-13
- Language
- Rust
- License (GitHub)
- GPL-2.0
GitHub data as of 2026-11-10
Evidence
- Observed
- Code, documentation and a demo observed; no download method found.
- Checked
- 2026-11-09
Requirements & limits
- Limits: The current implementation is limited to intros, data loading, and the main menu.
- License: GPL-2.0.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{openpol-polanie-case,
title = {{OpenPol: an early Polanie reimplementation}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/jstasiak/openpol}},
url = {https://github.com/jstasiak/openpol},
urldate = {2026-11-06},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/openpol-polanie-case/}}
}Plain text
OpenPol: an early Polanie reimplementation. https://github.com/jstasiak/openpol (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/openpol-polanie-case/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · jstasiak/openpol · Revision 9f74ed1
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