what is GameScry

It is aimed at indie games, but all games are welcome.

posting games

Anyone can submit a game listing - you don't need to be the owner. Listings are unique by name, case-insensitive. To edit a listing after it's posted you must be either:

Anonymously-posted listings can be claimed by any logged in user.

Listing ownership can be transferred or disputed if needed.

mana

Mana is points earned on site.

You can use up to 3 mana upvoting a game.

crystal

Crystal is purchased or awarded currency, used for limited actions such as placing ads and quests.

GSGP: Game Scry Game Protocol - show live data from your game

GSGP is a standardized JSON structure which you can make available for GameScry or other sites to ping for real-time data about your game. It is intended for online games but anyone capable of creating an endpoint for it is welcome to.

Devs:

After adding GSGP details to your listing here, GameScry will automatically begin pinging your GSGP endpoint for updates to display, approx every 30 min. 

{
    "name": "name of your game - optional, just for reference",
    "image_url": "https://some-game.com/logo.png",
    "active_players": 123,
    "description": "use \n for new lines",
    "leaderboards": {
        "board label": {
            "[player name / id]": 123,
            "[player name / id]": 123
        },
        "board label": {
            "[player name / id]": 123,
            "[player name / id]": 123
        }
    }
}

Also - the endpoint is currently arbitrary (enter it on your game listing, GameScry will look there), but it is encouraged to use only "/gsgp" GET going forward, as other sites are beginning to look for that.

suggestions

Feel free to: contact the dev or post feedback on the forums

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