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Posted: **Sat Feb 29, 2020 12:45 am**

TL;DR

A "game" would be the map you created from a seed and the saves would be snapshots in time of your progress of said map.

What ?

Introduce an extra layer of abstraction "game" which can have one or more saves.
I believe this would better fit the mental model most users build when using the interface.
The continue button should refer to the current game by name.

Why ?

No accidental overwrites of different games by design.
A set of autosaves for all games would yield more safety and a better experience.
Less clutter when saving/reloading.

Why not ?

It's an extra layer of abstraction.
Not a very common concept, but I think I vaguely remember seeing it before.
More bandwidth/storage required for extra autosaves.

Finally

A bit jet-lagged, so this suggestion is a little "drafty", but let me know what you think

Also steam nuked my latest save costing me 50 hours of intense refactoring. Really could have used those fucking autosaves :-/

Posted: **Sat Feb 29, 2020 5:49 am**

What if you use the same seed for a second try? Seed is not the distinction-criteria of what a game is.

Posted: **Sat Feb 29, 2020 10:56 am**

A separate game-id would work just as well.
The point is not the id, but separation of concerns.

Sorry if I worded it badly, a bit tired yesterday