A PSX/DOS style 3D game written in Rust with a custom software renderer

In plain words

This is a 3D game built in Rust with a custom software renderer designed to replicate PSX and DOS-era aesthetics. It features true color 3D rendering with Z-buffering, lighting, and triangle rasterization at 320x180 resolution, scaled to display via SDL2. The project uses only SDL2 as a dependency for windowing, input, and audio, keeping the codebase lightweight and self-contained. It targets developers and retro gaming enthusiasts interested in understanding graphics programming and low-level rendering techniques.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

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