Sega Columns Clone - (help checking colors)

[CR4SH3D]

sorted it now http://qbz.codepad.org/luUcKorj works really well thanks
onto doing some graphics for it now i guess

[Jasoco]

I prefer Tetris, Lumines and Panel De Pon. Not in that order. Actually, Panel is probably number 1 for me. So reverse my order.

Panel De Pon is addictive. Don't know why. Tetris is a classic. And Lumines made me spend $300 on a PSP with a game at launch even though I now haven't used it for 4 years. Damn. Puzzle games can be really manipulative.

[CR4SH3D]

i meant to have a go at lumines, it did look really nice

im a little stuck at the moment, i need to get the movedown() function working, it moves the cubes up instead of down
it should check for a 0, then replace it with the value of the square above, and loop for the whole grid

anyone have any ideas?i thought that way would work

press 2, at the menu (i havent finished it yet)

• J - Left
  K - Down
  L - Right
  I - Switch colors

also on a side note, im pretty sure you can use highscore tables on a server in lua, how do you keep the server details secure though? surely you need to put them in the sourcecode somewhere?

EDIT:
fixed it now

[F687/s]

also on a side note, im pretty sure you can use highscore tables on a server in lua, how do you keep the server details secure though? surely you need to put them in the sourcecode somewhere?

I honestly don't think it's possible to make server-side ANYTHING in an open-source program truly secure; people will always find ways to h4xx0rz the system. Especially in a dynamic language.

Some things you COULD do, though:
* Use XML. Apparently it's supposed to solve all problems on earth and whatnot. ;-)
* Security through obscurity (see above).
* Distribute only compiled binaries, like cat-ting the .love file on to the .exe. Not the best solution, but...
* Change the high score format every release. Release every other day.
* Make a (required) user account system. Even though it isn't foolproof, at least it'll give you the power to Banhammer™ anyone who logs a high score of "over 9000!!".
* Local high-score tables. Even if it gets cracked, who really cares?

Hope this helps. It probably won't, but I hope it does.

[Robin]

Some things you COULD do, though:
(...)
* Local high-score tables. Even if it gets cracked, who really cares?

Only that last one will be somewhat effective: if you lie, you only lie to yourself.

[athanazio]

You could keep the scores in the server this could help, but as said before there is no 100%
with this you can get to 80% or something, and having users would help a lot.

also there are some good comments on the pulpcore framework page, related to TRY to make the high scores safe
http://www.interactivepulp.com/blog/200 ... no-problem

cheers