mrskobioshi 2014-08-22 16:28:55

After reporting saving problems, I have now been able to save my progress. This is how I did it...

I save with the stone several times then refresh the whole page and reload the whole game. I'll be right back at the stone where I saved. It's good for the big saves, right before and after bosses or when I've made enough progress that I just feel like saving.

It's a sucky way of fixing the problem but it's working for now and I'm addicted to this game. :P

I don't know how that helps, but it is a temporary fix I guess.

Shadowfury22 2014-08-22 17:16:50

I lost 2 hours of gameplay. Just great. -.-

danishgoel 2014-08-22 17:24:57

Amazing game I must say. Just WOW! Got me hooked :P

For the save system, you are most likely doing this already, but just in case.
Are you calling SharedObject.flush() when you save at the statue? If not, this would at least save the state in case the flash plugin or browser crashes.

KotoriMinami 2014-08-22 18:08:46

I i cant play this game anymore i will not play the tower part again i was in the boss and then i got bluescreen and when i got bak i was back in atai ;(

KotoriMinami 2014-08-22 21:42:59

yes i did save and now i lost everything

darknight53 2014-08-22 22:51:20

Got a save issue. great game btw. but I save right before i left the village (after the frog boss). after that i made is passed the bees to the honey seller and saved there. I went to bed and today when i tried to play i end up back at the village (just before i talk to the kids and leave in the morning). nothing happened to my hardware and no changes were made to my browser. looks to be random, happened twice btw

niggy08 2014-08-23 04:13:01

For me I originally couldn't save, so when I noticed my progress was gone (not much, an hour at most), I searched for the place my browsers places the saves of flash games (dunno what exactly to call it), and found the phoenotopia save, but noticed it was read-only for some reason.
Nothing else there was read-only, strangely.
I removed that and saving worked fine.

teremaki 2014-08-23 06:54:53

I'm playing on Chrome version 36. The last statue I saved at was in Atai. I have made sure of the three things you mentioned and I have tried the workaround. But, to no avail.
After 2 hours of frustrating gameplay, collecting hard to get items and reaching Bandit's Lair, I just can't get myself to play it all over again. It's a shame though, I really enjoyed the story, dialogues and characters, and would have loved to play through to the end.
I'll keep checking every now and then to see if this issue is resolved. Hope it's done soon :-D

KotoriMinami 2014-08-23 08:08:09

Oh i got back to play the game because i love the history and ive saved and it works, i love the game and some people dont thing about the bright side of the game,i just love it :3

norat374 2014-08-23 15:35:21

I've had recurring save issues, but today was really bad. Usually if I restarted, it would drop me back to an earlier save point in my session, ignoring ones in the last ten minutes of gameplay, when I'm usually running around doing optional tasks. Last session didn't record at all. I went from just before the third boss to the crater, including getting the rocket boots. I even went back to the Prince's Tower to get the moon stone there. I saved at multiple locations and respawned multiple times, but nothing was saved after the session. I'm sure it was the entire session, because I had previously quit at the third boss in the session before.

Lightingdark 2014-08-24 02:52:52

SO I just started trying to play this game again today after your update and to be honest I think things are worse. Reloading from a save point still works as well as starting from a check check point however if i need to close my browser for anything or the flash player crashes and I need refresh poof my saves are gone. I still really like this game but getting through the bees and frogs, finally making it to the bandits hideout only to lose your data is more than a bit frustrating.

ChosenDarek 2014-08-24 22:52:55

I was really enthralled with this game and had a couple hours in, but after shutting down the browser and PC, there's no save file when I opened it up again. I just don't feel like starting over with the possibility of losing everything again. :(

VicariousE 2014-08-25 09:07:17

Funny how I went with the preview release all the way to your current release with no problems. I think it's because it's not all in an NG standard numbered folder, but also in folder #qhtsp22, which generates upon loading the game (it contains the save sol; the NG secure file is buried in the numbered folder)

Have you considered selling this game on GoG.com? When the sequel to this game comes around, I'd like to support any crowd funding initiative you might deem necessary.

Boswell255 2014-08-25 16:25:05

I've had problems with the save bug twice now. First time lost all my data, second time lost progress all the way back to the bandits. I haven't found a fix, although I've just increased my Flash storage permissions hoping it might fix it. It is a frightening concept of playing on a whole bunch only to lose it all again.

As a temporary fix Quells, have you thought about offering 'offline' saving? I know cookie based saves are technically offline, but I've seen some games offer to either copy the save data to clipboard, or save as a text file. I understand this might not work depending on the nature/size of the saves and how encrypted they are in case people are tempted to edit them.

etriuswimbleton 2014-08-25 23:08:38

wheres the soundtrack? i want ze soundtrack >:C
please? :)

VicariousE 2014-08-26 01:20:53

You can PM Tom about this, leave a link to this post, maybe he can suggest something. I guess because of the preview... anyway, live and learn. But yeah, check out folder: (in WIN XP) flashplayer / /#sharedobjects / (8 random capital letters and numbers). That's the folder Flash uses for cookies. As you use Newgrounds, and play other games that save, you'll see where things get placed. Ask Tom about online saving, he may be able to help.

Again, I feel like this game(save) you created, was too adult a task for most of the kids here, which is fucking sad as hell :\ You made a game for the PC, not some obtuse game console. PC's aren't toys, they're tools... anyway, caveat emptor to those who can't reason their problems out!

dominic1369 2014-08-26 18:06:41

THAT ENDING!!! WTH WAS THAT!!! Did I get the bas ending or something?

ManaSenshi 2014-08-26 23:09:00

I hope this game gets placed on other sites like Kongregate and Addicting Games, etc. It's really good!

teremaki 2014-08-27 06:16:06

The latest update fixed the saving issue. Thanks, Quells! I'll give the game another shot.

WunderShnitzel 2014-08-27 13:30:05

Where can we get a soundtrack? I would gladly pay to listen to some tracks while working or getting around.