Results 1 to 4 of 4

Thread: What service to host global high scores and achievements?

  1. #1

    Question What service to host global high scores and achievements?

    What services (free preferably) do you know that host global high-scores, achievements, player accounts, etc. ?

    (I'm referring to services such as http://openfeint.com/)

    Which have you used tried? (as a developer or as a user?)

    What did you like/dislike?

    Do you know nay that have RESTful APIs? (read & write, f.i. OpenFeint's RESTful API is read only)

  2. #2
    Co-Founder / PGD Elder WILL's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Location
    Canada
    Posts
    6,107
    Blog Entries
    25
    For iOS there is of course OpenFeint and Game Center. Game Center is coming to Mac OS X 10.8 soon.

    I've also tried a few Steam games their system/store supports both Windows and Mac I believe.

    I thought about starting something like that for Pascal game devs, but not sure if it would make much of a difference unless it had a whole game store/catalog attached to it.
    Jason McMillen
    Pascal Game Development
    Co-Founder





  3. #3
    I have used OpenFeint as a developer and I found it really easy and confortable to work with. It has Game Center integration built-in for iOS, so you don't have to worry about implementing two services in your application. OpenFeint is something I will use in future mobile games.

    As for user-side I have tried Steam as well and I think it's great. As for mobile services I have used Scoreloop, GameCenter and OpenFeint where I found OpenFeint to be the best experience with its pretty UI and more features than GameCenter.
    Freeze Development | Elysion Game Framework | Twitter: @Stoney_FD
    Check out my new book: Irrlicht 1.7.1 Realtime 3D Engine Beginner's Guide (It's C++ flavored though)

    Programmer: A device for converting coffein into software.

  4. #4
    Co-Founder / PGD Elder WILL's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Location
    Canada
    Posts
    6,107
    Blog Entries
    25
    Apparently Microsoft is coming out with a Game Center of their own, but compared to Steam it's not as good as you have that whole gaming community buying games through Steam. (more attraction than one that can't)

    I think you'll want to try the bigger names with bigger communities for whatever platforms you're porting to.
    Jason McMillen
    Pascal Game Development
    Co-Founder





Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •