Contents 1 Problem Summary 2 Use When 3 Solution 4 Recommendations 5 Rationale 6 Examples

Problem Summary

The player has saved a game that he wished to continue later and he now needs to find the desired saved game from the list of saved games

Use When

In case of any game that allows saving the current game so that the player can get back to it later. Example: adventure and role playing games.

Solution

To make it easier for a player to identify the saved game

• A screen shot of the game at the moment when the save was made should be captured and displayed along with the name of the game in the saved games list.
• Have the saved games list in an order of time stamp. Example: starting from the latest saved game to the older saved games or vice versa
• Let the player customize the saved game with his/her preferred name for it to be identifiable personally
• Provide a time stamp in the details of the saved game

Recommendations

Along with the screen shot of the saved game, providing other essential details in a concise manner will help in the process of identification.

Rationale

Having to hunt for a desired saved game from a huge list without much help can be really frustrating. By implementing the above solution the list of saved games can be maintained in a orderly manner so that getting back to a saved game at a later date can be much more simple and less frustrating to do.

Examples

Following are a few examples of games that provide screenshots of the saved games

• Star Wars - Knights of the Old Republic

• Neverwinter Nights

• Half Life 2

• Drake's uncharted

• Portal