Name and Save Levels

Saving each step of your work with style

• Naming Rules

‣ General rules for level naming

Naming your level is quite easy, although there are some precautions to take to ensure full compatibility across every OS version of the game.

• Levels can contain letters (a-z), numbers (0-9), dashes (-), underscore (_), and periods (.);

• Levels permit these characters, but it is strongly advised to avoid using ampersands (&), equal signs (=), apostrophes ('), plus signs (+), commas (,), angle brackets (<,>), spaces ( ), consecutive periods (..), or any non-alphabetical symbols.

Explorer - Good example of naming

Explorer - Bad example of naming

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‣ Naming levels to include tutorials

When publishing levels, the workshop allows you to add tutorials to your levels. This is possible by including one file for each tutorial, grouping them with the LevelNameTutorialNumber.adofai format

Levelname must match your main file's name, so the game can associate the level with its tutorials, e.g., fragor1.adofai

Game Editor - Tutorial levels info

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• Saving Levels

‣ Saving current Level

Editor Screen

When opening the editor, it is best to first save your level to create the necessary files from the very start. When saving, two files will be stored in your desired storage location:

• main.adofai

• backup.adofai

The .adofai file format is used to save all of your levels.

Editor - Top Menu Bar

To save your files, use your mouse to click on the Top Menu Bar where the 💾 icon is. A drop-down list should appear with several options. For this part, we are focusing only on the Save and Save As... options.

Editor - Top Menu Bar opened

Regarding the Save option, it saves your current level progress. You can do this at any time after making changes to the level you are currently editing.

You can also use Ctrl + S to save your current level.

Editor - Top Menu Bar showing the level with a saved name

When saving for the first time, your OS will request to save your file on your default directory. Make sure to select your desired location before confirming the first save.

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‣ Saving a new copy of the current Level

The Save As... option creates a new file, unlike the Save option, which only updates the file you are currently working on.

When you select this option, a new window appears. You can use the explorer tools on your computer to choose where to save your level and to properly name your file.

All your decor, videos and files will be automatically storage on the new level location.

Windows Explorer - Saving

You can also use Ctrl + Shift + S to save your level into a new file.

Remember to include all the files, such as decorations and song audio files, when exporting levels onto .zip files.

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