💾 Save System Tool kit for Unity

June 25, 2025 · View on GitHub

A modular, extensible and editor-friendly Save System for Unity, supporting multiple serialization formats (PlayerPrefs, JSON, XML), with visual debugging and management tools built using Odin Inspector.

✨ Features

  • 🔁 Strategy Pattern: Plug-and-play architecture with interchangeable save methods
  • 💾 Supported Formats:
    • PlayerPrefs (with Odin serialization)
    • JSON file
    • XML file
  • 🧠 Editor Tool:
    • Odin Editor Window for previewing saved data
    • Visual decoding for PlayerPrefs, JSON, and XML
    • Deletion of individual entries
    • Auto refresh on changes
    • Clear indication of save locations per method
  • 🧱 Extensible Architecture:
    • Easy to add encryption, cloud saving, or custom file handling
    • Facade over save methods to switch runtime behavior

🧠 PlayerPrefs

  • Stored in system registry (Windows) or plist (macOS)
  • Serialized via Odin using Base64 + JSON

📄 JSON

  • Located at: 
    Application.persistentDataPath/player_data.json
  • Fully human-readable

📂 XML

  • Located at: 
    Application.persistentDataPath/player_data.xml
  • Readable and compatible with standard tools

📷 Screenshots

Save ExampleSwitch Method Example
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PlayerPrefsJSON
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PrefsJson

🧩 Save Config Export Tool

A flexible Unity editor tool for saving and loading ScriptableObject data (e.g., level balances, configs) to and from JSON files.

  • Export/import any ScriptableObject
  • Auto-generated file naming with timestamp
  • Load and overwrite previous saves
  • Built-in file management (delete, refresh)
  • Odin-based polished UI
Save New FileLoad / Overwrite
SaveConfig1SaveConfig2

🛠 Tech Stack

  • Unity 2022+
  • Odin Inspector
  • Sirenix Serialization

🧩 Usage

Save:

saveLoadFacade.Save(SaveMethod.Json, playerData);

Load:

PlayerData loaded = saveLoadFacade.Load(SaveMethod.PlayerPrefs);