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I run a game where you can play without creating an account, and going back to the game later will take you back to your previous state. How would I manage this

by Kiro 7y ago

I run a game where you can play without creating an account, and going back to the game later will take you back to your previous state. How would I manage this without cookies? A lot of people don't want to create an account.

saagarjha 7y ago
Can you ask them if they'd like to save their progress?
- recursive 7y ago
  Save it where? What if there's no budget for server infrastructre? Say... a hobby project.
  - kd5bjo 7y ago
    A query argument inside a URL that they can bookmark is one option.
    - deleted 7y ago
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  - saagarjha 7y ago
    Local storage?
    - recursive 7y ago
      I assume that whatever fate befalls cookies will happen to localStorage as well. But maybe not. localStorage is kind of better for this purpose in any case.
- deleted 7y ago
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0-O-0 7y ago
Shouldn't you be using localStorage for that?
- Kiro 7y ago
  The state is saved on a server. I only need an identifier to retrieve the state but sure, I could use localStorage instead for saving the identifier. What's the difference though?
  - 0-O-0 7y ago
    For some reason I assumed that you've saved game state in cookies.