Online Arcade Game Protection



Let's assume we have an online arcade game where the winners earn
prizes (to attract the bad guys), and let's assume all security aspects
are addressed except the one that follows. Is it possible to prevent an
attacker from writing a program to analyze the screen and help him win?
As an example, if the game is a pacman clone an attacker can analyse
the screen, and model the entire game: the maze, his position, the
position of the ghosts, the food, etc, and find an algorithm to help
him move and win. Any idea?

Kind regards
Ludovic Joly

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