You could just have a save/load mechanic where you parse gamestate into text/ASCII (to be copied and saved where-ever) and vice versa, right?

I have no idea. QUEST saves (and makes a copy) of the game state when the save command is used, but I don't know how exactly, or where it is stored.

Phen, great to hear you're working on something like this! You've always done a good job with hyper details in your writing, and I think your style is well-suited to a game like this.

Never used the QUEST engine before, but a quick check of the documentation brought up the Request page, wherein RequestSave is apparently the engine's built in save. Otherwise there appear to be forums to the engine (at least Googling brings up some forum results), so it might be worthwhile to search those or ask there.

However, your workaround with using passwords is a good lateral solution to this problem. I know I'd be okay with a password system.

Otherwise, best of luck with this! Hopefully someone familiar with the QUEST engine can jump in and help you out. Definitely looking forward to seeing how this turns out!

I really appreciate your comment. I think I will just go with passwords, if I get any further with it.

If with 'online' you mean played in the browser, it's most likely stored on your computer in a cookie, instead of on the servers. Clearing the cookies would cause your save to be lost quickly.

I'm thinking it's something like that, but I also have no idea how big the game state save is - I guess it's not very massive. It seemed to lose the save in a few days for me, though.

Unfortunately, I lack any experience on regards to text-based games. However, if you'd like my advice, I'd suggest maybe going to Fenoxo's forums. I think that at least some people would be able to give some advice.

No worries. I've sorta moved on, anyhow. :P