I want a player’s progress in the game to influence their position on a global (online) leader-board.
Is it possible to create a cross-platform leader-board? What’s the simplest approach to this?
I’m aiming to have versions on Steam and Oculus - I can but dream.
I’m new to this so any help pointing me in the right direction to achieve this aim will be much appreciated.
You’d probably need to use a 3rd party service like LootLocker or roll your own in the cloud. If you’re not an experienced cloud programmer, look for a good 3rd party that you can use without having to rely on Steam or Facebook authentication. I used GameSparks in the past when I was shipping on iOS, Android and Windows Store, but they’re part of AWS now.
I’m currently doing all of my online stuff in Steam, including Achievements, Stats and Leaderboards, but if I decide to ship on other platforms, I’ll likely have to redo all that and migrate my data…
Thank you. I’ll check out your suggestions. Much appreciated!