Which way for monsters' data?

Question

Hello,

I'm using Unity to build a monster-taming game, similar to Pokémon or Temtem.

The difference is that the tamer (player) also have statistics (e.g. strength, vitality, ...) and a level system.

I'm a bit confused about how I should handle the data in PlayFab. The game is mainly single player but 1v1 battles will take places online.

1) Should the tamer attributes be written in Player => Statistics?

2) Should I use Player Data or Characters for the tamer's monsters team (which also have levels, health, spells, etc...)? Something else?

3) Where should I save the Vector3 position and the scene the player is in or such informations so that it is loaded upon logging in?

Thank you for your precious help!

Kind regards

Answer 1

PlayFab Statistics can do the job, but Player Read-Only Data is preferred based on the design purpose. PlayFab Statistic is aimed at recording scores, which will reflect on the leaderboard.
I don’t think it is necessary to use the Character feature for monsters, because Character is a substitute of a player. To manage monsters' data easily, it is recommended to use items. You can use Custom Data in items to store strength, vitality values. Consider Catalog items as C# class while the inventory item is instance. The Custom Data isn’t inherited from Catalog items. This behavior matches the design of Pokémon – for example, the Charmander’s base stat is pre-defined (store in Catalog item Custom Data) while the one that the player catches will have different IVs (store in Inventory item Custom Data).
I believe Player Data is able to store a Vecor3 data since it can be updated by the client. It depends on your requirement to use Player Data, Player Read-Only Data.