Dictionary vs global variables

Hey there!

For my savegame I will most likely use a dictionary to json on local storage. I will need to save about 20-50 variables/values.

Now I'm thinking whether I should load the dictionaries contents into global variables after loading or just call (get) them from inside the dictionary.

These will be values like room_id, nickname, settings etc. .

What are the benefits over one another? I came across this old thread where Kyatric mentions that with dictionaries you can do some "string manipulation". Does anyone have an example for this?

Thank you in advance!

Saving to local storage is definitely easier with a dictionary. How you use the values after loading is up to you. You can copy some values that you need often to global variables (for example, gold amount). Values like game settings you can leave in the dictionary.