[casual_games] Protecting downloadable games

[Olivier Besson]

Yes,
the wrappers using activeX (Zinc, Swfkit,..) to embed flash will remove 
30% of your framerate, even if your flash is empty and even if no 
particular script is running.
Jugglor doesn't use activeX (it uses the flash projector EXE you 
provide) thus, the performance is about the same as your original file.

Olivier

Hal Barwood a écrit :

> Be careful with DRMs and Flash -- some of the Flash wrappers embed the 

> SWF version of your project and are often *much* slower to execute 

> ActionScript than the standalone player. If you're game is creaking 

> already, a DRM could be fatal.

>

> Paul Steven wrote:

>> Thank you for all the very useful and informative replies. It sounds 

>> like

>> there are a few possibilities out there so I will follow up these 

>> leads and

>> get some more info.

>>

>> Quick question regards the cost of these protection schemes. Do these

>> companies charge a one off fixed fee or do they work on a commission 

>> basis

>> related to the number of downloads. I just want to get a rough idea 

>> of the

>> cost to add to my costing for this project.

>>

>> Cheers

>>

>> Paul

>>

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>> On Behalf Of Donald

>> Sent: 05 September 2008 15:02

>> To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List

>> Subject: Re: [casual_games] Protecting downloadable games

>>

>> Hi Paul,

>>

>> TryMedia is great, however it was purchased earlier this year by 

>> Real. And has since been impossible to get any kind of response back 

>> (at least for us).

>>

>> We went with SoftwarePassport (the new Armadillo).

>>

>> Another couple are "GameShield" and "Plimus". Both are supposed to be 

>> very good DRM's as well.

>>

>> Good Luck,

>>

>> Don

>> xBlitz Entertainment

>>

>> www.xblitz.com

>> www.wrigglewords.com

>>

>>

>> ----- 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 7:05 AM

>> 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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