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Do the Twee 3 specification and the Twine 2 story-format specification define anything about game state, saves, or save compatibility?

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The Twine specifications define story notation, StoryData (IFID, story-format name and version) and story-format packaging with semantic versioning, but nothing about runtime state or saves; save compatibility is left to each story format, and the only cross-format signal is the format name and version recorded in StoryData. Curator qualifications: Specs read 2026-10-22; no story compiled. Limitations: Specs read 2026-10-22; no story compiled. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

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      "url": "https://github.com/iftechfoundation/twine-specs/blob/74b3d895651a29aa47d0ce9244eddf3ba4478058/twee-3-specification.md",
      "note": "twee-3-specification.md at 74b3d89 L102-122; twine-2-storyformats-spec.md at 74b3d89 L31"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/iftechfoundation/twine-specs/blob/74b3d895651a29aa47d0ce9244eddf3ba4478058/twine-2-storyformats-spec.md",
      "note": "twee-3-specification.md at 74b3d89 L102-122; twine-2-storyformats-spec.md at 74b3d89 L31"
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Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] The Twine specifications define story notation, StoryData (IFID, story-format name and version) and story-format packaging with semantic versioning, but nothing about runtime state or saves; save compatibility is left to each story format, and the only cross-format signal is the format name and version recorded in StoryData. · locator: twee-3-specification.md at 74b3d89 L102-122; twine-2-storyformats-spec.md at 74b3d89 L31 source

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