Sorcery

An open source remake/remaster initially of the classic CRPG Wizardry, Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord, then hopefully of the Sequels II (The Diamond Knight), III (Legacy of Llylgamyn), and V (Heart of the Maelstrom). Currently under heavy development with a release hopefully later in 2026.

Written using ImGui/SDL2/OpenGL and C++

(Updated 11th July 2026)

Progress Update

• ~~Load/Save/New Game~~ (DONE)
• ~~Town/Castle Menus~~ (DONE)
• ~~Character Creation~~ (DONE)
• ~~Character Editing~~ (DONE)
• ~~Party/Expedition Management~~ (DONE)
• ~~Maze Generation and Navigation~~ (DONE)
• ~~Dungeon Features~~ (DONE)
• ~~Automapping~~ (DONE)
• ~~Keyboard/Mouse/Gamepad Control~~ (DONE)
• ~~Context-Sensitive-Help~~ (DONE)
• ~~Gilgamesh's Tavern~~ (DONE)
• ~~Adventurer's Inn~~ (DONE)
• ~~Levelling up/Changing Class~~ (DONE)
• ~~Temple~~ (DONE)
• ~~Wipe Handling~~ (DONE)
• ~~Dungeon Events~~ (DONE)
• ~~Compendium~~ (DONE)
• ~~Music~~ (DONE)
• ~~Automap~~ (DONE)
• Inventory and Item Manipulation (DOING)
• Special Item Powers and Handling (DOING)
• Boltac's Equipment Shop (DOING)
• Creatures and NPCs (TO DO)
• Magic and Combat (TO DO)
• Victory Handling (TO DO)
• Strict (Legacy) Mode (TO DO)
• Achivements (TO DO)
• Optional Textured/Rendered 3D View (TO DO)

Wishlist

• Sequels (II, III, V)
• Procedurally-Generated Infinite Content (like Diablo)
• Modding
• Plugin/3D Graphics

What next? (as of July 2026)

Currently adding Item Usage/Invocation, as well as buying, selling, uncursing, and identifying at Boltac's. Normal inventory management has been mosty completed!

Initially I am planning to remake Wizardry 1, then adding 2 and 3, and then subsequently providing infinite procedurally-generated content like that of Diablo for example. In the meantime, check out Snarfu's bugfix and recompilation of the original Wizardry for Apple II at https://github.com/snafaru.

Compilation

I'm currently developing solely on Linux (Ubuntu 26) so compilation instructions are currently Linux-specific. Windows instructions and releases will of course be supported at a later date. Full compliation instructions for Linux are in the doc/COMPILE text file, but in brief, the easiest way is to use Cmake and optionally VSCode with CMakeTools. C++23 compiler support is required (I'm currently using GCC 14.2).

All code is released under the GPL - see the doc/LICENSE text file for full details.

Contact and Help

All comments and criticism and help welcome. You can find me as Typhon on the C++ Help and DungeonCrawlers.org Discord Servers, or my email address is on the Splash Screen of the Game.

Credits

Graphics used (all free/open source) are by:

• Torio - https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/5887541
• Various - https://game-icons.net/

Music used (Creative Commonds) is by:

• Kevin MacLeod - https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

Videos

Watch some (older) gameplay:

See other gameplay videos at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEkmGGFyxu5vH6xAHej3Dag

Screenshots