Mac App Store - Binary protected?

PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
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?

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  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    Bah, that's not good. I'm thinking that means the sound files can be ripped off too.
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    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.
  • forkliftforklift Member Posts: 386
    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.
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    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.
  • EminemEminem Member Posts: 667
    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
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    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.
  • xyloFUNxyloFUN Member Posts: 1,593
    LOL
    thanks ENINEM ... i needed that!
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