Saving progress in a browser game

[Vilhjalmr]

Hello!
What are the best ways to save player progress in a browser game?

[MTCMusic]

I use ini files to store progress on users machine.

[janpier]

I think we can also use the array. for online saves on the server it is more complicated, surely there would be a need for registration by the player

[Mystr]

MTCMusic, when you say it is saved on user's machine, do you mean using cookies or do you really allow player to save on their machine ? If so, how do you do it ? Is it possible with Array ?

Let's admit I want to allow people to save/load files from servers, is it possible ?

[Vilhjalmr]

By granting access to the game through account registration player progress can be saved in a database. Use the get object in fusion to fetch a progress string to parse when the player is logged in to the website.

[Mystr]

Ok, but let's admit I don't want to use a database, and just want to load and save a ".mfs" file storing my array. Is that possible ?

Creating a database sounds heavy for what I mean to do.

[Vilhjalmr]

Hmm, perhaps you could store an array on your server in a php or javascript file in which you store progress. Paring the data with players would still require a registration system since there is no safe way to guarantee identity recognition through cookies/Ip over time as far as I know.