Nothing destroys trust like a save-system disaster. If your serialization path is slow, allocation-heavy, or migration-hostile, you are building a retention leak into your game.
This module gives you a decision framework using the metrics that actually matter: serialize time, deserialize time, GC allocations, document size, and migration cost under real constraints like mobile hardware and network bandwidth.
The evidence frame is direct comparison. You see JSON utility and Newtonsoft behavior, including painful first-hit costs, then contrast that with binary options like protobuf and MessagePack where throughput and payload size can shift dramatically. You stop arguing by preference and start choosing by benchmark profile.
Your next dev step: benchmark your real save payload on target hardware with baseline captures for time, allocations, and output size, then test one migration path before you lock format.
CEO/Producer translation: the right serialization choice prevents late-stage rewrites, lowers support risk, and protects player trust.
Unlock the Serialization module now and pick your format with hard numbers before the bottleneck ships.
In this module:
- 1. Budget-Friendly Serialization & Deserialization
- 2. JSON & BSON
- 3. ProtoBuf, MessagePack, ScriptableObject
- 4. Guidelines & Other Features
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