OpenTasks/Generic/Saving Everywhere

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Open Task
Task Name Saving Everywhere
Technical Contact(s) Alyssa Milburn
Subsystem Generic

Background:

On phones and other mobile devices, ScummVM may need to be shut down abruptly - for example, due to memory pressure caused by an incoming call, or another background task.

It would be very nice to be able to (automatically) save at any point when you have to shut down ScummVM suddenly - including in cutscenes, conversations, etc... at the moment, most engines don't allow this.

Since saving is something that every engine implements separately, a GSoC project might consist of implementing this for a number of engines.

The Task:

Please Contact Alyssa Milburn for more details