Case study

Raptor: porting a reconstructed Call of the Shadows codebase

Raptor ports a reverse-engineered Raptor: Call of the Shadows codebase to modern desktop systems and Android. Its build uses CMake and SDL2, while the game loads GLB assets supplied from the player's own shareware or full version.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 137
Last commit: 2026-09-28
Language: C
License (GitHub): GPL-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: GLB assets from Raptor: Call of the Shadows shareware or full version 1.2 or newer are required.
Prerequisites: CMake and SDL2 are needed for desktop builds; Android Studio is specified for Android builds.
Limits: Android MIDI support is unavailable.
License: GPL-2.0 or later for Raptor; the Android version is GPL-3.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{raptor-source-port-case,
  title = {{Raptor: porting a reconstructed Call of the Shadows codebase}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/skynettx/raptor}},
  url = {https://github.com/skynettx/raptor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/raptor-source-port-case/}}
}

Plain text

Raptor: porting a reconstructed Call of the Shadows codebase. https://github.com/skynettx/raptor (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/raptor-source-port-case/

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README.md GitHub · skynettx/raptor · Revision 746c35a