Tales from The Dancing Moon News

Welcome to The Dancing Moon! The cosy inn found in the fantasy village of Ïllisor.

Inspired by life-sim games and portal-story novels. During your stay you will meet various villagers who have remained in town after a deadly invasion of an enemy known as - the shadow beasts. All whilst discovering your own purpose for appearing in town.

Starting from October 9th (Steam Next Fest) you can now play through the entire first act of the main story and partake in up to 20 side quests.

During your stay you will discover a blocked cave in the Illisor Steppes region, where your goal is to find a way in. How will you do that you ask? Exploring and interacting with the villagers of Ïllisor is your key!

With this goal in mind, you can also do a variety of activities in this new and improved demo experience!

Here's a little summary of what to expect.

📖 Start your journey and complete Act 1 of the main quest.
⭐ Gain a Steam Achievement for figuring out how to unblock the cave.
🎭 Over 20 side quests to follow.
👩🏻‍🌾 Meet an assortment of villagers and get to know them.
🎣 A fishing mini game with an unlockable fishing boat!
🌽 Prepare land and grow crops with farming gameplay.
🎲 Explore both handcrafted and procedural zones.
🛹 Find and collect museum artefacts.
🥔 Cook and brew food.
🏗️ Craft and build with a free-form building system.

View this previous post for a more detailed breakdown of the features listed above.













As part of the Steam Next Fest event I have arrange 2 developer live streams where I personally will guide you through the opening sections of the game and answer any questions that viewers might have.

The live streams will appear on the schedule found on the Steam homepage, and on the Tales from The Dancing Moon store page.

Mark your calendars and feel free to join during the times allocated below!





As always, feel free to continue reporting any bugs via the many social media links below!

Discord: https://discord.gg/kpGVRKPn5W

Threads: https://threads.net/dancingmoongame

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DancingMoonGame


Thank you so much for playing!
-DjMonkey

Mark your calendars and set a reminder as I'll be livestreaming Tales from The Dancing Moon during the October Steam Next fest.

There are two featured streams to look out for!

10th October at 8:00pm BST
11th October at 8:00pm BST

Tune in, kick back, relax, ask questions, grab a tea or coffee, and let's have some fun together!

-DjMonkey



https://store.steampowered.com/app/1782420/Tales_from_The_Dancing_Moon/

Mark your calendars and set a reminder as I'll be livestreaming Tales from The Dancing Moon during the October Steam Next fest.

There are two featured streams to look out for!

10th October at 8:00pm BST
11th October at 8:00pm BST

Tune in, kick back, relax, ask questions, grab a tea or coffee, and let's have some fun together!

-DjMonkey



https://store.steampowered.com/app/1782420/Tales_from_The_Dancing_Moon/

[h3]Hello everyone![/h3]

As we approach the Extended Demo release (27th September!) and Steam Next Fest in October I thought it would be a great idea to lay out some bite-size insights to the many things you can do within Tales from The Dancing Moon.

So without further ado - let's dive in!



[h2]Developer Let's Play 🎮[/h2]

For the ultimate quest gameplay breakdown, feel free to watch this 30 minute developer "let's play" where I go through one of the quests early in the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc8rTVsf4SY

Read on for more bite-size gameplay details!



[h2]Discover your Purpose 📖[/h2]

Follow the main quest and read collectable diary entries scattered across the land to fully understand your place in this world.

Unravelling the mysteries behind the disappearance of four teenagers who lived in the village before you arrived.





[h2]Explore with Changing Weather & Seasons 🌸❄️[/h2]

Play at your own pace through an ever changing backdrop of seasons and weather effects in the village of Illisor, a place recovering from a recent invasion of a threat known as the "shadow beasts".





[h2]Meet the Villagers 👮🧑‍🍳[/h2]

Each NPC comes with their own beautifully drawn portrait and unique personality and traits.

They are the driving force of all quest related gameplay in the game!

Here's just a small sample of the people you'll meet.





[h2]Fishing 🐟🎣[/h2]

It wouldn't be a casual life-sim RPG without its own fishing mini-game!

Match the controller/keyboard inputs to the fishes swimming direction in this tricky but fun mini-game!





[h2]Farming 🚜👨‍🌾 [/h2]

Prepare land, plant seeds, and nurture your crops to help provide income for yourself and the struggling village.

The changing seasons provide a different colourful theme to your farming aesthetic!





[h2]Explore procedural zones 🎲[/h2]

Just east of the village you can explore procedural zones, where you can practice sword skills, find rare artefacts for the museum, and find valuable loot.







[h2]Find Museum Artefacts 🏀🛹[/h2]

Speaking of the museum, on your travels you will find rare artefacts that the local curator will be interested in.

Learn stories and explanations of the various items you find.





[h2]Cook and Brew 🍲[/h2]

Experiment with a food ingredients to cook meals that buff your health, or mix liquids to create drinks with special enhancements and abilities.





[h2]Craft and Build 🏗️🛠️[/h2]

A robust crafting, construction, and free placement system allows you to build and decorate the village to your heart's desire.







And that just scratches the surface of the gameplay, without really going into the story or quests! (unless you watched the 30 minute video above. If you did so - yay!)

- DjMonkey

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1782420/Tales_from_The_Dancing_Moon/

Mark your calendars because I'm happy to announce that on the 27th of September I'll be updating the demo version of the game to a brand new "Extended Demo" experience!

This version of the game includes brand new zones to explore, new NPC's to interact with, over 20 quests for you to follow AND an achievement for getting through it all!



The Extended Demo will be uploaded just in time for the press-preview event for the upcoming Steam Next Fest - occurring between the 9th and 16th of October!





[h2]So what's new in the Extended Demo?[/h2]

Your ultimate goal is to figure out how to reveal the entrance to the mysterious cave in the Illisor Steppes region. Exploring the town and interacting with it's various villagers will help you with this task.

Along the way you will encounter various new things compared to the current demo.

• An achievement for finding out how to access the Illisor Steppes caves.
  
• New NPC's to interact with and get to know.
  
• New museum artefact collection gameplay.
  
• New fishing boat gameplay in the Illisor Steppes lake.
  
• 2 new zones to explore, including the Illisor Docks and Worm's Tail Island.
  
• Over 20 quests to follow.
  

[h2]What's Next?[/h2]

As I mentioned in August's newsletter, I'll be provider more short-form news posts (this one included) leading up to Steam's Next Fest.

I've laid out a rough plan of things this month which you can see below!


There will also be two live-streams during the event where you can tune in to watch me play and answer any questions you might have. Look out for future posts of when they will be!

This may be subject to change as we approach the end of the month.



As always, feel free to continue reporting any bugs via the many social media links below!

Discord: https://discord.gg/kpGVRKPn5W

Threads: https://threads.net/dancingmoongame

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DancingMoonGame


Thank you so much for playing!
-DjMonkey