{
  "added_at": "2026-11-06",
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Chariot is an open-source effort to reimplement the engine of the original Age of Empires (1997). It aims to support ports and enhancements; the README describes it as a work in progress with asset-loading demonstrations, not a playable game.",
  "description_zh": "Chariot 是一个开源项目，旨在重新实现初代《帝国时代》（1997）的游戏引擎。项目希望支持移植和功能改进；README 称其仍在开发中，当时只能展示游戏资源加载，尚不能游玩。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/chariot/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/chariot/",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/ChariotEngine/Chariot/blob/26b98d09d9a4d139bd4636fec0a9f30dc85db1d0/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "chariot",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/chariot/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/chariot/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/chariot/index.md",
  "name": "Chariot: Age of Empires engine reimplementation",
  "name_zh": "Chariot《帝国时代》引擎重实现",
  "reconstruction_method": "engine-reimplementation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirements": [
    "Building requires Rust, a supported C/C++ compiler, and SDL2.",
    "Running requires an original Age of Empires CD for game data.",
    "The README reports that the project was not yet playable as of 2016-07-08.",
    "The README declares an MIT license."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "构建需要 Rust、受支持的 C/C++ 编译器和 SDL2。",
    "运行需要初代《帝国时代》原版光盘提供游戏数据。",
    "README 记载，截至 2016 年 7 月 8 日，项目尚不能游玩。",
    "README 声明采用 MIT 许可证。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/ChariotEngine/Chariot",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}