bowmap-13 Protocol Library

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Grahp, October 20, 2026

Idea

Create a client abstraction/protocol library that handles the inner workings of the protocol while providing the server with a much nicer interface.

Goals

• Shrink the surface area of client communication that the server cares about.
• Give a subset of Bowmap's code that can be licensed under a permissive license.
• Keep the door open to multiple clients, Java and Bedrock, in the future.

Questions

• Is it worth abstracting over the client as a server?
• What would a protocol interface look like?
• How can you avoid crossing the protocol/game boundary, as Bowmap does often? Certain protocol ideas don't seem to need wrapped in game things, and could just be used directly (such as components etc.)