how do you make a high score list

GAGETHEDUDE

something like this

GAGETHEDUDE

add (join (username) (join [:] (☁ score))) to [list v]

WafflesYouTubeMC

you would have to encode the usernames into a string of only numbers and then decode them once loading the list. (because cloud variables can only be numbers -'s or .'s, not letters)

MrSpace-fish

You might have to get creative encoding the data since Scratch has a 255 char limit on Cloud variables.

Last edited by MrSpace-fish (Nov. 4, 2025 21:37:54)

GAGETHEDUDE

this is what I'm trying to do https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1236019265/editor/

dem_bot

First you make a nice little list, containing every char a user can have in their name, including numbers and a special separator char ( ̝ can work). You can then use the item number + 9 to represent one digit (I assume you need less then 91 chars). Then for each char in the username you add the item num + 9 of the letter in the list. After that, you stick on the item number of the separator and then the score.

To decode, you pick sets of two chars, join them and do them - 9 and then see which item in the char list corresponds to that. When it comes across the separator, it can stop decoding and just take the rest as a plain number.

GAGETHEDUDE

when green flag clicked
add [a] to [list v]
add [b] to [list v]
add [c] to [list v]
add [d] to [list v]
add [e] to [list v]
add [f] to [list v]
add [g] to [list v]
add [h] to [list v]
add [i] to [list v]
add [j] to [list v]
add [k] to [list v]
add [l] to [list v]
add [m] to [list v]
add [n] to [list v]
add [o] to [list v]
add [p] to [list v]
add [q] to [list v]
add [r] to [list v]
add [s] to [list v]
add [t] to [list v]
add [u] to [list v]
add [v] to [list v]
add [w] to [list v]
add [z] to [list v]
add [y] to [list v]
add [z] to [list v]
add [1] to [list v]
add [2] to [list v]
add [3] to [list v]
add [4] to [list v]
add [5] to [list v]
add [6] to [list v]
add [7] to [list v]
add [8] to [list v]
add [9] to [list v]
add [0] to [list v]
add [_] to [list v]
add [-] to [list v]
add [.] to [list v]

like this?

bsteichman

cloud variables only store numbers. So you have to convert letters into numbers:
a -> 01
b -> 02
z -> 26
1 -> 27
% -> 52
etc…
and a separator to split the text along, I like to use an uncommon character like “§”

so then your text looks like: username§score§username§score§username§score

and then convert into numbers

GAGETHEDUDE

bsteichman wrote:
cloud variables only store numbers. So you have to convert letters into numbers:
a -> 01
b -> 02
z -> 26
1 -> 27
% -> 52
etc…
and a separator to split the text along, I like to use an uncommon character like “§”

so then your text looks like: username§score§username§score§username§score

and then convert into numbers

that's not exactly the only problem https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1236019265/editor/

Last edited by GAGETHEDUDE (Nov. 5, 2025 16:00:35)

WafflesYouTubeMC

yes, then you just need to assign a number to each one based on its position in the list and encode the usernames with dashes so in your example, if someones username was “waffles1” then you would encode it as “23-01-06-06-12-05-19-27” maybe add a “.14” at the end (14 being the score). then you would decode it with the same thing and put it on a leaderboard list

above wouldn't work because that special character cannot be in cloud variables, they can only contain “1”, “2”, “3”, “4”, “5”, “6”, “7”, “8”, “9”, “0”, “.”,
and “-”

Last edited by WafflesYouTubeMC (Nov. 5, 2025 16:43:04)

pancakeken

mabye you could do,

when green flag clicked
forever
if [☁ score] > [previous score] then
insert [username] at (1) of [list]
end

pancakeken

I swear this ain't gonna work but you can try it.

WafflesYouTubeMC

pancakeken wrote:
I swear this ain't gonna work but you can try it.

it wouldn't make a cloud leaderboard, its not even close to working lol. you need to add the usernames to the cloud variable and without them supporting letters, you have to encode so yea its a lot more than just that

GAGETHEDUDE

so say

add [a] to [list v]

define [encode] [ ]

when green flag clicked
forever
if  then

end
end

and I don't know what to do after that

GAGETHEDUDE

set [encode name] to [(username)]

define encode

GAGETHEDUDE

almost there https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1236019265/editor/

WafflesYouTubeMC

quite inefficient but it kinda works lol

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