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+# GameHackingExamples
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+Example code for for the book [Game Hacking: Developing Autonomous Bots for Online Games](http://www.nostarch.com/gamehacking).
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+Each project in this repository corresponds to a chapter or section in the book. The projects are referenced in the relevant pages.