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CureLovelyWarrior, posted Sat Jan 19, 2019 2:25 am (42518)

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Game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/878330/Whip_Whip/

Archive: http://biancagames.com/whipwhip.gea (uploaded by me)

This is a type of file I've never seen before and google returns no info. Can I please have help extracting it? 

aluigi, posted Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:40 pm (45094)

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I suspect it's obfuscated since the "GEA_" magic and the first 16 bytes of the header are the only readable thing.

CureLovelyWarrior, posted Fri Feb 22, 2019 3:11 pm (45136)

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aluigi wrote:

I suspect it's obfuscated since the "GEA_" magic and the first 16 bytes of the header are the only readable thing.

Thank you for the response! Pardon me though, but what does this mean? Does this mean it can't be extracted no matter how hard we try? Or is there a way?
Pardon my ignorance.

Also, what did you mean by "magic"?

aluigi, posted Fri Feb 22, 2019 6:15 pm (45143)

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Magic is a term used for a sort of "signature" in a file format, a sequence of bytes that is fixed in all the files of the same format.

Basically what I meant is that only the first 16 bytes are visible and therefore it's not possible to extract the data from that file.
The only way is finding someone who wants to debug the game.

CureLovelyWarrior, posted Fri Feb 22, 2019 7:12 pm (45151)

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aluigi wrote:

Magic is a term used for a sort of "signature" in a file format, a sequence of bytes that is fixed in all the files of the same format.

Basically what I meant is that only the first 16 bytes are visible and therefore it's not possible to extract the data from that file.
The only way is finding someone who wants to debug the game.

Okay. Thanks anyway for explanation and prompt response. <3