Questions tagged [leaderboards]
Another term for a high score table, a ranking system that displays how a player's performance compares against previous runs of the game. This is for questions about the the ranking system.
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How can I encourage players to play optimally against bosses?
I am making a shoot em up game with an aerial view. It’s main gimmick is that, instead of working like a machine-gun, your character throws a boomerang that hit the enemies both on the way there and ...
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Inconsistent ratings when drawing using Trueskill
I'm using Trueskill to try to create a rating system for a tennis tournament among my friends. Games are 1v1, so I'm trying out the following: ...
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Unity & Google Play Game Services - error: Leaderboard not found
My game uses Google Play Game Services for leaderboard management. In my production build, submitting high scores to and requesting the leaderboard for display from Google Play Games services works ...
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Online Leaderboards: reducing cheaters without authoritative server verifying every move
My plan is to make a small game with online leaderboards. Having everything calculated on the server side is an unaffordable task, so I need some other way. My guess is that the best approach is to ...
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Mitigate exploit where players maximize score multiplier before starting race
I am making a single player race game set in space (no actual roads, just checkpoints) where the player's score is defined by how fast they complete the track. There are pickups around the track that ...
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How to ensure new players aren't blocked from the leaderboards?
There is a simple word game, where players score points for each game they play. It creates a global chart, ranking players by their score. The problem is that when a new player comes into the game, ...
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Securing a replay-based leaderboard system (as much as possible)
A few years ago, I implemented a basic online leaderboard system in one of my games that sent encrypted score data over the wire. The encryption keys were stored in the game client's binary. Of course,...
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Can I save a score as highscore, if it's a float?
So I have this infinite runner type of game, subway surfers style. I chose a method where the player doesn't move, and instead the obstacles move towards him. My score is a float and it increases as ...