Saveslots of the old, and new?

In the Double Fine Devs Play Symphony of the Night, IGA explained the random images for save files. His team made a bunch and they just decided to use them all. I think it would be perfect if he asked the fans to make a bunch of them.

I feel like it's practically a given that we'll have save slots instead of a single continue button. With all the different modes and difficulties, it wouldn't be player friendly to force us to lose all progress and only save one playthrough. It could also be a bit tedious to have to cycle up and down, or left and right, to get to the desired save.

If I had to speculate then it could look like:
>Continue last save
Load, load roguelike,load classic
New game, ng+, new roguelike, new classic
Options
Exit

Each load option can direct the player to select between a number of saves, perhaps 3.

I always liked the file select screen ever since I first started playing SotN. I was always curious about the icons; if you had to do some requirement to obtain a specific icon on your save file. As XombieMike stated, I checked out that video awhile back, and then found out they were random. I think that having something similar to the old style of save slots would be a nice nod, and also as stated, if they can request for fans to make some icons for them. Would be pretty neat.

Those little bits are things i really like to speculate and think about. I do have some basic practical ideas.

First of all, we need consider what modes can unlock / give stuff to the main game. In old Igavanias, beating Boss Rush fast enough would give rare / unique equipment for the main character. Due to that, you needed to actually select a save file to be used as the Boss Rush data, in ordet for you to have (partial) acess to the equipment and itens of that save and receiving stuff you get on that mode for that save.

So, as i said, the first thing is to think what modes will actually unlock stuff for the main game? ANY mode that could unlock things for the main game, must have the same overall system. You pick up a file to use as data for that mode (the mode can use part of that data for the mode itself) and anything unlocked there will go straight to that file, that will automatically be saved when you finish the mode.

Due to that small thing, it's a given that the game will have save slots. I can't see a Igavania with such dynamic without it.

Now, SOME modern games that still use save slots, instead of auto-save / profiles / things like that, simply give several slots for the player to have fun with. Senran Kagura games have, like, 50 save slots. 

As many Igavanias did, Bloodstained could probably this system, where you have a SYSTEM DATA (that records what you did in the game, to unlock modes, new game+ and other things) and the save slots themselves for you to play the main quest of Miriam and the other characters. 

In pratice, it would work like this:

You turn on the game for the first time. Main menu has two options: 
> Start Game
> Options

After selecting Start Game, you reach the 30~50 save slots list. Select one and start playing.
When you finish the game, the modes you unlock shows up in the Main Menu, such as:
>Start Game
>Options
>Boss Rush Mode
>Classic Mode
and such.
Selecting any of those modes that actually give something for the main game, prompts the player to select a save slot to be used as Data. When the player finishes the mode, any gifts / presents goes to the selected save slot.

Modes that are tied to the main game (such as Nightmare mode and extra characters) shows up at the save slots list. When you go there, Cleared games has a symbol (A stained flower?) to symbolize a New Game+. Picking up a fresh save slot prompts a menu to choose Miriam, or the other extras, Nightmare mode and stuff like that.

I hope i made any sense.

Angel-Corlux
That's a shame, but it's the dev decision, nothing we can do about it. Although this brings up a question, that i don't know if you are allowed to answer:

Bloodstained will have at least three playable characters, new game+ and nightmare mode. Most other modes, i think, doesn't require this, but these requires to play the game again. How that will work out? If you start a new game with a second character, you will automatically overwrite your original save file?

So, if you finish the game, unlock new characters, new game+ and such, what will happen? Playing a second character means losing your New game+? That doesn't make any sense, at least for me.

Save slots in Igavania mostly exist in order to play with extra characters, new difficulties and stuff like that. A single save file will force the player to keep overwritting and losing what it achieved. Unless there is some explanation i'm missing out.

Unless each mode has it's own save file, somehow.

Enkeria Pure Miriam

You should both go back and read the first letter of every sentence...

... OOooooh..

But what now? I am confused.

Anyone have ideas for icons then? Or art? Or.. Will it just be plain text?

ROOOOOFFFFLLLLLL

I myself didn't reply to this for a reason. I couldn't tell exactly what was up, but somehow he was weirdly trolling xDDDDDDD

I almost posted in the mod forum about it lool...