Initializing Leaderboards

Before submitting scores or retrieving data, you will need to initialize a leaderboard. To do this, use the code below:

[SerializeField]
SteamLeaderboards steamLeaderboards;

IEnumerator AsyncInitializeLeaderboard() {
    steamLeaderboards.SetLeaderboard("My Awesome Leaderboard", 
        ELeaderboardSortMethod.k_ELeaderboardSortMethodDescending,
        ELeaderboardDisplayType.k_ELeaderboardDisplayTypeNumeric);
    
    while (steamLeaderboards.IsSearchingForLeaderboard)
    {
        yield return null;
    }
    
    Debug.Log("Leaderboard Initialized!");
    
    // Do what you want from here
}

The method AsyncInitializeLeaderboard() is a Coroutine because calls to the Leaderboard API are asynchronous

Warning! If the leaderboard "My Awesome Leaderboard" does not exist, it will be created in Steamworks. This is especially useful when you don't want to manually create leaderboards in Steamworks website

Cool! Once we have the leaderboard in our hands, we can submit scores or retrieve data.