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Is it possible to have a user save his/her progress with his/her itch account?

A topic by CodingHub created Jul 22, 2020 Views: 3,516 Replies: 6
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I want to know if it is allowed/possible to save the user's progress and when ever he/she returns, I can give them their save files.

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As far as I’m aware, that’s not possible with Itch.

You can however add your own cloud saves, but keep in mind any privacy-related issues that might arise. I’ve seen games lock their cloud saves behind log-in credentials, so you could do something similar.

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thanks for the suggestion

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You can use the Itch.io API to be able to get the user ID, but the actual database you will still need to host.

Do I need to host it in another website, or can I do it in itch?

Like I could have a folder inside my zip file which I upload here with the name  'User Saves' and whenever I see a user with that id enter, I could load a file containing their progress

Itch doesn’t host databases or servers for you. You can do it with whatever method you wish (using a VPS provider or hosting your servers at home).

If you only need to store & load this information locally (aka it doesn’t transfer through the internet automatically) then a database isn’t necessary.

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