The best stealth game of the year just released its source code

A woman holding a gun in a sci-fi setting from videogame Skin Deep — (Image credit: Blendo Games)

Blendo Games has publicly released the source code of its latest game, Skin Deep, encouraging other developers to build more stealth games in its footsteps—or at least to take a look at the sick game engine it built. I, for one, am shocked by a specific thing about it: It runs on a core of idTech4, which you may recognize as the engine behind Doom 3.

"The original idTech4 was made in 2004, so we had to implement a lot of things that were now expected in a modern 2025 game. It was a lot of work!," said Blendo on its blog. "Gameplay in Skin Deep is quite different from Doom 3, so the gameplay code likewise has a large amount of additions and changes."

The code release, on GitHub, hands out the keys to the tech underlying Skin Deep. "This basically means you are free to use the source code for personal or commercial purposes, with the caveat that you publicly release any source code changes you make," said Blendo. (Noting also that this doesn't make the game itself open source, especially stuff like its art, models, textures, audio, and levels.)

Jon Bolding is a games writer and critic with an extensive background in strategy games. When he's not on his PC, he can be found playing every tabletop game under the sun.

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