[casual_games] Protecting downloadable games

[Paul Steven]

Thanks Oliver - that is most helpful indeed!!

Cheers

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org [mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org]
On Behalf Of Olivier Besson
Sent: 05 September 2008 13:05
To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [casual_games] Protecting downloadable games

  Hi,

TryMedia ActiveMark (http://www.trymedia.com/) is an encryption system: 
you provide the EXE and they build an encrypted exe.
There is another popular DRM system but I forgot the name :D

Regarding flash games, you have to be careful when you choose the way 
you build your exe: Zinc, Swfkit, Jugglor are popular swf-to-exe 
wrappers, but they are not always compatible with encryption systems:

- In Swfkit, you have to use "no compression" option to become 
activeMark-compatible.
- Jugglor is activeMark-compatible. Unlike other wrappers, it also keeps 
your original framerate, but it's another issue..;-)
- Zinc was not not activeMark-compatible "as is" some years ago, ... but 
I didn't check with the Zinc 3.0 version.

Hope it helps,

Olivier


Paul Steven a écrit :

>

> Hi

>

> I normally only develop online games and have just been asked to 

> develop a series of downloadable games. I am interested to know if 

> people tend to use any protection schemes to prevent piracy of 

> downloadable executable type games and if so what is available? I will 

> be developing the games in Abobe Flash for the PC. I may also offer 

> Mac versions too if this isn’t too much hassle.

>

> Any advice much appreciated

>

> Thanks

>

> Paul

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