{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "NeoXResearch investigates NetEase's NeoX game engine through static analysis and dynamic debugging of its native library. It documents NPK archive headers and metadata entries, the file-loading and decryption path, and changes to Python bytecode opcodes. Python scripts support NPK unpacking, decryption and bytecode repair.",
  "description_zh": "NeoXResearch 通过静态分析与动态调试研究网易 NeoX 游戏引擎的原生库。资料记录 NPK 归档头与元数据项、文件加载和解密流程，以及 Python 字节码操作码的改动；附带的 Python 脚本用于解包、解密和修复字节码。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/neoxresearch-neox-format-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/neoxresearch-neox-format-case/",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/ZhangFengze/NeoXResearch/blob/6a61b94fa7d4c5130e6e7121b14646e6d401adf0/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "neoxresearch-neox-format-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/neoxresearch-neox-format-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/neoxresearch-neox-format-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/neoxresearch-neox-format-case/index.md",
  "name": "NeoXResearch: investigating NeoX archives and Python bytecode",
  "name_zh": "NeoXResearch：研究 NeoX 归档格式与 Python 字节码",
  "reconstruction_method": "other",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "The documented analysis uses IDA Pro and dynamic debugging of a NeoX core shared object.",
    "The bytecode workflow compares NeoX's Python 2.7 implementation with CPython and uses uncompyle6.",
    "No licence file in the repository."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "文中分析使用 IDA Pro，并对 NeoX 核心共享库进行动态调试。",
    "字节码流程将 NeoX 的 Python 2.7 实现与 CPython 比较，并使用 uncompyle6。",
    "仓库中没有许可证文件。"
  ],
  "targets": [
    "binary",
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/ZhangFengze/NeoXResearch",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-08"
}