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>There isn't even a helpful warning like "are you sure you want to end this game you just invested an hour of your life into without even saving or something?"
by jackowayed 17y ago
>There isn't even a helpful warning like "are you sure you want to end this game you just invested an hour of your life into without even saving or something?"
Well, yeah. That's not possible. When you hit the menu button, the app gets killed. (I think it gets some sub-1-second time to try to wrap up loose ends, but still.)
Now, it should save your state as you go, but that behavior isn't possible with the iPad SDK, and engadget should know that.
- allenbrunson 17y agonot so! i have my own game that also runs across two or more iphones and/or ipads via wifi, and it saves its state just fine, and allows you to pick up where you left off. true, you don't have a whole lot of time to save state, but you don't need much. in my case, everything i need to know about the game is saved in a roughly 4k blob, which is saved to prefs almost instantly.
- jackowayed 17y agoWhat I meant is that the message asking if you're sure you want to quit isn't possible. But yes, it definitely should save state automatically.
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- tvon 17y agoI believe he was referring to the Scrabble menu button in-app, not the physical home button common to the iPad/iPhone/Touch devices.