# Chrono Tales: a browser world viewer built from decoded GBox2 archives

> Chrono Tales reconstructs part of the 2012 MMORPG as a three.js browser world viewer using terrain, scenery and a character decoded from the original GBox2 archives. Its Python toolchain extracts .gpak archives, decodes game formats including maps, meshes and animation clips, and exports glTF assets. A format specification records findings from static analysis of chronotales.exe.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/kissanima/chrono-tales>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/kissanima/chrono-tales/blob/95a8c918eb7a3bacf4c03bcb08a24ef87d563408/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/chrono-tales-browser-revival-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/chrono-tales-browser-revival-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/chrono-tales-browser-revival-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Supply the original Chrono Tales archives; the repository does not distribute game data.
- **Prerequisites:** Python 3.12+; pefile and capstone are used for disassembly helpers, and Pillow is optional for textured rendering.
- **Limits:** The browser viewer covers the starting zone; character animation, gameplay, other zones and wall collision are unfinished.
- **License:** MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/kissanima/chrono-tales/blob/95a8c918eb7a3bacf4c03bcb08a24ef87d563408/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/kissanima/chrono-tales/blob/95a8c918eb7a3bacf4c03bcb08a24ef87d563408/tools/GPAK_FORMAT.md>
3. <https://github.com/kissanima/chrono-tales/blob/95a8c918eb7a3bacf4c03bcb08a24ef87d563408/LICENSE>

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