Case study

PTD2 Server: rebuilding Pokémon Tower Defense 2 services

PTD2 Server reconstructs online services for the Flash game Pokémon Tower Defense 2 from analysis of its original SWF. Its PHP endpoints and save codecs support story, gym, one-on-one and trainer-versus modes, with MySQL-backed saves.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 4
Last commit: 2026-03-08
Language: PHP
License (GitHub): AGPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Docker and Docker Compose for the documented hosting setup; a manual setup needs PHP-FPM 8.1+, a web server and MySQL/MariaDB unless using JSON saves.
Limits: Mystery gifts and the Pokécenter remain unimplemented.
License: AGPL-3.0 license.

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BibTeX

@misc{ptd2-server-case,
  title = {{PTD2 Server: rebuilding Pokémon Tower Defense 2 services}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/KGMats/PTD2-Server}},
  url = {https://github.com/KGMats/PTD2-Server},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ptd2-server-case/}}
}

Plain text

PTD2 Server: rebuilding Pokémon Tower Defense 2 services. https://github.com/KGMats/PTD2-Server (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ptd2-server-case/

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README.md GitHub · KGMats/PTD2-Server · Revision 54b428f