I have a question. Are there any plugins that will allow me to encrypt my game files for the HTML version ? In my game I have some of my arithmetic functions that affect the outcome of the game and I would like to make it as difficult as possible to debug them.
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Have a look at this manual on application security:
It covers topics such as Lua obfuscation and resource archive encryption.
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I have a question about the resource coding process.
1 I followed all the steps described here https://github.com/defold/extension-resource-encryption
a) I changed the key
b) I did a compilation to get the pluginCustomResourceEncryption.jar file
c) I packaged the entire “extension-resource-encryption” project, put it on the local server and added it to game.project.
d) I ran the standard “Project - > Fetch Libraries” but the module did not add to my project. Is this correct ?
e) How can I verify that my files have been encrypted with an extension and not with standard encryption ?
d) I ran the standard “Project - > Fetch Libraries” but the module did not add to my project. Is this correct ?
If it doesn’t show up, under a resourceencryption folder in your project, then it seems your dependency link is wrong somehow.
e) How can I verify that my files have been encrypted with an extension and not with standard encryption ?
You can change the source key in the resourceencryption/src/plugin.cpp to something else, and then it shouldn’t load properly, since the Lua source will be garbled. And if you change it back, it will load again.
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The game.project file didn’t have the correct library folder defined. I’ve fixed it now. Please update your copy of the project.
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Just when I booted my test, it worked 
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I’ve been playing with it for more than 2h and noticed the following thing:
(a) if I change ONLY the key in “CustomResourceEncryption.java”, compile, add the module to the project - the project (HTML5) starts correctly
b) if I change ONLY the key in “plugin.cpp”, compile, add module to project - project (HTML5) does not start correctly
c) if I change the key in both “CustomResourceEncryption.java” and “plugin.cpp”, the project does not start, in the console I have such errors as in the screenshot.
Are you able to help me something with this ?
Sounds strange. Could it be that you have cached files between your tests and bundle with the wrong archive?
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Hmmmm you may be right. I’ll check
I am currently using extensions : “extension-prometheus” and “extension-resource-encryption”.
I am looking for solutions as to how else the game can be better secured.
In the security article you wrote:
…"Defold does not provide any anti-cheat solutions in the engine or tools and instead defer any such work to one of the many companies specialize in providing anti-cheat solutions for games. "…
Can you write more about these companies and their solutions ?
You will get quite a few hits if you search for “anti-cheat framework” or “anti-cheat solution”. I know that Epic Online Services has an anti-cheat tool. There is also Anybrain which we actually met with at Develop in Brighton last year. Their system looks pretty good and the SDK seems to be relatively straight-forward to implement as a native extension.
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Thank you. Yes, I found various solutions this way, but not a single one had a plug for Defold. That is why I took the liberty of asking
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