Autosave - ID: 156

FORUM: Feature Requests

This topic was started by Magabeus on 10/11/2011, 09:42:50

Post by Magabeus on 10/11/2011, 09:42:50

Hi,

As my party made short order of anything we met, I was a bit lazy in making my saves, of course that was when I found this fountain and a bunch of guardians of the grove who made mincemeat of my party. Nice thing about that was that i saw the way you handled the screen of death, which caused a huge smile. Unfortunately now I need to retrace a lot of steps.

Therefore my request for an autosave. I would like an autosave on every load of a map which overwrites the previous autosave.

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Post by icetear on 10/11/2011, 09:46:13

Quote from Author: Magabeus
Hi,

As my party made short order of anything we met, I was a bit lazy in making my saves, of course that was when I found this fountain and a bunch of guardians of the grove who made mincemeat of my party. Nice thing about that was that i saw the way you handled the screen of death, which caused a huge smile. Unfortunately now I need to retrace a lot of steps.

Therefore my request for an autosave. I would like an autosave on every load of a map which overwrites the previous autosave.

Hello Magabeus,

the game is autosaved after each combat right now. Putting an extra save upon loading a new map would be a nice addition, indeed. I will think about this and put it in a future update, ok?

Regards
Mario

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Post by Magabeus on 10/11/2011, 09:50:53

Hi Mario

Thanks for the quick reply!
Implementing this autosave would be nice, "problem" with autosave after each combat is that when there is a total party kill, the party stays dead.

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Post by icetear on 10/11/2011, 09:59:24

Hello Magabeus,

the autosave was implemented to help recovering after the app crashes for some reason.
The player has to save his game when he feels that a sudden death would mean replaying too much. Maybe this concept of saving and loading is a bit archaic, but it leaves the responsibility to the player.

Relying on autosave to have the possibility of recovering every time things go bad is not a concept I like, to be honest ;-)
Letting the player decide when it's the right time to save increases tension, fun, and responsibility (i hope).

Regards
Mario

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Post by Magabeus on 10/11/2011, 11:21:18

Hi Mario,

I get (and appreciate) your view.

However, as a player, i like to really get into the game, having to think about saves takes me out of the game, so reduces the fun I have. Not that big a deal, but it is there anyway.

Kind regards,

Magabeus

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Post by icetear on 10/11/2011, 11:35:02

Hi Magabeus,

agreed! I just implemented it, it should be live with the next (not the upcoming one) update. :-)

Regards
Mario

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Post by Magabeus on 10/11/2011, 11:47:47

Hi Mario,

Wow! You are fast!

Thanks,

Magabeus

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Post by Titansiege on 13/11/2011, 18:31:20

one thing you will learn about these guys is that, they dont mess about.. if something needs changing they will do so with no fuss :P

These guys show alot of other developers (including major companies) how things should be done :P



Titans-Siege

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