Editing Build (game engine) (section)

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{{Infobox software
| name = BuildGDX
| logo =
| screenshot = 
| caption = 
| developer = Alexander "[M210]" Makarov
| released ={{Start date and age|2018|01|12}}
| latest_release_version = 1.17
| latest_release_date ={{Start date and age|2024|08|23}}
| latest_preview_version =
| latest_preview_date =
| operating_system = 
| platform = [[Java (software platform)|Java]]
| genre = [[Game engine]]
| license = [[Source-available software|Source-available]], [[GNU GPL]] v2
| website = {{URL|https://m210.duke4.net/}}
| repo = {{URL|https://gitlab.com/m210/BuildEngine}}
| replaced_by = NuBuildGDX
}}

The ''[[Shadow Warrior (1997 video game)|Shadow Warrior]]'' source code was released on April 1, 2005 under the [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]] license, and JonoF released a source port of it, JFShadowWarrior, on April 2, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.captainwilliams.co.uk/gaming/shadowwarrior/shadowwarrior.php|website=Captain Williams|title=Shadow Warrior Feature|access-date=2023-03-21|quote=''On April 1, 2005 3D Realms released the source code for SW's engine under GPL. The timing of the source release lead to believe it was an April fools joke, it spawned its first source port a day later entitled JFShadowWarrior and had the improvements of JFDuke3D and Linux support.''}}</ref> However, he admitted that he had access to the ''Shadow Warrior'' source code about a week before its release.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fowler|first=Jonathon|title=JFShadowWarrior|url=http://www.jonof.id.au/forum/index.php?topic=308|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106084953/http://www.jonof.id.au/forum/index.php?topic=308|archive-date=2007-11-06|publisher=JonoF's|access-date=3 August 2011|page=1|date=3 April 2005|quote=…I [JonoF] did have a week head start…}}</ref> The port was left in a partially incomplete state, before being put on [[GitHub]] in 2020 and receiving updates in 2021 and 2024. The earlier version was later forked by Ben Smit (ProASM) for the SWP port.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thegamersjournal.com/fps/pc/shadowwarrior/port.php|title=Shadow Warrior (PC) - OpenGL Port|website=The Gamer's Journal|first=Vaughn|last=Royko|date=2006-03-01|access-date=2023-03-20}}</ref> An icculus port of ''Shadow Warrior'' was started, but remained alpha.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://icculus.org/shadowwarrior/|title=Shadow Warrior|website=[[icculus.org]]|first=Ryan|last=Gordon|author-link=Ryan C. Gordon|access-date=2024-05-15}}</ref> A VoidSW port by the ''[[Ion Fury]]'' and EDuke32 developers entered public beta on May 21, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nuku.de/archives/2022/01/04/shadow-warrior.html|title=Shadow Warrior|website=Nuku's Collage of Life|date=2022-04-01|access-date=2023-03-21}}</ref> A fork from an earlier version, called IcedSW, by Justin Marshall (IceColdDuke) also exists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://crozzbreed23.wixsite.com/icedsw/sw-iced-port|title=SW Iced Port|first=Justin|last=Marshall|access-date=2024-05-16}}</ref>

The ''Transfusion'' project aimed to re-create ''[[Blood (video game)|Blood]]'' in the [[Quake engine|DarkPlaces engine]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gameindustry.com/interviews/int030320.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030408231711/http://www.gameindustry.com/interviews/int030320.asp|website=Game Industry News|title=Devoted to the cause - Blood Transfusion to save aging game|first=Gareth|last=Von Kallenbach|date=2003|archive-date=2003-04-08}}</ref> but as of 2007, this project was far from complete, though it has playable deathmatch multiplayer; a similar project is ''BloodCM'' which recreates all of the Monolith made single player levels for ''Blood'' on top of EDuke32,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.high-voltage.cz/sortky/bloodcm-blood-v-eduke32/|title=BloodCM – Blood v Eduke32|date=2017-04-07|author=Sledge|website=High Voltage|access-date=2023-03-23}}</ref> as well as ''ZBlood'' which ports some ''Blood'' assets and levels onto [[List of Doom source ports|ZDoom]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://linuxgamingnews.org/2009/11/09/i-live-again/|title=I Live, Again...|first=Maxim|last=Bardin|website=Linux Gaming News|date=2009-11-09|access-date=2023-02-19}}</ref> The ''eRampage'' project attempted to create a [[total conversion]] of ''[[Redneck Rampage]]'' for EDuke32.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.play-old-pc-games.com/2013/03/21/redneck-rampage/|title=Play Redneck Rampage on Windows Vista, 7 or 8|website=Play Old PC Games|date=2013-03-21|access-date=2023-03-19}}</ref> Meanwhile ''DN3DooM'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegamer.com/doom-nukem-modder-brings-duke-to-doom/|title=Doom Nukem? Modder Brings Duke To Doom|first=Bella|last=Blondeau|date=2020-10-08|website=The Gamer|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/doom/mod-duke-3d|title=Duke Nukem while you Doom with this crossover mod|first=Nic|last=Reuben|date=2020-10-07|website=[[PCGamesN]]|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dsogaming.com/news/duke-nukem-3d-total-conversion-mod-for-doom-version-1-06-released/|title=Duke Nukem 3D Total Conversion Mod for Doom Version 1.06 Released|date=2020-10-07|first=John|last=Papadopoulos|website=DSOGaming|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref> ''Shadow Warrior TC'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamingroom.net/games/patches-addons-editores/shadow-warrior-total-conversion/|date=2016-09-17|title=Shadow Warrior Total Conversion|website=GamingRoom.NET|access-date=2024-05-09}}</ref> ''Doomed Redneck'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamingroom.net/games/patches-addons-editores/doomed-redneck/|date=2023-03-17|title=Doomed Redneck|website=GamingRoom.NET|access-date=2024-05-09}}</ref> ''Re-Blood'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/games/re-blood|title=Re-Blood|website=[[Kotaku]]|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref> ''Re-PowerSlave'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamingroom.net/games/patches-addons-editores/re-powerslave/|date=2024-01-17|title=Re-PowerSlave|website=GamingRoom.NET|access-date=2024-05-09}}</ref> ''VietDoom'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamewatcher.com/news/vietdoom-brutal-doom-vietnam|title= VietDOOM is Apocalypse Now in DOOM|date=2019-08-15|first=Filip|last=Galekovic|website=Game Watcher|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vg247.com/vietdoom-doom-mod-id-software|title=VietDoom is the love-child of Apocalypse Now and id Software|first=Emily|last=Gera|date=2019-08-15|website=[[VG247]]|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2019/12/developer-of-brutal-doom-reveals-new-project-vietdoom-alpha-01-already-available/|title=Developer of Brutal Doom reveals new project: VietDoom; alpha 0.1 already available|first=Daniel|last=Palacio|website=[[GamingOnLinux]]|date=2019-12-27|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thegg.net/game-mods/sergeant-mark-iv-is-working-on-a-vietnam-war-inspired-doom-2-mod-called-vietdoom/|title=Sergeant Mark IV is working on a Vietnam war inspired "Doom II" mod called "VietDoom"|first=Robin|last=Ek|date=2019-08-26|access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref> and ''Fatedoom''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/game_obscure/status/1746656815256072553|title=Fate|website=Obscure Game Aesthetics|access-date=2024-05-10|quote=The only remaining part of the game is a 4-level demo with 7 weapons and 10 enemies, released just before IntraCorp's closure.... There's also a mod called Fatedoom that transports the demo's content into Doom.}}</ref> adapts those games onto [[GZDoom]].

The source code of ''[[Witchaven]]'', ''[[Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance]]'', ''[[William Shatner's TekWar]]'', and ''Corridor 8: Galactic Wars'' also surfaced in 2007 from developer Les Bird.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lesbird.github.io/capstone/index.html|title=CAPSTONE GAMES ARCHIVE|first=Les|last=Bird|website=[[GitHub]]|date=
17 July 2014|access-date=13 December 2024}}</ref> The legal status of these, however, is unclear, though the derived EGwhaven patches for ''Witchaven'' were included in the game's [[Steam (service)|Steam]] and [[GOG.com]] re-releases.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1655430/Witchaven_II_Blood_Vengeance/|title=Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance|website=[[Steam (service)|Steam]]|author=SNEG|access-date=2024-05-12|quote=You're getting two builds: patched (Enhanced) and retail (Original) for those of you who prefer an unaltered experience as a bonus. Both builds are running on DOSBox with a custom configuration tool. The Enhanced build features fixes introduced in EGwhaven, a must-have community project, which addresses an array of bugs and issues with the game (we'd like to thank ETTiNGRiNDER for the contribution to this release). Additionally, the controls are re-mapped to what you'd expect to see as a default in a first-person game nowadays.}}</ref> JonoF released ports for ''Witchaven'' and ''TekWar'' on March 3, 2024;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jonof.id.au/capstone/index.html|title=JFTekWar and JFWitchaven|website=JonoF's Games and Stuff|first=Jonathan|last=Fowler|access-date=2024-05-15}}</ref> with derived ETekWar and EWitchaven ports also prototyped.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forums.duke4.net/topic/11078-nblood-rednukem-pcexhumed-binaries/|title=NBlood / Rednukem / PCExhumed binaries|website=Duke4|access-date=2024-05-16}}</ref> The full source code for various alpha versions of ''Blood'' have also leaked over time.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Duke Nukem Forever leaker just dropped the source code for another beloved '90s FPS|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/the-duke-nukem-forever-leaker-just-dropped-the-source-code-for-another-beloved-90s-fps/|website=[[PC Gamer]]|first=Ted|last=Litchfield|date=2023-01-05|access-date=2023-11-12}}</ref>

This was then used as a reference for an otherwise [[reverse engineered]] port to [[Java (programming language)|Java]] using [[LibGDX]] called BloodGDX in May 2017 by Alexander Makarov (M210), the previous author of ''BloodCM''.<ref>{{cite web |title=You Can Play The Original Blood Using Java Now |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/05/you-can-play-the-original-blood-using-java-now/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523034646/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/05/you-can-play-the-original-blood-using-java-now/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 23, 2017 |website=[[Kotaku]] |author=Alex Walker |date=2017-05-23 |access-date=2020-08-15}}</ref> This followed from the author's previous port of ''TekWar'' released in January 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/william-shatners-tekwar-lives-again-for-some-reason|website=[[Rock Paper Shotgun]]|title=William Shatner's Tekwar lives again... for some reason|first=Dominic|last=Tarason|date=2018-02-19|access-date=2023-03-20}}</ref> and has been followed up by ports for ''Witchaven'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/build-fps-redneck-rampage-source-port|website=[[Rock Paper Shotgun]]|title=Redneck Rampage looks smarter but feels as dumb as ever with this modern port|first=Dominic|last=Tarason|date=2018-09-10|access-date=2023-03-20}}</ref> ''Redneck Rampage'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dsogaming.com/news/redneckgdx-is-a-java-port-for-redneck-rampage-offering-better-mouse-support-opengl-renderer-and-more/|title=RedneckGDX is a Java port for Redneck Rampage, offering better mouse support, OpenGL renderer and more|website=DSOG|date=2018-09-11|first=John|last=Papadopoulos|access-date=2023-03-19}}</ref> ''Duke Nukem 3D'', ''PowerSlave'', ''Legends of the Seven Paladins'' and ''Shadow Warrior'', now all collectively called BuildGDX.<ref>{{cite web |title=Raze - a new open source fork of EDuke32 backed by GZDoom tech |url=https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/raze-a-new-open-source-fork-of-eduke32-backed-by-gzdoom-tech.15937/ |website=GamingOnLinux |author=Liam Dawe |access-date=2023-03-19|quote=''One of the team said to think of it a bit like BuildGDX, as Raze "shares the renderer, the sound system and the input/system interface code across games".''}}</ref> DukeGDX also supports the files from the ''20th Anniversary World Tour'' edition of ''Duke Nukem 3D''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://download.tuxfamily.org/sdtraces/BottinHTML/Bottin_D-J_files/Duke_Nukem_3D__with_BuildGDX_engine_-15876.html|title=Duke Nukem 3D (with BuildGDX engine)|website=The Linux Game Book|access-date=2023-03-20}}</ref>

A further port of ''Blood'', called NBlood, was released in January 2019 by Alexey Khokholov (Nuke.YKT) based on EDuke32,<ref>{{cite web |title=NBlood, an open source port of the classic FPS 'Blood' using EDuke32 |url=https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/nblood-an-open-source-port-of-the-classic-fps-blood-using-eduke32.13620 |website=GamingOnLinux |author=Liam Dawe |access-date=2020-08-15}}</ref> and the creator's previous Rednukem port for ''Redneck Rampage'' (which also supports ''Duke Nukem 3D'' and ''Duke Nukem 64'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://download.tuxfamily.org/sdtraces/BottinHTML/Bottin_R-S_files/Redneck_series__with_Rednukem_engine_-15750.html|title=Redneck series (with Rednukem engine)|website=The Linux Game Book|access-date=2023-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://download.tuxfamily.org/sdtraces/BottinHTML/Bottin_D-J_files/Duke_Nukem_3D__with_Rednukem_engine_-15715.html|title=Duke Nukem 3D (with Rednukem engine)|website=The Linux Game Book|access-date=2023-03-20}}</ref> An EDuke32 port for ''[[PowerSlave]]'', called ''PCExhumed'', was released on November 21, 2019 by Barry Duncan (sirlemonhead) with help from Nuke.YKT.<ref>{{cite web |title=Exhumed/PowerSlave can now be played easily with a cross-platform game engine |url=https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/01/exhumed-powerslave-can-now-be-played-easily-with-a-cross-platform-game-engine/ |website=GamingOnLinux |author=Liam Dawe |access-date=2022-03-19}}</ref> The source port Raze forks various Build engine ports, including JFDuke3D, SWP, NBlood, Rednukem, and PCExhumed, and ties it to a new underlying backend based on the developers' own [[GZDoom]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Raze - a new open source fork of EDuke32 backed by GZDoom tech |url=https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/raze-a-new-open-source-fork-of-eduke32-backed-by-gzdoom-tech.15937/ |website=GamingOnLinux |author=Liam Dawe |access-date=2020-08-15}}</ref> NBlood and PCExhumed have also been backported to JFBuild for the purpose of adapting it to platforms such as the [[Amiga]], [[PlayStation Vita]] and [[Nintendo 3DS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wololo.net/2022/11/17/ps-vita-release-jfblood-vita-blood-port/|website=Wololo.net|title=PS Vita Release: jfblood-vita (Blood port)|author=TheGuardian|date=2022-11-17|access-date=2024-05-15}}</ref>