Quetoo

Playing Quetoo

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Quetoo is a fast-paced, arena-style first-person shooter. This page covers the default controls, available game modes, and core mechanics.

Default Controls

Controls can be rebound in-game from the Controls settings menu.

Movement

Key	Action
`W`	Move forward
`S`	Move backward
`A`	Strafe left
`D`	Strafe right
`Space`	Jump
`C`	Crouch

Combat

Key	Action
`Left Mouse Button`	Fire / Attack
`Right Mouse Button`	Zoom (scoped weapons)
`Mouse Wheel`	Cycle weapons
`1–9`	Select weapon slot
`G`	Throw grenade

Communication & UI

Key	Action
`T`	Chat (all players)
`Y`	Team chat
`Tab`	Show scoreboard
` (backtick)	Open console
`Escape`	Main menu

Game Modes

Deathmatch (DM)

Every player for themselves. Frag as many opponents as you can before the frag limit or time limit is reached. The server cvar g_frag_limit sets the winning score (default: 30) and g_time_limit sets the time limit in minutes (default: 20).

Server Administration

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This page covers how to set up and run a dedicated Quetoo server on Debian or Fedora Linux.

Installation

Download quetoo and quetoo-data packages from their respective Releases pages and install them together:

# Debian / Ubuntu
sudo apt install ./quetoo-x86_64-pc-linux.deb ./quetoo-data_*.deb

# Fedora / RHEL
sudo dnf install quetoo-x86_64-pc-linux.rpm quetoo-data-*.rpm

Engine packages: github.com/jdolan/quetoo/releases
Data packages: github.com/jdolan/quetoo-data/releases

quetoo and quetoo-data have independent release cycles — install the latest of each.

Mapping Guide

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TrenchBroom

TrenchBroom is the recommended level editor for Quetoo. Quetoo ships with full TrenchBroom support: game configuration, entity definitions, and texture collections are all included, so you can open TrenchBroom, select Quetoo as the game, and start building immediately — no manual setup required.

Author your brushwork and place entities in TrenchBroom, then compile with quemap:

quemap -bsp maps/mymap.map

Quemap accepts “Quake paths”, so maps/mymap.map will work from any host directory.

Modding Guide

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This page is an introduction to modding Quetoo — customizing gameplay through the game module system.

Architecture Overview

Quetoo uses a dynamically loaded game module architecture, separating gameplay logic from the engine. This means you can replace or extend game behavior without recompiling the engine itself.

Module	File	Loaded by
Server-side game logic	`game.so` / `game.dll`	Server at map load
Client-side game logic	`cgame.so` / `cgame.dll`	Client at map load

Both modules communicate with the engine through fixed API structs (g_import_t / g_export_t for the game module, cgi_t / cg_export_t for cgame).

Compiling

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Compiling Quetoo from source is recommended for developers and mappers who want to build against the latest code. The engine builds on macOS, Linux, BSD, and Windows.

Dependencies

Most dependencies are fetched automatically by the build system. The following are required regardless of platform:

Library	Notes
Objectively	Object-oriented C runtime
ObjectivelyMVC	UI framework
PhysicsFS	Virtual filesystem
OpenAL	3D audio
libsndfile	Audio format loading
glib2	Utility library
ncurses	Server console
SDL3	Window, input, and GL context
libcheck	Unit testing

Building

Linux / BSD — GNU Autotools

Install dependencies with your package manager, then:

Stats Are Here

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May 28, 2026

💀 Stats Are Here

You’ve been fragging. We’ve been counting. Head over to Stats to see where you stand.

Global leaderboard

Every frag on every public Quetoo server is recorded and ranked. Filter by server, map, or time window — or just stare at the top of the list and feel bad about yourself.

The leaderboard tracks frags, deaths, K/D ratio, and CTF flag captures. Click any column header to re-sort. Click any player row to dive into their full breakdown.

Quetoo Is Here

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May 22, 2026

After 19 Years 💀 Quetoo Is Here

A love letter to the QUAKE series

Quetoo development officially began in January 2007. But really, Quetoo was born out of a dorm room in the late 1990s — a time when Quake wasn’t just a game, it was an obsession. In the early 2000’s, the open source release of the Quake engine taught a generation how to write code, how to build maps and map compilers, how renderers worked, and how to think in 3D. For many, us included, Quake was a doorway to lifelong friendships and careers in software development or game design.

Then & Now

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Drag the handle to compare the original Quake and Quake II maps against their Quetoo remakes. Same layout, same gameplay, rebuilt with love ❤️

Quake II Remakes

q2dm1 — The Edge (A)

Quake II Quetoo

q2dm1 — The Edge (B)

Quake II Quetoo

q2dm1 — The Edge (C)

Trailers

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Credits

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Quetoo is the work of a dedicated group of volunteers.

Programming


jdolan (Jay Dolan)	Engine, game module, tools, levels, artwork, sound
Paril (Jonathan Barkley)	Engine, game module, bots

Artwork


Panjoo (DJ Bloot)	Logos, level design, models, textures, game balance
Skies912 (Chris Glenn)	Level design, textures, positive vibes
TRaK (Georges Grondin)	Level design, textures, models
Jester (Steve Veihl)	Level design, brush magic

Sound


Roland Shaw	Sound design
Anthony Webb	Sound design
floproast (Jacob Zammit)	Quake II soundtrack covers

Special Thanks

Alexandr Zhelanov
BoBo the seal (Brian Jones)
broar
BuzzardBait (Matthew Jarrett)
CardO (Dan Shannon)
claire (Joe Reid)
dfsp_spirit (Tim Schäfer)
evil lair (Yves Allaire)
GTDStudio (Palrom)
Ingar (Stijn Buys)
jhaa (Juha Merilä)
KaBal
KaadmY
Karvajalka (Antti Lahti)
keres (Tom Havlik)
LadyHavoc (Ashley Hale)
Lava_Croft (Kai Holwerda)
Lunaran (Matt Breit)
maci (Marcel Wysocki)
Madsy (Mads Elvheim)
mattn (Martin Gerhardy)
mitomon (Eduardo Pecina)
Nilium (Noel Cower)
philipk (Philip Klevstav)
Preacher (Mattias Konradsson)
Quake Revitalization Project
rorshach (Kevin Johnstone)
Seargant Science
sock (Simon O'Callaghan)
Speedy
spiney (Pieter Verhoeven)
Stannum (Jan van der Weg)
stereo84 (Stephan Reiter)
supa_user (Dale Blount)
Tabun & Wirehead Studios
tapir (Coşku Baş)
The Bunny (Chris Dillman)
Thorn (Michael Rodenhurst)
Zander Noriega