Which is the best way to save game data?

[Johanovski]

Hi there!

I'm working in a game where I want to save each screen's data once they are completed. There will be about 50 levels and I want to save 2 variables for each level, a BOOL and an integer (this is about a maximum of 100 saved variables).

Which is the best way to do this? Should I use NSUserDefaults or it can't store that amount of data? If it's the case, how should NSUserDefaults be used?

I used to save game data on a file in my first game, but it's really slow to open and save a file each time I want to save / load data... It's an option to use SQLITE, or maybe it's unnecessary?

Thanks in advance!

[EverydayApps]

Originally Posted by Johanovski

Hi there!

I'm working in a game where I want to save each screen's data once they are completed. There will be about 50 levels and I want to save 2 variables for each level, a BOOL and an integer (this is about a maximum of 100 saved variables).

Which is the best way to do this? Should I use NSUserDefaults or it can't store that amount of data? If it's the case, how should NSUserDefaults be used?

I used to save game data on a file in my first game, but it's really slow to open and save a file each time I want to save / load data... It's an option to use SQLITE, or maybe it's unnecessary?

Thanks in advance!

That's not too much data. You could just store it in memory in a dictionary. If you need to write it to a file, because the user quits or something, just write the dictionary to a plist.