Keep impossible scores off a casual game's leaderboard without any secret code

Someone posts a score nobody could reach and the list stops being fun. Perfect cheat-proofing does not exist for a phone game, but a few checks on what could really happen catch the silly cases. This entry shows how to make the AI check a submitted result against the game's own limits.

Why this works

Every game has limits set by its own rules and by what hands can do. A result outside those limits is false whatever the app claims, so checking the plain facts of a run catches the silly cases without any secret to guard.

When not to use it

Skip it when real money or prizes depend on the ranking: a determined cheater passes these checks. Then record the whole run and replay it on your side, or drop the public list.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 4 common mistakes and the fix
• A diagram of every state
• 17 lines of example code with 5 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

Say this to your AI

Use the Spielerando entry "Keep impossible scores off a casual game's leaderboard without any secret code" (read_entry impossible-high-scores-on-leaderboard) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

Or skip this and connect the MCP: your AI then finds all of this by itself.Connect the MCP