Leaderboards
Understand the core concepts and implementation options for Leaderboards, a gaming service that ranks and stores player scores.
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Leaderboards is a feature of Unity Gaming Services that supports the storage, sorting, and ranking of player scores.
Topic | Description |
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| Get started | Learn how to set up your project with leaderboards. |
| Unity SDK sample | Use an example to learn how to implement Leaderboards in your Unity project. |
| Unity SDK tutorial | Familiarize yourself with the Leaderboards SDK to use online multiplayer leaderboards in your Unity project. |
Interfaces
You can interact with Leaderboards and implement them in your application using the following interfaces:
- Use the Unity Dashboard to create and manage your leaderboards and view entries.
- Implement Leaderboards for non-MWU (Made with Unity) games using REST APIs.
- Perform player actions with the Client REST API.
- Perform admin actions with the Admin REST API.
- Make calls to the Leaderboards service with the CLI.
- Use the Unity SDK to implement leaderboards in your application.
- Implement Leaderboards functionality using the Cloud Code service.
- Deployments are supported for the Unity Editor and the command-line interface (CLI).
- Allows you to configure Leaderboards using files, instead of the Unity Dashboard UI.
- Include these files as part of version control to minimize the Unity Dashboard context switching.
Outcomes
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Display player names in Leaderboards | Retrieve player names using the Authentication service and display them in your Leaderboards. | |
Display Leaderboards in Lobby menus | Implement Leaderboards in Lobby menus to let players compare themselves against each other. | |
Compare scores with Friends | Let players view Leaderboards for their friends and compare against each other. |