What is quake.by
Quake.by is a personal blog and a portal for indie game developers and modding enthusiasts who like to work with Quake and idTech based engines (DarkPlaces, FTE, GoldSrc, Source, etc.). Here you can find various tools, guides, news, mods and much more.
What is the goal?
Mod making has always been poorly documented, and a huge amount of misleading and outdated material has accumulated on the Internet. Our goal is to collect all relevant information, tools in one easy to use place, share experience and develop our platform.
Last news
The Gate: Relit v1.0 now available, featuring updated maps with brighter lighting, glowing items, improved stealth, added fog, lip‑sync dialogue with subtitles, a new weapon list, NPCs, and crediting the original team and contributors.
Counter‑Strike 1.6 now runs fully in a browser without client downloads, featuring peer‑to‑peer server hosting with dynamic host transfer, PC and mobile compatibility, bots, 33 maps, and no advertising.
Half‑Life 2‑style mod “Return to Kryvyi Rih – Faded Ruins” continues development in Ukraine, showcases a new trailer with gameplay around the city, plans Russian and Ukrainian voice‑overs, and targets release in 2026-2027.
Today marks the 30th anniversary of Resident Evil. The game was released on March 22, 1996.
Quake’s unique advertising legacy is revived as fans anticipate a new title, while a new trademark was issued to mark the game’s 30th anniversary at QuakeCon.
SiN Reloaded, a remastered edition of the classic shooter and a notable competitor of Half‑Life, will be released this year on Steam.
QUOD is a 64‑KB Quake clone that includes engine, textures, sounds, music, offers three levels, four enemies, four weapons and a boss fight.
Unreal Tournament 2004 is now available for free through OldUnreal, which distributes a custom installer that downloads the original disk image and latest patch while keeping all multiplayer functions operational.
The recently released Thrill EX is the first mod that lets you play through the early version of Half‑Life Alpha from start to finish
Team Fortress 2 Classified has been released on Steam, offering a streamlined experience with a new Civilian class, a 4‑team mode, and weapons like the Admiralty Anchor.
woodboy90 released an unofficial Quake 3 RTX mod on ModDB.
RohanKar has released a free archive of 157 remastered games, offering improved textures, audio, and high‑resolution support for titles like Need For Speed, Battlefield, and Halo.
Scent of Ashes is a Half‑Life 2 beta recreation mod featuring resistance uprisings, gas masks, and free TV sets, presented as a serious effort rather than a hack, with updates available on ModDB.
The December Lab Report 2025 – #6 announces that the Zircon Beta now includes a Mac build with integrated TrueType fonts, JPEG, and Ogg Vorbis support, adds a Steam single‑player to multiplayer adjustment in release #130
QUAKE‑LIFE: Gordon Freeman navigates the Quake 1 world after the cascade resonance, fighting monsters with a Half‑Life arsenal-downloadable from ModDB.