Save actions

7 actions in the Save category. Each block mirrors how the action appears in the editor's sidebar.

Delete Save

Start

Delete Save Save

Erases the save file, throwing away every value stored with Save Value. It is what a reset progress button does.

Phases StartEvery FramePhysicsEnd

Has Saved Value

Start

Has Saved Value Save

'score' | → True | → False

Checks whether something was already saved under a name and branches on the answer. It is how a title screen tells a new game from a saved one.

Input	Type	Default	Description
Key	String	'score'	The name to look for, the same one used to save it.

Branch	Goes to
True	Where to go when a value was saved under that name.
False	Where to go when nothing was saved under that name.

Phases StartEvery FramePhysics

Load Value

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Load Value Save

Key 'score' | Default 0 | → Found | → Missing

Reads a value saved earlier under a name and stores it. When nothing was saved under that name yet, the default value is used instead.

Input	Type	Default	Description
Key	String	'score'	The name the value was saved under.
Default	Variant	0	The value to use when nothing was saved under that name.

Output	Type	Description
Result	Variant	Where to store the value that was read.

Branch	Goes to
Found	Where to go when a value was saved under that name.
Missing	Where to go when nothing was saved under that name, which is when the default is stored.

Phases StartEvery FramePhysicsEnd

Save Value

Start

Save Value Save

Key 'score' | Value 0

Stores a value on disk under a name, so it survives closing the game. Use it for a high score, the current level or a menu option.

Input	Type	Default	Description
Key	String	'score'	The name this value is stored under, used again to load it.
Value	Variant	0	The value to write, such as a number, a text or a true or false flag.

Phases StartEvery FramePhysicsEnd

Set Fullscreen

Start

Set Fullscreen Save

true

Puts the game window in fullscreen or back in a window. Pair it with Save Value to remember the choice on the next run.

Input	Type	Default	Description
On	bool	true	True for fullscreen, false for a normal window.

Phases StartEvery FramePhysicsEnd

Set Resolution

Start

Set Resolution Save

Width 1280 | Height 720

Resizes the game window and puts it back at the center of the screen. It only changes anything while the game runs in a window, not in fullscreen.

Input	Type	Default	Description
Width	int	1280	The new window width in pixels.
Height	int	720	The new window height in pixels.

Phases StartEvery FramePhysicsEnd

Set VSync

Start

Set VSync Save

true

Turns vertical sync on or off. With it on the game matches the screen refresh rate and stops tearing, with it off the frame rate runs free.

Input	Type	Default	Description
On	bool	true	True to sync with the screen, false to let frames run free.

Phases StartEvery FramePhysicsEnd