Case study

Shiloh: reimplementing The X-Files Game engine

Shiloh is a Rust engine for The X-Files Game (1998), with an SDL2 window and a WebAssembly browser build. Complete playthroughs are reported for the English DVD Edition, program build 2.05, the Russian 1.00 release, and the German 7-CD release, program build 1.00.19. The browser build is served at 127.0.0.1:8640. Tables such as the computer, phone, and notes are read from the player's copy at run time.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 31
Last commit: 2026-10-24
Language: Rust
License (GitHub): Apache-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo available · no screenshot

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

Stable Rust. The native window needs SDL2. The browser build needs the wasm32-unknown-unknown target. cargo run --release --bin xf -- --data takes a game directory or a disc image. Optional ffmpeg is used by xf-prep for music.
License: Apache-2.0 or MIT, at the user's option. The save-container code in port/src/neodb.rs is based on MIT code.

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BibTeX

@misc{shiloh,
  title = {{Shiloh: reimplementing The X-Files Game engine}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Asterber/shiloh}},
  url = {https://github.com/Asterber/shiloh},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/shiloh/}}
}

Plain text

Shiloh: reimplementing The X-Files Game engine. https://github.com/Asterber/shiloh (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/shiloh/

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README.md GitHub · Asterber/shiloh · Revision e3dfde0