Just a UX suggestion... having to reclaim (and optionally re-equip) everything after each fight gets a bit laborious and there's a risk of people losing their items.
Would it be a lot of work to make the game save the player's inventory on entry and automatically restore it (including re-equipping items) when people leave, instead of leaving it in a chest?
(Any stuff picked up in the arena could disappear or be loot on the ground when you leave.)
Sorry to suggest changes, you have already done a ton of work on this game, it is already awesome and you're working on 1.2 and another game, so I realise you might not be too interested in tweaking the Arena!
Would it be a lot of work to make the game save the player's inventory on entry and automatically restore it (including re-equipping items) when people leave, instead of leaving it in a chest?
(Any stuff picked up in the arena could disappear or be loot on the ground when you leave.)
Sorry to suggest changes, you have already done a ton of work on this game, it is already awesome and you're working on 1.2 and another game, so I realise you might not be too interested in tweaking the Arena!