Moonstone Island News

Surprise!

We're doing another amazing collaboration with our friends over at Glumberland to bring Rad Lad from Ooblets over to Moonstone Island! This capricious fellow will be joining the line-up of adorable Spirits that you can tame, befriend, and choose to join your Spirit squad when we launch this year!

Honestly, this video says it all ;)

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Be sure to check out Ooblets right here on Steam, and while you're there, be sure to throw Moonstone Island on your wishlist!
Until next time!

~ Kate, Community Manager, and Pal

Good day to you all, Alchemists!

Today, we're showing off another feature of the game:

🔮 Spirits! 🔮

You may have heard Moonstone Island referred to as a "Pokémon-meets-Stardew game", and it's the creature-collecting aspect that we're talking about today. Our creatures are called Spirits, and they form the backbone of Moonstone Island's card-combat system. There's a lot to say about Spirits, so let's get stuck in!

Each one of our Spirits is a completely unique design, and our ideas for the Spirits can come from just about anywhere. Some of them are simple combinations, like a beach ball with sunglasses, while others are inspired by our favorite things, like Ghibli movies (seriously, we've got a lot of Ghibli references).

They're all matched up to an elemental type, too, and we have eight elements in total: Earth, Water, Poison, Electric, Fire, Dark, Psychic, and Ice. They also have weaknesses, one that is based on their type (so, Fire is weak to Water) and one that is randomly chosen, just to keep things a little unpredictable!



Every single Spirit also has its own ability, some of which affect the battle, but some of which affect other things, like your walk speed, your likelihood of finding treasure, or your success rate with flirting. It's quite fun to figure out which Spirits do what to really get the ball rolling! You can have up to three Spirits in your Medallion – the team that's out in the field with you – and you can have up to three Spirits follow you around, too.

Finally, every Spirit will drop special elemental Spirit resources. We hear that someone in town might be researching these resources, and might even pay you for filling up your Spirit encyclopedia. But that's all we know...

Our aim is 100 spirits for the launch, so follow us along on our journey as we unveil new little guys for you to collect!

~ Kate, Community Manager, and Spirit Wrangler

Hello, Alchemists!

Incredible news: We were in the TOP 50 MOST PLAYED DEMOS from the Steam Next Fest! In fact, we were the 23rd most-played game from the event :O

Thank you all so much for playing, streaming, and sharing Moonstone Island – we couldn't have done it without you. We're thanking you all for your support by putting up the demo for a few more days. It'll be live from today (Monday 10th July) to Wednesday (12th July).

Who would have thought our little game about leaving home and finding your place (with the help of some kind and not-so-kindly spirits) would resonate with so many people? We're just a tiny development team, so your excitement to start your journey means the world to us.

If you want to know about the launch date, well... you won't have long to wait. If you put Moonstone Island on your wishlist, you'll be among the first to know when we have more news to share!

Enjoy :)

– Kate, Community Manager, and List Enthusiast

Welcome back, Alchemists!

We're going to be highlighting an important aspect of the game for you!

Today, it's all about...

🧹 Adventuring! 🧹

With over 100 procedurally-generated islands to explore, there is LOTS to discover on the Moonstone Island archipelago. Each island has a unique shape – some are even cheeky references if you can spot them – and there are multiple biomes to discover, too.

You can find the perilous, static islands of the Electric biome, or the noxious gases of the Poison biome, or make your home-away-from-home on the beachy Water Biome. You can even craft protective charms to make the dangers of the Fire biome and the scary Dark biome a breeze!

You'll need some gear before you step out of your comfort zone, though. You'll start the game with a broom, and then get downgraded to a balloon because of your bad flying... but you can build yourself a new broom if you find the balloon too tedious! Eventually, you may even want to upgrade to something a bit fancier.



You'll also need provisions! Crops can restore your Stamina, heal your Spirits, and tame your opponents, too, so you can build up a team that's suited to the particular biome you're in. After all, every Spirit has its elemental strengths and weaknesses, so do your research to give yourself a fighting chance!

And while you're at it, why not pick up some new crops and materials? Every island and biome has its unique crops, which you can take back to the main island to propagate and get more seeds. You can find wood and stone pretty much anywhere, but the fish you'll find in the rivers and ponds are indigenous to specific biomes, just like the crops, so make sure to fish whenever and wherever you can!



We also hear rumors that some islands have dungeons, mines, and hidden treasure chests that can provide you with super-rare and super-helpful new items and plants... But we'll say no more about that!

Until next time, brew on!

~ Kate, Community Manager, and Treasure Hunter

Watch Sandy and Kate, our director and Community Manager respectively, play Moonstone today right here on Steam!