FoE: Remains of Remains (abbreviated as FoE: RR or simply foerr) (working title) is a fan project aiming to rewrite and improve Fallout Equestria: Remains, a game described as "a hardcore mix of platformer, 2D-shooter and roguelike with RPG elements". The game is based on Fallout: Equestria by Kkat, which itself is based both on Fallout and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
The original project (FoE: Remains) was developed using Flash Player as an engine. A small, yet dedicated community formed around the game, with its members continuing to play and discuss it long after the development was officially completed. Several mods have also been created, however making mods is not straightforward - there is no modding API, and mods are usually compiled straight into the same swf files that the main game uses, which makes enabling multiple mods very difficult. The underlying technology (Flash Player) is also limiting what can done in terms of improving performance. Game is definitely playable, but it's not exactly the best experience framerate-wise, with occasional lag spikes. Another big issue is that Flash Player has reached end of life in 2021, making it not 100% safe to use.
Because of this, there were several attempts to rewrite/port the game to some other technology/engine, however (as of 2023) no such project has achieved significant, or even moderate success. FoE: RR is yet another attempt.
The aim of this project is to reimplement the whole game from scratch, with improvements to performance, customizability, extensibility, and new quality of life features (not affecting the overall vibe/style in a significant way), using free, open and cross-platform technologies. Instead of developing it in a closed usergroup, the source code is shared freely, contributions are welcome from anyone (as long as they fulfill project goals), and discussion about the project's direction is encouraged.
See the latest release.
Note: prebuilt packages in releases are generated with GitHub Actions (see package.yml).
Project is currently in early stage of development. Many systems are missing entirely. Therefore, the game is currently not playable.
- Create a reimplementation of FoE: Remains, faithful in gameplay, style (visual, audio), and overall vibe.
- Implement the entire campaign of FoE: Remains (Chosen-25).
- Make the game compatible with major PC platforms - GNU/Linux, Windows, and possibly OS X.
- Design the game with performance and extensibility in mind.
- Add meaningful quality of life features (e.g. search bar in inventory, scalable GUI, more configurable shortcut keys, customizable cutie mark, etc.).
- Make it easy to modify and add content (campaigns, story, levels, characters, items, translations, etc.).
- Implement a modding system.
- Fix known bugs, such as the double-frozen debuff, or certain terminals blocking certain projectiles in certain boss rooms.
- Incorporate some already existing mods (with their creator's approval), such as additional rooms or balance improvements.
- Upscale all textures (ideally to 4k) to make the game look better on high-resolution displays. Provide texture packs in various other resolutions for improved performance on lower resolution displays.
Features currently outside project scope:
- Multiplayer/split screen
- New playable player races/classes
- Game console versions
Required software:
- CMake
- make
- g++
Refer to SFML documentation for satisfying SFML dependencies. On most Debian-based systems the following should be enough:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y \
libfreetype-dev \
libx11-dev \
libxrandr-dev \
libudev-dev \
libgl-dev \
libflac-dev \
libvorbis-dev \
libopenal-dev \
libxcursor-dev
Download and install latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable.
- Download Visual Studio Community installer
- Select individual components to install (minimal):
- Compilers, build tools, and runtimes -> MSVC [...] C++ x64/86 build tools (latest)
- SDKs, libraries, and frameworks -> Windows [...] SDK (latest one)
Download and install NSIS.
cd $PROJECT_ROOT
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$TYPE -B build
cmake --build build --config $TYPE
Where TYPE can be either Debug or Release.
Source code of dependencies is automatically downloaded on project configure. Libraries are built from source and linked statically, with the exception of openal32.
cd $PROJECT_ROOT
build/bin/Release/foerr
Where $PROJECT_ROOT is a directory containing res and fonts directories.
On Windows, openal32.dll must be present in PATH or be in current directory.
cd build
cmake --build . --target clean
...or just delete the build dir.
cd $PROJECT_ROOT
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -B build
cmake --build build --config Release
cmake --install build --config Release --prefix $PATH_TO_INSTALL
Warning: files will be installed directly to the specified path, i.e. without creating a subdirectory.
cd $PROJECT_ROOT
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -B build
cmake --build build --config Release
cpack --config build/CPackConfig.cmake
This will generate a tarball on GNU/Linux and NSIS installer on Windows.