NXEngine

About

Cave Story is a 2004 Metroidvania game by Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya for Windows, in which the amnesiac robot Quote explores a network of caves. This is EXL's fork of NXEngine, Caitlin Shaw's open-source rewrite of the Cave Story engine, aimed at various low-powered devices. It has been ported to handhelds such as the Dingoo and Ritmix RZX-50, Motorola MotoMAGX/EZX phones, Windows and Haiku OS, and needs Cave Story data files.

How it differs from the original

Compared with the original NXEngine, this fork adds SDL_mixer sound, a 480x272 widescreen mode, ports to more platforms and a Russian translation.

Getting started

Ready-to-run packages with Cave Story included are available from the author's blog, the Cave Story Tribute fan site and the GitHub releases page. Building from source needs SDL 1.2 and SDL_ttf, with SDL_mixer optional, and compile flags choose the resolution and target platform.

Media

Additional notes

Documentation

Additional build information and a porting guide are available in Russian on the author's blog.