Can gamesalad games be hacked?

DoguzDoguz Member Posts: 500
edited May 2012 in Working with GS (Mac)
If I was to have a 'special' code presented to the screen, after a certain score is achieved, can that 'special' code be found out ANY OTHER way, other than achieving the score the right way? EG: can somebody dig into the app code to find it?

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  • tatiangtatiang Posts: 11,949
    edited May 2012 Accepted Answer
    Anything can be hacked. But I would think it's unlikely your app will be hacked unless you're offering a million dollars or something.

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  • EatingMyHatEatingMyHat Posts: 1,246
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    If you want to show a code, make sure it is not stored in a string. What I have done in the past is to code the code...

    Basically, different areas of my program would set different characters in 'attributes', and when the time is right the code is basically a concatenation of the 'attributes'.

    Another option is, if the code is numeric calculate it on the fly based on a specific logic. As an example, take a random number and produce a number based on a calc process that only you know. Show the code and the seed and ask to send both. This way you are the only one that knows the calc to turn the seed to the code and you can verify the codes that are sent.

    Not that it is unbreakable, but it require a much higher level of hacking compared to just looking for strings.

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  • EatingMyHatEatingMyHat Posts: 1,246
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    If your game got hacked your should be proud... :)

    It does take some effort and if people wanted it soooooo bad, that's a good sign

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  • DoguzDoguz Member Posts: 500
    Well I would be offering a prize that would warrant an effort.
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    Yes it would be pretty easy for someone who knows what to look for to pull the right data out.

    But…. at the same time basically anything on the app store can be hacked up to find hidden info like that. I would not make any contests based off your app worth very much as there is a sizeable chance someones gonna cheat.
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  • 3xL3xL Member Posts: 676
    didn't tshirt's game get reversed engineered at one time? tiny balls?

    but yea ANYTHING can get hacked.
  • calvin9403calvin9403 Member Posts: 3,186
    apple seems to save the file pretty well, ya but nothing is safe
  • bazookaBenbazookaBen Member Posts: 318
    not safe, but don't worry. Hackers have more important things to do than to crack some indie developer's game. We used to have this discussion a lot, but nyah people still have to move on to make games. IP theft is not a reason not to build stuff.
  • patapplepatapple Member Posts: 873
    some time ago i gave my .ipa game file to a my friend with a jailbreak ipod touch and he was been able to change the image of my game but not the rules :)
  • LeonardDeveloperLeonardDeveloper Member Posts: 4,630
    Thats like asking "can my toenail grow?"
    Anything can be hacked,
    And hopefully everyones toenail can grow ;)
    A while back a couple of GS' games got reverse-engineered, This discussion has been on going for a couple of years now..
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