mike: implemented my own saving; added .gitignore for savefiles

love/mike/.gitignore

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+save_game/*

love/mike/lib/GameState.lua

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+GameState = {}
+
+-- Supply the table then the name of the table in string format
+function GameState.save(tbl, table_name)
+  file = io.open("save_game/savefile.lua", "w")
+  io.output(file)
+  print_table(tbl, table_name)
+  io.close(file)
+end
+
+
+function GameState.load()
+  dofile("save_game/savefile.lua")
+end
+
+function printf (s, ...)
+	return io.write(s:format(...))
+end
+
+function print_table(tbl, table_name, only_once)
+	if only_once == nil then
+		printf("%s = { ", table_name)
+	end
+	for key,value in pairs(tbl) do
+		if type(value) == "table" then
+			printf("%s = { ",key)
+			print_table(value, table_name, true)
+			printf("}, ")
+		end
+		if type (value) ~= "table" then
+			if type(value) == "string" then
+				printf("%s = \"%s\", ", key, value)
+			else
+				printf("%s = %d, ", key, value)
+			end
+		end
+	end
+	if only_once == nil then
+		printf("}")
+	end
+end
+
+--Counts contents of tables of tables as well
+function tablelength(tbl, count)
+	local count = count or 0
+	
+	for key, value in pairs(tbl) do
+		if type(value) == "table" then
+			count = tablelength(value, count)
+		end
+		count = count + 1 
+	end
+	return count
+end

love/mike/lib/keys.lua

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require "lib/Tserial"
+require "lib/GameState"
 
 QUIT_KEY = "q"
 SAVE_KEY = "s"
@@ -13,15 +13,17 @@ function love.keyreleased(key)
 
   -- save
   elseif key == SAVE_KEY then
-    love.filesystem.write(saveFile, Tserial.pack(player, false, true))
+    --love.filesystem.write(saveFile, Tserial.pack(player, false, true))
+		GameState.save(player, "player")
 
   -- Load
   elseif key == LOAD_KEY then
   	
-		save_exists = love.filesystem.exists(saveFile)
+		save_exists = love.filesystem.exists("save_game/savefile.lua")
 
     if save_exists then
-      player = Tserial.unpack( love.filesystem.read( saveFile ) ) 
+      --player = Tserial.unpack( love.filesystem.read( saveFile ) )
+			GameState.load()
     end 
   end 
 end

love/mike/lib/testing.lua

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-require "io"
-
-t = {}
-t.jerk = "dick"
-t.saint = "Brit"
-t.num = 92
-t.multi = {}
-t.multi.cat = "mu mu"
-t.multi.dog = "iz"
-t.multi.number = 53
-
-function printf (s, ...)
-	return io.write(s:format(...))
-end
-
-function print_table(tbl, only_once)
-	if only_once == nil then
-		printf("{")
-	end
-	for key,value in pairs(tbl) do
-		if type(value) == "table" then
-			printf("%s = {\n",key)
-			print_table(value, true)
-			printf("}\n")
-		end
-		if type (value) ~= "table" then
-			if type(value) == "string" then
-				printf("%s = \"%s\"\n", key, value)
-			else
-				printf("%s = %d\n", key, value)
-			end
-		end
-	end
-	if only_once == nil then
-		printf("}\n")
-	end
-end
-
-function tablelength(tbl, count)
-	local count = count or 0
-	
-	for key, value in pairs(tbl) do
-		if type(value) == "table" then
-			count = tablelength(value, count)
-		end
-		count = count + 1 
-	end
-	return count
-end
-
-print_table(t)

love/mike/save_game/savefile.lua

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+player = { x = 266, y = 550, width = 30, height = 5, speed = 500, }