Case study

VCMI: recreating the Heroes of Might & Magic III engine

VCMI recreates the Heroes of Might & Magic III engine in C++ for playing the original game with an open-source runtime. The repository includes game logic, battle AI, a client and documentation for mods and supported game file formats.

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

Stars: 6.0k
Last commit: 2026-11-08
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-2.0

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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

Licensed under GPL-2.0.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{vcmi-case,
  title = {{VCMI: recreating the Heroes of Might \& Magic III engine}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/vcmi/vcmi}},
  url = {https://github.com/vcmi/vcmi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/vcmi-case/}}
}

Plain text

VCMI: recreating the Heroes of Might & Magic III engine. https://github.com/vcmi/vcmi (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/vcmi-case/

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docs/Readme.md GitHub · vcmi/vcmi · Revision cfdf594