How to Create SAVE & LOAD in Godot 4

In this video I go over how to implement a saving and loading system step by step in Godot 4. Saving and loading Data in your game is so important and so I explain exactly how it works so you have an understanding of what is going on when adding the system to your own Godot games. We will create a small example world and learn to save the players stats in a resource script, and then learn to reload them when we want to load the data back. Follow along with me and learn all there is to know about saving and loading in Godot 4.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:33 Existing Project Info
2:38 Download Save & Load Demo
3:00 Save & Load Tutorial (step by step)
18:54 How Save & Load Works
20:17 Outro

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[tiagogarcia]

Hmmm I'll be saving this for later

[firewolf]

I came across your older save and load tutorial through the algorithm, then decided to look at your channel and saw you uploaded this 4 days ago! I recommend adding a pinned comment to your older tutorial linking to this one! Great job, and thank you!

[UU]

Hi DevWorm! Just want to thank you so much, I have had troubles saving persistent data and just could not get it to work but I have solved it with your help! Keep well and keep up the good work.

[lucasmence]

I don't use godot yet, but I love to watch your videos about game dev, keep it up! Cheers!

[debunkler]

Cool guide for small games! But somewhat falls apart at scale.

You'd need to create a centralized save/load structure with an inheritance paradigm instead of this coupled strategy.

Also, saving directly as a .tres leaves the save file really vulnerable to security risks (injecting code, changing values). You can use Safe Resource Loader from the asset library to load a Resource more securely.

[alli-gator-forest]

Thank you for this amazing video!
Personally, I wanted to load my Resource using the _ready() function, so I changed the load_data() function to add the following if statement:

if ( ResourceLoader.exists( save_file_path + save_file_name ) ):
playerData = ResourceLoader.load( save_file_path + save_file_name ):

This ensures it won't try to load a file that doesn't exist on the very first time running the line of code, allowing you to call the load function before you make a save.

[strike]

this really helped me with understanding this, thanks

[SollyVlogs]

Thank you for the tutorial, super helpful :) !

[leandroverse]

Why changing the resource in every frame? Couldn't it be changed when saving, like calling UpdatePos inside save() before ResourcerSaver?

[reesekelly]

Great video. I really like the idea of using resources to save however there are a lot of people who are saying that if a player downloads files for your game it can breach their security. Is there a work-around for this? I also want to implement multiple saving slots so maybe I should just use JSON... even though it's a lot less intuitive.

[cheapgrams]

Hey Dev! Since I’m early I want to use my newfound comment powers to request an inventory system!! I feel like you could explain one in a simple and replicable way! Much love and thank you for the dope tutorials!

[WunderChilld]

Thanks for the videos brother, could you bring a video explaining how to enter/use some type of vehicle? whether horse, car, etc.

[MultiLeandrini]

This exactly what I wanted/needed/was looking for. What is this timing? thanks

[ROSACEPONY]

Can you make a tutorial on how to make a character selection screen that also include a character creator and being able to save our character in a slot/list? (this definitely not for my game i swear😁)

On a serious note, it could benefits a ton of gamedev as it's very common in RPG to have a character creator+selection screen.

[xmacherie]

Thank you so much for this tutorial, it was very simple and easy to understand. I have a question - if I want to add some additional parameters to the save file, such as on a RPG with a map with changes in scenes, I would just theoretically save the scene path that the player is in and load that scene path?

I want to make it an open exploring game and keep track of where the player is on the map, quest status, item spawn status, etc. and feels like it could get pretty confusing pretty fast. Thank you!

[adrianvazquez]

Hey!! Would you make a tutorial on how to make a good menu and UI?? It'll be really helpful!!

[HippocritterXD]

this is a great video thanks for making it. i was wondering are you gonna continue with the survival game series?

[uiet]

I'm making a 2d game using your all tutorials but I'm stuck with save and auto load when i exit and enter the game and i can't understand how the save and autoload works !
Can you make a simple auto save and load video for simple game please

[i_draw_whatever]

What if instead of pressing a button to save we want to save the progress we’ve made in one scene before changing to the next one?

Like say you collected coins from scene 1, then you go to scene 2 to collect more before going back to scene 1, only to see the coins you had collected are back at their place again.

[uiet]

In future video can you make this video for clear explanation for beginners like me