From 2ba2fec5da63718700d1cff14d6899d2d8516c5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NintenHero <37460517+MichaelHinrichs@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 15:50:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Add A.L.I.V.E. rule

Detect ddv files from oddworld games.
---
 rules.ini | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/rules.ini b/rules.ini
index e65448e65..c6001fa91 100644
--- a/rules.ini
+++ b/rules.ini
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ WAD = \.wad$ ; idTech1
 001GameCreator = (?:^|/)data\.1rc$
 3D_GameStudio = (?:^|/)acknex\.(?:dll|wdf)$
 4A_Engine = ^(?:oaremote_plugin|bchmark)\.dll$
+A.L.I.V.E. = \.ddv$
 Adobe_AIR = (?:^|/)Adobe AIR(?:$|/)
 AdventureGameStudio[] = (?:^|/)AGSteam\.dll$
 AdventureGameStudio[] = (?:^|/)acsetup\.cfg$

From 0240495d1673d94227a7e08017de6db8d02d380d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NintenHero <37460517+MichaelHinrichs@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 15:51:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Create Engine.ALIVE.txt

---
 tests/types/Engine.ALIVE.txt | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/types/Engine.ALIVE.txt

diff --git a/tests/types/Engine.ALIVE.txt b/tests/types/Engine.ALIVE.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c59a461fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/types/Engine.ALIVE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.ddv

From 1ad2f4d6a9c575d8d0a1407153060638b0ae8b36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NintenHero <37460517+MichaelHinrichs@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 15:52:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Change A.L.I.V.E. to ALIVE

---
 rules.ini | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rules.ini b/rules.ini
index c6001fa91..95694cc26 100644
--- a/rules.ini
+++ b/rules.ini
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ WAD = \.wad$ ; idTech1
 001GameCreator = (?:^|/)data\.1rc$
 3D_GameStudio = (?:^|/)acknex\.(?:dll|wdf)$
 4A_Engine = ^(?:oaremote_plugin|bchmark)\.dll$
-A.L.I.V.E. = \.ddv$
 Adobe_AIR = (?:^|/)Adobe AIR(?:$|/)
 AdventureGameStudio[] = (?:^|/)AGSteam\.dll$
 AdventureGameStudio[] = (?:^|/)acsetup\.cfg$
 AGI = (?:^|/)AGIDATA\.OVL$
+ALIVE = \.ddv$
 Alpha_Engine = ^Alpha_Engine\.dll$
 Amazon_Lumberyard = ^bootstrap\.cfg$
 AppGameKit = (?:^|/)bytecode\.byc$

From b72c13372fccf64ea1f6841c6725cc9a584d6d4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NintenHero <37460517+MichaelHinrichs@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 15:55:06 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Create Engine.ALIVE.md

---
 descriptions/Engine.ALIVE.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 descriptions/Engine.ALIVE.md

diff --git a/descriptions/Engine.ALIVE.md b/descriptions/Engine.ALIVE.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2480dee0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/descriptions/Engine.ALIVE.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The A.L.I.V.E. engine was created by Oddworld Inhabitants for their gmaes Abe's Odysee and Abe's Exodus.