"Giving a user a full game for seven days potentially puts the game at high risk of being hacked." This is why all my games are going to be open source donationware. I'm not even going to try messing about with trying to figure out some registration system, just to have it cracked anyway. This means the games won't be as good as they would be if I were selling them I suppose, but on the other hand the blind market isn't so hot anyhow. I spent a year on Darkness, working about five hours a day, and only got $300 out of it--if that. Ken Downey President DreamTechInteractive!
And, Coming soon, Blind Comfort! The pleasant way to get a massage--no staring, just caring. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Vipgameszone demos > Hi Daniel, > Yeah, I understand what you are saying, but I also see the developers > side of this as well. Giving a user a full game for seven days > potentially puts the game at high risk of being hacked. What if a > cracker figures how to get passed the seven day restriction, or uses > some sort of roll back reinstalls the game and continues for another > seven days, etc. > Timed demos are generally secure from the average Joe, but it is not > invincible to cracker attacks. That is why developers generally include > some other restrictions such as block the gamer from saving and > restoring games, perhaps remove an item needed to complete the demo, > restric them to only a few levels, etc... In short they need some other > assurance that the demo won't be easy to compromise. > > blind guy wrote: >> in my oppinion a demo should be a 7-day demo, where the entire game is >> available to you, but then it expires. This is good cuz you can get >> the whole experience of the games. >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.0/1135 - Release Date: > 11/16/2007 10:58 PM > > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
