Is it possible to make a save file readable by future game?

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• Skratchy

  November 2014

  One solution that I've tried is to use the HTML5 localStorage.setItem("YourVarName", "YourValue") and when you want to get the value just type localStorage.getItem("YourVarName")
  
  The only problem is that if your player clears his internet files (cookies, history...) , your saves would be lost because it's working like a cookie.
  
  
  (more info here : http://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_webstorage.asp )
• andrewdwatt

  December 2014

  So can you set the item at the end of game 1 and retrieve it at the beginning of game 2? Or am I looking at this wrong? (I currently write an episodic thing and have been wondering about saves.) Also, could I use similar language to load a "default" save for game 2 in the event that no save for game 1 is detected?
  
  I hope somebody sees this. Thanks!
• Skratchy

  December 2014

  andrewdwatt wrote:

  So can you set the item at the end of game 1 and retrieve it at the beginning of game 2?

  
  
  That's basically it yes.
  
  

  andrewdwatt wrote:

  Also, could I use similar language to load a "default" save for game 2 in the event that no save for game 1 is detected?

  
  
  You can do whatever you want yes.
  At the beginning of game 2 you can check if the item is stored and if not, set it the default one.