Case study

sacengine: reimplementing the Sacrifice game engine

sacengine reimplements the engine of Sacrifice, the game by Shiny Entertainment. It is written in D. LDC 1.41.0 is a known working compiler.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 46
Last commit: 2026-11-08
Language: D
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

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

Clone with submodules and run dub build -b release-debug. Link the game's maps and data folders into the sacengine directory, or place the executable in the Sacrifice directory.
On Windows the README also names OpenAL, mpg123, SDL2, and FreeType binaries.
The README names no license.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{sacengine,
  title = {{sacengine: reimplementing the Sacrifice game engine}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/tg-2/sacengine}},
  url = {https://github.com/tg-2/sacengine},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/sacengine/}}
}

Plain text

sacengine: reimplementing the Sacrifice game engine. https://github.com/tg-2/sacengine (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/sacengine/

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README.md GitHub · tg-2/sacengine · Revision b10b885