This is a smaller update where I did a bunch of back end clean up that was needed. A lot of the existing code was pretty bad and not performant. Now there should be some noticeable improvements in that regard.
The next update will be big and have a lot of new stuff. I was busy earlier in the year and late last year working on a side project, but I will be able to focus on dream flash for the next few months.
Thank you for your continued support. I am a big fan of how things are turning out and I am looking forward to creating what I have planned.
Dream Flash Early Access 24 Out Now
Hello everyone, Dream Flash Early Access 24 is out now! Sorry for the long wait, I got distracted for a few months working on a separate project.
This update comes with a lot of new items, newly renovated bosses, and a highly improved Beast Soul. There are also several Quality of Life changes based on player feedback.
Anyways I'm excited about this update and to be back working on Dream Flash. There's a lot of crazy stuff planned and I am looking forward to sharing that with you. Thanks for all the continued support, hope you enjoy!
Dream Flash Early Access 23.5 Out Now
Hey everyone, the new update is out! This is a mostly QoL update with a bunch of highly requested features like better tutorial information, better performance, and better graphics. There is also a newly renovated boss and some improved items.
Anyways this update took longer than I wanted since there was a lot of back end stuff that needed to be fixed/improved. I am happy to report that the next update will be just focused on new stuff essentially. That should be out some time in September.
Anyways thanks for playing, I hope you look forward to more updates in the future.
Dream Flash Early Access 23 Out now
Dream Flash Early Access 23 is out now! This update includes 3 new bosses, 2 renovated transformations, and some new items. There was also a lot of polish done behind the scenes.
I was originally going to release 22.5 at the end of march, but all of the back end stuff I needed to do to improve the code for future updates and synergies was taking longer than I thought it would. So I just decided to skip releasing that and wait longer between updates so that there can also be a decent amount of new features.
The rest of the updates this year shouldn't require any significant back end changes thankfully so expect the regularly planned schedule of a new major version every 2 months.
Ok that is technically a lie. I am planning on releasing a 23.5 by the end of June before starting v24. 23.5 will allegedly have another new boss, plus a bunch of requested QoL stuff like updated and better tutorials. I might also try adding controller support finally since I have a good excuse. More on that later maybe.
Anyways thanks for playing the game!
Dream Flash Early Access 22 Out Now
Hello everyone Dream Flash Early Access 22 is out now. This is a full sized update that contains 1 new boss and 3 fully renovated existing bosses with new art and attacks. In addition to this the bleeding state has been made much more mechanically interesting as well with a new dash effect and spear attack. There are also a bunch of other improvements to existing items and weapons so that they look better and synergize more effectively.
This is the first of hopefully many DF updates this year. I want to make several smaller updates that each take no more than 2 months to complete each. Look forward to it! Thank you for the continued support!
Dream Flash Early Access 21.5 Out Now
Dream Flash Early Access 21.5 is out now! This update comes with a large amount of quality of life changes in addition to a new/updated boss.
One other noteworthy thing is that almost every negative emotion pool item has been buffed. For the most part this means that their positive benefit has been doubled in effectiveness.
Ideally every item in the game should be noticeably impactful to the run, whether that be in a purely positive way, or in a negative way.
In 2024 I would like to release more frequent medium sized updates every 2 months. These updates should be about 50/50 in terms of new content and polishing. Expect updated existing states, along with possibly some new ones. Also expect a lot of new and remade bosses as well.
Anyways thank you for the continued support. I read all the comments/reviews and greatly appreciate them. This is also part of the reason why I have continued to support this game until it is completed.
Dream Flash Early Access 21.1 and 21.2 Out Now
Dream Flash early access version 21.2 is out now. I also released version 21.1 a few weeks ago but I didn't announce that one in its own post.
Anyways there were 4 new items added in demo 21.1, plus some other QoL stuff. Demo 21.2 comes with a lot of bug fixes.
Originally I wanted to add some more stuff to this update but I ran out of time, so expect an update 21.1 or 21.5 sometime next month. That should have 3-4 new items, more quality of life changes, more boss champion variants, and probably bug fixes.
Anyways thanks for playing the game! The game is currently on sale as part of the Steam SHMUP Fest. If you got any friends who you think would like the game maybe let them know or gift it to them, now is a good time.
Dream Flash Early Access 20.5 Out Now
Dream Flash Demo 20.5 is out now. I fixed bugs and made a lot of balance changes. Also there was a lot of polishing happening as well.
