Yeah, I figure those are the things I need to save. The location, the inventory and all the flags, bits and variables that are assigned as you go through the game. But how would I go about saving those things? And what data format would I choose to avoid players simply going in and editing the save game in plain text? Have there been any articles or tutorials written on this?
On May 22, 11:50 pm, James Paige <b...@hamsterrepublic.com> wrote: > There are a lot of ways to do this. > > What sort of game-state do you have? A big part of setting up a save > game format is sorting out what data is runtime-state that doesn't > matter for save games, and what data is persistant game state that needs > to be saved. > > I don't know how the engine works, but since it is a point-and-click > adventure, I am going to say right off that you will probably be saving > things like: > > * hero's location > * hero's inventory > * whatever flags or bits or variables track who you have talked to and > what quests you have completed > > As for the format of the data, you have a lot of options. xml, pickle, > json, yaml, binary files of you're own devising, etc. > > --- > James
