Logging player actions and game events to a file

The comma separated values (CSV) text file format is a good format to save data in, since it is easily read into rows and columns by almost all spreadsheet applications.

In this recipe, we’ll write a script that offers a method that can be called from anywhere in our game, from any scene, which will add a row of text to a log file. The following is an example of the saved data when viewed in Microsoft Excel.

Figure 10.14: CSV log data viewed in a spreadsheet application

How to do it...

To log player actions and game events to a file, follow these steps:

1. Create a new 2D project.
2. Create a new AddToLogFile C# script class containing the following code:

   using UnityEngine;
   using System.IO;
   using System;
   using UnityEngine.SceneManagement;
   public class AddToLogFile : MonoBehaviour {
     private static string _fileName = "";
     private static string _folderName = "Logs";...