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   nord84
   Member

   Hi!

   I am building a game that will soon be on App Store. Our highscore will have local data (statistics and more) and be connected with Facebook Connect to compare scores with friends (just like eg. Doodle jump).
   This is the first time I am building a high score and I would like to know what you guys think is best practice?

   - What kind of database should we use?
   - Where to store the database?
   - One database on the phone and one on the internet?
   - Should the app talk directly to the database or via a web service? (We prefer .NET (C#)

   Best

   Axel

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   fonager
   Member

   We started out using http://www.cocoslive.net for our highscore, but very soon we ran into problems "not owning the data" (the highscores), so we created our own highscore webservices online, also merging in friends via Facebook.

   There are several (free) services on the net, but creating your own C# webservices is not "rocket science", so thats the way we ended up doing it for our first games.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   nord84
   Member

   Thanks for your respons fonager.

   - Did you use a SQlite db on the phone and a MySQL or MSSQL for your webservice?
   - Are you hosting the db on a web hotel?
   - What about Google App engine? Good or bad for this purpose?

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Paul
   Member

   You could use a local sqlite database and/or a remote database. The data will be stored on iPhone and/or on you server/your host. App should talk to a webservice.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   fonager
   Member

   Hi nord84,

   We do not save anything locally on the iPhone - we just speak directly to our webservice, which is hosted in our own datacenter.

   I guess you could use Google App Engine, but has no experience with that area.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   sabshire
   Member

   You could use OpenFeint http://www.openfeint.com but it's probably overkill for just highscores, and you don't have full control like you do with your own webservice, but it is feature rich and fairly robust.

   Posted 1 year ago #

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