TeasingGame

[Anutays]

TeasingGame is a program that plays a script created with TeasingGame Maker. TeasingGame Maker is not a malware or any harm to your computer.

The script can include such actions as displaying a window with a picture and text, changing the desktop wallpaper, opening a browser with a specific link, and other actions.

TeasingGame's actions are completely dependent on the script. Therefore, it may harm your computer in some way.

More information here: https://github.com/anutays/TeasingGame

Changes in 0.1.1
I changed a lot of things in the user interface, so there should be no problems with its display.

Also, previously created event parameters are not cleared after opening another tab.

I also posted the program code. Some antiviruses detect viruses in them, but this is a false positive.

[garthers]

Sounds good but no source code and two obfuscated binaries is not the best way to build trust that this isn't malware.

[markus]

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Hi and welcome to the forum!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have the feeling you are new to coding?
The presentation of the project could be better, some features which sounds at least questionable, ... some other points.

You didn't even asked for feedback, so I make it short, ... if you are interested in some talk, hints I could offer and whatever else, just ask.

Best greetings,
Markus

[Anutays]

Sounds good but no source code and two obfuscated binaries is not the best way to build trust that this isn't malware.

Hiding the code was a bad idea. I published the source code.

[Anutays]

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Hi and welcome to the forum!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have the feeling you are new to coding?
The presentation of the project could be better, some features which sounds at least questionable, ... some other points.

You didn't even asked for feedback, so I make it short, ... if you are interested in some talk, hints I could offer and whatever else, just ask.

Best greetings,
Markus

Hi. I am learning to code. And if you have any ideas on how to improve this software, please tell me.

[markus]

Hi. I am learning to code. And if you have any ideas on how to improve this software, please tell me.

Well, if you want people to test and use it:

First and foremost, data-privacy and safety should have highest priority!
As a developer you have the responsibility to do your best to not come up with something that could harm the users PC and/or data-privacy.

changing the desktop wallpaper, opening a browser with a specific link, and other actions.
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Therefore, it may harm your computer in some way.
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Some antiviruses detect viruses in them, but this is a false positive.

That's not inviting, not at all.
I guess some of the technics you use (some stuff sound even like code-injection which is a no-go per se), doing system changes (wallpaper), if a anti-virus does detect such technics, it's not a false-positive, it's the warning that the program uses technics it shouldn't use.

Some more from the github which let my alarm ring (from what is planned):

Lock/unlock wallpaper.
Disable/enable mouse/keyboard.
Disable/enable task manager.
Registry Change.

Why should I download and use a program that could make such risky and deep system changes?

Sorry dude, but the whole concept seems to be utterly wrong, I wouldn't download this, and I would recommend to everybody to avoid this project for now as well.

Also I'm asking myself for what reasons exactly you have (or plan) such actions?

I know all of this sounds quite negative, sorry, but the best I could give you as a hint is to rethink the whole concept and start from scratch, keeping security concerns in mind as the highest priority.

Greetz,
Markus

[Fishdicks]

Also I'm asking myself for what reasons exactly you have (or plan) such actions?

To give a little context, I've made similar tools for myself. Essentially the idea is loss of control, things like filling your desktop with popups you can't close, mess with inputs and similar things. It can be used in a narrative sense, imagine you close TeaseAI early, and it pops right back up, upset. You could also use things like changing the desktop background as penalties to raise the stakes in a minigame.

Unfortunately, as you said, antivirus flagging this is a true positive. By its very nature, a program like this fulfills the definition of malware, even if it's not intentionally harmful. Especially if you're going to allow it to run custom scripts, which may be malicious. Even benign scripts offer a vulnerability. That's why I don't share the ones I make, I use it as a fun way to learn new languages and frameworks, and run it on my own computer. Sharing them for others to use, however, is another thing entirely. it requires an attention to detail that I don't want to bother with when I'm not at work.

That said, it's not impossible to mimic the dangerous features in a safer way. It requires taking a look at why that feature is needed and asking yourself: is there another way to achieve the same effect? If not: how can I do this in the least invasive way possible? Sometimes, the answer is that it can't be done safely. That sucks, but scrapping a feature is not as bad as it seems at first. When you're trying to implement something, it can feel like it's vital to the entire program, but you'll quickly see that the program works just fine without it.

[avatarbr]

Also I'm asking myself for what reasons exactly you have (or plan) such actions?

To give a little context, I've made similar tools for myself. Essentially the idea is loss of control, things like filling your desktop with popups you can't close, mess with inputs and similar things. It can be used in a narrative sense, imagine you close TeaseAI early, and it pops right back up, upset. You could also use things like changing the desktop background as penalties to raise the stakes in a minigame.

Unfortunately, as you said, antivirus flagging this is a true positive.

Well, you are describing exactly what a virus does.

The only way I see to you archive what you want is creating a "virtual desktop".
Something like some games do when want to have a desktop environment in the gameplay.

[brandon]

I think this is really exciting! I wish that a program like this was linked to a webtease so that you could get the best of both worlds!

[Anutays]

I know all of this sounds quite negative, sorry, but the best I could give you as a hint is to rethink the whole concept and start from scratch, keeping security concerns in mind as the highest priority.

I want to create something like webteases, but with interaction with the computer. I know that the described functionality that I am going to make can harm the computer, but now it doesn't exist. Now the functionality of the program cannot harm the computer, so I wrote that this is a false positive (and I also meant TeasingGame Maker, which just creates a script, and does not play). In the future, I will make a safe TeasingGame, which will not play dangerous actions for the computer or I will make it so that before running the script, a list with all the events in the script will be displayed.