Looking ahead, The Force Engine is planning crossplatform support for Linux and Mac in 2023, as well as support for Outlaws - a western-style shooter that also uses the Jedi Engine.
After downloading The Force Engine's frontend from GitHub, you can easily set the source folder and play.
To use The Force Engine, you must own a copy of Dark Forces. It was criticized at the time for its lack of multiplayer and lighstabers - both of which would rectified in the subsequent sequels - but is highly-regarded today. It marked the introduction of Dark Troopers - Terminator-like Stormtroopers that would go on to feature in various pieces of Star Wars fiction, including The Mandalorian. Released in 1995 at the height of the Doom craze, Dark Forces was the first ever first-person shooter set in the Star Wars universe. The Force Engine brings Dark Forces into 4K. Naturally, all of these features can be disabled or simply ignored for the vintage Dark Forces experience. Hopefully we’re not far off from what’s next from Vader Immortal and Tales From The Galaxy’s Edge developer, ILMxLAB, too.In addition to the improved graphics, Dark Forces also adds a whole of modern conveniences including full mouselook, an aiming reticle, and a new save system. There’s plenty of Star Wars VR fan projects on the way, then. Jedi Knight 2 is technically a second sequel to that game, with the first Jedi Knight (which is also great!) being labelled as Dark Forces 2. It was much a first-person shooter as anything else, though, with players also able to wield pistols and rifles as they took the fight to the remnants of the Empire.įunnily enough there’s also a VR remake of Star Wars: Dark Forces in the works, which was the first time players met Katarn. Jedi Knight 2 is best known for being one of the first Star Wars games to deliver convincing, visceral Star Wars combat, casting players as a mercenary turned Jedi named Kyle Katarn, and set after the events of the original movies. Marino also has a Patreon subscription setup for anyone that wants to follow the project. There’s also some very early grey box demos below, complete with Stormtroopers and their rifles. The original Jedi Outcast used this to great effect, giving you a sense of just how dangerous the weapon was.
Updates on the project from Guido Mariano are being shared over on Twitter, including the below look at the lightsaber melting effect seen when you hold the blade up against a surface. A fan is remaking seminal Star Wars game, Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast, in VR and it already looks pretty promising.
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