Duck Game Rebuilt

Duck Game Rebuilt is a decompilation of Duck Game with massive improvements to performance, compatibility, and quality of life features.

[!TIP] Join our Discord server if you have any questions, need help, or want to report bugs.

Notable wiki pages:

• Frequently Asked Questions
• A list of all improvements to Duck Game Rebuilt
• Hardware and software compatibility

Installation 📥

• Windows — subscribe to the Steam Workshop mod.
• Linux — follow the Linux Installation Guide.

For Developers 🚧

Welcome to the repo, enjoy your stay, please unfuck the code. thanks

[!NOTE] Your IDE will scream at you with 200+ warnings when building. That's normal.

Prerequisites

Platform	Required
Windows	Visual Studio 2022 with the ".NET desktop development" workload (includes MSBuild, NuGet, and the .NET Framework 4.8 targeting pack)
Linux	mono-complete from the official mono repos, plus the nuget CLI
All	Steam running at launch time; clone with --recursive for submodules

Cloning

This repository uses git submodules. Either clone with the --recursive flag, or run this command after a normal clone:

git submodule update --init --recursive

Building on Windows

1. Open DuckGame.sln in Visual Studio 2022.
2. Restore NuGet packages (most IDEs do this automatically).
3. Set DuckGame as the startup project — not CrashWindow, FNA, Rebuilder, or anything else.
4. Build the solution with Ctrl+Shift+B.

Building on GNU/Linux

1. Add the official monoproject repos (unless you're firebreak, apparently).
2. Install the mono-complete package.
3. cd to the solution's directory.
4. Restore NuGet packages if your IDE hasn't:

   nuget restore
   

5. Copy DLL dependencies from ./DuckGame/lib/ into ./bin/:

   mkdir ./bin/
   cp ./DuckGame/lib/* ./bin/
   

6. Build the solution:

   msbuild -m -p:Configuration=Debug
   

Running

[!IMPORTANT] Steam must be running before launching the game, or it will crash on startup.

• Windows — press F5 in Visual Studio to launch in Debug mode.
• Linux — run the built executable under mono:

  mono ./bin/DuckGame.exe
  

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. The usual workflow:

1. Fork this repo on GitHub.
2. Create a feature branch — fix/<topic>, feat/<topic>, or docs/<topic> matches the naming convention recent merged PRs use.
3. Commit with a Feat: / Fix: / Docs: prefix in the message subject.
4. Open a PR against master.

For end-user questions or help, see the wiki FAQ or hop into the Discord.