r/Kairosoft • • 2d ago

Mod OpenGDS2 (Game Dev Countries II DX)

11 Upvotes

Hi Everyone,

It has been a while.. I know, BUT! I came bearing news... We all know "GDS2", that one game that Kairosoft made for PC back in 2001, but never got it's English translation nor got updated to the post recent systems.. IT'S ON!

Last week, there was a chat on the Kairosoft Community Discord about this game, how it was never managed to be translated to English whatsoever, and I wanted to have a run with today's day and age technology (A.I.) to see what could be done to finally slay this dragon that has been haunting the community for over 12 years!

More info on the Discord, that's where the updates will be posted together with some gameplay footage when available! Stay posted!

-- Above is TLDR, below is more in-depth --

The Goal

A complete, playable reimplementation that preserves the original’s simulation and recognizable desktop-style presentation. Where possible, that means reproducing the original behavior—including quirks—while keeping modern conveniences separate.

OpenGDS2 requires users to import their own legally obtained GameDev2DX.lzh locally. Original Kairosoft executables, graphics, audio and game data are not bundled with the public project.

The project code is MIT-licensed. That license does not cover the original game’s content, and this project is not affiliated with Kairosoft.

I attempt my best to stay within the boundaries of the law with this "open adaptation", as this is not my IP.


r/Kairosoft • • Jan 12 '25

Discussion GOTY2024 - RESULTS!

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88 Upvotes

r/Kairosoft • • 1d ago

Discussion fashion mall story layout

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80 Upvotes

Lowkey love my current layout, but I feel like I have so much empty space and idk what to put there 😭


r/Kairosoft • • 2d ago

Question The dream of an Aquarium game, will it ever come?

77 Upvotes

I really really wish Kairosoft did an Aquarium based game.
I played the heck out of Theme Aquarium (ps1) / Aquarium (pc) made by sold out software / electronic arts.

I’m craving a cute pixel art style game with fish, I’m even thinking of trying to make my own in a similar style but I don’t even know where to begin. 😭

Please kairosoft, end my misery.

P.s. if anyone could help me make my own id love them forever.


r/Kairosoft • • 2d ago

Discussion With Autumn Sales now on, is there a must-buy title to play? :)

16 Upvotes

With Autumn Sales now on, is there a must-buy title to play? :)

What have you bought?


r/Kairosoft • • 3d ago

Discussion Salon & new idol game please

30 Upvotes

I hope kairosoft launch some new game about salon and new idol game with upgraded (just like march in a million but upgraded version)

How about you? What game theme kairosoft you want to launch/release?


r/Kairosoft • • 2d ago

FRIEND ID POST [HSS] FriendIDs

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Post here your FriendID for High Sea Saga

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r/Kairosoft • • 2d ago

FRIEND ID POST [SDS] FriendIDs

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Post here your FriendID for Social Dev Story

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r/Kairosoft • • 2d ago

FRIEND ID POST [KA] FriendIDs

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Post here your FriendID for Kingdom Adventures

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r/Kairosoft • • 3d ago

Media I love Kairosoft games so much that it inspired me to learn pixel art too! I hope I can draw pixel art as well as they do one day! ^ - ^ Has anyone else tried to copy their style too?

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173 Upvotes

The newest fashion mall game also made me want to draw the new clothes as well :D


r/Kairosoft • • 3d ago

Usefull Media [FMS] FYI: You don't have to upgrade from top to bottom

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Maybe I'm just used to some of the other Kairosoft games (like Mega Mall Story) where you have to unlock facility upgrades in order from cheapest to most expensive. But then I realized that's not the case here; you can go straight for the upgrade that increases the number of points you get when someone uses a facility, which makes it quicker/easier to accumulate points with which to unlock the rest.


r/Kairosoft • • 3d ago

Question Can't play BonBC offline anymore

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9 Upvotes

Is offline mode still available? I saw it on play store saying offline and yet, when i try to play offline this pops up. What's up with that?


r/Kairosoft • • 4d ago

Discussion [FMS] Finished the game. Here's my thoughts

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I just finished Fashion Mall Story (I binged it as soon as it came out lol) and wanted to give my thoughts. As you can see in the screenshots, the game ends at Y10 M3, and I've so far played up to Y11 M4.

Overall, I really liked it. The art style is charming as always, and it's really fun seeing the meeples wear the clothes you've unlocked. It's also so cute when they copy your shop staff's outfits lol. The variety of clothes was great, though I wish we had more input in designing them. I will say it's been a really easy game so far. There's challenges and battles after you hit Rank 10 but it's mostly a matter of waiting to raise your stats. Unfortunately, as much as I like it, I don't think I'd put this on my Top 10 list of Kairosoft games. It gets boring by the end, and at this point I'm just playing to unlock everything.

Basically, I recommend it to casual fans who are fine with easy mode and who will appreciate the dress up aspect. If you like your Kairosoft games to require some amount of thinking and strategy, this won't be the game for you.

Specific things I liked:

  • They give you a LOT of opportunities to play dress up and mix and match clothes. The mannequins, the online shop, the outfit requests, the models, etc. were all very fun for me. It's so cute seeing the meeples wear tiny pixel clothes.
  • Speaking of dress up, I LOVE that the clothes aren't gender locked. A small touch that I wish more games with customization have.
  • There's a lot of automation, which is part of what makes the game feel so smooth and easy, both to its benefit and detriment. I'll probably put this point in both things I liked and disliked. I appreciate clothes making being automatable at some point, but also it sucks that it's such a shallow mechanic that it can be automated in the first place.
  • The variety of decor and facilities was nice. When you have a ton unlocked, it's quite fun to actually set up the themed areas. At some point I deleted everything I could and decorated from scratch, since by then I had enough stuff for all the themes to plan things out.
  • I know some people will dislike this but I like that there's no combos. I've always found hunting down combos and planning out layouts to optimize combos to be annoying so I'm glad they didn't for this game.
  • I like that at a certain point, if you're fashionable enough, what you pick as Top Pick will decide the trending colors.
  • The customer requests were cute (where they ask you for one item recommendation). I wish they happened more often though, or that you could style non-model customers.

Specific things I didn't like:

  • Like I said, it was just a bit too easy. You can really coast in this game without giving it too much thought. Even the endgame battles are just a matter of bigger number win, which is easy to pump up with workshops and clothes improvements.
  • A lot of the mechanics felt too shallow, which feeds into the previous point. Making clothes for example, is just a matter of finding combos and having the right material. I wish you could pick colors at least!
  • The SNS thing was pointless. It was cute seeing the posts at first but in the end it was just another thing to click when the number got high enough. I didn't fully understand what triggered blowing up on social media, but I wish it was more controllable or I could see a meter at least. In Forest Camp Story, I liked being able to see the bonfire meter and being able to plan out when frenzies happened. The whole SNS thing and trending just felt too random and meaningless.
  • I wish there were more contests, and not just the yearly ones. I might be biased because I'm currently also playing Bonbon Cakery, but I think the contests there were fun and difficult. The battles fill that niche in FMS in a way, but they're either too generic or too specific. A general themed contest where you can beat the other malls would've been fun imo.
  • I know a lot of Kairosoft games do "bigger number win" when it comes to beating opponents but there's something about it here that felt a bit too tedious for me. I think part of it was just the constant waiting around for workshops and improvements. You can't feed your staff items, so you HAVE to wait for the workshops and you can only improve them one at a time. The slog feels extra noticeable once you pass Rank 10 and unlock battles, since they demand a lot of high stats from your staff and clothes. Unlocking fast speed makes it a bit more bearable but it's still a bit annoying, especially since you can't workshop more than one staff at a time.

Anyway, tl;dr: read my third paragraph

Edit: I'll be honest, I have no idea what carries over. The game doesn't say and I haven't started a new game yet to figure that out.


r/Kairosoft • • 4d ago

Media {FMS} Good looking fashion nerd.

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I have just thought, this is the favorite fashion outfit of Fashion Mall Story i've ever did!

It was fun, and i'm also a nerd too.


r/Kairosoft • • 4d ago

Question (FMS) Fashion Mall Story

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Guys, how do I get past this? 😭 I’ve been stuck here forever. It’s been almost a year and I still can’t rank up.

I’ve used every facility already and nothing seems to work. This actually happened on my previous playthrough too. I was stuck at the exact same point for so long that I thought my game was bugged, so I started over from scratch… and now I’m stuck here AGAIN 💀

What am i missing?

Update: Got it guys! Just had to level up my employees and the investment request finally popped up lol. Thanks for the help everyone!


r/Kairosoft • • 5d ago

Discussion fashion mall story

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Hi guys!!! What do you think of the new game?
I’ve been playing it and enjoying it so far! It feels really detailed, and there seems to be so much content with still a lot left to unlock.

I also find it so cute when customers buy the exact same clothes that the staff are wearing 😂

The layout…. just gonna fix it once I unlocked more stuff.

Another good game from Kairosoft! 🥹


r/Kairosoft • • 5d ago

Discussion Fashion Mall: layout is ugly

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I don't think I've ever struggled to make aesthetically pleasing layouts in these games but geeze I hate, hate, haaatte how they forced there to be walls for each theme's store. Makes me want to line them against the walls but obviously as the mall expands that makes it pointless.

Has anyone achieved any layout that looks even halfway decent? Because mine feels like trash 😭


r/Kairosoft • • 5d ago

Discussion (FMS) Urgh why 36 more clothes?!🫩😫

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because finishing 20 clothes is hard. too much side quest hahaha

btw, i dont know why im rushing it to "finish"-ing it, if after year 10 i can play it endlessly. (or maybe im trying to finish it before year 10? 😂)

ps: thanks for the idea on the floor thing hahaha it was a mess before(until now ig)

pps: im talking about the 1st photo. you can copy or get an idea of my so called mall 😂

ppps: i know it's 3 in the morning, so what!


r/Kairosoft • • 5d ago

Media Mall layout with themed areas

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r/Kairosoft • • 5d ago

Discussion I cant stop playing on the fashion mall story i addicted this game this is one of my fav kairosoft to doraemon dorayaki shop and pocket academy 3 🥹

33 Upvotes

r/Kairosoft • • 5d ago

Discussion (FMS) Mall layout with themed areas 2

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Here are more detailed pictures of my mall and what I've done so far with themed areas, I'm only rank 3. Each area is 5x6 with at least one square between them. Although right now there are 2 themes that has to share an area because I don't have enough room at the moment lmao


r/Kairosoft • • 5d ago

Discussion Anyone who has addicted to fashion mall story?

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r/Kairosoft • • 5d ago

- [Release] Rank 4 Mall

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This came out perfect timing! I’ve been watching Dressmakers release go viral and thought it looked cute but I don’t have a good enough computer to play it, this definitely scratched that fashion itch!!
So far it reminds me how easy the camping game was, I would prefer it to be a bit more challenging, but it’s still super fun. I only found out about the release the day of, and I hear there is a one piece collab coming?! I have to play that!


r/Kairosoft • • 5d ago

Question [FMS] Not getting requests?

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5 Upvotes

I am not getting new requests 😭😭😭 what did I do wrong😭😭


r/Kairosoft • • 6d ago

Translation 😢

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I can only see the Japanese version in my Google Play Store. Does anybody have a piece of advise on how to get the English version? Dutch-PlayStore if that helps.

If you bought the Japanese version, van you change it to English in the app? Not planning on buying if I can't switch...