[casual_games] Protecting downloadable games

[Paul Steven]

Thanks Dennis

Is the general opinion that it is worth adding protection for these kind of
games? I imagine the games are going to be retailing for around £20
(possibly less) to a very young audience (5 - 8 year olds).

How do these protection systems work for downloadable executables? Does the
purchaser receive a serial number or is the game tied to a particular
machine? I don't want to cause headaches for purchasers when trying to play
their purchases.

Cheers

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org [mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org]
On Behalf Of Dennis - I Sioux
Sent: 05 September 2008 13:16
To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [casual_games] Protecting downloadable games

We prevere Zinc, because it had proved to be compatible with all the DRM's 
we've come along so far.(Even activeMark).

For the security.. DRM's are cracked alot aswell.. so there isn't a 100% 
safety.. usually games get on Torrent site's pretty fast.
You could use an online check system.. although it's possible to bypass this

aswell..will have more helpdesk work.. and not all Publishers would like 
this i think.. because usually they have their own activation structure in 
their DRM .. like a time limit.

Good luck.

Dennis
Isioux


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Olivier Besson" <olive at globz.com>
To: "IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List" <casual_games at igda.org>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 2:05 PM
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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