I see that with the “stock” games in the kiosk, certain games are defined to allow the game results to be pulled into a kiosk leaderboard. Super cool feature. I’m trying to figure out how to have my game loaded into the kiosk take advantage of this.
I did notice that the ptx targetconfig.json “kiosk > games” entries define a single game as “highScoreMode”: “SingleAscending” or “highScoreMode”: “None” . I was assuming that when adding my game to the kiosk that a like entry in my game ptx.json file would tell the the kiosk to enable the leaderboard for my game (as does adding a game description does).
Unfortunately there is no magic that you are missing. Not giving user-added kiosk games a leaderboard option is intentional as it is a bit of a tough problem to solve. For games that have already been uploaded, it is easy for us to set the correct organization for scores. However, it is tricky for us to know what a user-defined game’s “high score” means. If someone makes a golf-type game or has high score be the fastest time, then the kiosk would not assign scores in the high score list correctly as the component that renders the high score list assumes single ascending. Thus, the scores for those games where the “high score” is supposed to be the lowest number, the high scores would be incorrect. This is something that can be changed, but not quickly.
I appreciate you voicing your want for this! I will make sure to open an issue. I hope that helps.
Thank you for the great explication of the challenges of implementation of this feature @sarah ! Super appreciated you opening the ticket in github too. Ill follow up there.
Hi! I’ve commented on the GitHub issue opened, but I also wanted to comment here in case anyone on the forum is interested in this.
If you’ve uploaded a game to a kiosk, that game has scores, and uses the game over block, those high scores will now be seen on kiosk! If you set “use low score as best score” the kiosk will also sort those high scores from lowest to highest.
This update is fantastic! Our kids games in kiosk mode are taking full advantage of the leaderboard feature. Been a great addition as we tour our arcade cabinet around town showing games off to the community.
I’m so glad to hear that! It is always so rewarding to know that a feature provides value. If any other problems or feature requests arise, please don’t hesitate to share! We love getting any feedback we can!
