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This sounds like an easy thing but when I considering the following

  • Many players
  • Some have played many games and some just started
  • Different type of statistics

On what information should the actual ranking be based on? I am planning to display the board in a UITableView so there is limited space available per player. However, I am not bound to the UITableView if there is a better solution.

This is a quiz game and the information I am currently capturing per player is:

  • #games played totally
  • #games played per game type (current version have only one game type)
  • #questions answered
  • #correct answers

Maybe I should include additional information.

I have been thinking about having a leaderboard property page where the player can decide on what basis the leaderboard should display information but would like to avoid the complexity in that. However, if that is needed I will do it.

Anyone that can give me some advice on how to design the presentation of this would be highly appreciated?

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as far as leader board development you can get it from the gamekit

check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjF82OYGBq4&feature=player_embedded

as far as the artistic design that really depends on style of you game.

hope that helps

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Thanks for that Abe, very interesting. However i am not planning to use Game center in this game but rather add a view with the result for only this particular phone. \$\endgroup\$
    – PeterK
    Mar 3, 2011 at 8:32
  • \$\begingroup\$ i see what you mean then a table view does almost seem like over kill. otherwise laying it out would be a bit of a pain. \$\endgroup\$
    – abe
    Mar 3, 2011 at 9:01
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You could base the ranking on a "weighted" average. For instance, the number of games played would have a smaller weight in the average compared to the number of correct answers. That way you provide a general ranking based on different information. It's also a nice "feature" for the user to be able to look at rankings according to specific info.

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