Mac App Store - Binary protected?

Photics

If I publish to the Mac App Store, is it still just as easy to ripoff the game assets as with regular Mac desktop publishing?

Photics

Bah, that's not good. I'm thinking that means the sound files can be ripped off too.

Photics

Also, the project file for regular Mac desktop games is editable. I pulled out the .project file and used it to launch GameSalad. It looked like everything was there.

This is a problem! These files should contain some encryption. It shouldn't be a matter of right-click.

forklift

This has been a problem since the dawn of computers. It's nothing new to gamesalad. All programs get Rez edited. Nothing we can do to stop it.

Photics

forklift said:
This has been a problem since the dawn of computers. It's nothing new to gamesalad. All programs get Rez edited. Nothing we can do to stop it.

There's a difference here though. Usually, the source code is obscured. Usually there's more effort involved to extract game assets.

Eminem

That's true

This is like every other app, for instants

Show package content on the gamesalad creator

And there's all images and sounds , etc

Photics

tshirtbooth said:
YOu can get sounds from any game not just GS games.

Wow, I started poking around other Mac Applications. This is insane. It's all a matter of Right-Click, show package contents, Contents, Resources.

I don't think it's that easy with PC games.

As an example, Guild Wars has all of the game assets stored in a .dat file. Most users wouldn't know how to mess with that file.

xyloFUN

LOL
thanks ENINEM ... i needed that!