# Project ANISE: an AI5V and SILV scripting engine interpreter

> Project ANISE is a C++ interpreter for Japanese adventure games built on the AI5V or SILV scripting engines. Its source includes script operations, graphics, sound and input components. The project was developed on Windows with SDL, and the author reports compiling and running it on Linux.

- 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/tomyun/anise>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/tomyun/anise/blob/6d37be08bd2cb2bb599bf89c810edce8f008328a/anise/README>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/project-anise-ai5v-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/project-anise-ai5v-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/project-anise-ai5v-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Building requires SDL 1.2.0 or newer, automake 1.6 or newer, and autoconf 2.53 or newer.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/tomyun/anise/blob/6d37be08bd2cb2bb599bf89c810edce8f008328a/anise/README>
2. <https://github.com/tomyun/anise/blob/6d37be08bd2cb2bb599bf89c810edce8f008328a/anise/INSTALL>

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