Well... I really tried to find something that fully matches my needs... but nothing really usable found yet!
So in that case, there's only one solution : DO IT YOURSELF
Thanks for the CSS/PHP learning I recently had to do while building an other website (
www.dariusburstex.com), I now can figure out how to set up the high scores board I always have in mind...
With some hints here & there, but also by learning enough php/sql language to do basic queries, I'm now almost done with this project
Here's the specifications :
- the board displays the three best scores for each game, unique per player. So if the same player has many scores registered for the same game, only his best score will be written, so in order to avoid having written the same name multiple time per game...
- the board main screen can be resized, in order to fit any TV, any resolution and also vertical TV mount (but not specifically on mobile devices who tend to zoom in/out in a strange way sometime...)
- during the scrooling of the scores, you can move up/down the screen, this won't break the 'loop'
- you can have the same game multiple time on screen, and add specific comment like '1 credit/no continue' and 'unlimited credit', or any comment you would need...
- everything can be configured : more scores per game, the display order of the games can be selected, you can hide or remove any game, this won't alter the design, the speed of the scrooling speed, the pause...
It's funny because I worked on that project off line first, but finally made an on-line version. Here's an alpha version, which is 'tuned' for my resolution/display, so it may have the scrooling too fast/slow, or the reload screen to fast for you on your setup, but this will give you an idea. Have a look right
here (CLICK ME), and do not hesitate to resize your browser to see what I mean...
Speaking of my setup, I'm using a second hand 32" full hd TV, now inside my game room
32" is a very good size for this
Because the score board is ONLINE, I'm using a PS3 (yes a Sony PS3
) that use the wifi of my game room to access the url and display in full screen the score on my 32" display... and voilà
But of course I could be used with a simple computer, an appleTV or better, a wifi connected TV and in that case, no need anything else... the TV will go to the url and do the job all alone!
In short, any device that can use an internet browser...
Now I'm working on an on-line form that will allow me to update score from an Ipad or anything else, in real time! It means that when someone will do a score in the game room, I'll update it in no time and it will be display immediately on the screen!
I also have to work on the general design, size of the fonts, the colors... but... I'm already very happy with this alpha version to be honest!
And having this thing working push me to score in order to flll these empty spaces... to bad I didn't keep track of high scores done by the visitors in the past, but this gonna change starting from now!
