Google Leaderboards, Reducing the Score of a Player

Question

I am making a strategy game similar to chess for Android.

I'll be using the Google Leaderboards for rankings.

I want to implement a sort of ranking system, that the player can actually lose score, similar to the one in www.chess.com.

But, from the docs of submitScore():

"The score is ignored if it is worse than a previously submitted score for the same player."

I don't understand how can I implement such a system with Google Leaderboards.. sorry if I'm missing something obvious here.

I'd look into the ability to remove the score of a player. Then you can simply do a remove, and add the new lower score. — House
– House, Commented Sep 4, 2015 at 0:15
I actually already did, but unfortunately, the only thing I found was the possibility to completely hide a player's score. (via the REST API) :( — user38725
– user38725, Commented Sep 4, 2015 at 0:21
I wonder whether the Swarm allows this (the docs say nothing - www.swarmconnect.com). — user38725
– user38725, Commented Sep 4, 2015 at 0:22

Elmar Talibzade · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-06 10:58:47Z

Google Leaderboards saves the highest score, it can't simply reduce the score.

Your best bet is to create your own leaderboard system, which would allow you to remove/add score when needed.

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