From 7846bfa04209cf2b9dd6b9a4f03fa8cad40b4caa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Baumgartner <kevin.baumgartner@aon.at>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 16:18:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(highscore): add methods for highscore handling

---
 src/highscore.py | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/highscore.py b/src/highscore.py
index 14f6564..16fae15 100644
--- a/src/highscore.py
+++ b/src/highscore.py
@@ -2,16 +2,46 @@ import json
 
 class Highscore:
     def __init__(self):
+        # fix path to json file with highscores
         self.path = "./highscore.json"
 
+        # check if file already exists, otherwise create it
+        try:
+            with open(self.path, "r") as f:
+                pass
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            self.save_scores([])
+
     def load_scores(self):
-        pass
+        with open(self.path, "r") as f:
+            return json.load(f)
 
     def save_scores(self, scores):
-        pass
+        with open(self.path, "w") as file:
+            json.dump(scores, file, indent=4)
 
     def add_score(self, player_name, score_ects, time_survived, won):
-        pass
+        # load existing scores from file
+        scores = self.load_scores()
 
-    def get_top_scores(self, number_of_top_scores):
-        pass
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+        # assign values from new score and append to existing scores
+        new_score = {
+            "name": player_name,
+            "ects": score_ects,
+            "time": time_survived,
+            "won": won
+        }
+        scores.append(new_score)
+
+        # sort by ects descending
+        scores.sort(key=lambda score: score["ects"], reverse=True)
+
+        # keep only top 50 elements
+        scores = scores[:50]
+
+        self.save_scores(scores)
+
+    def get_top_scores(self):
+        scores = self.load_scores()
+        scores.sort(key=lambda score: score["ects"], reverse=True)
+        return scores[:5]
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