Hi, List

I'm almost completely new to Lingo but I have a functioning game that I
scripted painfully. Ideally, I'd like the game (an .exe on anyone's
computer) to access a webserver (I have two of my own sites I could use) and
post that person's name and score into an .html page if it's higher than the
existing top 10. I should note that if this involves cgi or heavy
server-side programming, I'll be completely lost. The only languages I know
are HTML and CSS, which hardly count, and now Lingo. If there is some kind
of template I could yoink, that'd be great too.

If the web high-score is too complicated for me, is there a simple way to
have each copy of the game save a high-score list somewhere on that person's
computer?

Also, I'm using a text field in the game for keeping score. Is there a way
to get the numerical value of the current text in the field? If so, whenever
the player does something that should give them points, can I just give that
value a +1, for example? All I can get is a string, so when I give it a +1,
the new entry in the field is "+1"... I think computers laugh at me when I
tell them to do something like that. They know it's not what I want.

Any help is appreciated, massive help will result in me being eternally
grateful...

-- Dave McColgin


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