# F.LF: rebuilding Little Fighter 2 for the web

> F.LF rebuilds Little Fighter 2 as a JavaScript and HTML5 game engine for desktop and mobile browsers. It converts the original game's dat files to JSON and implements characters, backgrounds, versus matches, WebSocket player networking, and selectable AI. Its core library supplies graphics, controls, and network modules.

- 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/Project-F/F.LF>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Project-F/F.LF/blob/21341737e4154d06d9784e9a629c9dd4db9148d6/readme.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/f-lf-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/f-lf-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/f-lf-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires the separate LF2_19 directory beside F.LF to run the game.
- **Limits:** One LF2 1.9 background, Lee On Road, is excluded from the stated background support.
- **License:** Licensed under GPL-3.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Project-F/F.LF/blob/21341737e4154d06d9784e9a629c9dd4db9148d6/readme.md>
2. <https://github.com/Project-F/F.LF/blob/21341737e4154d06d9784e9a629c9dd4db9148d6/core/readme.md>

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