High score system

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How about a high scores list that you see at the end of a game, at will
(through a link), or on the side of the app? Mini-database, just the
ability to store a name along with its awesome score. That would make
Pentris HARDCORE! (:

Original issue reported on code.google.com by angelatr...@gmail.com on 22 Mar 2010 at 3:15

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The problem with this is that it's pretty much impossible to make a high score 
system 
that can't be hacked. That said, two things can be done:

1) Make a high-score system that's nontrivial to hack and hope that no-one 
bothers to 
try it (maybe add disincentives like have the scores fade away after a month or 
so).
2) Put a personal best score in the cookie so people can track their own 
progress.

1 involves more work but is likely more satisfying.

Thoughts?

Original comment by hjfreyer on 22 Mar 2010 at 4:21

• Changed title: High score system
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

[GoogleCodeExporter]

The word "impossible" should not be uttered here.

I like Idea 1. I think Idea 2 is a cop-out. And people like me clear cookies too
often for it to matter.

Frankly, I'm at a loss as to how I would begin to hack a high scores list 
(probably
because I would never want to), so I'm not sure I can provide insight on how to
prevent it without hearing a few examples. If you're using a database to store 
the
scores, there are a couple of things you could do to prevent people from 
messing with
it, but I'd be fuzzier on the JS side of things.

Original comment by angelatr...@gmail.com on 22 Mar 2010 at 4:39

[hjfreyer]

Infeasible.