scarsty/kys-cpp

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A completed C++ remake of the classic Chinese wuxia RPG 'Jin Yong's Heroes' (金庸群侠传), built with SDL3. It supports classic turn-based combat plus semi-real-time and two fully real-time combat modes inspired by Hades and Sekiro.

Use cases

• play a remake of Jin Yong's Heroes on modern systems
• replay the classic wuxia RPG with HD upscaled assets
• try alternative real-time combat systems in a classic RPG
• build Jin Yong RPG mods using the Cifa scripting engine
• study how a DOS-era RPG was re-implemented in C++23

When to choose

• you want to play or mod Jin Yong's Heroes on Windows, macOS, or Linux
• you want a finished, actively maintained open-source remake with multiple combat modes
• you want to learn from a complete SDL3-based RPG codebase

When to avoid

• you need online multiplayer (unsupported on Linux builds)
• you want to profit from a Jin Yong-themed game (license forbids it)
• you need video cutscene playback without extra effort (requires a separate library)

Facets

application · maturity stable

game-engine interpreter graphics gaming-tools cross-platform windows cpp cross-platform jinyong wuxia game-remake sdl3 turn-based-rpg opencc cifa-script game-development macos linux

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