cataclysmbn/Cataclysm-BN

Cataclysm: Bright Nights: A fork/variant of Cataclysm:DDA by CleverRaven with a mod registry at https://mods.cataclysmbn.org/

Games & graphicsC++#game#c-plus-plus#zombies#roguelike#cataclysm

0.6 Quiet Magnitude out of 10 — how fast interest is growing, not a quality score. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 27, 2026, 15:40 UTC.

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About the project

Cataclysm: Bright Nights is a sci-fi roguelike set in a post-apocalyptic world, a fork of Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead. The player survives in a procedurally generated world, fights monsters, and seeks a way to stop the Cataclysm.

Useful for

Build the game from source using cmake, MSYS2, or vcpkg
Install third-party mods via the mod registry at mods.cataclysmbn.org
Add sound by unzipping a soundpack into the sounds folder

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

GitHub Trending C++ today: #6, +1 star.

Stars per day

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Numbers

Total stars: 1,244
Today: 0 · ≈ 0 by evening
Forks: 460
Issues and pull requests: 10,127
Watchers: 38
Language: C++
Latest release: 2026-09-27 · September 27, 2026
Created: September 4, 2014
Last push: September 27, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

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September 27, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #6, +1 star

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