[FEATURE] Save Game via Email

[alhardwarehyde]

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From 3/15 Meeting with @polytroper

Box Pops Up to Save via Email (note, when do we want that to happen?)

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[alhardwarehyde]

@polytroper @profsucrose decide if we want to do this or save via local storage

[alhardwarehyde]

Moving this to after ship

[profsucrose]

Sorry what's the point of saving this via email over just localStorage/URLs? (If that entails emailing the actual solution and/or link to the user, who then "saves" it through clicking on a modal and entering their email or whatever). If there is a good reason to do so then we could certainly implement it, though I agree that it should be a feature added after ship

[polytroper]

It’s just a way to give an “official” save button that is not tied to a specific machine. Users can of course copy the URL, but “enter email to save” is easier to communicate in the UI. And of course we can include easy 1-click links to join the newsletter or daily puzzle mailing list in the saved game emails.

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Sorry what's the point of saving this via email over just localStorage/URLs? (If that entails emailing the actual solution and/or link to the user, who then "saves" it through clicking on a modal and entering their email or whatever). If there is a good reason to do so then we could certainly implement it, though I agree that it should be a feature added after ship

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[camdan-me]

I don't remember where my discussion with Chris took place, but the idea is a backup of a user's progress. Serializing everything in the URL doesn't make much sense because it makes sharing solutions more difficult, but game data backups are still important.

[profsucrose]

Again this is probably something only worth worrying about after ship, but if SineRider has a dedicated microservice anyway for the scoring server, maybe we could also use that for storing solutions? (Maybe as like both a dedicated link shortner for sharing solutions and also as a way for someone to manage their set of solutions under their username or whatever; though this might also detract from using Twitter which iirc is supposed to be the crux of the game? Idk just thinking out loud). However I still think that localStorage/URLs are good enough for tracking solutions on a single machine/browser and for easily sharing them with others for now

[camdan-me]

We can do a rudimentary oauth-based login system (twitter, discord, google), but that'd definitely be after ship cause implementing Google oauth sucks.