Moonstone Island News

It's that time of the year, Alchemists!

Our free Holiday Content Update and December Lovely Cozies DLC are both live! HO HO HO, LET'S GOOOOOOO!

FREE CONTENT:

• More Ice Spirits, at last! 5 to be exact!
  
• Festive decorations
  
• A Spirit holding pen in the Science Center, so you don't have to set any free
  
• A craftable, moveable warp totem, so you can create a fast-travel point anywhere
  
• An EVEN BIGGER BARN
  
• Holiday lights that you can put on any tree
  
• The INFINIDUNGEON - That's a dungeon that never ends... Infinite... Dungeon... Infinidungeon.
  

DLC CONTENTS:

• Snowman House Exterior
  
• Icicles
  
• Snowboard
  
• Fuzzy Rug
  
• Snowmen
  

All for 3.99 USD with a 15% discount for the next week!


SALE - Dec 13th to 20th:

• Moonstone Island - 20% Off
  
• Delightful Little Comforts DLC - 10% Off
  
• Eerie Items DLC - 10% Off
  
• December Lovely Cozies DLC - 15% Off
  
• Artbook - 10% Off
  
• Soundtrack - 10% Off
  
• Decorator's Bundle - 25% Off
  

Our Holo-day Hunt starts on Friday and you can find out all the details in our last Village Post! See you in 2 days when the Hunt is on!

~ Studio Supersoft and Raw Fury

Merry day to you, Moonstoners!

We're almost halfway through this festive season already, but the gifts keep coming!

HOLO-DAY HUNT

This post is here to tell you about our upcoming Holo-Day Weekend event, which will work just like our Holoween event – every player will receive some Holo Hunter Potions in the mail, and each one can be used to increase your chances of finding a Holo Spirit (that's a Spirit with a unique color palette – you know, like Shiny Pokémon) from 0.2% to 10%!!!

The Holo-Day Weekend takes place from December 15th to December 18th, so just make sure to pop into the game during that time to grab your potions. Once you've got them, they're yours to keep until you use them.

Here are the details:

1. Everyone gets three Holo Hunter Potions
   
2. Each potion will increase Holo chances to 10%, but they don't stack
   
3. Each potion applies to the encounter, not the individual Spirits – which means you can get up to three Holo Spirits in one encounter
   
4. The potion wears off when you tame a Holo, or when the day ends, whichever comes first
   
5. Once you have the potion, you keep it until you use it, even after the event is over
   

DLC and WINTER UPDATE ANNOUNCEMENT

It wouldn't be the gifting season without... gifts, would it? And boy, do we have them, in the form of... our new DLC! This seasonal bundle includes a GIGANTIC Snowman House, two snowmen (Snowmelia and Frostopher, who are best friends), a decorative snowboard, a fuzzy rug, and five different icicles to frost up your life.

The DLC will cost $3.99 with a 15% launch discount for one week!

But wait, there's more! We're also giving a free update to everyone, which includes even more goodies! So many, in fact, that I need to make a bullet point list:

• Gingerbread House
  
• Gingerbread Boi and a Gingerbread Lass
  
• Firepit
  
• Three varieties of Presents
  
• Roast Dinner
  
• Candy Cane Archway
  
• Snowflake Garlands
  
• Snowglobe
  
• Poinsettia Plant
  

It's gonna be FESTIVE up in here.

We also have some really cool new features coming to the game:

• Store up to 300 Spirits at the Science Center (no Barn required!)
  
• A new Warp Totem which serves as a fast-travel point to wherever you place it
  
• Even Bigger Barn (twice the size as the current biggest)
  
• Five new Spirits!!!!
  
• And the INFINIDUNGEON (Infinite floors. Level cap removed. Good luck.)
  
• And that's only the beginning. I haven't even told you specifics, like what the new Spirits are, or where the Infinidungeon can be found. Heheheh.
  

Keep your eyes open, because I may be teasing some of this on our Twitter and Discord!



Patch! Notes! 11!!!!! YEAH!!!

• There was a bug that totally broke the Earth Temple's ladder plant if you used fertilizer on it! We fixed it... but, uh, we did hope that people would use the Alchemist's Wand on it, not try to grow it the slow way. We get it! The temple is exciting so it's easy to forget the cool item you just picked up 😅
  
• Shocking news: Apparently the very first letter that you get in the game... was never delivered. We blame Moonstone Island's Postal Service (which is run by Zed in his spare time). It should be in your mailbox now!
  
• Do you have a ton of custom wallpaper and floor tiles? And is your game lagging like crazy? Ooooops. It should be better now!
  
• Y'all found another exploit – if you clicked your mouse and pressed E at the same time while scything crops, you could get double the seeds. We're really sorry but we had to patch it out!
  
• Spirits will now tell you if they've already been fed and/or brushed that day in a little bubble above their heads. You can totally pet them as many times as you like anyway, but at least you don't have to.
  
• The Hot Spring: Now on Steam! I mean, wait. Hot Spring now
• has* steam. Like, steam particles. Yeah.
  
• Dark Matter was appearing in chests, and it's not supposed to. I mean, it's Spirit Poop. Did they poop in the chest? How? Why??? Anyway, it doesn't appear in chests anymore.
  

"Dress your Fishbo warmly," says @MessyZandrewbert. But does a Fishbo globe wear a scarf like this, or like this?



A couple weeks ago I asked for non-traditional fan art, and boy did y'all deliver. Check out this adorable Lookachoo keycap from delialalala!







Meow meow meow meoooooow, meow meow meow meow meow meooooow meow. Meow meow meow meow, meow meow meow, meow meow meooooow.

That was Mr Morris singing a rather beautiful cat rendition of "O Holy Night". Except, well, in cat-language, the lyrics are very different. They're mostly about kibble.

We hope you have a wonderful holiday, and we'll see you next week for the big release!

~ Studio Supersoft

H(ell)o, h(ell)o, h(ell)o! It's me, Moonstone Island's Santa – just call me Father Katemas – ready with a big bag of presents, just for youuuuu!

Some delightful news for you this week: We have MOOOORE DLC !!!



December Lovely Cozies (get it?) is a winter-themed festive feast of interior and exterior decor, including happy little snowmen, a fuzzy rug, a snowboard, icicles, and a gigantic, jolly snowman house to live in! The DLC will release on December 13th, and will cost $3.99 with a week-long 15% launch discount.



AND FOR FREE:

More Ice Spirits, at last!
• Festive decorations
  
• A Spirit holding pen in the Science Center, so you don't have to set any free
  
• A craftable, moveable warp totem, so you can create a fast-travel point anywhere
  
• An EVEN BIGGER BARN
  
• Holiday lights that you can put on any tree
  
• The INFINIDUNGEON
  

Yes. An infinite dungeon. INFINITE.

We hope you enjoy this little bundle of snowy goodies, and as always, thank you for continuing to support our game! We love you very much, and we hope you have a wonderful holiday season, whatever your plans are! Stay warm!

– Kate, Community Manager and current resident of The North Pole

Hello, Alchemists!

Just a quick one today to remind folks that the Steam Autumn Sale (which we're a part of) is over SOOOOOON! Just a few hours to be more precise - and we know you love precision.

Moonstone Island - 20% Off Delightful Little Comforts DLC - 10% Off Artbook - 10% Off Soundtrack - 10% Off Decorator's Bundle - 24% Off

Treat yourself to some adorable decor and placeables before prices revert later today!

We're going to be a part of Raw Fury's annual "Rawcember" event starting next week - keep an eye peeled for some exciting announcements and events for all our Moonstoners
Until then - keep it cool!

~ Studio Supersoft

Everybody (yeaaaaaaaah)
Rock your body (yeaaaaaaaah)
Everybody
Rock your body right
Moonstone's back, alright

I don't know. I just had that song in my head. I'm sorry. Yesterday's stuck-in-my-head song was Banana Phone, so at least it's an improvement on that. What I'm trying to say is: IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER MOONSTONE NEWSLETTER!

AUTUMN SALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's coming to the end of Autumn, and just like our ancestors used to celebrate/mourn the dying of the light with festivals centered around the harvest and/or fire, so too do we celebrate/mourn by holding a BIG SAAAALE. Moonstone Island is 20% off until the 28th November, and the DLC is also discounted 10%, so it's the best time to buy a copy for every single person you know!

I think our ancestors would be proud, if a little confused. They'd be all like "what do you mean a steam sale? How canst thou purchase steam, which is most ephemeral? Oh, I must not tarry, young Nathaniel is dying of the plague again."

Anyway, yes, we're on sale. Go buy the game.

Steam Nomination Please

Oh, also, since it's nearing the end of the year, that means a few things! One, make sure you've written all the games you want on your list for KeighleyClaus, because Geoffmas (AKA The Game Awards) is almost here. Two, it's GOTY time, baby! And even if we can't possibly ever hope to beat Baldur's Gate 3, we can still hope!

If you loved Moonstone Island, please consider giving us a little nomination as a treat. May we suggest the "Sit Back and Relax" category? Surely, Baldur's Gate 3 won't win that one... right? (Astarion cackles in the background) RIGHT????

We do love Baldur's Gate. But we also love awards.

Cozy Quest Roundup (?)

This week, we also took part in Cozy Quest, which was a lil showcase of cozy games like A Little to the Left, Fae Farm, Wobbledogs and LODDLENAUT which also RELEASED DURING COZY QUEST!!! Sorry for the caps but I am HYPED to play Loddlenaut. It's so freakin cute.

Before this turns into a Loddlenaut love-fest, though, Moonstone Island was also there, being cozy and such. It's an honour to be included in these things, not least because we get to be on the front page of Steam :) Keep an eye out for more!

DID WE MENTION… SWITCH? DONT 4GET (?)

Oh yeah and also we're coming to Switch in Spring 2024. We may have mentioned it.

SWIIIIITCH! Like, *the* Switch! The Nintendo Switch! Personally, I've always been a Nintendo kid, so I'm very excited. Actual Nintendo! Actual Switch!!!! It's very cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!



We hit a milestone of sorts: It's our tenth patch notes! Just a lil one, though:

• Our last patch made "pop-in" really bad, so we changed the system – now it pre-loads sprites. This should make it a lot better, but let us know if it doesn't!
  
• Our last patch introduced copy & paste patterns on the Loom (which is SO COOL) but we had to fix an issue with the bottom rows not pasting correctly. Should work just fine now!
  
• BIG NEWS: You can now cut down trees and break rocks in town. You are the master of your surroundings. Place your house anywhere. The only thing that can stop you now is Death himself.
  
• Yay, patch notes!
  
• DID WE MENTION… SWITCH? DONT 4GET (?)
  
• Oh yeah and also we're coming to Switch in Spring 2024. We may have mentioned it.
  
• SWIIIIITCH! Like,
• the* Switch! The Nintendo Switch! Personally, I've always been a Nintendo kid, so I'm very excited. Actual Nintendo! Actual Switch!!!! It's very cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  

This week, or maybe last week, I forget, I put out a request for more *unusual* fan art – using mediums beyond drawing and painting! And our Discord community DE 👏 LIV 👏 ERED.

Check out this Pappus with a lil pom-pom! It's incredible! So cute! So fluffy!!!



And you *know* we love OC Spirits here in this community, so crow cawcaw's Christmas-themed creations (based on "somewhat problematic holiday traditions at home") made us extremely happy. Especially the highly specific last one, which is very relatable.







*cough*
Mr Morris, are you okay?
*hairball splutter* Meow.
Mmm, gross, thank you.
Meowwwww!
I already told them to vote for us, Mr Morris, don't worry. Chill.

That's all for this week! More exciting news very soon!

~ Studio Supersoft