Highscöre - easy highscore functions

[Tesselode]

Well I decided I would need one of these, so why not release one?

These are just a few functions for making simple, text-based highscore tables. Since I couldn't find any other ones. And yes I tested them.

Download:
http://tesselode.110mb.com/love_highscore_functions.zip



BASIC USAGE:
First of all, always remember to use love.filesystem.setIdentity().
You'll also need to execute the following code somewhere before you use this:

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require "path/to/highscore.lua"

...if you didn't already know that.

Then you can start calling functions:

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highscore_new(filename, places, name, score)

Use this to create a blank highscore table if you don't already have one. Filename is the name of the file where the highscore table is stored. Places is the number of places in the highscore table. Name is the placeholder name for places nobody has taken yet, and score is the placeholder score.

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highscore_load(filename)

Loads the high scores from file filename. Always use this before trying to use highscore_write() or highscore_add()! By the way, this function stores the high scores in the variables highscore and highscore_name. And it also uses highscore_places, so don't try to use that variable.

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highscore_write(filename)

Writes the currently stored high scores to the file filename. You'll probably want to use this after using highscore_add().

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highscore_add(score, name)

Enters the score score into the highscore table, as well as the corresponding name.



Well that's it; 4 functions. Hopefully you will be able to make good use of this. If you find any way to improve this or find any bugs, go ahead and tell me.

[Felipe Budinich]

Neat, thanks :-)

[Robin]

It would be cleaner to use return values and function arguments rather than global variables. Other than that, neat!

[Tesselode]

Do you think this counts as a library? And should I add it to the wiki?

[Robin]

Do you think this counts as a library? And should I add it to the wiki?

Libraries don't have to be Alexandrian to count, so yeah, go ahead.

[Tesselode]

OK, I added it. I hope I did it right. Feel free to edit the heck out of it.