Case study
Puniemu: a Yo-kai Watch Puni Puni server emulator
Puniemu recreates a C# server for Yo-kai Watch Puni Puni. Its source handles account creation and game data while implementing the client's AES-based request and response encoding, including compressed responses and salted SHA-1 digests.
- Targets
- Game
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Evidence class
- C2 code & docs, no demo or download
- Stars
- 61
- Last commit
- 2026-07-21
- Language
- C#
GitHub data as of 2026-11-10
Evidence
- Observed
- Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
- Checked
- 2026-11-09
Requirements & limits
- Prerequisites: The Yo-kai Watch Puni Puni client is the intended client.
- Limits: The server is a work in progress.
- Limits: In-app purchases are disabled.
- License: No licence file in the repository.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{puniemu-yokai-watch-case,
title = {{Puniemu: a Yo-kai Watch Puni Puni server emulator}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/SuperTavor/puniemu}},
url = {https://github.com/SuperTavor/puniemu},
urldate = {2026-11-06},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/puniemu-yokai-watch-case/}}
}Plain text
Puniemu: a Yo-kai Watch Puni Puni server emulator. https://github.com/SuperTavor/puniemu (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/puniemu-yokai-watch-case/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · SuperTavor/puniemu · Revision 5a80196
- Src/NHNCrypt/Logic/NHNCrypt.cs GitHub · SuperTavor/puniemu · Revision 5a80196
- Src/Server/GameServer/Requests/CreateUser/Logic/CreateUserHandler.cs GitHub · SuperTavor/puniemu · Revision 5a80196
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