LaSSI (the Last Starship Save Inspector) is a free, open source, cross-platform, fan-made tool for inspecting and editing save files for "The Last Starship" by Introversion Software (https://www.introversion.co.uk/introversion/). Cross-platform UI made possible by Eto (https://github.com/picoe/Eto)
Side-step the issue of creating innumerable copies of save files to avoid data-loss/screw-ups by just... building version control into the program. Made a breaking change? Deleted something you actually needed? Just roll it back. Want to try something risky? Fork the save. Want to see what the game changed when you resaved after playing a while? Run a diff.
Could be very helpful, could be complete overkill, certainly will be a challenge to implement.
Side-step the issue of creating innumerable copies of save files to avoid data-loss/screw-ups by just... building version control into the program. Made a breaking change? Deleted something you actually needed? Just roll it back. Want to try something risky? Fork the save. Want to see what the game changed when you resaved after playing a while? Run a diff.
Could be very helpful, could be complete overkill, certainly will be a challenge to implement.