Case study

UA_source: a reimplementation of the Urban Assault engine

UA_source reimplements the Urban Assault engine in C++ and plays using files from the user's original game copy. It documents Linux and Windows builds with SDL2, OpenGL, OpenAL and other media libraries, and exposes options for rendering and original game behavior.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 139
Last commit: 2025-03-11
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Original Urban Assault game files.
Prerequisites: SDL2, SDL2_ttf, OpenGL, OpenAL, vorbisfile and FFmpeg for building.
License: GPL-2.0 license.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{ua-source-case,
  title = {{UA\_source: a reimplementation of the Urban Assault engine}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Marisa-Chan/UA_source}},
  url = {https://github.com/Marisa-Chan/UA_source},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ua-source-case/}}
}

Plain text

UA_source: a reimplementation of the Urban Assault engine. https://github.com/Marisa-Chan/UA_source (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ua-source-case/

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README.md GitHub · Marisa-Chan/UA_source · Revision c7c6806