Save and Load Template
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shargon

Save and Load Template

Game Kits
Menu Save Load Pause Template Screen Interface System

Upon running this template in Godot. You will be greeted with a Main Menu Screen. Exit Game, of course, exits the game. New Game will take you to a blank screen which is where your game would go. Hit the esc key to bring up the pause menu.

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GODOT SAVE AND LOAD SYSTEM

This template provides a basic menu with a functioning save and load system.

Getting Started

  1. Clone the Repo
  2. Open in Godot

Using In Existing Projects

Copy the assets and src folder into your project(make sure you copy the LICENSE.txt as well)

Usage

Main Menu

Upon running this template in Godot. You will be greeted with a Main Menu Screen. Exit Game, of course, exits the game.

New Game will take you to a blank screen which is where your game would go. Hit the esc key to bring up the pause menu.

Pause Menu

Each of the buttons do the following:

  • Continue Returns to the current game
  • Save Brings up the Save Screen
  • Load Brings up the Load Screen (looks the exact same as the save screen)
  • Title Menu Returns to Main Menu Screen
  • Exit Game Exits the game.

Save Menu

  • Clicking on any slot will activate the Save Button.
  • If you clicked on New Slot then clicked the Save button you will prompted to enter your save file name.
  • If you clicked on a save file that already exists then clicked the Save button it will save data to that slot.
  • If you clicked on a save file that already exists the Delete Button will also activate allowing you to delete the save file.
  • The Back button returns to the previous menu.

Load Menu

Looks exactly like the Save Menu sans the New Slot and subbing the Load for the Save Button. Clicking any slot then clicking Load will load the file.

Examples

Main Menu:

Main Menu

Pause Menu:

Pause Menu

Save Menu:

Save Menu

Running Unit/Integration Tests

  1. Install GUT Command Line
  2. Set the gut alias detailed in the instructions above
  3. open you terminal
  4. run gut

NOTE: Some tests are failing when using WSL. These tests are confirmed to work on both Linux and Mac.

Contributing

  1. Fork The Repo
  2. Make Changes
  3. Add Unit and Integration Tests
  4. Submit PR

NOTE: PRs will not be reviewed until all tests are passing.

References

The save system is a heavily modified version of the Godot Infinite Save and Load System

Icon provided by Gobusto at https://opengameart.org/content/floppy-disk