Scratch

spud1998 wrote:

I want to make a scratch game where you can save the game (ingame) into your own folders - not you saving the game you have made, but the player playing being able to save the project the have made within the game.

Is this possible?

Thanks!

There are some ways to do this.

You can put the information that you need to save (level number, powerups player has, enemy positions, etc.) and put them in a list. Then tell the player to right-click the list and export it. You can import the list later. This doesn't work online, though.

You can use passcodes: maybe if you type 47h3q at a passcode screen, you go to level 5, or something. But then you can't save things besides level numbers, and someone could comment with all the passcodes, ruining the game.

I think programs that save usually use cookies or save all of the information on a server, I don't think scratch allows you to do either of those.

To do the drawing then do what Harakou said.

spud1998 wrote:

ok, i am making a utility - a bit like a whiteboard - can i save the drawring?

You can right-click on the stage and select "save picture of stage". Then, all the pen/stamp marks, the background, and sprites are transferred over to an image you can save. You won't be able to import it back into the project, though, but you can share it on an image website and post it on the fourms, for example, or use it as a costume or background.

Even though this is a longer process: You could save all the variables to a list and ask the user to export the list ( Right-Click the title of a list on the display area, export list ) and then ask them to import it when loading a game.