Comments on: Online High Scores http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/03/14/online-high-scores/ I bake games. Indie style. Thu, 16 May 2013 13:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Pawel Subocz http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/03/14/online-high-scores/comment-page-1/#comment-133689 Pawel Subocz Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:51:16 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=2674#comment-133689 Great idea. Highscores like this are very important to game replayability. You don't have to use threads for this. In many cases it's better idea to use asynchronous (non-blocking) communication. With asynchronous communication you get all the good stuff (gui don't block, no mutexes, deadlocks and so on...) and you can still code singlethread-style. Great idea.
Highscores like this are very important to game replayability.

You don’t have to use threads for this. In many cases it’s better idea to use asynchronous (non-blocking) communication. With asynchronous communication you get all the good stuff (gui don’t block, no mutexes, deadlocks and so on…) and you can still code singlethread-style.

]]> By: hObbE @ SpellOfPlay http://www.gameproducer.net/2009/03/14/online-high-scores/comment-page-1/#comment-133686 hObbE @ SpellOfPlay Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:06:22 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=2674#comment-133686 Actually, doing a simple http request is quite an easy feat using pure sockets. We have web-enabled scores for most our games. Our <a href="http://www.spellofplay.com/games/bloom" rel="nofollow">platform game</a> - Bloom even features game replays, all via simple http-web server communication. Doing stuff like that is great both for developers and users. Users get value competing with each other and developers see that people play the game. Win - win Actually, doing a simple http request is quite an easy feat using pure sockets. We have web-enabled scores for most our games. Our platform game – Bloom even features game replays, all via simple http-web server communication.

Doing stuff like that is great both for developers and users. Users get value competing with each other and developers see that people play the game. Win – win

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