kys-cpp

About

Heroes of Jin Yong, first published in 1996, is a series of wuxia role-playing games based on the novels of Jin Yong. kys-cpp is a C++ remake of the 1996 wuxia RPG Heroes of Jin Yong, distinguished from other-language remakes of the same game by its "cpp" suffix. Beyond the original's turn-based combat, it adds a semi-real-time mode with a progress bar plus two fully real-time combat modes modeled on Hades and Sekiro, selectable in the game's settings. It's built with SDL3 and runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS, and an in-development branch is experimenting with a pseudo-3D "paper" art style similar to Paper Mario, though current assets keep it visually flat.

How it differs from the original

It adds two extra combat systems (semi-real-time and two fully real-time modes) on top of the original's pure turn-based combat, and its artwork has been upscaled with a deep-learning image upscaler plus added fake lighting rather than using the original assets as-is.

Getting started

Running it means pointing the compiled program at a downloaded game resource folder, since the required assets aren't bundled with the source code. Linux builds are noted as lacking online multiplayer.

Media

Licensing & legal

• Licensed under BSD 3-Clause with an added clause: general and commercial use of the code is allowed, but using it in another Jin Yong wuxia-themed game for profit is strictly prohibited.

Additional notes

Note

The project is dedicated by its author to Jin Yong's contribution to wuxia culture.