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Equipment has become one of the deeper systems in Last Dream II, so we spent a lot of time rebuilding how it works behind the scenes.

Equipment is now handled as individual instances rather than just simple item IDs. That matters because equipment can support things like sockets, gemstones, state bonuses, set bonuses, and future customization.

We also refactored the logic that determines what equipment a character can use, what bonuses it provides, and how those bonuses affect derived stats. This makes ...

Another major area of work has been the save/load system.

Older versions of the game relied too much on broad, flexible serialization. That made it convenient early in development, but risky as the game grew. We’ve moved toward a stricter save architecture where persistent game state is explicitly saved and loaded.

That means actor progress, party data, inventory, map position, playtime, treasure state, renown, and other long-term progress now live in clearer data structures.

The benefit is reliability. Save files are one of ...

This week we’re showing another mystery boss!

For this boss battler, the goal was to communicate arrogance and magical power. He doesn’t use a traditional weapon; instead, his presence comes from his stance, expression, and glowing magical energy.

We received versions with and without flames, which gives us flexibility depending on how we want to present him in battle. The fiery version has a much more dramatic boss feel, while the no-flame version can be useful for an earlier form.

One of the largest refactors over the past several months has been the battle system.

The original battle system worked, but after years of adding mechanics, it had become difficult to safely extend. Counters, action timing, targeting, animations, victory rewards, auto-battle behavior, state effects, and post-action logic were all heavily intertwined.

We’ve been rebuilding that foundation so each part has a clearer responsibility.

For example, turn flow is now handled by a dedicated battle turn controller, action execution is more isolated, targeting is ...

We want to congratulate our $50 1st place winner, Kavaliro, on being the first person to complete 100% of the Achievements in the Last Dream Fishing Arcade!

Master Player: Kavaliro
Number of Games: 10
Favorite Character: Copernicus
Favorite Level: Mu 1
Hardest Achievement: All the Majestic Medicines
Real Time: 126 hs.
Game Time: 100 hs

As a reminder, there are another ~2 weeks (until Nov. 10th at 11:59 pm EST) to attempt to complete 100% achievements. We hope to see other people ...

Last Dream Fishing Arcade is now available on Steam and you can watch our livestream via the store page. Enjoy!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2334080/Last_Dream_Fishing_Arcade/