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azeroth-survivors-re

A survivors roguelite running on a from-scratch World of Warcraft 1.12.1 client engine (Rust + Bevy).

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Details

External ID
1416397325
Source
GITHUB
Company
—
Product
azeroth-survivors-re
Website domain
github.com
Launched
Oct. 13, 2026
Cohort
—
Upvotes
69
Upvotes percentile
0.78
Tags
bevy, game, rust, survivors, webassembly, wow

Enrichment

Niche
game server and PC utilities
Vertical
Media & entertainment
Function
Vertical SaaS
Audience
B2C
AI stance
Not AI
Project type
Hobby / open-source project
Normalized one-liner
survivors roguelite game built on a custom wow engine
Manually corrected
False

Could you build this?

No Re-engineering a World of Warcraft 1.12.1 client engine from scratch in Rust and Bevy requires deep reverse-engineering of proprietary Blizzard file formats and network protocols.

What it would actually take: This project requires parsing legacy proprietary Blizzard formats including MPQ archives, ADT terrain maps, WMO world objects, M2 model formats, and skeleton animations into Bevy ECS components and custom WGPU shaders. The developer needs deep reverse-engineering experience with legacy 3D game formats and low-level Rust game engine architecture. An AI assistant cannot generate the nuanced binary parsers and rendering pipelines without extensive human reverse-engineering expertise.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one — 138 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #26 of 139 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 324 days after the earliest competitor.

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