Friends,
I’ve looked into how to make saving more reliable for the online version of my games and in the end, I’ll change nothing. The issue why Newgrounds users often lost their save was because I was creating a new project for each new version. A new project means a new URL and hence, the save didn’t transfer. Since I’ve stopped doing this, I guess the problem is solved.
Then I looked for a way to port saves. For this, there are two possible solutions. The first is to open a dialog box to save a file on your hard drive. It’s kinda difficult as it may not work the same for all OS and all browsers. The second solution is save-codes that get copied/pasted from your clipboard. I didn’t succeed in making this because of browser security. Your browser doesn’t want random scripts to be able to read your clipboard as it may contain sensitive information. There are ways around this but since saves should work fine anyway, I didn’t try too hard.
Finally, for people who play using private/incognito mode, your save will be deleted when you close your browser. This is the whole point of browsing incognito.
Please rate my games when you’ve played them. You’re free to add a comment or not. This helps a lot. Thanks.
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