Moonstone Island News

It's hard to exactly nail down a clear comparison of what Moonstone Island is. The indie title clearly draws massive inspiration from Stardew Valley in its farming mechanics and visual design, but Moonstone introduces so many varied gameplay mechanics that it's almost developing a blended genre all on its own. Now might be the best time to dip your toes in island water because the game is on sale for just a limited time.

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Moonstone Island is like Stardew Valley with cozy creature-collecting

• Magic Man discovered a new, forbidden kind of card magic, and as a result he's developed dozens of new "shop exclusive" cards. Don't call the card police pls
  
• He's also finally learned how to actually, you know, leave the house. Once Waldo moves to Moonstone Island, he will now walk around instead of staying inside all the time. He'll even go to the Tavern!
  
• Waldo has more to say once he's moved back, too. There's a lot of new dialogue from both him and the other NPCs that acknowledge his presence instead of awkwardly ignoring him all the time. No wonder he never left the house before.
  
• We've added a few Magic Man-themed decorations to the game! Some are DLC, and some are part of the free update. There's a lot of purple, a lot of magic, and even a few things shaped like Waldo's ✨ iconique ✨ hat
  

• Ten! New! Inventory! Slots!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you think of a single game that has ever given you inventory expansions after launch? It's probably never been done. We're pocket pioneers, baby
  
• And while we're at it: You get a second tool wheel! You get a second tool wheel! EVERYBODY GETS A SECOND TOOL WHEEEEEEL
  
• Four! New! Spirits!!! One of them is a shrub with legs, and I love him. Also, Pombomb from Cassette Beasts is in Moonstone Island now! Synergy!!!!!!!
  
• Step into the amazing new world of MAP ZOOMING, where you can see each island much bigger than before! Bonus: It makes matching islands to treasure maps roughly ten billion times easier
  
• Animated house exterior!! ANIMATED HOUSE EXTERIOR!!!!! It's a big ol' fishbowl, because we know you all want to live like Fishbo lives. This one's free for everyone. I mean... it's on the house 😉
  
• Trees now have a chance of dropping saplings when cut down, which is only horrifying if you think about it too much
  
• Furnaces can now smelt multiple ingots because we're all too darn busy to babysit a fire forever
  
• More furnace news: you can now add ore and coal to the furnace while it's running. If you burn yourselves we are not liable ok
  
• We updated the save system! It now automatically organizes games into separate files, so you won't curse the day the developers were born every time you accidentally overwrite a save. Side note: please stop cursing the day we were born
  
• Zed has been building a computer in his spare time... and it was for you! Now you can use it to access Spirit Storage after hours
  
• Does the gigantic empty space of the basement make you nervous? Split that bad boy up into smaller rooms like a greedy landlord with our new placeable walls! They can be rotated, placed anywhere, used to hang decor, and even wallpapered like regular walls!
  
• Tobin's been working hard on Fish ScienceTM, and he's developed a few new fishing lures that will help you catch specific fish to fill out that trophy shelf
  
• XP is now a lot easier to get, because we're not about that grind
  
• NAPPING UNLOCKED. Head to your bed to take a lil snoozy-woozy and refill your energy at any time
  
• Fibre is now purchasable in the workshop
  
• Added Russian language! Ура!
  

• Mass manufacture ENABLED! Craft multiple items at once by pressing and holding the craft button!
  
• Mass feeding ENABLED! Give your Spirits the mukbang they deserve by holding down the "feed" button to give them multiple crops in one go!
  
• Mass alchemy ENABLED! The Alchemy Station now accepts up to 100 crops, bottles, and ash, and can produce 100 concoctions!
  
• Wearing your dancing shoes on the dancefloor in Ossono's Tavern now has a neat surprise 💃🕺
  
• If you're the kind of person that gets really attached to inanimate objects, then the new Item Frame is for you! Show off your favourite thing in your home!
  
• Concoctions can now be found in dungeon chests, hopefully making that one quest from your mother a little bit easier
  
• We made a lot of improvements to the targeting of placeable objects with both gamepad AND mouse! That's equality, baby!
  
• Gotta go fast, right? Now you can do more while sprinting: interact with objects and NPCs, place stuff, plant seeds, use items, eat crops, and MORE
  
• We also disabled the white outline on objects when the player is sprinting, so you won't be distracted from your go fast time
  
• Placing fences and bridges is now a bit faster, too! We removed the animation. It probably saves like 0.3 seconds, but it adds up, right?
  
• And the Spirit Brush is faster, too! We didn't remove the animation for it, because you gotta pet the lil guys, but we did speed it up. Zooooom
  

• Adjusted Spirit pathfinding to stop wild spirits spawning in fenced areas on Rift island
  
• Fixed an issue where player would get stuck in the mountain cave after opening Medallion
  
• The black rectangles that would sometimes pop up in your journal are GONE
  
• Fixed Spirits displaying behind dungeon doors
  
• Made sure that Ossono is actually attached to the balloon that floats away during her wedding
  
• Fixed an issue where you could propose to someone, cancel the proposal, leave the conversation, and start the conversation again, resulting in the dialogue skipping to the chat options. I mean, no offence, pals, but that's a really weird way to propose
  
• Fixed the Greenhouse Fishing loot becoming inaccessible
  
• Fixed npcSpeechBubble 9-patch object
  
• Fixed a bug when some placeable objects didn’t stack after being picked up
  
• Fixed a few localization issues - title menu truncated in other languages, game files using incorrect font etc.
  

• Fishbo! We're showing off our love for Moonstone Island's official unofficial mascot with a Fishbo-themed rug, a statue, and a fishbowl house. Now you can become as Fishbo.
  
• Extra, extra! Moonstone Island inhabitants discover napping! You can now sleep for short periods of time to regain energy, even if it's not bedtime!
  
• Map zooming! Revolutionary!!!
  
• Tired of living in a studio apartment? Why not try: WALLS! We've added placeable walls to the furniture catalog, so now you can divide up those rooms into much smaller rooms like the world's greediest landlord!
  
• Do you love to min-max? Are you an efficiency demon? Why not try the new, definitely unsafe, Perpetual FurnaceTM! It's a furnace that runs continuously and can be added to while running. Don't worry about emissions! The world is already in ruins!
  
• We've also invented the Perpetual Alchemy LabTM! You can now brew multiple concoctions at the same time, and add ingredients while it's running. Science!
  
• Four new Spirits, including one you might recognize from another Raw Fury game 👀
  
• Zed will now allow you to access the Spirit Storage at the Science Center even if he's not there. I guess you got a spare key or something? Use it wisely.
  
• New fishing lures that allow you to catch certain fish, because I
• know* y'all have been struggling with finding that one particular fish like a really low-stakes Moby Dick
  
• A second tool wheel! Now you don't have to choose favorites! You can have ALL your tools ready to go!
  
• Do you really, really love a particular item? Attached to the stonefruit, perhaps? Or dreaming of showing off your favorite rock? Well, now you can, with the all-new ITEM FRAME!
  
• You can now press and hold to craft items and feed crops
  
• And the best thing of all: YOUR POCKETS JUST GOT BIGGER. We've added ten more inventory slots to EVERYONE'S game. For free. YEAHHHHH
  

• Magic Hat House
  
• Magic Hat Rug
  
• Lectern
  
• Candelabrum
  
• Summoning Circle
  
• Tattered Curtain
  

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