GAMES & EXPERIMENTSIN DEVELOPMENT

Save Scum

Bad decision? There’s a snapshot for that.

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Local version control for game saves. Watch save directories, keep compressed snapshots, browse your timeline, and return to the moment before everything went wrong.

Source coming soon

THE REAL THING 01 / 04

Your games, protected

The native application opens a local library of sample saves captured by the real snapshot engine. No personal game files were used.

Native macOS · local sample data

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PLATFORMmacOS / Windows / Linux

TECHNOLOGYRust / Tauri / React / TypeScript

DEVELOPMENTin development · v0.1.0

THE REASON

Why I built it.

A game gives you one save slot. Your filesystem can do better. The idea is Git for saves, without asking anyone to learn Git.

What’s inside

Configure and watch game-save directories

Create compressed save snapshots

Browse a chronological revision history

Restore an earlier state from a desktop UI

UNDER THE HOOD

Small pieces. Clear boundaries.

Snapshot core

Rust owns save-file operations and revision management.

Desktop bridge

Tauri exposes native filesystem actions to the UI.

Timeline

React and TypeScript present save history and restore controls.

A CLOSER LOOK

A few moments inside Save Scum.

From the first screen to the details that make it useful.

01 / THE WORKFLOW

A history of second chances

Browse stored checkpoints across games, label useful moments, and keep favorites protected from retention cleanup.

Native macOS · local sample data

02 / THE WORKFLOW

Keep the moments that matter

Favorite useful checkpoints and protect them from retention cleanup, with labels and notes kept beside the original snapshot.

Native macOS · local sample data

03 / THE WORKFLOW

Small footprint. Long memory.

The storage view shows real content deduplication, compressed blobs, and integrity verification for the isolated sample library.

Native macOS · local sample data

ON YOUR MACHINE

Take it for a spin.

Requires Node.js, Rust, and Tauri platform prerequisites. Development build; test with copies of your saves. Platform builds need verification.

Source coming soon

From save-scum/

npm install
npm run desktop

LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

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