November 2013
Intermediate to advanced
576 pages
19h 3m
English
Leaderboards have become an important component of nearly every mobile game, as well as having numerous applications outside of gaming. Leveraging Game Center to add leaderboards makes it easier than it has ever been in the past to include them in an iOS app. Although leaderboards have been around almost as long as video games themselves—the first high-score list appeared in 1976—they have more recently become critical parts of a social gaming experience. In this chapter you will learn how to add a full-featured leaderboard to a real-world game, from setting up the required information in iTunes Connect to displaying the leaderboard using GKLeaderboardViewController.
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