Post by securas in Sitelock Update

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Hi everyone! I'm a bit of an idiot regarding this sitelocking mechanism so here are a few questions:

- Is there a procedure to perform to protect one's html5 game or does the autolock actually run automatically?

- My game (dracunite for the lowrezjam) has been stolen by a bunch of sites... So... I was assuming that if the autolock is working automatically... It no longer is or these sites found a workaround it. Is there anything I can about it?

thanks for any help!

And the culprits I found on the first page of a google search...

https://arcadespot.com/game/dracunite/

https://kbhgames.com/game/dracunite

https://gamasexual.com/dracunite-game/

https://www.y8.com/games/dracunite

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xalezar3 years ago(+1)

An older version of my game has been stolen by some of the same culprits you list. But then I discovered sitelocking and it's been fine since then.

To my understanding, you just have to check what domain your game is hosted on. I don't know what framework you're using, but in Game Maker Studio 2, what I do is first grab the domain using

domain = url_get_domain();
    
if ( domain == "v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net" || domain == "uploads.ungrounded.net" || domain == "b-cdn.gamejolt.net" ) {
    legit = true;
}

Then I ask the game to run if "legit == true", otherwise, display a UI that shows my game's logo, URL and an explanation that you can play it on itch.io. "v6p9d9t4.ssl.hwcdn.net" is the domain to check for for itch.io.