OpenDaed

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Image of the original game, The Daedalus Encounter. This project has no screenshots of its own yet.

The Daedalus Encounter (original game, not this project) — Image of the original game, The Daedalus Encounter. This project has no screenshots of its own yet.

About

The Daedalus Encounter is a 1995 interactive movie puzzle adventure game developed by Mechadeus and published by Virgin Interactive for Windows and Mac. OpenDaed is a free/open-source reimplementation of The Daedalus Encounter, written in C++ with SDL2 and licensed under GPLv3. It is in early development and not yet playable, though the very first scenes of the story (up to entering the Vekkar freighter) can be run.

Getting started

Requires the original game data, either a mounted CD-ROM or a directory holding the contents of all game CDs, passed with the -d option. Individual implemented puzzles (artemis, hexagons and sun) can be launched directly with the -p option.

Known issues & limitations

gameplay: The project is in early stages of development and is not yet fully playable; only the very first scenes are functional.

Requires original assets. Requires original game data from The Daedalus Encounter (CD-ROM or directory containing game contents).