Case study

shock2quest: recreating the Dark engine for System Shock 2 VR

shock2quest recreates the Dark engine for a virtual-reality version of System Shock 2 on Meta Quest. Its runtime reads KPF archives and cutscenes copied from the user's 25th Anniversary Remaster installation; the Rust workspace includes engine, game and VR runtime components.

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

Stars: 23
Last commit: 2026-11-03
Language: Rust

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: A retail copy of System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster and its KPF archives and cutscenes.
Prerequisites: A Meta Quest headset with Developer Mode and adb for the documented installation.
Limits: The project is pre-alpha; features are incomplete and saves may not work across releases.
License: GPLv2 for code using openDarkEngine contributions; the engine folder is dual-licensed under MIT.

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BibTeX

@misc{shock2quest-case,
  title = {{shock2quest: recreating the Dark engine for System Shock 2 VR}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/tommy-xr/shock2quest}},
  url = {https://github.com/tommy-xr/shock2quest},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/shock2quest-case/}}
}

Plain text

shock2quest: recreating the Dark engine for System Shock 2 VR. https://github.com/tommy-xr/shock2quest (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/shock2quest-case/

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README.md GitHub · tommy-xr/shock2quest · Revision d965836
INSTALL.md GitHub · tommy-xr/shock2quest · Revision d965836