My platforming game written in C 89

In plain words

This is an early-stage platforming game written in C without external libraries, developed over three years by a single creator. It runs in browsers via WebAssembly and has native versions using MiniFB or SDL2. The creator chose C for its simplicity and readability, though the codebase has evolved to incorporate advanced features like coroutines and higher-order functions. The project demonstrates a barebone approach to game development with all rendering and logic built from scratch.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Join Mirai as she partakes on silly misadventures in this Senran Kagura fangame! Note: This game is still in a very early work-in-progress stage. Don't expect much from it at thisfrom zamfofex.neocities.org

In the maker’s words, at launch

I have been working on this game somewhat sparsely for the past three years or so. However, it is still in a very early stage, and there is a lot of work to do. One of my friends encouraged me to post about it here, since he felt people might find interesting how I don’t use any libraries for it. The game can be…

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