Case study
RestoRoom: researching a Rec Room server reconstruction
RestoRoom investigates Rec Room's client-to-server behavior as groundwork for a replacement server. Its current findings list API endpoints and documented rec.net subdomains, with a packet capture in the repository; account, room and relay services are still planned.
- Targets
- Game · Protocol
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
- Evidence class
- C2 code & docs, no demo or download
- Stars
- 96
- Last commit
- 2026-06-08
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
- Limits: The project is in an early research phase; no playable server exists.
- Limits: Account, room and Photon relay servers have not started.
- License: No licence file in the repository.
Cite
BibTeX
@misc{restoroom-case,
title = {{RestoRoom: researching a Rec Room server reconstruction}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/RestoRoom/RestoRoom}},
url = {https://github.com/RestoRoom/RestoRoom},
urldate = {2026-11-06},
note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/restoroom-case/}}
}Plain text
RestoRoom: researching a Rec Room server reconstruction. https://github.com/RestoRoom/RestoRoom (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/restoroom-case/
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About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- README.md GitHub · RestoRoom/RestoRoom · Revision f1d9b3f
- docs/api/rec_room_apis.md GitHub · RestoRoom/RestoRoom · Revision f1d9b3f
- docs/api/subdomains.md GitHub · RestoRoom/RestoRoom · Revision f1d9b3f
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