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Write a ''generic'' bytecode decompiler with the goal of ultimately being able to decompile bytecode of all games which use a stack-based bytecode virtual machine. You can look at existing work from GSoC 2007, our descumm compiler (only SCUMM v6 and newer is stack-based) and some other de*.cpp files in our [https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm-tools tools git module]. Your goal should be to support at least two different bytecode systems (i.e., from two different ScummVM engines). But everything should be designed and implemented with the ultimate goal of being able to support all such bytecode systems (e.g. by providing a suitable API or subclassing facilities that make it possible to hook in parsers for arbitrary bytecode variants). Engines which use a stack-based virtual machine include SCUMM v6+, Kyra, Sword1, Sword2, ... For many of these, free game demos are available, too. We would help you by providing dumps of scripts etc. | Write a ''generic'' bytecode decompiler with the goal of ultimately being able to decompile bytecode of all games which use a stack-based bytecode virtual machine. You can look at existing work from GSoC 2007, our descumm compiler (only SCUMM v6 and newer is stack-based) and some other de*.cpp files in our [https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm-tools tools git module]. Your goal should be to support at least two different bytecode systems (i.e., from two different ScummVM engines). But everything should be designed and implemented with the ultimate goal of being able to support all such bytecode systems (e.g. by providing a suitable API or subclassing facilities that make it possible to hook in parsers for arbitrary bytecode variants). Engines which use a stack-based virtual machine include SCUMM v6+, Kyra, Sword1, Sword2, ... For many of these, free game demos are available, too. We would help you by providing dumps of scripts etc. | ||
A good starting point for this might be the [http://jode.sourceforge.net/ Jode] Java bytecode decompiler which does a rather good job at decompiling. Another useful site might be [http://www.program-transformation.org/Transform/DeCompilation], and [http:// | A good starting point for this might be the [http://jode.sourceforge.net/ Jode] Java bytecode decompiler which does a rather good job at decompiling. Another useful site might be [http://www.program-transformation.org/Transform/DeCompilation], and [http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:158682 this thesis]. The technical contact has several ideas on how to approach this project, too -- as usual, you are expected to talk to us and ask for help and ideas! | ||
The tool should run on at least Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. Acceptable languages include C/C++, Python, Perl -- other languages might be OK, but please consult with us first -- after all, other developers also will have to use and maintain your code. For the same reason it is obviously mandatory that your code be well documented. | The tool should run on at least Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. Acceptable languages include C/C++, Python, Perl -- other languages might be OK, but please consult with us first -- after all, other developers also will have to use and maintain your code. For the same reason it is obviously mandatory that your code be well documented. | ||
Actually, we probably would prefer if it was written in C++ and was written as kind of a library, with the command line tool just a frontend to the library. This "library" approach would make it possible to include the decompiler into ScummVM itself, making it possible to decompile scripts on the fly from ScummVM's built-in debugger console. | Actually, we probably would prefer if it was written in C++ and was written as kind of a library, with the command line tool just a frontend to the library. This "library" approach would make it possible to include the decompiler into ScummVM itself, making it possible to decompile scripts on the fly from ScummVM's built-in debugger console. | ||
===Note:=== | ===Note:=== | ||
This task was being worked on as part of the Google Summer of Code 2007 and again 2009, but unfortunately in both cases the result sadly is incomplete and never reached a satisfactory status. It is probably best to start from scratch, but you can find the [http://scummvm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/scummvm/tools/branches/gsoc2007-decompiler/ code from 2007 here] and the [http://scummvm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/scummvm/tools/branches/gsoc2009-decompiler/decompiler/ code from 2009 here]. | This task was being worked on as part of the Google Summer of Code 2007 and again 2009, but unfortunately in both cases the result sadly is incomplete and never reached a satisfactory status. It is probably best to start from scratch, but you can find the [http://scummvm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/scummvm/tools/branches/gsoc2007-decompiler/ code from 2007 here] and the [http://scummvm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/scummvm/tools/branches/gsoc2009-decompiler/decompiler/ code from 2009 here]. | ||