Online High Score Profiles & Leaderboards

📋 Summary

Create a web based high score hub where users can view, share, and optionally publish both LaunchBox leaderboard scores and their own local high scores online.

❗ Problem

LaunchBox already supports high scores within the application, but visibility is limited:

• Scores are primarily viewed locally inside LaunchBox

• There is no dedicated online space to browse or share them

• Users cannot easily showcase their own high score activity outside the app

• Local high scores and LaunchBox leaderboard scores are not presented in a unified, shareable way

This limits the social and community potential of the feature.

💡 Proposal

Create an online high score website or web portal with support for:

• Public LaunchBox leaderboards

  • View scores online by game

  • Browse players, rankings, and recent activity

• Optional personal high score pages

  • Let users upload or sync their own local high scores

  • Keep these private by default, with an option to publish them

• Customizable presentation

  • Use game media such as fanart or backgrounds for visual flair

  • Display scores in a clean, themed profile or leaderboard format

🧩 Use Cases

• A user wants to publicly show off their best scores online

• A player browses LaunchBox leaderboards without opening the app

• A user keeps local scores private, but chooses to publish selected ones

• High score pages become a showcase for arcade cabinets or personal collections

📦 Benefits

• Expands high scores into a more social and community driven feature

• Gives users a way to share achievements outside of LaunchBox

• Makes leaderboards more accessible and engaging

• Adds value to both local and cloud based score tracking

⚠️ Considerations

• Privacy controls should be clear and user controlled

• Local score uploads should be opt in

• Public and private score types should be clearly separated

• Needs a clean visual design that works well with existing game media