add openfaint please

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openfaint would be a great addition to inethack, its free, ez to implement
(as far as i have heard at least) and achievements would be a fun addition
to inethack. there is really no down side to it

for anyone that does not know what openfaint is its a socail gaming
platform that can be added to apps, akin to xbox live.

http://www.openfeint.com/developers

Original issue reported on code.google.com by kirot...@gmail.com on 5 Sep 2009 at 3:30

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You mean for achievements / friends lists? What else can you do?

Are there other systems like this, and what are some pros and cons?

Original comment by din...@gmail.com on 5 Sep 2009 at 8:44

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i cannot really pick as i use both, but openfeint does have the advantage of 
chatrooms 
where as plus+ only has friends lists.  i definately want to see this feature 
but i 
dont really care what system is chosen

Original comment by lhann...@gmail.com on 5 Sep 2009 at 8:19

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I posted this on the beta site but will do so here with more details.
there are 2 main contenders in the gaming network market for idevices atm, 
openfeint
and plus+, their are others but they are very underdeveloped and mostly a waste 
of time.

there is a network war going on atm between them, it would be best for the 
consumers
if one became the standard as the point of social gaming networks is to bring 
gamers
and friends together, not divide them, i personally like openfeint but wish one 
would
win either way and get it over with.

ok openfeint features.
global high scores hosted by them! something inethack could really use!

achievements much like x-box live

app specific chat rooms, and global chat rooms (yep that would mean inethack in 
app
chat room!! could be very usefull for ppl new to nethack.)

friends list and messaging. the friends list also shows what game they are 
playing,
this cross promotes games, less usefull for inethack as your not making money 
from it
but still cool.

issue challenges, you can issue a challenge to someone on your friends list to 
try
and beat you score in a game.

as for cons not much really, its free for both devs and users, only small down 
side
is it does take a bit of system resources but that shouldn't cause problems in
anything but the most high end 3d games. if you want to check it out pocket god 
has
the newest ver of openfeint in it (the new ver is much better then the older 
one that
many games still have due to waiting on apple)

as for plus+ i dont know a whole lot about it as i dont use it, but a few 
things i do
know.

afaik it lacks chat and messaging functions which are the 2 biggest parts of a 
social
gaming network.

the have a new feature which allows plus+ games to save game files on there 
server,
that way a person can play their save on any device (i addmit thats a pretty 
nifty
feature)

Original comment by kirot...@gmail.com on 5 Sep 2009 at 8:24

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ihanners the newest ver of OF has friends list as well (previous ver uses 
twitter or
facebook for friends lists which was lame)

Original comment by kirot...@gmail.com on 5 Sep 2009 at 8:25

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Haven't looked at any specific implementation yet. One last concern is that due 
to
iNetHack's open source nature, any highscores / achievements will be pretty 
easy to fake.

Any thoughts on that?

Original comment by din...@gmail.com on 19 Sep 2009 at 7:00

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well most "normal" users will not be able to fake them, would require to be
jailbroken at least, plus knowledge of how nethack works, but yah there are ppl 
out
there that could do it. 

no real way to prevent that that i know of :-( guess it would just be an evil 
we will
have to love with?

Original comment by kirot...@gmail.com on 19 Sep 2009 at 8:15

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Just signed up to openfeint and guess what? It's c++ only :(( Don't get me 
wrong, I
have used it with great love but that would mean that I have to support 3 
languages
in one project, and I don't like dealing with that GCC_OBJC_CALL_CXX_CDTORS 
stuff.

I think it's kind of lame not to provide a C API, and not mentioning it until 
you
have signed up is even worse. So far I'm underwhelmed.

Original comment by din...@gmail.com on 29 Sep 2009 at 6:30

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There's a new kid on the block (crystal sdk) and I will check them out.

Original comment by din...@gmail.com on 26 Nov 2009 at 11:32

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Original comment by din...@gmail.com on 6 Jan 2010 at 6:39

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Isn't Apple introducing their own network now as well?

Original comment by adrian.c...@gmail.com on 11 May 2010 at 8:07

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Yes, in the fall iirc, which means that it will likely come to iNetHack.

Original comment by din...@gmail.com on 12 May 2010 at 3:52