Moonstone Island News

Hello, Alchemists!

Temples! They're the bits on the side of your face that you rub in frustration when someone tells you that they can't take the bins out because they hurt their wrists playing 6 hours of Fortnite. Grrrr.

Wait... no. Wrong temples. Today we're talking about Temples-with-a-capital-T, in the game Moonstone Island! These structures are NOT on the side of your face – they're hidden throughout the 100+ floating islands that surround Moonstone Island itself, and they're extremely important.

While adventuring, you may come across plenty of dungeons, each of which has treasures, traps, secrets, monsters, and a final boss, and Temples are very similar. But unlike dungeons, which are made up of lots of different pre-made rooms chosen at random, Temples are custom-built and unique. There are four of them in the world – one for each season – and each one contains a Magic Seal.

I won't tell you what those seals do... but they're very important.

Our Temples are all gigantic and very beautiful, but they're also a little hard to find. The Spring Temple will probably be your first one because it's veeeery close to the starting island...so you'll probably get to meet the Big Boss of the Spring Temple first. Again, I'm not tellin' ya nothin', but I'll give you a hint: Prepare for Earth-types!

Our Temples are really exciting, cool, gorgeous, and maybe even challenging! Challenging enough to start rubbing your face temples? Maybe...

~Kate, Community Manager, and Proud Owner Of Face-Temples

Hello, Alchemists!



We are super excited to announce everything that will be in the Collector's Edition of Moonstone Island on Wednesday! We've heard from folks on how to support our small team at the launch of the game, well, the Collector's Edition is a perfect way to do just that!

Okay, but what do you get in it?

The Collector’s Edition Includes: 

1. Moonstone Island Base Game 
   
2. The Official Moonstone Island Art Book 
   
3. The Official Moonstone Island OST 
   
4. 1 Specialty House Skins 
   
5. 4 Placeable Decorations to Customize Your House 

• Bean bag chair (Can be crafted using the Decoration Station) 
  
• Moon and stars wall decoration (Can be crafted using the Decoration Station) 
  
• Purple Rug (Can be crafted using the Decoration Station) 
  
• Moonrise Painting (Can be crafted using the Decoration Station) 
  

It'll be going at 29.72 USD/29.64 EU/25.09 GBP, and you'll be able to purchase all of the above on your own!

What edition will you be getting next week? :D

~ Studio Supersoft

Howdy Alchemists and Friends!

We're taking a little detour today from our normal cozy content to give a little shout-out to a fellow Raw-Fury-family game, Friends vs Friends!

They are having a FREE weekend on Steam, and while they are a chaotic 1v1 and 2v2 shooter, we have something in common - we both use cards in our battles! Not only that, but our friends at Sunshine Animation did both of our trailers!

Since we're just under a week away from launch *GULP!*, you could always give Friends vs. Friends a try while you're waiting for Moonstone Island to go live
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We'll be coming at you, right here on Steam, all week long until launch. Have any burning questions you need an answer for? Drop them in our Steam Forum or join our Discord to hear back from the devs!

- Studio Supersoft, on behalf of the lovely devs at Brainwash Gang

Alchemists!

Only 9 days until launch but we wanted to give you all a peak into the card art we've been implementing! These are only a small section of what is coming but look. LOOK!



Aren't they adorable?? We've been working on small touches like this so we can put out the best game when we launch on the 20th
~ Kate, Community Manager, and Art Aficionado

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