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Prayer of the Faithless
On the brink of the apocalypse, two friends struggle to find what is worth saving
On the brink of the apocalypse, two friends struggle to find what is worth saving
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author=Fanatik007
looks good, can't wait till demo ;p
Thank you so much! I'm working hard on the demo, and I hope you'll like it!
author=Leigh
Looks promising, you could work on the game cover, it's a bit monochrome. I would recommend shortening your description to include just what you think is cool about the plot. I'd rather read plot description to catch my interest then learn how the game is played when I'm playing it. If you'd like me to test you game or write a review and offer my opinion, please send me a message!
I really appreciate the feedback. As for the title screen, I am such a noob when it comes to GIMP that I wasn't trying to bite off more than I could chew. I went with a more simplistic look because I wanted to do something smaller and better, than try to create beautiful art and failing at it.
For the description, I most certainly will work on that. Since this is my first game I have here, I wasn't sure how to create pages and other stuff, so I wanted to be detailed and clear about the game. But I will take your suggestions to heart and be a little more organized in the future.
Thank you all so much for commenting! Expect more frequent updates in the future!
Protecting your project from thieves.
author=Archeia_Nessiah
1.) Self Dissolving Scripts. Basically make all your script files dissolve or check an important thing and then if it can't find that, it will corrupt data files. So if people tried to use it in their own games, yeah. It's not 100% fool proof, but for someone who knows very little RGSS and tries to steal your stuff, this would work.
2.) Clear all Switches and Variables Names. Basically Change the max to 1, then change it back to 500 for quick clear. At least it'd make things harder to find.
3.) Remember XYZ in rm2k3? If you can somehow do the same thing with RMXP-RMVXAce to read a specialized image format, that will already help you a lot.
4.) Clear all comments and make sure all the aliases in your script are made with your username or some such.
Audio Encryption is still impossible, unfortunately. :(
Those are some really good ideas. It's a shame I'm not much of a programmer. Well, I am with Java, C++, and Python, but I don't have time to learn RGSS. Too much life going on right now. But I'm sure for those good with RGSS, this is very useful info.
author=eplipswich
Oh, there certainly is a con. Ever heard of decrypting? There are definitely people who are capable of decrypting files encrypted by different people.
That's certainly helpful. Thanks for that. This is why I asked you guys, since this is the best way to learn.
I'll edit my first post to include all this info. Hopefully other people can get as much use of it as I can.
Protecting your project from thieves.
Wow. It's a bombshell of replies! Alright, this is cool.
LockeZ, Maybe I am paranoid. Maybe this whole conversation is stupid. But, with all due respect, just because you've never heard of it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I have seen countless instances of work being stolen, even been a victim of it myself multiple times. Granted, the instances were small and pointless. (An essay I had written about video games being art for a class assignment had been taken and submitted to a school contest and had won honorable mention.) So if I can prevent something like that from happening with my game, I'm okay with being paranoid.
The reason I'm worried about this is because I'm hoping to someday use my game(s) on my resume when I eventually apply to join a development company. It sure would suck if I couldn't use my own game on my resume because someone else posted it and it got popular.
Again, I probably am blowing this way out of proportion, but what's wrong with a little backup plan when things go south? Remember Murphy's Law: "If something can go wrong, it will".
LockeZ, Maybe I am paranoid. Maybe this whole conversation is stupid. But, with all due respect, just because you've never heard of it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I have seen countless instances of work being stolen, even been a victim of it myself multiple times. Granted, the instances were small and pointless. (An essay I had written about video games being art for a class assignment had been taken and submitted to a school contest and had won honorable mention.) So if I can prevent something like that from happening with my game, I'm okay with being paranoid.
The reason I'm worried about this is because I'm hoping to someday use my game(s) on my resume when I eventually apply to join a development company. It sure would suck if I couldn't use my own game on my resume because someone else posted it and it got popular.
Again, I probably am blowing this way out of proportion, but what's wrong with a little backup plan when things go south? Remember Murphy's Law: "If something can go wrong, it will".
Protecting your project from thieves.
How to Protect your game from Thieves
Hello, everyone. I have a question that has been bothering me ever since I started working on my game. I have my own solutions to the problem, but I wanted to check with you guys, who have may more experience with this sort of thing than I do, and see if my solutions would work or if you guys would have better ones. I don't know if this should be an article or whatever, but depending on the information gained here, I might just repost this as something more significant than a random forum thread. I'm posting this because I couldn't find this same topic after searching the forums, so I hope I'm contributing something worthwhile. Anyway, on to the topic:
You see, making a game is all well and good. Posting images of works in progress is all well and good. It's great to get some feedback on your work in progress. But there is a major problem with doing this: This is the internet. And there are assholes on the internet. Assholes that will, without a second thought, take a copy of your game and post it on some other website, claiming it as their own.
This is the biggest reason why I've never even MENTIONED my development to other people, let alone post information about it online. Because there's no official copyright on your game, what's to stop some random guy in the forums to pull a Bill Gates and take a copy of your game, complete it with some shoddy patchwork, and post it as their own? Then, all the hard work you've done will be someone else's success. And, to take it a step further, the thief would then try to push legal action against you and claim that your work was actually their own.
I do understand that there is nothing actually physically STOPPING someone from reposting your work. What I'm trying to do is figure out ways that you can PROVE that you are the original owner if an aforementioned asshole pulls this stunt.
What to do about it:
I have come up with the following solutions to this problem. I ask that you read over these carefully, and critique these solutions, elaborate on them some, and/or even come up with your own original solutions. I'll edit this post with information as I see it coming.
1: Post encrypted files
Pro: As this is a no-brainer, I put this one first. With encrypted files, a potential thief would not have access to the assets, and therefore would not be able to edit the project itself.
Con: Honestly, I can't think of a con for this one. I think I just answered my own question, but let's keep going. Maybe one of you can think of a con for this method.
EDIT: I've gotten a couple of different suggestions for a con. Here's a quote that summarizes it the quickest:
2: Keep a repository of your game and assets in progress
Pro: A thief would not be able to have copies of the works in progress, so that alone could prove that you are the original owner. All the thief would have access to would be the completed project(Or completed work in progress), not have access to early stages of assets. For example, in the game I'm making, I have drawn all the character faces myself. But the last step I take before importing it to RPG Maker is applying an Anti-Alias filter. So I have two copies of each faceset. One with the filter, and one without. These copies would prove that I was the one who developed everything.
Con: A thief could claim that he/she doesn't have copies, and that I would put some sort of filter on the images to remove the Anit-Alias. The thief would then go on to claim that I'm just trying to make myself look like the victim.
3: Use the post date of the first time you put your project out there
Pro: No matter how soon the thief steals your project and posts it up on their own website, it will always be at a later date than when you did. So all you would have to do is take a screenshot of the first post you made or even provide a link to the first post, and then that could prove you were the original uploader.
Con: Remember when I made the Bill Gates analogy earlier? Well, going by that logic, a thief could make the claim that I completed it first, but that I stole from the thief.
4: Get a copyright protection
Pro: This is perhaps the most surefire way to protect your game. If you do this, you probably don't even need the above methods.
Con: It's costly(Hey! $35 is a lot for a guy on a budget!), plus it feels a bit... excessive. Especially if you're making a free game. Plus, the rules would get quite complicated if you're using other people's works in your own, like other people's facesets, scripts, or music. Using this method would surely degrade the quality of your game if you aren't good at drawing or scripting.
EDIT: And here are some methods provided by Archeia_Nessiah:
Well, those are my solutions. If you have any more, or want to discuss one of my own methods, please reply. Thanks!
Hello, everyone. I have a question that has been bothering me ever since I started working on my game. I have my own solutions to the problem, but I wanted to check with you guys, who have may more experience with this sort of thing than I do, and see if my solutions would work or if you guys would have better ones. I don't know if this should be an article or whatever, but depending on the information gained here, I might just repost this as something more significant than a random forum thread. I'm posting this because I couldn't find this same topic after searching the forums, so I hope I'm contributing something worthwhile. Anyway, on to the topic:
You see, making a game is all well and good. Posting images of works in progress is all well and good. It's great to get some feedback on your work in progress. But there is a major problem with doing this: This is the internet. And there are assholes on the internet. Assholes that will, without a second thought, take a copy of your game and post it on some other website, claiming it as their own.
This is the biggest reason why I've never even MENTIONED my development to other people, let alone post information about it online. Because there's no official copyright on your game, what's to stop some random guy in the forums to pull a Bill Gates and take a copy of your game, complete it with some shoddy patchwork, and post it as their own? Then, all the hard work you've done will be someone else's success. And, to take it a step further, the thief would then try to push legal action against you and claim that your work was actually their own.
I do understand that there is nothing actually physically STOPPING someone from reposting your work. What I'm trying to do is figure out ways that you can PROVE that you are the original owner if an aforementioned asshole pulls this stunt.
What to do about it:
I have come up with the following solutions to this problem. I ask that you read over these carefully, and critique these solutions, elaborate on them some, and/or even come up with your own original solutions. I'll edit this post with information as I see it coming.
1: Post encrypted files
Pro: As this is a no-brainer, I put this one first. With encrypted files, a potential thief would not have access to the assets, and therefore would not be able to edit the project itself.
Con: Honestly, I can't think of a con for this one. I think I just answered my own question, but let's keep going. Maybe one of you can think of a con for this method.
EDIT: I've gotten a couple of different suggestions for a con. Here's a quote that summarizes it the quickest:
author=eplipswich
Oh, there certainly is a con. Ever heard of decrypting? There are definitely people who are capable of decrypting files encrypted by different people.
2: Keep a repository of your game and assets in progress
Pro: A thief would not be able to have copies of the works in progress, so that alone could prove that you are the original owner. All the thief would have access to would be the completed project(Or completed work in progress), not have access to early stages of assets. For example, in the game I'm making, I have drawn all the character faces myself. But the last step I take before importing it to RPG Maker is applying an Anti-Alias filter. So I have two copies of each faceset. One with the filter, and one without. These copies would prove that I was the one who developed everything.
Con: A thief could claim that he/she doesn't have copies, and that I would put some sort of filter on the images to remove the Anit-Alias. The thief would then go on to claim that I'm just trying to make myself look like the victim.
3: Use the post date of the first time you put your project out there
Pro: No matter how soon the thief steals your project and posts it up on their own website, it will always be at a later date than when you did. So all you would have to do is take a screenshot of the first post you made or even provide a link to the first post, and then that could prove you were the original uploader.
Con: Remember when I made the Bill Gates analogy earlier? Well, going by that logic, a thief could make the claim that I completed it first, but that I stole from the thief.
4: Get a copyright protection
Pro: This is perhaps the most surefire way to protect your game. If you do this, you probably don't even need the above methods.
Con: It's costly(Hey! $35 is a lot for a guy on a budget!), plus it feels a bit... excessive. Especially if you're making a free game. Plus, the rules would get quite complicated if you're using other people's works in your own, like other people's facesets, scripts, or music. Using this method would surely degrade the quality of your game if you aren't good at drawing or scripting.
EDIT: And here are some methods provided by Archeia_Nessiah:
author=Archeia_Nessiah
1.) Self Dissolving Scripts. Basically make all your script files dissolve or check an important thing and then if it can't find that, it will corrupt data files. So if people tried to use it in their own games, yeah. It's not 100% fool proof, but for someone who knows very little RGSS and tries to steal your stuff, this would work.
2.) Clear all Switches and Variables Names. Basically Change the max to 1, then change it back to 500 for quick clear. At least it'd make things harder to find.
3.) Remember XYZ in rm2k3? If you can somehow do the same thing with RMXP-RMVXAce to read a specialized image format, that will already help you a lot.
4.) Clear all comments and make sure all the aliases in your script are made with your username or some such.
Audio Encryption is still impossible, unfortunately. :(
Well, those are my solutions. If you have any more, or want to discuss one of my own methods, please reply. Thanks!
Taking a deep breath and jumping into the forums!
Hey, RMN. This is Red_Nova, some random guy who's making his grand debut on the forums! Sound the trumpets!
No? Okay then...
In all seriousness, I've been a slave to RPGs since I was a kid, and now that I'm older, I've decided to take it to the next level. Here, I'm hoping to get my name out there so I can use sites like this as a reference for when I apply for a job. I've been working on all sorts of games from all sorts of mediums, trying to find something that works for me. Settling on RPG Maker VX Ace, I've begun work on a game that I've really wanted to do for a long time. Production is about 4 months in the making, but it's not at a phase where I'm ready to share online. It's getting there, though.
I consider myself a writer. I've been writing all sorts of stories, from short stories to even a full length, 400 page freakin NOVEL (Which will remain unpublished since it's absolutely terrible). But I never could find the right medium for storytelling, hence I've never been satisfied with what I've done. This is why I've never scored very well in creative writing classes. But when I discovered RPG Maker about 4 years ago, I knew I finally found my outlet. Not strictly RPGs, per se, but games in general.
The biggest reason I created this account was because I had lots of questions concerning development protection. The primary being asset security and financial risk vs. reward. So I'm hoping that I can get my questions answered, and share what I've been working on once I have something presentable. If anyone could direct me to the best forum to ask said questions, I'd be very appreciative.
Looking forward to talking with you all.
No? Okay then...
In all seriousness, I've been a slave to RPGs since I was a kid, and now that I'm older, I've decided to take it to the next level. Here, I'm hoping to get my name out there so I can use sites like this as a reference for when I apply for a job. I've been working on all sorts of games from all sorts of mediums, trying to find something that works for me. Settling on RPG Maker VX Ace, I've begun work on a game that I've really wanted to do for a long time. Production is about 4 months in the making, but it's not at a phase where I'm ready to share online. It's getting there, though.
I consider myself a writer. I've been writing all sorts of stories, from short stories to even a full length, 400 page freakin NOVEL (Which will remain unpublished since it's absolutely terrible). But I never could find the right medium for storytelling, hence I've never been satisfied with what I've done. This is why I've never scored very well in creative writing classes. But when I discovered RPG Maker about 4 years ago, I knew I finally found my outlet. Not strictly RPGs, per se, but games in general.
The biggest reason I created this account was because I had lots of questions concerning development protection. The primary being asset security and financial risk vs. reward. So I'm hoping that I can get my questions answered, and share what I've been working on once I have something presentable. If anyone could direct me to the best forum to ask said questions, I'd be very appreciative.
Looking forward to talking with you all.
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