# Void Client: rebuilding the Starblast.io client

> Void Client is an unfinished JavaScript rewrite of the Starblast.io browser game client based on study of its network protocol. Its current Node.js and browser components provide game-mode selection, server discovery, local WebSocket communication, and parsing and JSON export of some received packets.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game · Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Senko74/Void-Client>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Senko74/Void-Client/blob/005183d271b907e0466228b185daace893f95e4c/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/void-client-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/void-client-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/void-client-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Node.js and the package.json dependencies are required.
- **Limits:** The client is a work in progress; current functionality covers menus, network helpers, and basic packet parsing.
- **License:** The package.json declares an ISC license; the repository has no separate license file.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Senko74/Void-Client/blob/005183d271b907e0466228b185daace893f95e4c/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Senko74/Void-Client/blob/005183d271b907e0466228b185daace893f95e4c/package.json>

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