Tutorial and objective guidance

• Zone 0 is now a playable tutorial instead of a dialogue-only introduction. It guides movement, shooting, ore collection and delivery, auto fire, speed modes, speed adjustment, screen scale, the map, map movement while paused, and automatic return.
• Objective guidance for Zones 1-7 and 10 now follows the current mission state more clearly.
• The objective display has moved to the upper-left. It stays compact normally, enlarges for about three seconds after a change, and can be turned ON or OFF in Settings.
• The Zone 1 Lumn return objective now explains that E+F or LB+RB must be held together.

Battleship UI

• Item descriptions now appear automatically when the cursor is placed on an item. This can be toggled in Settings and is ON by default.
• Page numbers have been added to every battleship page.
• Upgrade Ratio descriptions are now shown in larger text using no more than three lines. Ratio changes also trigger a light effect and sound.
• Save-file selection now displays ZONE:[progress].
• A dedicated character portrait page is unlocked after clearing Zone 9. Use Up/Down to select a character, Left/Right to change images, and LB/RB only to change pages.
• Portrait preloading and texture grouping have been optimized to reduce loading during dialogue and battleship screens.

Zones and progress information

• Zone 1 is now 12x12 screens in total, with a playable 8x8 area and two screens of outer margin on every side. Battleship and Lumn positions were also adjusted.
• The playable area of Zone 8 is now square.
• Zones 9 and 11 are now correctly presented as endings and no longer display a clear time.
• Combat zones now show clear counts, while Zone 9 shows how many character endings have been viewed.

Gameplay and rewards

• Ore can now be earned faster and in larger amounts as the scenario progresses.
• Lumn initial approach speed and acceleration were increased, together with the approach speed of the Zone 6 rescue targets.
• The battleship becomes fully invincible from Evolution Level 7 and no longer adds to cumulative damage.
• New dialogue and Lumiere/Astrea portraits are unlocked at 1 million, 1 billion, and 1 trillion cumulative damage for the battleship and fighter.
• Two hidden achievements were added for clearing Zone 8 without battleship damage and without fighter damage.

Fixes

• Fixed Zone 0 starting with zero Cargo capacity and HP, which prevented ore collection and caused a continuous warning sound.
• Corrected the Ore Capacity description: being shot down returns the fighter to the battleship but does not erase collected ore.
• Fixed an input conflict that returned to the battleship page when X was released in Settings.
• Updated Japanese and English text and control guidance for the current behavior.

We will continue improving BreakDespair2D to make it clearer and more enjoyable to play.