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KEX Engine

game engine developed by Nightdive Studios
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Summary

KEX Engine is a game engine[1]. It draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (game engine category, ranking #76 of 93).[2]

Key Facts

  • Developer: Nightdive Studios[3]
  • Copyright license: GNU General Public License[4], proprietary license[5]
  • Programmed in: C++[6]
  • Has use: wrapper library[7]
  • Platform: Microsoft Windows[8], macOS[9], Linux[10]
  • Inception: 2012[11]
  • Official website: https://nightdivestudios.com/kex-engine/[12]
  • Described at URL: https://blood-wiki.org/index.php/Kex_Engine#:~:text=The%20Kex%20Engine%20(alternately%20capitalized,of%20the%20Doom64%20EX%20renderer.[13], https://brainbaking.com/post/2023/08/playing-old-games-in-new-engines/[14]
  • Source code repository URL: https://github.com/svkaiser/PowerslaveEX[15]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[16]
  • Official wiki URL: https://nightdivestudios.com/kex-engine/[17]
  • P14470: Concepts/Kex_Engine[18]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . brainbaking.com. brainbaking.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . powerslaveex.wordpress.com. powerslaveex.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 7d ago · ~2026-54679-11 · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Platform → Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux
    Sitelink count → 1
    Wikipedia languages → ['en']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Platform: Microsoft Windows"
  2. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Concepts/Kex_Engine
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Concepts/Kex_Engine, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  3. 16w ago · Gorilli09 · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → game engine developed by Nightdive Studios
    Programmed in → C++
    Source code repository url → https://github.com/svkaiser/PowerslaveEX
    Developer → Nightdive Studios
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Based on: id Tech"
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