Moonstone Island News

You know what time it is! It's time for PATCH! NOTES! STEAM POST!!!!

(audience cheers, whistles, yells WOO)

I'm your host, Kate the Community Manager! Let's take a look at our lovely contestants!

(please imagine the following patch notes in the voice of someone reading out prizes on The Price is Right, thank you)

• Upgrade your gardening today with Boomerang! You can now use the boomerang to cut down wilted crops WAY faster than before!
  
• The Decoration Station now has TABS for better organisation! (audience cheers and hollers)
  
• You all asked for it, now you're getting it: Gates can be rotated!
  
• Finding fishing too hard? Change the difficulty in our brand-new Fishing Difficulty option! (audience goes "oooooh")
  
• No more tears while making wallpaper and tiling – you can now copy and paste patterns!
  
• The New and Improved Time Dilation PotionTM now works in both the Spirit Barn and the Greenhouse!
  
• You'll no longer have to button-mash through buying 999 seeds, because you can now buy and sell items at shops in bulk!
  
• It's a Blacksmith Blessing: Ferra now sells Copper and Iron in both ore and ingot form, as long as you've completed both her quests!
  
• You could go home with a brand-new fireplace that actually outputs light, because we fixed them!
  
• You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here! Ossono's Tavern has announced that every customer is now subject to a daily limit of 5 coffee, 5 wine, 5 beer, and 3 dish of the day, because let's be real: That's plenty! (audience laughs)
  
• You could win your very own TOWNHOME... because we took away some trees and grass in town to make room for a home! Home not included.
  

And now for the quick-fire round:

• BUG FIX: Exiting from the final battle through the menu will no longer soft-lock the game by using up one of the rift seals
  
• BUG FIX: If you've unlocked the Bracelet recipes and then used a Skill Potion, you can now find the recipes in chests or purchase them from Paolo
  
• BUG FIX: Certain ground tiles that were untillable are now tillable
  
• BUG FIX: Fixed (definitely this time!) the bug with Wildwood not registering as banished in Spirit Research
  
• LIGHTING FIX: Reduced the size of light spots on Jack and Jill Lanterns
  
• LIGHTING FIX: Moved the light spot over the entrance in the fully upgraded greenhouse
  
• CHEAT FIX: Fixed a grass exploit that would spawn multiple items
  
• GENERAL THING WE DID: Locked the Halloween item recipes by default (for new games)
  

And that's all we have for today!

Wow, thanks, Kate. Those were some great patch notes. And the winner is... you! For getting to keep all these cool new features and changes. Hooray!

Kate, Community Manager and beloved game show host

IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING YOU GUYYYYYYYSSSSS

We're coming to Switch in addition to PC Steam! And we were on the Nintendo Indie World showcase to announce it!!!! So cool. We're best friends with Nintendo now. Maybe they will let us wear a Mario hat?

We'll let you know more when we have more details, but for now, rejoice! We finally have a release window: SPRING 2024!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳

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Thank you all for being patient. Even those of you who were not patient. We still appreciate you :D

~ Studio Supersoft

Yarrr, it be a patch notes. Why am I speakin' like a pirate? Because it be our eighth patch notes. Like pieces of eight. Patch notes of eight. Yarr, I don't need to explain myself.

• We made EVEN MORE tweaks to the volume to fix that loud title screen – your volume is now saved globally, which means whatever you set it to in-game will also change the title screen volume
  

• The "Tame a Spirit higher than Level 50" achievement was counting Spirits at Level 50... which is incorrect. It now only triggers if you catch Spirits of Level 51 and up. We're still figuring out numbers, apparently.
  

• We're also constantly trying to keep up with all the creative ways people are breaking the game. The latest is being able to run along dungeon walls when there's no floor. You're not supposed to be able to do that, obviously, so we patched it out
  

• Fixed the fertilizer so it doesn't stay on a patch of soil if you use the Alchemist's Wand to grow a plant, then harvest it (yes yes I know that's how fertilizer works in the real world, but this is a video game. Take it up with whoever invented computers)
  

• Our glorious Final Boss was too easy to beat, so we nerfed Calm and Tangle a little bit – Final Boss is now immune to these conditions. Nyahahahaaaa
  

• There was a Spring Temple bug that crashed the game to a black screen after defeating the boss. We fixed it
  

• All new mines now correctly appear on the map
  

• The Ando Tree animation now displays correctly
  

• Rocks now drop the correct ores, which is, y'know, oresome
  

• Oh, worm: Womr's Lawn Mowr icon now works!
  

And that be it, for now, ye landlubbers. Yarrrr. I loves me treasure and booty and parrots.

– Kate, Community Manager and running-out-of-patch-note-ideas writer

Here are our Haikuween winners! You all get a copy of the Halloween DLC!

Twitter:
@8leggedbunny
@Addie_Baddi
@hypotherm1a
@gray_leak


Discord:
#goodcub
#dollychrist
#marissasa
#honeybee

Steam:
Aya Breha

Congrats to all our winners! We'll be DMing you VERY SOOOOOON

Happy November, everyone! As I write this, it's snowing hard outside. I live in Canada so everyone expects a lot of snow, but winter doesn't normally start until late December here, so this is unusual! It's very soft and quiet, though, so I'm not complaining. Also, I am sitting next to a fireplace so I'm quite cosy. Tell us your favorite season in the comments!

Before we get to the comments, though, let's dive back into what we've been up to.

DLC/ EVENT RETROSPECTIVE

This week we had TWO events: Holoween and Haikuween!

Holoween gave everyone who played the game between 30th October and 1st November three Holo-Hunter Potions, which increased the Holo Spirit encounter chances from 0.2% to 10%.

Haikuween asked people on our Discord, Twitter, and in these Steam posts to submit a spooky haiku or short poem to be in with a chance of winning a code for our Halloween DLC!

Both events are over now, but they were both a lot of fun. If you participated in either, thank you! We hope you now have many Holo Spirits and/or an appreciation for the art of haiku. We'll be announcing the winners on our Twitter, so keep an eye out!



Just before Halloween, we released our biggest-ever update, which included a ton of new content, new Spirits, and a lot of bug fixes and much-requested updates to the game itself.

The full patch notes are loooooooooooong, so here are the highlights:

• You can buy more rocks, grass, and trees to replace all the ones you destroyed
  
• NPCs will now accept gifts on their birthday even if you've given them two gifts that week
  
• Zed's Spirit Taming quest is easier to complete
  
• Boss Chests will keep their appearance after you steal them
  
• You can close mines, at last
  
• An even bigger greenhouse
  
• New furniture in Paolo's shop
  
• One-click stack transfer in the inventory
  
• Adjustable day length
  
• A potion to reset your skills
  
• Plus: Various accessibility changes, card tweaks, and bug fixes
  

Here's the new free content:

• Three new Spirits: Bonfire (Fire), Catsket (Dark), and Womr (Earth)
  
• A new Haunted House exterior
  
• Iron Bat Archway
  
• Gravestone
  
• Two skeletons
  
• Tiny skull
  
• Tongue rug
  

And all of that was totally free for everyone! But if you want to spend a lil more money on supporting Moonstone Island, we also have...

Halloween DLC

Our Eerie Items DLC is also available now! It includes more decor:

• Carved Pumpkin House exterior
  
• Cobwebs
  
• Jack-O'-Lanterns
  
• Candles
  
• Eyeball rug
  

WOW so much stuff!!!!!!!!!!

Hmm, now that Halloween is over... what's next? What's the next big holiday? We can't quite remember. Bonfire Night, right? Then it's American Thanksgiving, yeah? But then there's something else... something... big. I forget. Sure would be cool if we had another big update planned for some big holiday in the future. Hmmm.



This week's community creations have a bit of a spooky Halloween vibe! Check out this Fishbrew fanart by @MessyZandrewbert







...............meow.

Translation: When you stare into the Voidno for too long, the Voidno stares back.

Thank you all again for your continued love and support, and your suggestions for making the game better, which mean that we can do updates like this one. We hope you had a great Halloween, and don't forget to tell us about your favourite season/holiday in the comments! Mine's Autumn. I like hot chocolate and fires.

~ Studio Supersoft