API & monthly prize

Hey all,

Just wanted to check, I know the conditions are that you must use the Kongregate API, and that you must not use an external account server for authentication, but does this mean an external high-score table is allowed?

Also, I had a look around but couldn’t see anything obvious – is there anyway of seeing if my stats are being saved properly?

Thanks in advance,
Tene.

Where does it say you may not use an external account server for authentification? Do you mean that Kong doesn’t allow you to have third party logins?

External high-score tables, on the other hand, don’t mean anything to Kongregate. As long as you submit data to Kongregate (using the Kong API) for Highscores you will be fine.

is there anyway of seeing if my stats are being saved properly?

You mean to make sure users don’t tamper with them?

I was sure I’d read somewhere about not being allowed to use third-party authentication services, but I can’t seem to find it now :(

And regards to checking the stats, I was simply meaning so I could see if I was doing it correctly, but I found this information on how to debug stats

Thanks!

I believe, we mean same thing, the statement You have to check when uploading a game:
“This game does not contain any outside login or microtransaction systems, including Mochi Coins or Armor Games Interface (AGI) features containing a login system.”

UknownGuardian, You’re a bright guy, tell me what does it mean, exactly? Thanks in advance!

What’s confusing is MMO part of developer centre:
http://developers.kongregate.com/docs/virtual-goods/authentication

I understand what’s written there as:
You have Your external server, not Kongregate.
You have accounts on your server, not on Kongregate.
You must login with Kongregate login/password, to create new account or assign Kong account to Your existing account.

But I can’t put let’s say Google Login?

As far as I understand it, the account system needs to be made/maintained/controlled by you. If you run a multiplayer server, you ‘own’ that account system and can require users to sign in. The things they don’t want are stuff like Mochimedia or Gamersafe, or another portal’s login system in the game.

Oh, so ‘outside login’ in this case mean outside not from Kongregate, but from my game. Sounds logical. But I think when I’ll send an email to Kongregate anyway at some point, just in case. Thank You UnknownGuardian.