I already sell a DRM-free game within Itch.
https://hechelion.itch.io/evorales
I also sell the same game on Steam, and it's integrated in such a way that you can't play it without an account, but I integrated it to take advantage of what Steam offers, like achievements, and not as DRM.
That protection is not considered invasive; what is considered invasive is what other applications, such as Denuvo, do.
yes that's what I'm saying, just having a non-invasive protection to avoid illegal copies by checking if a player owns the game. So basically having a DLL or similar that double-checks if a game ID coming from the game (previously implemented by dev) matches the same game in the player account.
how does sounds like?
The problem is that this isn't real protection; it's very easy to hack. But depending on what you want to implement, it might be enough..
On Steam, everyone uses the Steam launcher to play, but on Itch, using the Itch launcher is optional. So you can't always verify the account of someone playing on Itch, and that's a problem if you want to sell your game here.
Yes a launcher it is harder to hack and it might be a good solution. Like Steam for instance. Although this requires implementing a piece of code by the developer at the beginning of their games, like in the case of a Steam game. This changes engine by engine, and it can be a little bit tricky sometimes... but I think it's the only solution.
