PlayThru
 

Description

Are You A Human is a free CAPTCHA alternative that uses simple games to replace annoying CAPTCHAs. Our tool, called PlayThru, stops bots with fun by focusing on being simple and intuitive. We then use a proprietary algorithm to determine if the interaction with our game is from a human. Play samples of our games here.

PlayThru has been featured by MSNBC, Engadget, MakeUseOf, ReadWriteWeb, and others.


Technology

PlayThru supports both html5 and flash, and also works on mobile devices. Visit our forum for more technical details.

PlayThru also supports two different methods of display. Embedded mode displays the PlayThru in-line in the form. Lightbox mode only displays the PlayThru after the submit button is clicked. More information on these options can be found in our blog post.


Installation

Installation is simple and takes only a few steps. Please register for a free account and follow our detailed instructions located on our installation page.

We are always available for help and support at our forum.

Once installed, we would greatly appreciate if you rate us and mark the plug-in as installed.

Not Supported? why

it look supported to me... rofl

GREAT idea... i've seen some other captchas like this elsewhere, i want it.. :)

if that works, then it will be a nice alternative to that other stupid captcha. Very rarely do I get it right first try.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...2&d=1336592050
What if your user needs dictionary for this: "Put the drinks in a cooler"
LOL

Thanks, I'll give this a try. Anything that helps combat spam is a plus. I'm beginning to think the other methods I use have actually prevented real people from joining so I'll give this a wee test run :)

I tried it, easy to install, works great.

It does not show up until you actually click to register - than it pops up.

Nice - thanks!

it was not when i posted that

Let me know what you think of it and I might give it a shot, too. ;)

This really is very nice. Works perfect. A great solution for that other Captcha. I am just not sure how that would play with multi languages sites, if it will follow user defined language choice. Otherwise, it's a perfect solution. One can finally have a sigh of relief. In my main forum I had to finally moderate every single action.

P.S. I can foresee this dethroning ReCaptcha almost everywhere

Installed, trying, been getting too many false positives lately.

Is it better to use Embedded ot Lightbox?

I use the lightbox option. It kind of keep registration form clean

Thanks, I'll try that. I thought maybe the embedded one would take the place of the one in vb in the same spot.

That's what it's supposed to be, at least I think. I went straight for lightbox option.

Language localization is something that we don't support yet, but we will in the future.

As for lightbox vs. embedded, we strongly suggest using the lightbox setting. Internal tests have shown that end-users prefer the lightbox and find it more intuitive.

Malpheus, if you're having issues with our plugin, please let us know in our support forum and we can help you there. Any and all feedback is appreciated!

i am using 4.1.12 and this does not work for me. I installed it correctly but nothing. :confused:

it works. Try to submit and it will popup as last step.

haha, it is showing up at end. Well sorry about that, yeah it works.
Thought it was supposed to be embedded or something.
cheers

I think it's a great tool. Unfortunately I can't use it: I attract a lot of international users and English only instructions could be a deterrent.
I suggested to them a language switcher and they seem to like the idea. So, let's hope.

Great mod thanks for sharing, however I'm seeing lots of the errors in my logs such as:

AYAH: ayah_config.php missing; will require setting of specific values.

Can anything be done about them?

Installed...

Is it true this can circumvented by just disabling javascript?

Same here. Apparently it isn't important enough to be looked into by them. I will be uninstalling this since the support leaves a lot to be desired.

I removed it after a few days and went back to my old setup

Yep, it looks like another one of those "use it as is or don't" type mods.

Sorry for the slow support! We will be more active with monitoring this feedback from now on.

The logging error described by hugh_ has been fixed - the mod is now updated. Also, disabling javascript does not circumvent the PlayThru. It will prevent it from loading, causing the user to fail authentication.

Thanks for the update and answering my question.

I've already installed the previous version of this (THANKS - no more spambots!!!). I don't see instructions on how to update; do I need to do the full installation instructions? And is there any harm is not updating, if I don't care about my log file?

tcarr9, you can update by simply replacing the file "packages\ayah\ayah.php" in your installation with the file "upload\packages\ayah\ayah.php" from the download. However, the only difference is that unnecessary messages aren't written to the log file. So if you don't care about your log file, there's no need to update.

Thanks!

Installed as embedded, because the lightbox doesn't work well on mobile. Love it.

hmmm works good for me on mobile.

New users are getting this message when registering with Internet Explorer.

"The PlayThru game was not completed. Please try again."

If you're using Firefox or Google Chrome to register everything works fine.

Any help?

We're working on finding a solution for lightbox, but in the meantime, you can switch the display mode to "embedded" via portal.areyouahuman.com and it will work with Internet Explorer.

Sorry for the inconvenience! We'll let you know when it's been fixed.

Installed.

Great idea for a captcha system, liking it a lot more then other captcha systems out there. Hopefully should help with the influx of bots I've had lately.

Installed this today and the users like it. (I am running a contest, so we use Captcha to prevent auto entries)

The only issue being reported is a few people have reported a "gateway timeout" error when it tried showing the captcha. is this normal or are you just having an issue today?

scottct1, the "bad gateway" error you're seeing is not something we can control on our side. The gateway that is being used to connect to our servers must be slow. You can read more about that error here: http://www.checkupdown.com/status/E504.html

why it doesn't work?! :/

Any update on this issue while using lightbox mode and IE?