Case study
Nebula: an anime-game server emulator
Nebula emulates a server for an anime game and connects to regional PC clients through redirected requests. Its documented features include characters, inventory, quests, gacha, friends and several game modes. The server uses game data placed in a resources directory.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Stars
- 142
- Last commit
- 2026-11-01
- Language
- Java
- License (GitHub)
- AGPL-3.0
GitHub data as of 2026-11-10
Requirements & limits
- Prerequisites: Java 21 and a supported PC game client are required.
- Prerequisites: Place the bin and language folders from the linked game-data repository in the server's resources directory.
- Limits: The author describes the emulator as work in progress; some events and Cataclysm Survivor talents are incomplete.
- License: AGPL-3.0 license.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{nebula-anime-game-server-case,
title = {{Nebula: an anime-game server emulator}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Melledy/Nebula}},
url = {https://github.com/Melledy/Nebula},
urldate = {2026-11-06},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/nebula-anime-game-server-case/}}
}Plain text
Nebula: an anime-game server emulator. https://github.com/Melledy/Nebula (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/nebula-anime-game-server-case/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · Melledy/Nebula · Revision 8b08c21
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