{
  "added_at": "2026-11-08",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/HunterStile/Rea_Bully/blob/bcebd2d86264a294cb5ebd573bc8ece857c348f2/docs/ROADMAP.md"
  ],
  "category": "community-case-studies",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Rea Bully studies Bully: Scholarship Edition's executable, Lua 5.0 scripts, and asset formats with REA, Ghidra, and local recovery tools, then builds an Unreal Engine 5.8 exploration runtime from those findings. The author reports a Windows developer preview with 85 assembled zones across 47 areas, sampled traversal checks, and selected characters and interactions.",
  "description_zh": "Rea Bully 使用 REA、Ghidra 和本地恢复工具研究 Bully: Scholarship Edition 的可执行文件、Lua 5.0 脚本和资源格式，并据此构建 Unreal Engine 5.8 探索原型。作者报告其 Windows 开发预览版已组装覆盖 47 个区域的 85 个地图分区，并对部分行走路径、角色和交互进行了抽样检查。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/rea-bully-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/rea-bully-case/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/HunterStile/Rea_Bully/blob/bcebd2d86264a294cb5ebd573bc8ece857c348f2/README.md",
  "group": "rea",
  "id": "rea-bully-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/rea-bully-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/rea-bully-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/rea-bully-case/index.md",
  "name": "Bully Decompiled: an Unreal reconstruction of Bully: Scholarship Edition",
  "name_zh": "Bully Decompiled：用 Unreal 重建 Bully: Scholarship Edition",
  "reconstruction_method": "engine-reimplementation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "community-reported-mixed-workflow",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Python 3.12 and an owner-installed PC copy of Bully: Scholarship Edition for archive inspection.",
    "Unreal Engine 5.8.3, a compatible Windows C++ toolchain, and locally reconstructed assets and maps to run the prototype.",
    "A clean-clone setup and downloadable playable build are unfinished; missions, combat, vehicles, saves, and full original AI remain incomplete.",
    "MIT License for original project code."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "检查资源档案需 Python 3.12 和用户自己安装的 Bully: Scholarship Edition PC 版。",
    "运行原型需 Unreal Engine 5.8.3、兼容的 Windows C++ 工具链，以及在本地重建的资源和地图。",
    "从全新克隆完成配置的流程和可下载的游玩版本尚未完成；任务、战斗、载具、存档及完整原版 AI 仍未实现。",
    "项目原创代码采用 MIT 许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "binary",
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/HunterStile/Rea_Bully",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}