Holding high scores off-site in Developer Help

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Aug 7 2012, 8:49 pm
Problem description:

What would be the easiest way to hold the high scores for my game without a hub?

#1 Aug 7 2012, 8:55 pm
The easiest way is to get a membership and use a hub, because it's all already handled for you.

If you want to do it yourself, you could use PHP/ASP/ect with a database like MySQL/SQLite to write a web server app that receives and returns scores.

This might be a good starting place:
http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp

You'll also have to find a free webhost that supports PHP and MySQL or SQLite. If you find one that supports only PHP, you may be able to just use file IO to manage the scores.
#2 Aug 7 2012, 10:12 pm
Damn, I only want this so that my GIAW's contest entry can hold high scores =( I have no $ XD
#3 Aug 7 2012, 10:21 pm
You could also do local high-scores, and just store them in a savefile.
#4 Aug 8 2012, 6:09 pm
http://www.byond.com/developer/?text=scoreboard&sort=pop

You could use a free host or PHP/MySQL