# Dark Rift: a game decompilation and combat-state analysis

> Dark Rift is a game decompilation with reconstructed gameplay, audio, model, and system source files. Its research notes map player move IDs through combat states and transition rules loaded from character .db files.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Unnunu/darkrift>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Unnunu/darkrift/blob/bf6f24597cc4e550d32ea71da6f5acf0e5eebb87/docs/player-state-machine.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dark-rift-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/dark-rift-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/dark-rift-case/index.md)

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- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Unnunu/darkrift/blob/bf6f24597cc4e550d32ea71da6f5acf0e5eebb87/docs/player-state-machine.md>
2. <https://github.com/Unnunu/darkrift/blob/bf6f24597cc4e550d32ea71da6f5acf0e5eebb87/README.md>

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