# poketaka-sim: reconstructing PokéTaka battle rules from replays

> poketaka-sim reconstructs PokéTaka battle behavior from replay logs and simulates a recorded match hit by hit. It converts damage observations into interval constraints, compares candidate critical-hit and rounding rules, and checks the inferred model against held-out hits. The author reports exact reproduction of 255 observed hits in the example battle.

- 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/welessonOliveira/poketaka-sim>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/welessonOliveira/poketaka-sim/blob/5b34d7d64219e0a99df09eebaf7345f36178bad8/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/poketaka-sim-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/poketaka-sim-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/poketaka-sim-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Python 3.12 and a PokéTaka replay JSON file are required.
- **Scope:** The repository includes one example replay; the author says Choice Band and Shell Bell checks used seven replays in total, six of which are not included.
- **Limits:** STAB cannot be identified from the example replay, and Life Orb and Rocky Helmet rules remain unconfirmed.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/welessonOliveira/poketaka-sim/blob/5b34d7d64219e0a99df09eebaf7345f36178bad8/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/welessonOliveira/poketaka-sim/blob/5b34d7d64219e0a99df09eebaf7345f36178bad8/METODO.md>

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