Projects per cycle
ScummVM, 2016 to 2026
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| Projects | |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 |
| 2026 | 4 |
PROJECTS
ScummVM GSoC projects
38 accepted projects across 11 cycles, 2016 to 2026. Each one links to its contributor, mentors and code.
Projects listed
38
Across 11 cycles
In GSoC 2026
4
5 in 2025
Busiest cycle
2025
5 projects
Mentors named
18
Across all listed projects
First cycle
2016
Latest 2026
Finishing implementation of incomplete engines
Ion Andrei Cristian
The goal of this project is to push four nearly-finished ScummVM engines over the finish line, ensuring they are ready for official releases....
Finishing implementation of incomplete engines
Mohit Bankar
This project focuses on stabilizing and modernizing five legacy engines in ScummVM: Avalanche, Parallaction, Dungeon Master, Comprehend, and...
Porting iBASS engine to ScummVM
PRIYANSHU_KUMAR_
Sky engine is one of the oldest and most mature engines in ScummVM. One of the most popular games it powers is Beneath a Steel Sky that was created...
Improving Director Engine Compatibility and Tooling
Ramyak Sharma
The ScummVM Director engine supports a number of games built with Macromedia Director, but many still have bugs or missing features. This project...
Implementing minigame interface in qdEngine
Alikhan BalpykovMentored by Eugene Sandulenko
Last year, qdEngine was ported to ScummVM. However, not all games are supported yet. Games with advanced minigames are not playable, and some titles...
Add Keymapper to more games
Aun NomanMentored by Strangerke, Cameron Cawley
This project adds keymapper support to numerous ScummVM game engines, allowing players to customize controls for a better experience across different...
Add Text-to-Speech Support to More Games
Ellen MoonMentored by Thierry Crozat
Text-to-speech is a critical accessibility feature that is currently not present in many ScummVM engines. Adding text-to-speech to more engines can...
Expanding Director Engine compatibility in ScummVM
Malhar BadveMentored by Eugene Sandulenko, somaen, Matthew Jimenez
The Macromedia Director engine is an incomplete engine in ScummVM. ScummVM has been working on it since 2020. It potentially adds a number of games...
System for Checking Game Files Integrity
Shivang NagtaMentored by Eugene Sandulenko
This project aims to finalize the system for verifying the integrity of game files within ScummVM. It introduces a server-client architecture where...
GSOC 2024 Proposal: Implementation of a Game Files Integrity Checking System for ScummVM
InariInDreamMentored by Eugene Sandulenko, John Willis
This proposal outlines a comprehensive plan to implement a system that enables end-users to verify the integrity of their game files against...
Add Keymapper support to multiple Engines
Nabeel ShabbirMentored by Cameron Cawley, Matthew Jimenez
ScummVM includes a global fully configurable keymapper, but this requires engines to be adapted to use it. Hence the goal of this project is to...
Optimize blending code for AGS games
WyattRadkiewiczMentored by Thierry Crozat, somaen, Cameron Cawley
I will have a system set up to test the speed of the drawing/blending code in AGS games, and I will have optimized the code by some amount by the end...
Porting the CRAB engine to SCUMMVM.
hax0kartikMentored by Strangerke, Eugene Sandulenko
The SCUMMVM project with its hundreds of engines can run a huge library of games. It welcomes the addition of new engines to further increase the...
Automated system for packaging freeware games with ScummVM
AnkushDuttMentored by John Willis, Niv Baehr
This project aims to develop an automated system that simplifies the packaging of freeware games for various platforms (like google play, steam,...
Increase Director 4 Compatibility by adding Full Support for Total Distortion & Journey Man Project
Harishankar KumarMentored by Eugene Sandulenko
The proposal outlines a plan to increase compatibility for two classic games, "Total Distortion" and "The Journeyman Project," on the ScummVM...
Implement an engine for The Immortal (Apple IIGS version)
Michael HaymanMentored by Thierry Crozat
This project is to implement an engine for the game The Immortal. The implementation will be based on the Apple IIGS version of the game. To do this,...
Integrating the HLP1 engine and Penumbra: Overture in ScummVM
grisentiMentored by aquadran
The goal of the project is to integrate the HLP1 engine and Penumbra: Overture in ScummVM. The deliverables for the project are the following:...
Finishing implementation of incomplete engines.
Avijeet MauryaMentored by Eugene Sandulenko
ScummVM has several engines which aren’t in a completed state. This project aims at finishing the implementation of some of these engines. The...
GUI for Game Library Management
Aashwin VaishMentored by Thierry Crozat, Einar Johan Trøan Sømåen
Adding a graphical interface for game library management, where games are displayed with cover art thumbnails, with options for grouping and...
Enhance Accessibility of More ScummVM Engines by Text To Speech (TTS)
TwanMentored by Vladimir Menshakov, Thierry Crozat
TTS is an important accessibility function to compensate for gaming experience for those who have trouble reading text, yet the technology is not...
Director Engine
D.J. ServillaMentored by Eugene Sandulenko
I'd like to continue my work on the Director engine from last summer, improving the engine so that it is production ready for some Director 2-4...
Macromedia Director
Crane yangMentored by Eugene Sandulenko
Help to develop the Macromedia Director tool.
SAGA2 engine
a-yygMentored by Vladimir Menshakov, Eugene Sandulenko
Create a new engine to support Faery Tale Adventure II: Halls of the Dead by The Dreamers Guild.
Porting Wintermute 3d engine to ResidualVM
Gunnar BirkeMentored by somaen, Paweł Kołodziejski
ScummVM contains a port of the Wintermute lite engine, which is only capable of 2d graphics. The original Wintermute engine also offered some 3d...
Reaching Director 2 Support in ScummVM
Nathanael GentryMentored by Eugene Sandulenko, Arnaud Boutonné
We will bring the ScummVM Director engine up to (MacroMind) Director 2 compatibility, with progress measured by Spaceship Warlock. Major tasks in...
Director Engine
Dylan ServillaMentored by Eugene Sandulenko, Arnaud Boutonné
This project aims to improve ScummVM's existing Director engine so it can handle actual games, particularly Spaceship Warlock and The Journeyman...
Unicode and BiDi support for GUI && Move Detection features to the main executable
Aryan RawlaniMentored by Eugene Sandulenko, John Willis
This proposal is based on a combination of 2 project ideas & 3 tasks. 1) ScummVM GUI is currently based on char size strings, so it relies on code...
Mission Supernova 2 engine
Jaromír WysogladMentored by Strangerke, Thierry Crozat
An engine in C++ to run the Mission Supernova 2 game on ScummVM.
Hyperspace Delivery Boy
Nipun GargMentored by Eugene Sandulenko, Strangerke
This will be a game engine for the Pocket PC game Hyperspace Delivery Boy. It consists of a set of Lua extensions, which will be based on the Lua...
Game engine for Red Comrades 1 and Red Comrades 2
whiterandrekMentored by DJWillis, Paul Gilbert
Implement game engine developed by S.K.I.F targeting original versions of Red Comrades 1: Save The Galaxy (1998) and Red Comrades 2 : For the Great...
ScummVM GSoC Application: Improve the Stark Engine
Douglas LiuMentored by Bastien Bouclet
Improve the Stark engine on ResidualVM to make the game menus and character’s shadows working on the game The Longest Journey.
Pink Panther Engine
Andrii PrykhodkoMentored by Eugene Sandulenko, John Willis
Reverse and implement game engine of Pink Panther : Passport to Peril and Pink Panther : Hokus Pokus Pink game for ScummVm. These games use the same...
Star Trek Engine
Matthew StewartMentored by Paul Gilbert, Arnaud Boutonné
This will be an implementation of the engine used by Star Trek: 25th Anniversary and Star Trek: Judgment Rites, two DOS games made by Interplay in...
Porting Mission Supernova
JoefishMentored by Thierry Crozat, Arnaud Boutonné
“Mission Supernova” is a science-fiction point ‘n’ click adventure, developed by Thomas and Steffen Dingel in 1994 for MS-DOS. You play as the chef...
Sludge Engine
Simei YINMentored by Eugene Sandulenko, Tobia Tesan
SLUDGE is a 2D adventure game engine created during the development of the game "Out Of Order" by Hungry Software and my mission is to integrate this...
Dungeon Master
WinterGrascphMentored by Paul Gilbert, Strangerke
Dungeon Master, the grandfather of all dungeon crawlers, would be the very first RPG ported onto ScummVM and will enable for the fans, who grew up...
Add support for MacVenture games via WebVenture engine
blorenteMentored by John Willis
The ScummVM project currently does not support the original MacVenture games developed for the Macintosh 128k. However, there is already a modern...
Implement cloud storages support in ScummVM
TkachovMentored by uruk
The idea is to implement cloud support in ScummVM. Users would be able to sync their save files and download game data from different cloud storage...
Data: Google Summer of Code public archive. Official GSoC archive