dkfans

keeperfx

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dkfans / keeperfx

keeperfx

Open source remake and Fan Expansion of Dungeon Keeper.

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What it is

Open source remake and Fan Expansion of Dungeon Keeper.

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2023	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	3	3
2024	2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
2025	2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
2026 (partial)	2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2	2

What Hacker News says

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neuronexmachina·Jul 5, 2026

The "Further Improvements" section on the README mentions "Native cross-platform support": https://github.com/dkfans/keeperfx It seems like it currently runs pretty well under Wine though.

In Dungeon KeeperFX 1.4.0 with Multiplayer Released

neuronexmachina·Jul 5, 2026

Repo: https://github.com/dkfans/keeperfx

In Dungeon KeeperFX 1.4.0 with Multiplayer Released

MrJagil·Aug 15, 2025

If anyone is yearning to play, DK is alive and well: https://keeperfx.net It's really fun to read through all the work they have done https://github.com/dkfans/keeperfx

In Bullfrog in the Dungeon

password4321·Nov 10, 2023

Only the first. https://github.com/dkfans/keeperfx/wiki#supported-dk-release...

In Dungeon KeeperFX 1.0

mike_hearn·Nov 10, 2023

Man I loved this game as a kid. I wonder though ... they say it's now pure open source that's been "rewritten" from scratch. Hate to be a party pooper but is that really true? It took all of two minutes to find this in the code: https://github.com/dkfans/keeperfx/blob/master/src/engine_re... //BucketKindPolygonStandard in this function could also be BucketKindPolygonSimple or BucketKindBasicUnk10 idk all 3 pretty similar int z; struct BucketKindPolygonStandard *v5; int v6; struct BasicQ *v7; if ( (ec1->field_8 & (uint16_t)(ec2->field_8 & ec3->field_8) & 0x1F8) == 0 && (ec3->view_width - ec2->view_width) * (ec1->view_height - ec2->view_height) + (ec3->view_height - ec2->view_height) * (ec2->view_width - ec1->view_width) > 0 ) { I dunno, this looks a lot like decompiled code. There are lots of o

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ther variables with names like v15, v16 etc in other parts of the code too.

In Dungeon KeeperFX 1.0

nonethewiser·Nov 10, 2023

The repo: https://github.com/dkfans/keeperfx

In Dungeon KeeperFX 1.0