# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Marisa-Chan/UA_source>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Marisa-Chan/UA_source/blob/c7c68061845fa89bdbc653f244d5bc5b97939bb8/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ua-source-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ua-source-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ua-source-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

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

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Marisa-Chan/UA_source/blob/c7c68061845fa89bdbc653f244d5bc5b97939bb8/README.md>

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