I would eventually like to have several games out in the world and a leaderboard on my server set to handle all of them.
Obviously game players will need to pick a handle (nick name, whatever) and it would be good to be able to recognize that they have started using a new game and offer them the chance to use the same handle.
This would require being able to identify the device somehow.
Since the bundle identifier (iOS) or package (Android) are unique to game and, in theory, the game data is sand boxed so that one game cannot see another (pretty much required behavior for all portable platforms), it is not possible to create a file that can be seen by more than one app. Hence the need for external storage (my server db).
The default is for the first game to get the user handle and create the entry on the server. Subsequent games could ask if the user has a handle at <your company> and then ask for them to verify the one stored. This is a bit awkward.
It would be much better for a new app to say 'Hey, we see that you appear to have <other game> registered in our leaderboard! Please pick one of the handles registered for your device. Or create a new one...'.
Are there any suggestions on this?
Cheers,
Ancient Lady
