[casual_games] Encrypting text files

[James Terry]

Letting a player skip to the end of a game (especially ones with try
before you buy) doesn't seem like a good idea. Also, if a file is
muckable, then your support calls are going to be a lot more difficult
to figure out, rather than an error message saying incorrect or missing
file.


James R. Terry
Game Developer
Yatec Games 
(225) 274-1550 Ext. 104
jterry at yatecgames.com
www.yatecgames.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org
[mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Peter Harkins
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 12:13 PM
To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [casual_games] Encrypting text files

On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 12:08:25PM -0000, Ricky Haggett wrote:

> This is all great, but one issue we have is that these text files can

be

> opened and edited, to hack the save game file and otherwise muck

around with

> the internal gubbins of the game.


Why is this bad?

It's obvious if it's a multiplayer game, but if it's a single-player,
where's the harm in someone mucking around with their play experience?

--
Peter Harkins  -  http://push.cx  -  http://NearbyGamers.com


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