Moonstone Island News

Hello, Alchemists!

Do you like monster taming?

Of course, you do. There's a reason why Pokémon is so successful, and it's basically because it's frowned upon to try to capture real-life animals and make them fight. Also, you're here, reading news about Moonstone Island, a game that prominently features monster taming!

So, we're on the Monster Tamer Direct, which is a neat little showcase of all things monstery-tamey, and as part of the fun, we showed off a few of our monsters (we call them Spirits, of course). Let's show them off a little bit more!



Dropple is a Water-type Spirit, and while its name isn't exactly the finest of our Spirit-name puns (it's, uh, shaped like a drop, you see), that doesn't mean we don't love the lil guy. Dropple is cute, enthusiastic, and determined, with the unique ability "Salt Vs Steel", which reduces enemy Armor by one each round.

Now, we had to explain what salt vs steel meant for our localization team the other day, and we had a long, hard think about it. It turns out that steel, one of the beefiest, strongest substances around, is actually quite susceptible to corrosion and rust when it meets seawater – because of the salt. The phrase "salt vs steel" is supposed to mean that even the toughest things out there can be worn down with patience and resolve (and salt), which is what our diminutive friend Dropple is all about.

Dropple may look tiny and weak, but don't count it out!



There are two Electric-type robot Spirits in Moonstone Island, and I like to think that they're family, or at the very least, they live on the same evolutionary branch. Armbot and Bulbot have a lot in common: they're both yellow, they have eyes, and they're made of metal and electricity. But today, we're talking about Bulbot.

Bulbot looks like a lightbulb with arms, hence the name, and a big cyclopean eye right in the middle. Its special ability, if you'll forgive us for the awesome wordplay, is "Totally Lit", which illuminates dark rooms in dungeons.

Let me explain how good this pun is. Something that is "totally lit" is very cool, you know? Like, "wow, that fluffy cow-print bucket hat is totally lit, bro!" But a room that is totally lit is just... literally totally lit. It has been lit up. Totally. Fully.

I JUST THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD PUN, OKAY?!



Snaplant is one of our newer Spirits. Yeah, we're adding new Spirits, even this close to launch! Do you want to know how I know that Snaplant is new? Because I do not have its picture in my little list of Spirit pictures. I have to ask the lead developer to send me a new picture. This is a good thing, because now I can tell you how many Spirits we have in total, and it will be a bigger number than before. Hold on while I wait for the new Spirit pictures.

Okay gottem.

Snaplant is a minion. Not like the yellow banana-loving guys, but a genuine minion. It's a little offshoot of [REDACTED], which is a [REDACTED] from the [REDACTED], which is very exciting! It'll provide support and cover for the [REDACTED], and generally run interference and make your life hard. Its ability, Potent Poison, will apply one Poison to your entire team every turn, so it's best to take out this Spirit ASAP (As Soon As Poison)!

That's it for today, but there are over 60 Spirits to discover in the world of Moonstone Island... so this is just scratching the Spirit surface.


~ Kate, Community Manager, and Alliteration Admirer

Hello, Alchemists!

We have a special surprise for you today - we've released the first five songs to the Moonstone Island OST!

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Music by Omar Saab. Find him on socials @ https://twitter.com/osaabmusic?lang=en - https://www.instagram.com/meetmeanstreaks/

The soundtrack is the perfect accompaniment to cooking, drawing, writing, or anything you're doing!

We'll be releasing the full soundtrack next week on Wednesday, Sept 13 on YouTube - stay tuned right here for when it goes live!

~ Kate, Community Manager, and Walking OST

Good day, Alchemists!

We wanted to share our trailers from the Monster Taming Direct, aired yesterday, for both Moonstone Island and our Raw Fury family game, Cassette Beasts!

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~ Studio Supersoft and Raw Fury

Hello, Alchemists-to-be!

We've seen a lot of new faces hit our Steam page since we announced our launch date last week, so, here's a big question: What exactly *is* Moonstone Island? I mean, what does it do? Where did it come from? And how does it work?

We've been spending a lot of time talking about the nitty and the gritty of this game, but not the big picture. So, let's re-introduce you to the game!

Here's the elevator pitch. Come on, get in the elevator. What floor? 18? Okay, great. So, Moonstone Island is a creature-collecting, deckbuilding, farming-and-crafting life sim. What does that mean? It means that it's a big mashup of a lot of our favorite genres and mechanics!

You play as an Alchemist-in-Training, who crashlands on a new island inhabited by a bunch of people who just so happen to be in need of an Alchemist. Your job is to tame and collect the errant Spirits that live on the outer islands and figure out a way to close the dangerous Rift that has formed in the sky.

You'll be fighting other Spirits in tense card battles, and each one of your tamed Spirits will have their own deck that can change massively depending on your strategy, your luck, and the Spirit's elemental type. You'll also be able to level up Spirits through battles, making them stronger, faster, and probably wiser, too, and you can change and swap out their decks by removing, upgrading, and buying new cards.

But when you're not fighting Spirits, you're also taking care of yourself, the land, and your friendships.

You can build and upgrade a house, going from a simple one-room tent to a sprawling four-floor mansion, complete with a kitchen, living room, craft room, potion room, furnace room, and whatever else your heart desires. You'll be able to craft your own furniture and even create custom wall and floor designs, so your house can look as unique as you want!

Outside the house is your garden, which can range from a simple little patio with cute furniture to a gigantic self-sustaining farm! There are about 50 different crops to grow, including some that can only be found in certain biomes, and many that only grow in a particular season. You can then use these crops to feed your Alchemist or Spirits to gain an edge in battle or out in the field, or you can combine them to create concoctions and potions with useful effects!

And what about those friendships, eh? We have 11 different NPCs that can all be befriended and even dated if you choose! Each character is unique and our cast is diverse – perhaps you'll end up hitting it off with nervous non-binary shopkeeper Rowan, or maybe you'll find a connection with the fierce but friendly Filipino botanist, Ofelia. Each one of these NPCs has their own story to tell through dates, as well as their own specially-tweaked rate of romance – some of them, like Gaiana, take longer to warm up to you – and you can even try dating them all if you want!

Oh, sorry, did we miss your floor? Hold on, I'll press the button again and we can go back down. I promise I'm almost done.

There is so much more to discover beyond everything I've just said, including buried treasure, rare islands that only appear in specific circumstances, secrets hidden in ancient temples, and dungeons full of traps and monsters. We've really poured our whole hearts into this game, and we hope that you love it as much as we do.

Okay, that's it! That's Moonstone Island! We'll let you go now, but thank you so much for reading all of this. See you very soon!

~ Kate, Community Manager, and Elevator Enthusiast