02-07-2023, 04:05 PM
(02-07-2023, 02:30 PM)Balderdash Wrote:(02-06-2023, 03:08 AM)TerryRitchie Wrote: I've given this same topic a thought now and then over the years too. This is a really easy way to accomplish this. My idea always revolved around writing an entry to the registry but that's potentially dangerous, tricky, and probably not so easy with BASIC. Also, no matter which method you would use to limit time the hackers will always find a way around, so you might as well use something easy to implement like this any way.
Personally, if I were to ever offer software that I though may be good enough for a little compensation I would probably go the old school shareware route. Either offer the fist level of the game (aka shareware DOOM) with more levels in the paid version or a limited set of features with all the features unlocked in the paid version. You still have the problem of people sharing the paid version though. Luckily (or unfortunately?) I have not written anything that I felt a need to get a little compensation for yet, although I would like to take a stab with Swift and iOS just to see if I could manage a few dollars on an app store.
I can help with that. I have a registry library that I wrote for QB64.
I'm interested. Where can I obtain it?