Tales from The Dancing Moon News

Hello everyone!

Thank you to those who have purchased and are playing the Early Access. It really means a lot!

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[h2]💰 50% Update Discount 💰[/h2]

Edit: The sale is now over - thanks to all who managed to pick up a copy during this time!

I am celebrating this major update with a sale! Now is the best best time to jump in and play!

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



[h2]0.9.25[/h2]

This update contains the final quests of Skye's storyline and the ongoing effort to bring the game closer to a 1.0 release. You can read more about this in my previous post.

All relevant fixes have also been applied to the demo! 💣



[h3]Dungeon Gameplay[/h3]

• Skye's Quests: The final part of Skye's quests has been added to the game. Including a new procedural dungeon and a whole new set of lore that expands the stories behind Illisor and the Shadow Beasts.
  
• These new features are considered "post-ending" gameplay, and can be unlocked by talking to Skye after reaching the finale of the game.
  
  
• Procedural Dungeons: A new procedural area has been added to the game via Skye's quest in the form of randomly generated dungeons!
  
• Inspired by classic RPGs, the dungeons contain enemies to fight and environmental puzzles to solve.
  
• Dungeons are procedurally generated. Each visit to the dungeon provides a randomized layout to explore, randomized puzzles to solve, and new lore to discover.
  
• "Shadow Silver" can be found in these dungeons, allowing the final upgrade to the axe and pickaxe when talking to Val.
  
• New lore can be discovered by finding and reading "Sebastian Memories".
  

[h3]Other Updates[/h3]

• A visual refresh has been made to the main menu, consolidating a bunch of things that were added over time into a unified tile-based menu. The "Continue" tile is dynamic and shows details of the most recent save. See GIF below to see how it looks!
  
• Updated the screenshots used on the save/load UI entries to higher resolution screenshots.
  
• The player camera will now slowly move towards the fishing location whilst fishing. This can be toggled via a setting in the settings menu.
  
• The ability to perform a quick-save can now be done directly from the main menu, making it easier to do for controller or SteamDeck players.
  
• Added BlueSky social link to the main menu and social bar UIs.
  
• Minor improvements to general UI elements.
  
• Added more visual background elements to finale region.
  
• Added an out-of-bounds border visual to finale region.
  

[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]

• Fixed an issue where some text UIs showing item names were rendering all letters as uppercase.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the shopping UI row items when displayed at different screen resolutions.
  
• Fixed an issue where the weapon rack item would construct a wooden gate instead when placed in the world.
  
• Fixed an issue where a particular tooltip UI would get stuck on the screen after harvesting a world item using a pickaxe/axe/etc.
  
• Fixed an issue where the main menu screen would sometimes play a different music track.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player could walk through a particular wall object in the finale area.
  
• Fixed an issue where footstep sounds were not triggering in a finale area.
  

[h3]PLAY NOW:[/h3]

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



Thank you so much for playing!
-DjMonkey

What's this!? The anniversary sale has been extended into the Steam Winter Sale! 😲

Add Tales from The Dancing Moon to your Steam library with it's lowest offer discount at 50% off!

Spend your winter holiday this year farming sprouts, cooking cozy meals, brewing magical teas, and solving the mysteries that unfold in this character driven life-sim game. ❄️⛄

Whatever you decide, I hope to see you at The Dancing Moon! 🌙

- DjMonkey

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

Well well well...

It only felt like yesterday that I had pressed the early access "release button".

Filled to the brim with anxiety but also relief that my game was finally out there. Yes - it's still in Early Access - but I'm very happy with the state it was released and the updates that followed throughout the year.

To celebrate the occasion - Tales from The Dancing Moon is now on its lowest ever sale at 50% off!

With all the content from the initial release and subsequent updates that followed - now is the best time to jump in at the best possible price!

A huge thank you to those who have picked up the game during the last year and to those who left a review. The kind words from players are worth much more to me than anything else. ❤️



I hope to see you at The Dancing Moon soon! 🌙

- DjMonkey

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

The Steam Autumn Sale is happening right now! Add Tales from The Dancing Moon to your steam library with a 20% discount!

The sale lasts for a week and ends on December 4th and you can always try the FREE DEMO before grabbing a copy.

Demo saves are compatible with the full game, so you can pick up exactly where you left off!

Hope to see you at The Dancing Moon! 🌙

- DjMonkey

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

It's been a minute! My last newsletter was at the end of August, and since then we've had a number of small patches and the October sale getting us through the spooky season!



[h2]October Sale[/h2]

This is just a friendly reminder that the game is still on sale until the end of October. Add it to your Steam library with a 20% discount!

Or better yet - perhaps gift it to a buddy if you already own it!

🚨 Reminder 🚨 Tales from The Dancing Moon also has a FREE DEMO that includes the first Act of the main story including all relevant side quests. You can get a feel of the game this way before purchasing the Early Access version. All saves will carry across!

As always, if you've played the game and feel like writing a few words, head over to the Steam page and leave a review - it always helps! ⭐

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



[h2]Leaderboard Rivalry![/h2]


Anyone who has managed to complete Tales from The Dancing Moon may know that leaderboard scores are unlocked during the post-game. This includes enemies fought, fishing caught, and the top score for the "Tiles from The Dancing Moon" mini-game.



I wanted to highlight a particular fun moment from my players over the last month. Particularly between Izzi and Roushi over on Discord who have fought to claim the top spot in the Tiles from The Dancing Moon mini-game!

This started when one of the players managed to get over 10,000 points, and in turn triggered a bit of friendly competition! This is something I didn't anticipate or have the patience for during my own playtests, but in turn prompted me to add an additional achievement to reward that effort, and would hopefully foster more friendly competition amongst my players!





I will keep this months newsletter short but to provide a little developer update: I have kept a watchful eye on bugs over the last few weeks as players trickle in amongst the recent sales. I will be returning to heads-down development for the upcoming dungeon updates when things calm down a bit!

That's all for this months newsletter, thanks for tuning in and playing!

- DjMonkey

Enjoy reading my dev diary newsletters? Then please consider downloading the demo or trying the Early Access of the game, you can even just Wishlist if you like! I'd greatly appreciate it! You can do so from the the Steam page.

If you’d like to join the community and discuss the content of this post, please visit the Discord or make a comment on Threads or Twitter!

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