# Wolfenshine: reimplementing Wolfenstein 3D

> Wolfenshine is a cross-platform C# reimplementation of Wolfenstein 3D. It reads the maps, artwork, music, and sounds from the player's copy and renders them with a .NET engine, including a 320 by 200 software renderer and an enhanced lighting mode toggled with F2.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/deanthecoder/Wolfenshine>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/deanthecoder/Wolfenshine/blob/13bc3a7502fabf6a0c21aa14f727e8d92fc5590f/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/wolfenshine-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/wolfenshine-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/wolfenshine-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Releases provide a Windows x64 installer and macOS builds for Apple silicon and Intel. The game accepts the free shareware data or a copy of the full six-episode game.
- A source build needs the .NET 8 SDK and a clone with submodules.
- License: MIT. NukedOPL3Sharp, used for AdLib and IMF audio, remains under the GNU LGPL 2.1.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/deanthecoder/Wolfenshine/blob/13bc3a7502fabf6a0c21aa14f727e8d92fc5590f/README.md>

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