Question about leaderboards and Android

andrewhnovak@gmail.comandrewhnovak@gmail.com Member, PRO Posts: 77
edited May 2014 in Working with GS (Mac)

I see there is a leaderboard checkbox option for android, but it is only for the amazon store. How would I get the scores to save in my game so if the user exits the game and comes back it still saves the highest score ever for the google play store?

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  • andrewhnovak@gmail.comandrewhnovak@gmail.com Member, PRO Posts: 77

    bump

  • bjandthekatzbjandthekatz Orlando, FlMember Posts: 1,375

    When starting the game you would load the HighScore attribute you saved before, then when publishing to the leaderboards use the HighScore.

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  • andrewhnovak@gmail.comandrewhnovak@gmail.com Member, PRO Posts: 77

    R> @bjandthekatz said:

    When starting the game you would load the HighScore attribute you saved before, then when publishing to the leaderboards use the HighScore.

    What about the lack of a checkbox for leaderboards for google play store?

  • bjandthekatzbjandthekatz Orlando, FlMember Posts: 1,375

    There is a checkbox when publishing. For leaderboards you will have to use Amazon GameCircle, this is compatible with Android as well as kindle.

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  • andrewhnovak@gmail.comandrewhnovak@gmail.com Member, PRO Posts: 77

    I don't plan on publishing to Amazon store, so does this mean there is no hope for play store leaderboard?

  • imjustmikeimjustmike Member Posts: 450

    Saving highscores is not the same as having a leaderboard. You can save a highscore in your game so that the user will see it next time they open your game by either saving the attribute, or saving it to a table.

    For leaderboards, currently only gamecenter and amazon game circle are supported I believe.

  • bjandthekatzbjandthekatz Orlando, FlMember Posts: 1,375
    edited May 2014

    GameCircle will work on android (google play). You just set it up with amazon.

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  • imjustmikeimjustmike Member Posts: 450

    @bjandthekatz said:
    GameCircle will work on android (google play). You just set it up with amazon.

    It does, but I believe if are just a regular android user (and not a kindle owner) you'll have to create an account. As opposed to Google Play which every android user downloading apps will have an account with already.

    I can't say I'd be too keen to create an account on amazon just to use a leaderboard - the beauty of gamecenter and google play integration is that it makes it seamless for the user.

    Fingers crossed google play integration is coming soon.

  • bjandthekatzbjandthekatz Orlando, FlMember Posts: 1,375

    @imjustmike‌ You are correct, but this is the only option currently available.

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  • imjustmikeimjustmike Member Posts: 450

    @bjandthekatz said:
    imjustmike‌ You are correct, but this is the only option currently available.

    Yup. A bit of a shame really, seeing as there are considerably more users of android globally than ios, of which amazon flavour of android make up a tiny, tiny proportion.

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