Game Development Reference
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Evergreen options
In the last section of this chapter, we will provide some considerations about game
options that should always be implemented in a well-designed mobile game UI, re-
gardless of its genre or distinctive features.
Multiple save slots
Though extremely fit for gaming, today's smartphones are first of all phones and
multi-purpose devices in general, so it is very common to be forced to suddenly quit
a match due to an incoming call or other common activities.
All apps quit when there is an incoming call or when the player presses the home
button and mobile games offer an auto-saving feature in case of such events.
What not all games do is to keep separate save states for every mode the game of-
fers or for multiple users.
Plants vs. Zombies, for example, offers such a feature: both the adventure and the
quick play modes, in all their variations, are stored in separate save slots, so that
the player never loses his/her progresses, regardless of the game mode he/she last
played or the game level he/she would like to challenge. The following is a screen-
shot taken from the main screen of the game:
A multiple save option is also much appreciated because it makes it safe for your
friends to try your newly downloaded game without destroying your previous pro-
gresses.
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