Summary

Game Center leaderboards are an easy and fun way to increase the social factor of your game or app. Users love to compete and with iOS 6’s Game Center Challenge system it is easier than ever for users to share apps that they love. In this chapter you learned how to fully integrate Game Center’s leaderboards into your game or app. You should now have a strong understanding of not only Game Center authenticating but also submitting scores and error recovery. Chapter 4 will continue to expand on the capabilities of Game Center by adding social achievements to the Whack-a-Cac game.

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