The Save / Restore Game action performs save-related operations on a save slot.
Save games in Story Machine contain the state of all of the Project variables. Saves are assigned to “slots”, and contain simple metadata (including the date and time the save was made).
This action handles the actual reading and writing of save slots. See the Setup Save Game UI action for information about displaying save slots in your game.
Operation
What to do with the slot. Options are:
- Save Game - Save the current game state to the specified slot.
- Restore Game - Load a previously saved game from the slot.
- Load Meta Data - Load only the slot’s metadata (to enable Setup Save Game UI to display it).
- Delete Slot - Remove the slot’s data.
Slot
The slot index to operate on.
Preview
Future improvements to the Save Game system will save more than just project variables.