Case study

Un-Banished: reconstructing the Banished engine in Rust

Un-Banished rebuilds the Banished 1.0.7 engine in Rust for desktop and browser play using data from the user's own game copy. Its documented process uses Ghidra pseudocode, emulated original functions and comparisons of the new code with original behavior. The engine also reads existing saves and BanishedKit .pkm mods; the author reports a beta with known differences.

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

Stars: 20
Last commit: 2026-10-27
Language: Rust
License (GitHub): Apache-2.0

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 user's own copy of Banished and its game files.
Prerequisites: Rust is required when building from source.
Limits: The author describes the release as beta and records known differences from the original.
License: MIT or Apache-2.0 licence.

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BibTeX

@misc{un-banished-case,
  title = {{Un-Banished: reconstructing the Banished engine in Rust}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/tanepiper/unbanished}},
  url = {https://github.com/tanepiper/unbanished},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/un-banished-case/}}
}

Plain text

Un-Banished: reconstructing the Banished engine in Rust. https://github.com/tanepiper/unbanished (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/un-banished-case/

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README.md GitHub · tanepiper/unbanished · Revision ab22835