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Score system for “little bit more complex” snake game
I have created snake game.
I can't think of good score system so that is is fair.
There is only one highscore list for all modes.
Player can choose any size of board
- Let's call that param "Board ...
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Scoring and purchased hints?
Curious about how developers approach the use of purchased hints and scoring.
Context:
I have a puzzle app that allows users to incrementally reveal an optimal solution via purchased hints. They ...
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Should I use three stars rating in my mobile game or create my own? [closed]
In a simple platformer game I want to rate the player's performance in a level based on score. Very common in a lot of mobile games is "three star rating", probably the most notorious example being ...
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How to increase the score when two sprites intersect in cocos2d android
I have a sprite(image) when it collide with another score should be increament by 10, related code is given in the update method, but instead of this it increases randomly. here's my code.
public ...
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PHP and Javascript/HTML5 Collaboration [closed]
I've recently been working on a fairly complicated game. I've stored information with local storage, but that allows the player to edit it, and does not transfer from computer to computer. The two ...
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How to do score systems, combos, multipliers, chains, etc
I am designing a game, but I am having some trouble implementing a decent score system. Basically I have nodes with two different possible characteristics: color and shape. Since the player click from ...
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Odds For Fighting Game
I'm creating a fighting game where two opponents face off against each other in the ring. While I've been able to figure out the odds of a player winning based on previous wins/losses, I have yet to ...
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how to devise a scoring algorithm based on elapsed time and number of moves [closed]
I want to devise an score algo for my game.
I want to award high scores to players who achieve the goal in minimum time and least number of moves.
I did this but its not going correctly:
var score = ...
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Score Based on Game play Time and a Int
I'm trying to do a score that is based on the time taken and number of manipulators used. The faster you do it, with the fewest manipulators, the higher the score. I've managed to get it working with ...
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Does inflating scores make players happier?
I realize that this will depend on a game-to-game, situation-to-situation basis and that this is not a very technical question, but I remember hearing in a tech podcast a few years ago that inflated ...
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Are there any dedicated rules/scoring libraries/frameworks/engines?
Note that this is not about graphics/physics/2D/3D/etc.! Rather I'd like to know whether there are dedicated solutions available for implementing custom rules/scoring on top of an existing framework, ...
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Designing score system: Combos, chains, multipliers and bonuses
I am making a breakout-clone, I not want only want it to feel "arcade" for home users, but it will have a arcade version (although probably noone will buy, and I will only use the machine to amuse ...
