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save-systems

separate

Design save/load for game state — choosing what to serialize, file formats, save slots, atomic crash-safe writes, schema versioning and migration, and autosave. Engine-neutral. Use when the user mentions save system, save/load, game state persistence, save slots, autosave, save file corruption, or migrating old saves to a new version.

When to use

• Use to persist progress: player stats, inventory, world flags, settings,
• Use to design save slots, quicksave/autosave, and crash-safe writes.
• Use when old save files break after a content/code change (versioning &

When not to use

• Roblox cloud persistence specifics
• data model for resources or scriptable objects
• Godot FileAccess or ResourceSaver implementation details

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