Moon Child (Moon Child FE)
Game: Moon Child (Windows, 1997)
Moon Child FE (Friend Edition): a port to Windows, Linux, and macOS of the source code of Moon Child, the 1997 Windows 95 platformer by Reinier van Vliet (programming), Metin Seven (graphics), and Ramon Braumuller (music and sound). It builds on the code Reinier van Vliet released in April 2026, a portable SDL version, with the code under the MIT license and the graphics, music, and sound under CC BY-NC 4.0; according to the project, it’s based on the later iOS release and restores things from the Windows 95 version such as the menu layout and the videos. It’s made by Mors, with contributions from other authors. It saves and loads progress automatically and has controller support, separate keys for “Up” and “Jump,” fullscreen or windowed modes, a 50/60 fps toggle with vsync, shimmer-free scaling, slightly higher-quality audio, alternate title screen music, and updated credits, and it adds a speedrun mode with a timer, an option that makes jetpack shooting more intuitive, and another that makes the final level slightly easier on the eyes. There’s also a web version you play in the browser, with the full game, like the downloads. It came out on April 22; 1.1.0 (May 16) added macOS, and the latest release is 1.1.1 (June 5). Since then it has received higher-quality music and SDL2 support alongside SDL3.
You needNo copy needed: Moon Child’s code was released under the MIT license and its graphics, music, and sound under CC BY-NC 4.0, so the downloads include the full game. Plus 64- or 32-bit Windows, x64 Linux, or macOS (a universal binary for Intel and Apple Silicon); the web version only needs a browser.
- How it gets to PC
- Port of the released source code
- Console
- Microsoft Windows
- Original studio
- Reinier van Vliet / Metin Seven / Ramon Braumuller
- Year
- 1997
- Author
- MorsGames
- Stars
- 82
- Last activity
- 2026-08-12 · 3 months ago
- Latest version
- v1.1.1 · 2026-06-05
- Language
- C++
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