Case study

Project Carrot: rebuilding a Jazz Jackrabbit 2-style engine

Project Carrot develops a C++ engine modeled on Jazz Jackrabbit 2 using converted resources from a user's copy. Its source includes game systems and JJ2 format handling; companion tools extract Anims.j2a assets and convert tilesets and levels. The author describes the project as progressing slowly.

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: 39
Last commit: 2017-08-28
Language: C++
License (GitHub): MIT

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: A Jazz Jackrabbit 2 installation and converted assets, levels and tilesets are required.
Prerequisites: Build dependencies include Qt 5.7 with Gamepad, SFML 2.3, BASS 2.4 and BASS FX.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{project-carrot-case,
  title = {{Project Carrot: rebuilding a Jazz Jackrabbit 2-style engine}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/soulweaver91/project-carrot}},
  url = {https://github.com/soulweaver91/project-carrot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/project-carrot-case/}}
}

Plain text

Project Carrot: rebuilding a Jazz Jackrabbit 2-style engine. https://github.com/soulweaver91/project-carrot (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/project-carrot-case/

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README.md GitHub · soulweaver91/project-carrot · Revision f9edb3c