Moonstone Island News

Hello, lovely Moonstoners! It's another beautiful week, and Moonstone Island just keeps getting better. This week, we have patch notes, a cool and cozy Steam event, and, uh, wasn't there... something else... I'm forgetting...
OH YEAH WE ANNOUNCED OUR NINTENDO SWITCH RELEASE WINDOW
Now I remember. It was a whole thing, we were on the Indie World Showcase, everyone was like "yay" and "woo", it was pretty cooooool. Yay! Woo!

Cozy Quest Event Starting
This week we're also going to be part of Cozy Quest, a Steam event run by our good pals over at Secret Mode (they published A Little to the Left, Wobbledogs, and Loddlenaut!)
Cozy Quest is a curation of the bestest-best cozy games on Steam, and runs from the 16th to the 20th November. During that time, we'll be on the front page of Steam, alongside games like Ooblets, Potion Permit, and Unpacking, and I will also personally give you 20,000 Cozy Points whenever you wrap yourself in a blanket, drink a hot chocolate, or put on slippers. (Disclaimer: Cozy Points do not have any value. They are just for acknowledging your Cozy Level.)
Get cozy!

ICYMI Switch News!!
In case you missed it... we finally got to announce our Switch release in Spring 2024! I don't like keeping secrets, so I'm quite glad to not have to sit on this one any longer. Spring might seem really far away (we have to do Winter first!) but I guarantee it'll come up in no time at all. And then we'll all be playing Moonstone Island in bed, as intended.
We have a page on the Nintendo website, and Nintendo tweeted about us, and and and... I don't know! I've always been a Nintendo kid! So it feels really weird! And cool! And exciting!!!! I wonder if Miyamoto has ever had to say the words "Moonstone Island". Probably not, right? He's probably busy. But still. IT'S REALLY NEAT.




We're still improving the game with patches on the regular! This week's patch notes includes some rather exciting new changes, including:

• Cut down wilted crops with BOOMERANG
  

• Rotateable GATES
  

• The Loom now has a COPY-PASTE feature
  

• You can buy and sell in BULK
  

• More room in town to build a HOUSE
  

• An all-new FISHING DIFFICULTY setting
  

And so much more! Oooooh! Aaaaah!!!



From Crowcawcaw on Discord, a representation of how we all feel in those clutch moments:​​



And from Solarolai on Twitter, this adorably peaceful Fall scene. Look at sleepy Beardini!! And is anyone gonna tell them about the Moonstone right at their feet...?



A message from Mr. Morris, Studio Supersoft CEO
Mr Morris has something important for you today:
Meow meow meoooowww. Meow.
Mr Morris, no! That's a secret.
Meowww?
You signed an embargo, Mr Morris! This is against the law!!!
Meow!!!
Ah, I could never stay mad at you, buddy.



That's all for today, Moonstoners. As always, we've got more exciting stuff coming up, so we'll see you soon for more announcements and patch notes!
Love & Kisses,
– Kate, Community Manager and Biggest Moonstoner of All

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