The Force Engine was conceived as a complete re-write, rebuilt from the ground up with the following tenets: Support all Jedi based games - Dark Forces and Outlaws. Source-level accuracy by reverse-engineering the original executables. Focus on making sure the core games are completely supported before adding effects on top like dynamic lighting, this means starting with the software renderer just like the originals. Open sourcing the project the moment it goes public. Cross-platform support (though admittedly this last area still needs a lot of work before the first release). Multiplayer Support (coming later).