{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Wowser recreates a World of Warcraft 3.3.5a client in JavaScript and WebGL for the browser. It authenticates, lists realms and characters, joins a game world and logs its packets; a local pipeline serves resources from the user's official client copy.",
  "description_zh": "Wowser 以 JavaScript 和 WebGL 在浏览器中重建《魔兽世界》3.3.5a 客户端。它处理认证、服务器与角色列表、进入游戏世界及数据包日志，并由本地管线从用户的原版客户端提供资源。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/wowser-wow-browser-client-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/wowser-wow-browser-client-case/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/wowserhq/wowser/blob/5fcd3e607db7551a74caf6d7ffa4dd785a264dc8/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "wowser-wow-browser-client-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/wowser-wow-browser-client-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/wowser-wow-browser-client-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/wowser-wow-browser-client-case/index.md",
  "name": "Wowser: rebuilding a World of Warcraft browser client",
  "name_zh": "Wowser：重建《魔兽世界》浏览器客户端",
  "reconstruction_method": "other",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "A copy of the official Wrath of the Lich King 3.3.5a client is required.",
    "Development requires Node.js, StormLib and BLPConverter; raw TCP connections need a WebSocket proxy.",
    "Terrain and model rendering remained in progress.",
    "MIT license."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要《巫妖王之怒》3.3.5a 原版客户端副本。",
    "开发需要 Node.js、StormLib 和 BLPConverter；原始 TCP 连接还需要 WebSocket 代理。",
    "地形和模型渲染仍在开发中。",
    "许可证为 MIT。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/wowserhq/wowser",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}