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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’s art showcase is a mystery boss.

Why a mystery? Well – we don’t want to ruin some of the surprises that Last Dream II has in store for you.

The final battler has an imposing black-armored silhouette, a heavy cloak, and a powerful weapon presence. Our artist also provided separated pieces for the arms, cloak, sword, and body, which gives us more flexibility if we decide to animate parts of the boss presentation later.

That kind of preparation is extremely helpful ...

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/

Please join us on Tuesday, Sept. 10th at 5 pm EASTERN for our launch livestream of the Last Dream Fishing Arcade!

We hope to see you there!