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Making Save Files Safer and More Reliable

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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 the most important parts of an RPG, and we want players to feel confident that their progress is safe. We know this too well from Last Dream I! This refactor also makes future features easier to support because the game has a much cleaner understanding of what belongs in a save file and what is only temporary runtime state.