Solarus

About Solarus

Solarus is an open-source Zelda-like 2D game engine written in C++. It can run games scripted in Lua. This engine is used by our Zelda fangames. Solarus is licensed under GPL v3.

Games made with Solarus

You might be interested in our fangames created with Solarus:

• Zelda Mystery of Solarus DX, our first and main creation, release in 2011.

• Zelda Return of the Hylian SE, a remake of Vincent Jouillat's game, released in 2015.

• Zelda Mystery of Solarus XD, a parodic game released on April 1st, 2011.

• Zelda XD2: Mercuris Chess, a sequel to the first XD, released on April 1st, 2017.

Create your own games

If you want to create your own games with the Solarus engine, see also Solarus Quest Editor, our Solarus game creation software.

See our website to get more information and documentation about using the Solarus engine. The compilation instructions can be found in the compilation.txt file or on the website.