Top 23 C Game Projects

• Craft

  2 8,813 0.7 C

  A simple Minecraft clone written in C using modern OpenGL (shaders).

  Project mention: I just learned java, want to make a simple minecraft clone | reddit.com/r/javahelp | 2021-09-11

  Not java but https://github.com/fogleman/Craft will give you an idea of what has to be done.

• cute_headers

  3 3,168 7.8 C

  Collection of cross-platform one-file C/C++ libraries with no dependencies, primarily used for games

  Project mention: [C/C++]How do "header only" source files work? | reddit.com/r/learnprogramming | 2021-08-27

  Currently I'm looking at a "header only" cute_tiled.h library that includes this instruction:

• Nanos

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• yojimbo

  1 2,001 3.5 C

  A network library for client/server games written in C++

  

  Project mention: Programming question : Which techniques are used to achieve real-time between players in online openworlds ? (think wow, ff14, teso) | reddit.com/r/gamedev | 2021-09-02

  And has his own C++ library for transmitting messages over UDP protocol https://github.com/networkprotocol/yojimbo

• ioq3

  4 1,835 4.9 C

  The ioquake3 community effort to continue supporting/developing id's Quake III Arena

  

  Project mention: id Tech 3 | reddit.com/r/gamedev | 2021-05-28

  On a more serious note, also check out https://github.com/ioquake/ioq3, which is a modernized version of quake 3!

• NetHack

  13 1,786 9.7 C

  Official NetHack Git Repository

  

  Project mention: [D] We are Facebook AI Research’s NetHack Learning Environment team and NetHack expert tonehack. Ask us anything! | reddit.com/r/MachineLearning | 2021-08-20

  Absolutely, what I like about NetHack 3.7 is the additional variety introduced through themed rooms. This makes the early game even more interesting for AI approaches. The other interesting development is the Dev Teams move towards Lua to define levels (e.g. see this example of Medusa's Island) -- this could open up new possibilities for MiniHack to define custom RL environments and tasks.

• julius

  21 1,501 8.9 C

  An open source re-implementation of Caesar III

  Project mention: How to implement changing tiles? | reddit.com/r/godot | 2021-08-10

  BTW if you're interested check out Julius: an open source re-implementation of Caesar III (it's written in C though).

• StarRuler2-Source

  1 1,299 0.0 C

  4X Space Strategy game Star Ruler 2's open source distribution.

  

  Project mention: any suggestions for a space game comparable to star ruler 2. | reddit.com/r/4Xgaming | 2021-04-27

  This github has been setup by blindmind for anyones use. Pretty cool of them. https://github.com/BlindMindStudios/StarRuler2-Source

• Scout APM

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• soloud

  3 1,160 2.7 C

  Free, easy, portable audio engine for games

  Project mention: Has anybody gotten the SoLoud audio library working with MSVC 2019? | reddit.com/r/cpp | 2021-03-01

  Hey folks, I've migrated a project from MSVC 2017 to 2019, and for the life of me cannot get SoLoud to run without crashing. Here is a link to a more descriptive description of the problem I'm having. I've stripped my project down to the following, and I'm still getting crashes:

• angband

  14 960 9.6 C

  A free, single-player roguelike dungeon exploration game

  

  Project mention: my `k` key don't work on target mode (roguelike keyset) | reddit.com/r/angband | 2021-09-05

  This is a known bug in 4.2.3, it's fixed in the development releases that you can find here.

• vgmstream

  6 647 9.4 C

  vgmstream - A library for playback of various streamed audio formats used in video games.

  

  Project mention: How do I read a .strm file? | reddit.com/r/WiiHacks | 2021-09-15

  foobar2000 audio player with vgmstream add-on can play the STRM and other Nintendo audio files.

• space-nerds-in-space

  7 622 7.6 C

  Multi-player spaceship bridge simulator. Captain your starship through adventures with your friends. See https://smcameron.github.io/space-nerds-in-space

  Project mention: Hey, I'm a huge fan of game developers although I don't code much and I'd like to help you in any way I can (not monetary cus I'm still in college). I could help with marketing, general programming, designing, content etc. | reddit.com/r/gamedev | 2021-09-03

  My open source space game needs more Lua mission scripts. Here are few examples.

• REDRIVER2

  10 578 9.8 C

  Driver 2 Playstation game reverse engineering effort

  

  Project mention: Open source re-implementation projects and game clones. | reddit.com/r/FoamList | 2021-08-28

  Redriver2 - Driver 2

• cdogs-sdl

  4 510 9.6 C

  Classic overhead run-and-gun game

  Project mention: C-Dogs SDL - Free top-down shooter based on a DOS classic. Up to 4-player coop, Deathmatch, a custom campaign editor, as well as surprising compatibility with Wolfenstein 3D! | reddit.com/r/freegames | 2021-08-29

• naev

  2 507 10.0 C

  Naev is a 2d action/rpg space game that combines elements from the action, rpg and simulation genres.

  

  Project mention: Good top down space sims? | reddit.com/r/spacesimgames | 2021-07-05

  https://naev.org/ (opensource project in the spirit of Escape Velocity and Transcendence).

• SDLPoP

  3 480 8.8 C

  An open-source port of Prince of Persia, based on the disassembly of the DOS version.

  Project mention: Ask HN: Reverse engineering that allows software to run on modern systems | news.ycombinator.com | 2021-02-14

  [2] https://github.com/NagyD/SDLPoP

• gideros

  3 457 8.7 C

  Gideros Release version

  

  Project mention: Becoming an Indie Game Developer with Gideros Studio | dev.to | 2021-07-18

  The Gideros Studio is also open source and available in the github repositories, so you can study how it works.

• SSVOpenHexagon

  11 423 9.5 C

  C++20 FOSS clone of "Super Hexagon". Depends on SSVStart, SSVEntitySystem, SSVLuaWrapper, SSVMenuSystem, JSONcpp, SFML2.0. Features JSON/LUA customizable game files, a soundtrack by BOSSFIGHT, pseudo-3D effects.

  Project mention: Open source re-implementation projects and game clones. | reddit.com/r/FoamList | 2021-08-28

  Open Hexagon - Super Hexagon

• TOMB5

  1 417 5.8 C

  Tomb Raider: Chronicles Disassembly translated to C source code.

  

  Project mention: Open source re-implementation projects and game clones. | reddit.com/r/FoamList | 2021-08-28

  TOMB5 - Tomb Raider: Chronicles

• exengine

  1 408 1.2 C

  A C99 3D game engine

  Project mention: Looking for code only game engine | reddit.com/r/gameenginedevs | 2021-03-29

  check out exengine, the creator designed it kinda like a library that you can include directly in you code.... or something like that

• cave-story-md

  4 385 1.0 C

  A fan port of Cave Story for the Sega Mega Drive

  Project mention: The music doesn't work when I try to play Cave Story on my PocketGo, is there any way of fixing that? | reddit.com/r/Bittboy | 2021-06-21

• crispy-doom

  2 380 8.2 C

  Crispy Doom is a limit-removing enhanced-resolution Doom source port based on Chocolate Doom.

  Project mention: Differences between Quakespasm-Spiked and vkQuake? | reddit.com/r/quake | 2021-08-28

  If you've heard of Chocolate Doom and Crispy Doom, same idea.

• BrogueCE

  48 295 8.6 C

  Brogue: Community Edition - a community-lead fork of the much-loved minimalist roguelike game

  Project mention: [Steam] Rift Wizard (25% off / $11.24) | reddit.com/r/GameDeals | 2021-09-01

  Brogue - One of the most popular roguelikes out there. The version I linked to is the community edition which comes with new improvements and bugfixes.

• base

  1 294 7.9 C

  Base environment for Red Eclipse and associated source files. (by redeclipse)

  

  Project mention: Matinbum, snälla börja spela Red Eclipse!!! | reddit.com/r/Matinbum | 2021-04-23

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