C# Lesson: How To Save & Load Game Data on a Local Device

Save data like username and score on a local device using PlayerPrefs. You can save strings, integers and floats. A basic example would look something like this:

Save:
PlayerPrefs.SetString(“playerName”, “Oxmond”);

Load:
PlayerPrefs.GetString(“playerName”);

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Basic SaveAndLoadData script:

/*

   .-------.                             .--.    .-------.     .--.            .--.     .--.        
   |       |--.--.--------.-----.-----.--|  |    |_     _|--.--|  |_.-----.----|__|---.-|  |-----.
   |   -   |_   _|        |  _  |     |  _  |      |   | |  |  |   _|  _  |   _|  |  _  |  |__ --|
   |_______|__.__|__|__|__|_____|__|__|_____|      |___| |_____|____|_____|__| |__|___._|__|_____|
   © 2019 OXMOND / www.oxmond.com 

*/
using UnityEngine;

public class SaveAndLoadData : MonoBehaviour
{

public void SaveData() {
PlayerPrefs.SetString("playerName", "Oxmond");
PlayerPrefs.SetInt("Score", 2000));
}

public void LoadData()
{
string _userName = PlayerPrefs.GetString("playerName");
int _score = PlayerPrefs.GetInt("Score");
}

}

SaveAndLoadData script used in the video:

/*

   .-------.                             .--.    .-------.     .--.            .--.     .--.        
   |       |--.--.--------.-----.-----.--|  |    |_     _|--.--|  |_.-----.----|__|---.-|  |-----.
   |   -   |_   _|        |  _  |     |  _  |      |   | |  |  |   _|  _  |   _|  |  _  |  |__ --|
   |_______|__.__|__|__|__|_____|__|__|_____|      |___| |_____|____|_____|__| |__|___._|__|_____|
   © 2019 OXMOND / www.oxmond.com 

*/

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using TMPro;

public class SaveAndLoadData : MonoBehaviour
{

public TMP_InputField userName;
public TMP_InputField score;
public TMP_Text output;

public void SaveData() {
PlayerPrefs.SetString("playerName", userName.text);
PlayerPrefs.SetInt("Score", int.Parse(score.text));
}

public void LoadData()
{
print(PlayerPrefs.GetString("playerName"));
output.text = "Name: " + PlayerPrefs.GetString("playerName") + "
" +"Score: " + PlayerPrefs.GetInt("Score").ToString();
}

}