# skynet-godot: porting SkyNET and Future Shock to Godot

> skynet-godot ports the 1996 XnGine shooters SkyNET and Future Shock to a rewritten Godot 4 engine. It decodes BSA archives, WLD heightmaps, textures, maps and audio from the player's installations, while DOS executable disassembly informs movers, weapons, AI and mission behavior. The author reports bounded campaign and deathmatch support.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Binary · Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/nautilusbits/skynet-godot>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/nautilusbits/skynet-godot/blob/38dafc1ef9051c5975204cbfb9056d025605b10e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/skynet-godot-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/skynet-godot-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/skynet-godot-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires the user's original SkyNET game data; Future Shock data is optional.
- **Prerequisites:** Source builds require Godot 4.7.2.
- **Limits:** Development of this Godot port stopped on 2026-10-13; the Android export received less testing than desktop builds.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/nautilusbits/skynet-godot/blob/38dafc1ef9051c5975204cbfb9056d025605b10e/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/nautilusbits/skynet-godot/blob/38dafc1ef9051c5975204cbfb9056d025605b10e/godot_project/docs/pipeline_analysis.md>

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