Do I post score to Gamecenter or high score?

owen_dennis

Now that I've thought about it, this seems like sort of a silly question, but I'm going to ask anyway to make sure:

My game has score (current score), best score (best you've done since last booting up the game), and high score (the best score you've ever gotten). What I've been doing is, when the player has won, their high score is posted to Gamecenter. However, I've just realized that this would probably screw up the daily and weekly leaderboards because they'll always just end up with the high scores instead of what the current highest score is. Should I just be posting the score instead?

The daily/weekly/all stuff is handled by gamecenter, so I assume that should do it, I just want to make sure before I implement it.

app_sauce

I have a similar question. How I thought about doing it was when the player beats his high score I post it to game center(not every time the game is over). So when your save table code is executed your post score code is executed.

My problem is say the player gets a good High Score and they arent logged in to gamecenter do they have to wait until they beat that previous score to have a score posted.

Thunder_Child

Well I'm not sure why you have best score and high score but as far as leaderboards go....back when there were real arcades....high score was what you played for...beside fun. Although in some cases I can see where your highest score obtained and current score would be in the leaderboards. Say if you had the ability in your game to lose points...as in slots...I could have the highest cash total ever obtained playing...as well as current score.

owen_dennis

@Thunder_Child said:
Well I'm not sure why you have best score and high score but as far as leaderboards go....back when there were real arcades....high score was what you played for...beside fun. Although in some cases I can see where your highest score obtained and current score would be in the leaderboards. Say if you had the ability in your game to lose points...as in slots...I could have the highest cash total ever obtained playing...as well as current score.

It's like your best score for this round that you've been playing. Like the highest score you've ever gotten, then the best score since you've been playing this go-round, then the score on your most recent game. It's like how you might compare lap times or something.

Thunder_Child

I see. Ok thanks.