Hi there.

First of all, my name is Dominic. I am a software developer from Germany.

This project is about converting/porting id Software’s Wolfenstein 3D from C into Rust.

The GitHub repository is public: GitHub - AnnoDomine/wolf3d: The original open source release of Wolfenstein 3D · GitHub
There you can follow the progress step by step.

Vision

I am relatively new to Rust and am becoming more and more a fan of it.
As I like dev videos on YouTube, I saw a lot of “code-review” videos of the Doom code.
But Doom is not the only masterpiece from id. They have created tons of awesome games within the Wolfenstein series, and especially Wolfenstein 3D.
I thought about diving deep into the Wolfenstein 3D C code, extracting every single line and definition, comparing 1st- and 3rd-party libs, and rewriting Wolfenstein 3D in Rust.

What can I say, from vision to decision

Tech Stack

I do not think I have to talk a lot about the tech stack. I mean, we have C as the base language and Rust as the target language.
So our tech stack is:

• C
• Rust

Roadmap

Basically, there is no specific roadmap. There is more of a goal list which defines each single major integration:

1. Initialize the project
2. Bring the first picture
3. Main menu and settings
4. Keyboard input (incl. controller support) and sound
5. We can see, we can walk, we can shoot (Dev room)
6. Level 1 - ready - fight
7. Enemies everywhere
8. Now I can kill and interact with the environment
9. Rest of the levels
10. German censorship (as it was in the 90s)
11. Thoughts about the project, what I learned, and possible improvements

What’s next

I created this post to document the single steps. I do not know how often I will update this post and how often I can work on this project.