Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Spb Software releases Pocket Highscores
Posted by marlof in "SOFTWARE" @ 04:18 AM
http://www.softspb.com/press/pressreleases/2003/jan13.html
Hi, I'm Marlof, and I'm recovering from being a Spb Lines addict. For a while all the pauses in my day were filled with one goal: to get as high a Spb Lines score as possible. I thought I was pretty good at it, until I learned from Vassili Philippov of Spb Software that there were people much better at it than I was. That could mean two things: practice more or give up. As I needed to do a hard reset on my main Pocket PC, I've chosen the latter by not reinstalling Spb Lines again. It simply was too addictive for me. But imagine having the worldwide highscores available, at all times. Wow. In my playing days, that would have been something!
And now you can! "Pocket Highscores, a free application available from the Spb Software Web site, is what users will install on their desktop PCs to enable this process. Once installed, this application will retreive high scores from supported games installed on users' Pocket PCs and upload them directly to Spb partner site, PocketGamer.org. Once uploaded, the scores are displayed in descending order along with the name the user entered into the game scoring system. From the PocketGamer.org Web site, users can sort by game, username, and anywhere from five scores to all on record. The PocketGamer.org High Scores page also includes a leader board where current champions are listed."
Supported games include Spb Arkaball, and the games that are available individually and in the Spb Gamespack: Spb FreeCell, Spb Lines, Spb Minesweeper, Spb Pong, and Spb Xonix. And there's good news for developers too: they can offer the same functionality in their games, for free! "Spb Software House will be releasing a free development library so game developers can quickly add this feature into their Pocket PC games. As more games support Pocket Highscores, the Pocket PC gaming community will be able to better compare scores from among their favorite games."
Hi, I'm Marlof, and I'm recovering from being a Spb Lines addict. For a while all the pauses in my day were filled with one goal: to get as high a Spb Lines score as possible. I thought I was pretty good at it, until I learned from Vassili Philippov of Spb Software that there were people much better at it than I was. That could mean two things: practice more or give up. As I needed to do a hard reset on my main Pocket PC, I've chosen the latter by not reinstalling Spb Lines again. It simply was too addictive for me. But imagine having the worldwide highscores available, at all times. Wow. In my playing days, that would have been something!
And now you can! "Pocket Highscores, a free application available from the Spb Software Web site, is what users will install on their desktop PCs to enable this process. Once installed, this application will retreive high scores from supported games installed on users' Pocket PCs and upload them directly to Spb partner site, PocketGamer.org. Once uploaded, the scores are displayed in descending order along with the name the user entered into the game scoring system. From the PocketGamer.org Web site, users can sort by game, username, and anywhere from five scores to all on record. The PocketGamer.org High Scores page also includes a leader board where current champions are listed."
Supported games include Spb Arkaball, and the games that are available individually and in the Spb Gamespack: Spb FreeCell, Spb Lines, Spb Minesweeper, Spb Pong, and Spb Xonix. And there's good news for developers too: they can offer the same functionality in their games, for free! "Spb Software House will be releasing a free development library so game developers can quickly add this feature into their Pocket PC games. As more games support Pocket Highscores, the Pocket PC gaming community will be able to better compare scores from among their favorite games."
