I've recently created a game called 'Guess the Sharpe Ratio,' where players estimate the Sharpe ratio based on an equity curve displayed in the game. However, shortly after it launched, someone developed a browser extension that cheats by automatically calculating the Sharpe ratio using the values sent to the frontend, which can be viewed in the Network tab of the browser's developer tools. I'm aware that completely eliminating cheating is impossible, but I'm looking for effective strategies to make it harder for players to cheat. Any suggestions?
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You make a valid point about the balance between preventing cheating and allowing access for everyone, including those with disabilities. One suggestion is to shift rendering to the server side and send an image of the equity curve instead of raw data. This way, cheaters would face a more challenging task of analyzing the image to retrieve data, which also provides them with a learning experience. Just make sure to think about how all players, including those who might be blind, would interact with the game.
I'll give that a try! Thanks!