Where does VVVVVV save game progress?

In what location on the filesystem does VVVVVV store your progress through the game when you save in game?

Solution 1:

In whatever folder Flash stores its saved data. On Windows, that's %APPDATA%\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects\<random characters>\localhost\path\to\vvvvvv\vvvvvv.exe\.The random characters vary from computer to computer, so you'll have to check for yourself.

(I don't know where Flash stores data on Linux or Mac, but I would expect it's somewhere in your user folder.)

To give a concrete example, if you've placed VVVVVV.exe in C:\Program Files\VVVVVV\, then your saved data will be in %APPDATA%\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects\<random characters>\localhost\program files\vvvvvv\vvvvvv.exe\.

If you've bought it on Steam, you should go to %APPDATA%\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects\<random characters>\localhost\path\to\steam\steamapps\common\vvvvvv\vvvvvv.exe.

Note that this mean you will lose your saves if you do a generic clean of your Flash saved data.

Solution 2:

As for version 2.0 (rewritten in C++), the save lies in:

%userprofile%\Documents\VVVVVV\Saves

This is where the Desura version puts the save. And Steam. I believe the HIB version puts it at the same location.