Recomp / Games / Windows

Reconstructing Cave Story

C++14 and SDL 2.0 rebuild of Cave Story following Christopher Herbert's video series.

Rewrite Human-led stalled
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Commits, 30 days0
Latest release—
Last pushJun 28, 2017

GitHub figures as of 2026-10-14, refreshed daily.

Facts

Original
Cave Story (2004)
Platform
Windows
Method
Rewrite
Provenance
Human-led · Repo created 2014, predates AI coding tools (GitHub) what this means
Status
stalled
Licence
none
Team
JIghtuse
Started
2014-01
Needs the original
Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy

How to get it legally

This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of Cave Story you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.

This project was rebuilt by JIghtuse. Facts last checked 2026-10-14.

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