Dragon Age: Origins Fan Decompilation Project Reaches 60% Completion

A fan-led effort to decompile Dragon Age: Origins has reached an impressive milestone, with the project now reportedly around 60% complete after three years of development.

The project is being worked on by a small team of just six developers, who are attempting to reconstruct the game’s code as closely as possible to the original source code.

Decompilation projects like this can potentially give older games a new lease on life by making it easier for developers and modders to introduce modern features, improve compatibility with newer hardware, and eventually port the game to platforms that were never officially supported.

According to the team, development has been progressing steadily enough that they believe the project could reach approximately 90% completion within another year.

Perhaps the most exciting part is what could become possible once the underlying work is sufficiently complete.

The developers have discussed potential additions including native controller support, something that would make the PC version considerably more comfortable for players who prefer gamepads. More ambitious ideas have also been mentioned, including co-op campaigns where each player has their own inventory and loot, as well as split-screen multiplayer.

There has even been discussion about the possibility of eventually getting Dragon Age: Origins running on mobile devices.

These features aren’t necessarily guaranteed, and the team’s immediate priority remains accurately rebuilding the original game rather than turning it into an entirely different experience. Still, they demonstrate how much flexibility a successful decompilation could eventually provide.

For now, the project remains closed-source. The developers reportedly intend to release it publicly once development is considerably further along.

Considering Dragon Age: Origins originally launched in 2009, seeing a community project potentially open the door to modern ports, improved controls and entirely new ways of playing the RPG more than 15 years later is an exciting prospect.

If the team’s current estimate holds, the next year could be particularly interesting for Dragon Age: Origins fans.

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