Save & Load System for Unity - JSON, PlayerPrefs & Checkpoints

Save the player's progress and load it back. Collect coins, touch a checkpoint, change color on a platform, stop the game and press Play again: everything is restored.

Features

• One script reads and writes the save
• JSON file or PlayerPrefs, one checkbox
• Checkpoints, coins, color platforms and lava respawn
• Every change saves right away, R resets the save
• Third-person Rigidbody player with orbit camera, jump buffer and coyote time

Demo scene controls

• WASD move, Shift run, Space jump, Mouse orbit camera
• R reset the save

What's included

• SaveLoadController, Checkpoint, Coin, ColorPlatform, PlayerColor, LavaRespawn, FPSController scripts
• Demo level with a save kiosk
• Full C# source code with comments
• README with setup steps
• Original low-poly art made by us: use it in your games, commercial too
• Nunito font (SIL Open Font License)

Requirements

• Unity 6 (6000.3) or newer
• Universal Render Pipeline (URP)
• Input System package (included in new Unity 6 projects)
• Needed tags and layers are created automatically on import

Development status

This template is still in development and gets updates. Files are versioned: download the newest one.

• v0.2.0: new art and demo scene, new UI, bug fixes, simpler code, English docs
• v0.1.0: first release

Questions or requests? Leave a comment and we'll help.