We have once again been hard at work in the bug mines, focusing on the reporting by you in the community! Here are some sexy new patch notes for all you documentation enjoyers:
THE MAILBOX AND CRYSTAL NO LONGER COST GEMS TO BUILD! We are very sorry for the heartbreaking lie in the Gem descriptions... but now it's trueeeee!!!!
It costs less to make custom tiles and wallpaper in the loom, so now you have no excuse to not have the cutest decor
The player will no longer get stuck while swimming 🏊♂️
If you picked Ankylo as your starter Spirit... he is now vulnerable to poison like all other Earth spirits, RIP
We had some stern words with the Equalize card and now it works properly (reduces card energy to 1 for cards in hand for the rest of the battle)
Gaiana and Ofelia got a raise, and now Seed Seeker quests will pay 5,000 coins instead of 3,000 💰💰💰
Clumsy folks (me) rejoice: We've made major improvements to the targeting of placeable objects with both mouse AND controller!
We fixed a thing where the tool wheel kept closing itself (rude)
Fixed a bug with the fifth Concoction quest – your mother will no longer mark it as complete before you've actually done it. Calm down, mama
And some bug fixes for things that made the game too easy (sorry):
Feeding a boss something with a Vitality debuff will no longer dramatically decrease their HP
Got rid of an infinite money glitch involving buying General Store seeds and selling them to Ofelia and Gaiana for a profit (we taught Rowan the meaning of capitalism, sorry)
Exiting the game while in fast mode no longer puts the game in fast mode
You can't infinitely duplicate Holo Spirits anymore, but I'm honestly impressed that you figured this one out... so, GG. You get to keep your stolen Holos
...and we also did a couple of boring UI bugs that aren't fun to write about, so don't worry about it, just appreciate that the game works better now :)
While new players are exploring your 100 sky islands and digging into all it has to offer, some folks are wondering: What is the best way to explore the lore and narrative surrounding Moonstone Island? The answer to many of your questions is simple: Do some quests and chat with NPCs! Your fellow villagers have a lot of hidden lore to pass on, be sure to interact with them and invite them to hang-out sessions!
The most important quests are the ones helping Zed with his research. Through these quests, you'll unlock the ability to see Spirit levels, get the Spirit Barn blueprint, learn a recipe for Spirit stalls, be gifted a handy-dandy tool that will help you find Moonstones, and most importantly, A WAY TO PET YOUR LIL' SPIRITS. He'll also pay you really well for filling out the Spirit Dex!
Other quests will reward you with recipes that allow you to smelt ores, make potions, craft fertilizer, and even... get free Moonstones - a hot commodity in your travels!
We hope this helps those looking to dig into the story :)
THING TWO:
We have received some reports of the game "stuttering", and we are actively working on figuring out a solution... and also, what's causing it!
Unfortunately, so far, we haven't been able to consistently reproduce the problem, and since it appears to be affecting a wide variety of machines and operating systems, we need your help.
If you experience this issue (or any bug), please fill out a support ticket, and include a screen recording if you can – it helps us identify the cause: https://rawfury.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1
Thank you and happy exploring!
~ Kate (community manager and do-er of quests)
Updates and Bug Fixes - Sept 22, 2023
Hello, wonderful people!
Excellent news: Our first patch is here, ready to patch up a few of the bugs and glitches you may have been experiencing. Thank you for being patient and understanding!
Here are the big changes:
Drawing from the discard pile with an empty discard pile no longer softlocks your game 🙏🎉🙏🎉🙏🎉
Reduced delay between button press and using hoe/scythe/watering can (for speedrun farming% players, obv)
We capped your energy at 99 (sorry if this breaks your OP strats)
Ossono finally learned to count, so her quest now only completes when selling the correct amount of stones
Tobin finally learned to count, so his sell prices are now consistent with what it says in the fish's description
Holo Spirits will now STAY HOLO when moving them around in the Spirit Barn. Turns out they were just having an identity crisis, sorry
Gifting divided stacks will no longer make the UI invisible
We fixed a bug with Dusty and Lookachoo where their abilities weren't working! The card energy cost now refreshes correctly
We're still working on bigger bugs & changes for future patches, but we hope this patch improves your experience! Thank you all so much for your bug reports and suggestions, keep 'em coming (but also please be patient because we're just a lil team trying our best OK)
~ Kate, community manager and SQUISHER OF BUGS
Thank you so much, Alchemists!
Hello, Alchemists!
Thank you all SO MUCH for your support, your beautiful streams, your thirsty fanart, and your love!! We are so proud of the community that has formed around our game already, and we can't wait for you to get to know Moonstone Island even better throughout the next few weeks... months... years?????
We're going to be making this game even better with updates and patches, and working on a Switch release, so this isn't the last time you'll hear from us! In fact, starting next Thursday, we'll be launching our weekly Newsletter, entitled the "Village Post!", right here on Steam! You'll be able to read all about the new features coming to Moonstone Island, check out the community's amazing fanart and creations, and hear from our developers (and even maybe our cat CEO, Mr. Morris!)
If you can't play (ugh, work and school, amirite?) you can listen to our entire soundtrack right now on YouTube! Let our chill OST take you away to your own island in the sky <3
Just in case you missed it, our Coming Soon page is now live to bring a plush Fishbo to life with MakeShip! More on this over the next week, but you can prepare to get your own lil' guy on Thursday, September 28th!
If you've played Moonstone Island, please leave us a review - it'll help us reach more folks and convince them to join the Alchemist journey!
Until next time <3
~ All our love and kisses, Kate (Community Manager, and very grateful lil guy)
We're live! AHH!
IT'S LAUNCH DAY!
The day is here at last - Moonstone Island is out on Steam!
If you're seeing this post, it most likely means that you have either bought the game (THANK YOU) or wishlisted it (THANK YOU)!
Here's all the launch info you'll ever need:
Moonstone Island is a cozy creature-collecting life sim with farming, fishing, romance, card battling, crafting, and 100 hand-crafted islands in the sky to explore!
The game runs on PC and Mac (specs are on the Steam page)
It costs $19.99 / £16.75 / 19.50€ (with a 10% launch discount until Sep 26)
You can buy optional DLC that includes the base game for $29.72 / 29.64€ / £25.09
It's a single-player game only
We support Steam Cloud Saves
We're STEAM DECK VERIFIED
We have Steam achievements
We have controller & keyboard/mouse support
Supported languages are English, Br-Portuguese, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese
Of course, we will be working on post-launch patches to ensure that any bugs are squished, so please be patient and understanding – we're just a team of 3 core developers!
Thank you all for your love, your support, and your fan art - we'll see you in the skies!
~ Kate, Community Manager, and Moonstone Island's #1 fan
We're Launching Tomorrow!
One day left, Alchemists!
OH MY FISHBO IT'S THE DAY BEFORE LAUNCH IT'S LAUNCHMAS EVE
Do you have your wishlists ready to go? Picked your starter Spirit? Got your mood board for house decoration? ARE YOU PREPARED FOR MOONSTONE ISLAND????
(we're not) (aaaaaaaaaaa)
As a reminder about our community:
Moonstone Island is a game that is built around the concepts of diversity and inclusion. Our LGBTQ+ characters are at the very heart of this game, and an irreplaceable part of what makes Moonstone Island the cozy, wholesome experience that it is, and this is reflected in both our LGBTQ+ team members and our LGBTQ+ fans (we love you!). We want to contribute to pushing the boundaries of representation in games, and we are proud of what we have created, and excited to have players meet our characters and hopefully see themselves represented in them, too!
We will not tolerate any of our community being shamed, harassed, and hurt by those who do not agree with our dedication to creating an inclusive space. Moonstone Island cannot be separated from its themes of inclusion and diversity, because that is what it is about – creating a place where kindness, acceptance, and love are the most important things in the world. We firmly believe that video games can be a powerful tool for good, and we will continue to listen to our community so that we can do even better in the future.
With this said, as a special Launchmas Eve treat, we're looking at one of the biggest mysteries in our latest trailer... this enigmatic, glitchy Spirit that we've never seen before:
Who is this Spirit? What is its name? What type is it? Can we capture it? And why is it so glitchy?!
All these questions and more will be answered... tomorrow! (Well... maybe not tomorrow, because that would mean you finished the entire 40-50 hour game in less than a day. And you're not going to do that... are you? Is that even possible?!)
Get a good night's sleep, everyone, and we'll see you in the morning after Fishbo Claus has made his rounds!
~ Kate, Community Manager, and maker of tortured Christmas jokes
Meet the Development Team!
The countdown begins, Alchemists!
We figured that it was time to introduce you to our team – the hard-working peeps who've been making all of this happen.
We're actually a really small team – just 3 core developers and a writer, plus a few artists who contribute their time when they can to make sprites, environments, and all kinds of gorgeous stuff that we get to put in the game.
That core team consists of:
Sandy is our lead developer! Moonstone Island is his baby, and he's in charge of designing the game, as well as wrangling all the art, design, story, characters, Spirits, and basically everything!
Stan is our programmer, who makes sure that Moonstone Island actually works. Like the choreographer of a ballet who works entirely behind the scenes, we couldn't have made Moonstone without Stan!
Cocefi is our lead artist! His stunning pixel art style set the tone for the way Moonstone Island looks today – it used to look VERY different. Now it's super pretty, largely thanks to Cocefi's beautiful work!
...and me, of course! I'm the writer and the Community Manager. I do all the words. Like this one. And this one! And theeeese.
If you want to know how to support our game and our teeny tiny team, just wishlist the game on Steam, buy it when it comes out, and you can even purchase our Collector's Edition DLC for a few extra bucks!
Thanks for all your support so far, too – we love you all very much.
~ Kate, Community Manager and Do-er of Words
Let's Talk Temples!
Hello, Alchemists!
Temples! They're the bits on the side of your face that you rub in frustration when someone tells you that they can't take the bins out because they hurt their wrists playing 6 hours of Fortnite. Grrrr.
Wait... no. Wrong temples. Today we're talking about Temples-with-a-capital-T, in the game Moonstone Island! These structures are NOT on the side of your face – they're hidden throughout the 100+ floating islands that surround Moonstone Island itself, and they're extremely important.
While adventuring, you may come across plenty of dungeons, each of which has treasures, traps, secrets, monsters, and a final boss, and Temples are very similar. But unlike dungeons, which are made up of lots of different pre-made rooms chosen at random, Temples are custom-built and unique. There are four of them in the world – one for each season – and each one contains a Magic Seal.
I won't tell you what those seals do... but they're very important.
Our Temples are all gigantic and very beautiful, but they're also a little hard to find. The Spring Temple will probably be your first one because it's veeeery close to the starting island...so you'll probably get to meet the Big Boss of the Spring Temple first. Again, I'm not tellin' ya nothin', but I'll give you a hint: Prepare for Earth-types!
Our Temples are really exciting, cool, gorgeous, and maybe even challenging! Challenging enough to start rubbing your face temples? Maybe...
~Kate, Community Manager, and Proud Owner Of Face-Temples
Collector's Edition
Hello, Alchemists!
We are super excited to announce everything that will be in the Collector's Edition of Moonstone Island on Wednesday! We've heard from folks on how to support our small team at the launch of the game, well, the Collector's Edition is a perfect way to do just that!
Okay, but what do you get in it?
The Collector’s Edition Includes:
Moonstone Island Base Game
The Official Moonstone Island Art Book
The Official Moonstone Island OST
1 Specialty House Skins
4 Placeable Decorations to Customize Your House
Bean bag chair (Can be crafted using the Decoration Station)
Moon and stars wall decoration (Can be crafted using the Decoration Station)
Purple Rug (Can be crafted using the Decoration Station)
Moonrise Painting (Can be crafted using the Decoration Station)
It'll be going at 29.72 USD/29.64 EU/25.09 GBP, and you'll be able to purchase all of the above on your own!
What edition will you be getting next week? :D
~ Studio Supersoft
Check Out Another Raw Fury Title for Free!
Howdy Alchemists and Friends!
We're taking a little detour today from our normal cozy content to give a little shout-out to a fellow Raw-Fury-family game, Friends vs Friends!
They are having a FREE weekend on Steam, and while they are a chaotic 1v1 and 2v2 shooter, we have something in common - we both use cards in our battles! Not only that, but our friends at Sunshine Animation did both of our trailers!
Since we're just under a week away from launch *GULP!*, you could always give Friends vs. Friends a try while you're waiting for Moonstone Island to go live <3 It's free, what do you have to lose?
We'll be coming at you, right here on Steam, all week long until launch. Have any burning questions you need an answer for? Drop them in our Steam Forum or join our Discord to hear back from the devs!
- Studio Supersoft, on behalf of the lovely devs at Brainwash Gang <3
