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        <h1>R.E.L.I.V.E.</h1>
        <p><strong>R.E.L.I.V.E.</strong> is a fan effort to create a new engine, capable of replacing Digital Dialect's aging
          PC port for Oddworld's first two cult-classic games.</p>
        <p>More than twenty years after their release, both games struggle to run on modern platforms, usually requiring a
          third-party application like DxWnd just to run them properly.</p>
        <p>R.E.L.I.V.E. intends to become a complete replacement of both the original AbeWin.exe/Exoddus.exe and any
          third-party tools, by providing both convenience and compatibility features like:</p>
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      <img alt="R.E.L.I.V.E. Engine logo" src="/imgs/scrab.webp">
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        <p>Downloads & Instructions</p>
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          <a id="instr" href="#guide">R.E.L.I.V.E. ABE'S STORY</a>
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      <h2>Features</h2>
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          <h3>Native Resolution Support</h3>
          <p>It doesn't matter if your monitor is FullHD, 4k or perhaps an old rectangle CRT monitor, R.E.L.I.V.E. supports all.</p>
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          <h3>Windowed mode</h3>
          <p>No more need for DxWnd or similar, simply press F12 and the game goes into windowed mode or back to fullscreen on the fly.</p>
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          <h3>Modern Platforms</h3>
          <p>R.E.L.I.V.E. natively supports <strong>Windows 10</strong>, <strong>MacOS</strong> and <strong>Linux</strong>.</p>
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          <h3>Modern Technologies</h3>
          <p>The re-write uses the modern and cross-platform <a href="https://www.libsdl.org/index.php">SDL2 Graphics Library</a>, instead of the long deprecated DirectDraw API.</p>
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          <h3>Open Source</h3>
          <p>R.E.L.I.V.E. is a fully <a href="https://github.com/AliveTeam/alive_reversing">open-source codebase</a>, which you can freely use for your own projects or extend as you see fit.</p>
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          <h3>Numerous Bugfixes</h3>
          <p>Tired of the crashes and weird things the game sometimes does? Worry not, the project's scope includes fixing all of these!</p>
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      <h2>Media</h2>
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          <a href="imgs/screenshot.webp" target="_blank"><img alt="The RELIVE engine running Abe's Exoddus" src="imgs/screenshot_s.webp"></a>
          <figcaption>Abe's Exoddus running on R.E.L.I.V.E. under Arch Linux.</figcaption>
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          <iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-75zRX2PdXY" frameborder="0" title="Youtube video depicting RELIVE in action."
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          <figcaption>Video demonstrating R.E.L.I.V.E. in action</figcaption>
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      <h2>Downloads</h2>

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        <h3>Here be Scrabs!</h3>
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          While currently both Abe's Oddysee and Abe's Exoddus are in a playable state, both can present unexpected bugs, 
          crashes and other regressions from the base game. We're working hard on fixing these and your reports help a lot to 
          nail down where the issues are. If you'd like to see the list of current bugs or report one yourself feel free to check 
          out the <a href="https://github.com/AliveTeam/alive_reversing/projects/1">bug-tracker.</a>
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        <h3>You have to own the games!</h3>
        <p>R.E.L.I.V.E. is a passion project created by fans and it will always be free to download
        and to tinker with. However, since it is just an engine, you have to own the actual game
        files to use the project.</p>
        <p>The developers behind R.E.L.I.V.E. do not condone piracy and will never provide the game
        files to anyone.</p>
        <p>If you don't own the games, you can <a href="http://www.oddworld.com/buy-games/">buy them
        here.</a></p>
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          <h1>Windows</h1>
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              <a href="https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/paulsapps/alive-reversing/artifacts/build/RELIVE_Binaries_Lite_Debug_x86.zip?branch=master&job=Platform%3A%20x86&pr=false">Download 32-bit</a>
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              <a href="https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/paulsapps/alive-reversing/artifacts/build/RELIVE_Binaries_Lite_Debug_x64.zip?branch=master&job=Platform%3A%20x64&pr=false">Download 64-bit</a>
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          <h1>Arch Linux</h1>
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            <p>Use your favorite method to install <code>relive-git</code> from the <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/">AUR.</a></p>
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          <h1>Source code</h1>
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            <code>git clone --recursive https://github.com/AliveTeam/alive_reversing</code>
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      <h2>Installation Guide</h2>

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            <span>Windows</span>
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          <p>These instructions work for both Abe's Oddysee and Abe's Exoddus.</p>
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            <li><p>Download the zip that fits your architecture (most likely 64-bits) from the links above.</p></li>
            <li><p>Unzip it somewhere.</p></li>
            <li><p>Navigate to where you installed the game (GOG asks you where you want to install it, with
                Steam you can right click on the game, select Manage -> Browse local files).</p></li>
            <li><p>Copy relive.exe and SDL2.dll to the respective game's folder from the unzipped folder.</p></li>
            <li><p>Run the game by launching relive.exe.</p></li>
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            <span>Manual (Windows)</span>
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          <p>For instructions please see the <a href="https://github.com/AliveTeam/alive_reversing/blob/master/README.md">README.</a></p>
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            <span>Manual (Linux)</span>
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          <p>These instructions work for both Abe's Oddysee and Abe's Exoddus.</p>
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            <li><p><code>git clone https://github.com/AliveTeam/alive_reversing.git --recursive</code></p></li>
            <li><p>Install the development libraries for SDL2 using your distribution's package manager: <code>libsdl2-dev</code> on Ubuntu/Debian, <code>sdl2</code> on Arch, <code>SDL2-devel</code> on Fedora, etc.</p></li>
            <li><p>Navigate to the cloned repository and call <code>cmake -B build -S .</code> (the dot is important).</p></li>
            <li><p>Once this is done, you can issue <code>make</code>.</p></li>
            <li><p>Copy <code>build/Source/relive/relive</code> into the respective game's folder.</p></li>
            <li><p>Run the game by launching the newly copied executable.</p></li>
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      <h2>The Future</h2>
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          <p>After the engine is fully reimplemented, the focus will shift to adding new features that were never part of the original.</p>
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            <li>Subtitles for cutscenes.</li>
            <li>Fixing the original games' bugs.</li>
            <li>Modding support.</li>
            <li>Level editor.</li>
            <li>Higher-resolution textures.</li>
            <li><a href="https://github.com/AliveTeam/alive_reversing/projects/1">Feature requests by the community.</a></li>
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          <a href="imgs/roadmap.webp" target="_blank"><img alt="Roadmap of the RELIVE project." src="imgs/roadmap_s.webp"></a>
          <figcaption>Click on the image to see it in full size.</figcaption>
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        <h2>Support Us!</h2>
        <p>R.E.L.I.V.E. is made by a bunch of volunteers in their free time. If you have good
          programming skills, feel free to join our Discord below and help us out with code or 
          documentation; or if you feel adventurous, we could always use a few playtesters.</p>
        <p>If you're less technically-inclined, but would still like to help, you can support the
          project with a donation on PayPal or Patreon.</p>
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        <a href="https://discord.gg/khs6KKS"><img alt="Join the Discord!" src="imgs/dc.webp"></a>
        <a href="https://www.patreon.com/alive"><img alt="Support on Patreon!" src="imgs/patreon.webp"></a>
        <a href="https://paypal.me/paulsapps"><img alt="Support on PayPal!" src="imgs/paypal.webp"></a>
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