Independent game engine
Nanolathe
Category: Games & game engines · Type: Reconstruction
Target: Total Annihilation · Go 2.5D RTS
Independent open-source 2.5D RTS engine whose current focus is a clean-room reimplementation of Total Annihilation, with campaigns, skirmish, Survival and online multiplayer on desktop plus an experimental browser demo.
Relationship
Independent reimplementation
Evidence scope
Upstream README states an independent clean-room reimplementation of Total Annihilation in Go, with research/format docs and a project site. No REA involvement is claimed.
Know before you try
Requires original TA folder (base + expansions/patch as documented). Bugs and compatibility gaps remain; browser build is experimental. We have not independently tested it.
Status
Actively maintained beta
License
MIT
Original Total Annihilation game data (HPI archives, expansions) is not included; users need their own installed copy. No affiliation with Cavedog / Atari / current rights holders.
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