1
\$\begingroup\$

I want the player to be able to save his score when she makes it into top 10 of high scores. Upon success, player will be asked for a name to submit. This does not need to be unique per player. I just want a basic global score board available for everyone who plays the game via web player (from github.io page of the project).

When searched for how to keep high scores, I came across PlayerPrefs.

On Web players, PlayerPrefs are stored in binary files in the following locations:

  • Mac OS X: ~/Library/Preferences/Unity/WebPlayerPrefs
  • Windows: %APPDATA%\Unity\WebPlayerPrefs

As far as I understood, the results are kept in local machine and won't be same for everyone. So it's good for keeping track of your own score, locally.

As a placeholder in the current version of the game, I keep the scores in a local .txt file in the project directory. Can I succeed with this approach and use the github.io server to maintain a global scoreboard or do I necessarily need a database to achieve this goal?

Improve this question
\$\endgroup\$
1
\$\begingroup\$

If you want to have a shared leaderboard for all players, then PlayerPrefs is not what you want. It's designed to save a file to the player's local computer, which only they can access. For a global leaderboard, you'll need to implement a server-side component for the game to communicate with.

This page on the Unity wiki might be helpful to get you started.

Improve this answer
\$\endgroup\$
1
\$\begingroup\$

Look at this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvKLmQ6VAtg

You will get the scripts / tutorial-package here: http://mole.bplaced.net/?page_id=32

It is very easy with this help and completly free...

Improve this answer
\$\endgroup\$

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .