Beta 4 - Suggestion: Make saves less intrusive

[jacobvann]

Love this idea. I would love to see a

simple save

mode where when you step on a pedastal, it automatically saves and replaces the current save file for that mansion, maybe with a simple

Do you want to save? (y/n)

dialog.

This would more accurately reflect modern games. This simple save would be the default if

Simple Saving

is selected in their options.

Then, the more advanced save dialog would display the last few saves for the current mansion in a window with details like time elapsed, inventory, score, etc (just as Rob describes). The top choice would be

Create New Save

, and it would do just that, create a new save by incrementing the number to, e.g.,

Nighmare Mansion Save 4

. When they click on a previous save, they'd get a

do you want to replace this save? (y/n)

dialog.

At the bottom of the window, there should be a

cancel

and

browse...

set of buttons.

Browse...

would take the user to the OS'es filesystem browser just like it does currently. That way people can navigate to different save folders if they want.

This would all be done with in game graphics so you don't have to use OS dialog. Would make porting to windows easier

Best part is you can use this identical dialog window for loading saves as well, just change what action is performed when they click on a save.