Independent game engine
Open Scrantic
Category: Games & game engines · Type: Reconstruction
Target: Screen Antics: Johnny Castaway (1992) · Rust
A free, open-source Rust reimplementation of Sierra/Dynamix’s 1992 Windows 3.1 screensaver Johnny Castaway, running natively on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Relationship
Independent reimplementation
Evidence scope
The upstream README describes a free, open-source Rust reimplementation of the classic Windows 3.1 screensaver and lists the original resource files the user must supply, which it does not include. No REA involvement is claimed.
Know before you try
Requires three original screensaver files (SCRANTIC.SCR, RESOURCE.MAP, RESOURCE.001) beside the binary. Unsigned binaries may trigger OS warnings. Young single-maintainer project. We have not independently tested it.
Status
Very new (Oct 2026); release binaries available
License
MIT
Open Scrantic code is MIT; Screen Antics assets remain with their rights holders.
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