Author: dawu@Knownsec 404 Team
Chinese Version:https://paper.seebug.org/829/

## 0x00 Introduction

The reason why I write this simple technical article is that I really like to play digital games on google play. However, there are some drawbacks in this kind of game. In earlier stages, there is not enough resources, and you feel it very boring if you play it very slowly for a long time. As a result, I often search for its cracked version or purchased version to speed up the process until I give it up.

Actually, it’s insecure to do so, because it is impossible to tell the extra procedures of these two versions. My final solution is to reverse these APK and modify the game's logic so that I can pass the early stage quickly.

This paper is intended to introduce the idea of modification in reverse of simple Unity3D android games.

## 0x01 preparations

It is recommended to use the Windows system with a good JAVA environment, because it involves the modification of dll files.

### 1.1 Tools for reversing Android APK

For the general reverse engineering Android APK, apktool, dex2jar, jd-gui are often used, while reversing Unity3D android games, only apktool needs to be used.

• Apktool: To unzip or repackage android APK.
• dex2jar: To turn the unzipped file into "jar", and make it convenient to view via “jd-gui”.
• jd-gui: To examine the logic of dex file.

### 1.2 Tools for reversing dll file

The main logic of the common Unity3D Android games is in asserts/bin/data/Managed/Assembly-CSarp.dll, so we still need the tool to reverse or repackage the dll file.

• ILSpy: To view the program logic of dll
• ILDASM: To decompile dll files and generate il files (store instructions after decompiling dll files) and res files (decompiled resource files) by installing Windows SDK or downloading from the Internet.
• Ilasm: Brought by .net 4.0 and located in C:\Windows\Microsofr.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\ilasm.exe

### 1.3 Generate the repackaged self-signed certificate

Sign APK after modification and this command is used to generate a signed certificate.

keytool -genkey -v -keystore my-release-key.keystore -alias alias_name -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 0validity 10000
# 记住设置的密码，最后自签名应用的时候需要输入密码


## 0x02 Develop a simple Unity3D game

A simple game is develoed as example by means of Unity3D, and the logic is as follows:

1. Every time a hero passes a level, the combat power increases by 100.

2. The monster's combat power is Math.pow(2: the current level).

3. When the hero's combat power is less than the monster's combat power, the hero can't get through. Heroes can consider practice or rebirth to improve their combat effectiveness.

4. Every time the hero practices, the combat power will increase by 1000.

5. After the hero chooses rebirth, the number of levels is cleared and you need to play anew, but the initial combat power of the hero will increase by 2000 multipling the number of previous levels.

The specific code can be referred to on Github.

## 0x03 The reverse steps of game

(1) Unzip the game installation package with apktool

(2) Extract game/assets/bin/data/Managed/Assembly-CSarp.dll, and view the logic in dll by opening with ILSpy.

PS: The core code of Android games developed by Unity3D is in the dll file, so it’s enough to reverse or modify it, which is also different from other Android reverse.

If there is no mix, the content of decompiled function is very similar to the original one:

The contents of "Click1" decompiled by ILSpy

The original code of "Click1"

(3) Having found the key functions and key logic, you can try to decompile and modify the dll file by using ILDASM. After opening the dll file with ILDASM, the decompiled results can be exported via File -> dump.

(4) It’s easy to understand the logic based on the step 2. According to the zoom table, you can know what to modify in the il files. The critical judgment is in info.hero_power + info.temp_power + info.add_power >= info.monster_power. Open the .il files in step 3 and modify the corresponding key logic on the basis of .NET IL zoom table.

Modify it to info.hero_power + info.temp_power + info.add_power != info.monster_power, you can pass the logical judgment here.

(5) Having modified the key logic, you can install and run APK on the phone.

The command to recompile the dll file is as follows:

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\ilasm.exe game.il /output=Assembly-CSarp.dll /dll


Send the recompiled dll back into the game/assets/bin/data/Managed/ directory and repackage the APK with apktool:

java -jar apktool.jar b game
cp game/dist/game.apk ./


Self-signed application:

jarsigner -verbose -sigalg SHA1withRSA -digestalg SHA1 -keystore my-release-key.keystore game.apk alias_name


Having modified successfully, once you start the training, you will be able to pass through the checkpoints infinitely.

Reach the 30th level smoothly.

## 0x04 Conclusion

1. The obvious feature of Unity3D is that it will display the game LOGO at the beginning, which can be seen as a tip to judge whether a game is developed by Unity3D or not.

2. When the demo in this article reaches the 31st level, the integer overflow occurs and the monster’s combat power will become negative, which is because the monster's combat power is "int".

3. Adjusting the language of game to English before modification helps to understand the meaning of each function while reversing(for applications that have not been mixed).

4. It’s very easy to lose the original fun of the game after it has been modified, for it just becomes a pure digital game. Be cautious before modifying.

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