Reviving the language that brought us the Jak & Daxter Series

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OpenGOAL is a project that decompiles and recompiles the GOAL language used in the Jak & Daxter game series, enabling native ports with improvements and modding capabilities.

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# OpenGOAL Source: [https://opengoal.dev/](https://opengoal.dev/) ## Reviving the Language that Brought us theJakandDaxterSeries\. Started in 2020, OpenGOAL has continuously improved and evolved\. With the first three games being considered playable and a small but very active modding community, there is always something to work towards\. ## Play the classics you loved with atwist The OpenGOAL version adds a variety of improvements and accessibility options\. Modders have even made creative modifications and entirely new content\. ### Native not Emulation OpenGOAL is a fully fledged native x86\-64 port\. This means better performance, accuracy and compatibility ### Like Playing the Original A major goal is ensuring the game feels the same as the original\. It should also look the same \(but hopefully better\!\) ### Quality of Life Increases We are not afraid to add features that increase quality of life or accessibility ## Freedom tocreateand improve Having the games decompiled and recompilable essentially means you are only limited by time and effort\. Additionally if you are interested in technical areas like compiler development and everything that involves, this is a project for you\. ### Built From Scratch OpenGOAL is built from the ground up in an attempt to mimic the original GOAL language ### Extend and Modify Supporting modifications to the original game is a major goal of the project ### Learn About the Games Explore the code for the original games to learn how they worked

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