How to save your run?

[Nightbringer]

I'm afraid that I'm blind, but I seemingly can't find how to save your run. When I try to go to main menu, my character just explodes. Is it an unlock as game seems to lock basic gameplay functions or I'm just missing something very simple?

[orb]

you cant (other than pausing and tabbing out)

[DatGameh]

The game is designed to be finished very quickly.
Think of it like playing an arcade cabinet: It takes about an hour to finish, and you can't save your progress.

Such is the case of multiplayer roguelikes these days, like Risk of Rain 2 for example.

However, Synthetik 2 is planned to have a save feature, so there's that to look forward to at least!

[Nightbringer]

Oh well, nobody can be perfect.

I hope, I will get quicker with time as now it takes 2-3 hours per run for me. I do not think that this is experience which devs had planned for.

[Firestorm🗿]

Originally posted by Nightbringer:

Oh well, nobody can be perfect.

I hope, I will get quicker with time as now it takes 2-3 hours per run for me. I do not think that this is experience which devs had planned for.

No. Honestly its as if you are supposed to die after a certain point.

[Simonsis13]

It is possible to create broken builds which make you unable to die. I ended my longest run ever after 8 hours, it was getting late. Most people will die somewhere during loop 1 and the game keeps getting harder (your damage absorb drops further) until around the end of loop 2. Once you enter 3 it stagnates, all that increases is terrorlevel. On the other hand your items and stat permanently improve, so if you can make it into loop2, you can also make it into loop 20, provided you make no big mistakes.

[Awesomer]

some ppl play slow and sometimes life happens, wish i could save and continue then leave my pc run for hours with the game paused while dealing with things like (deaths, dogs escaping, needing to take kids somewhere, covid, making dinner, horny wife, seriously etc. sometimes life just gets in the way) just wish i could save turn off pc do what i gotta do then boot back up and play hours or days later were i left off

[Linkblade]

there's really no save & quit feature? :((((
I hate when rogue-likes do that! I just went out of my best run yet to find that the game doesn't save :( No save & quit makes this game unplayable for me. I often don't have a spare hour without interruptions, and I never got 3 in one go! Think of the gamer dads!
Dead Cells has save & quit. Why doesn't Synthetik?

[orb]

Originally posted by Linkblade:

there's really no save & quit feature? :((((
I hate when rogue-likes do that! I just went out of my best run yet to find that the game doesn't save :( No save & quit makes this game unplayable for me. I often don't have a spare hour without interruptions, and I never got 3 in one go! Think of the gamer dads!
Dead Cells has save & quit. Why doesn't Synthetik?

technical reasons
if you have to go you can just tab out and mute the game, not the most convenient but its an option

[Linkblade]

thanks for the suggestion, but I have to shut down the computer when I leave. So there is no option for me to play the game properly, unfortunately. Well, I hope the best for Synthetik 2 then.

[orb]

iirc it is very much on the table for the sequel

[MadHowa]

Synthetik 2 has saving.