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Mar 20, 2012

Press Release: Gears of Glory: Apex Ace announced.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DOMIPHEUS LABS TAKES TO THE PODIUM WITH GEARS OF GLORY: APEX ACE EDINBURGH, UK- March 20th, 2012: Domipheus Labs has announced its first title to be launched on the IndieCity publishing platform. Gears of Glory: Apex Ace is a casual racer which redefines how competition can be handled in a pick-up-and-play title. Apex Ace takes the mechanics of mainstream casual games and catapults it into the hands of racing fans, who want clean racing lines, perfect apexes and a level playing field. Players can race and progress through the twenty-four season tier circuits, unlock achievements, complete challenges and climb leaderboard ranks but at the games heart is a comprehensive challenge and news system.…
Mar 1, 2012

Leaderboard Ordering

Gears of Glory: Apex Ace makes extensive use of leaderboards. Not just a measure of skill, they are used in Apex Ace as a competitive gameplay device by generating challenges and news stories by tracking how the standings change over time. If you end up lower in the rankings due to being overtaken whilst not playing, a challenge to retake that position may be generated the next time you play. This is one of the points in the game for which gameplay scenarios are expanded: players get awarded extra trophies for completing the challenge, as well as being higher in the ranks for all to see.…