Scoring in solo mode, negative score?

[AnanaGS]

I've played 2 solo games and lost, which is ok but, why does my score at the end is negative points? I mean, automa gets like 200pts and I -180.
I gess is a bug buy have to ask: did I miss something in the rules about loosing points at scoring?

[Doctor Neo Cortex]

Hi AnanaGS,
The reason behind the negative score is the Board Game Arena framework. In Board Game Arena, the solo games are coded a way, that when a player finishes the game with a score bigger then zero, they 'won' the solo mode, otherwise (if their score is zero or less) they 'lose' the solo mode.
As this is something I can't modify myself, I had to adapt Frosted Blooms according to this, therefore multiplying the final score by -1 at the end of the game, if the automata gained more points, so the Board Game Arena framework will count it as losing.
Luckily, the BGA framework is well maintained and new features are built in week by week, hopefully they will create a solution for this as well, as Frosted Blooms isn't the only game suffering because of it. If a new feature rolls out, which will give a better way to display won or lost solo mode, I will modify Frosted Blooms according to it.
- Developer

[AnanaGS]

Ohh! Alright, thanks for the quick reply.

[LetsGetTrivial]

I also found the negative scoring for solo to be confusing. Brainstorming possible solutions (with the knowledge that I don't know what I don't know):

• Subtract the lower score from both totals. This way the loser will have 0 and the winner will have positive points.

• Have two separate scores: one for BGA official (that is not visible) and one that is displayed to the user. The BGA official can be the negative score to count things correctly. The visible score will show correctly for users.

Hopefully one of those is helpful and possible. If not, no worries.