i type in save, and the game says ok ,but i cant get it to restore. help??

Sounds silly... but did you try "restore"???

I immediately thought the same thing, DL, but I tried it. PLayed a few minutes. Typed save. Got the 'ok' response. Quit. Logged back in. No button to continue. Doesn't understand 'restore'.

Does this need to be downloaded and save files stored on your PC?

It may be because the game is running in an iframe? (Just a guess. Parchment (which is what this game is running on) game saves work correctly everywhere else.)

It seems to be using the url to save...

When you save or restore (which works if you don't close the page), watch the url address.

So that means, save the URL address?

I just tried Zork. So that's weird, it looks like a completelybdifferent game from when I played it! Last time I played it, it had its own website! I also cannot restore any save, but that's understandable if they updated the game, or changed it all together.

So that means, save the URL address?

Yes, ma'am!

This is an issue with the interpreter.

Any game in the Z-machine format (which are played online via the Parchment interpreter) will report that your game saves, but it is only adding text to the URL. Once that page closes or reloads, the RESTORE command returns 'Restore failed.' When saving a game, you'd need to copy the URL, paste it into a text file and save it for later, then paste that URL into your browser when you wish to resume play.

This means that you should NOT use the Z-code story file format when creating games using Inform if you think your game might be played online!

Use the Glulx format, instead (which is the default setting). The Glulx interpreter is Quixe, and it actually saves a file which can be restored online.

Also note that saving an online Inform game does not work like saving an online Quest game.

When saving a Quest game, it saves your file to the server. Once you open that game's main page again, you will be able to 'Play (resume)' or 'Restart'.

When saving a game made with Inform, it uses HTML5 local storage (if available). When you want to restore a saved game, you play the game, then you enter RESTORE after the game loads, which should pop up a window with a list of your saves (pictured in my last post).

(I believe clearing your browser history would delete your non-Quest saves, by the way. I'm not certain, though.)