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!

Feel free to continue reporting any bugs and improvements via the many social media links below!

Discord: https://discord.gg/kpGVRKPn5W

Threads: https://threads.net/dancingmoongame

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DancingMoonGame

Steam Forum: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1782420/discussions/




[h3]0.9.13[/h3]

[h3]Updates[/h3]

• The Z key can now be used to toggle the combat target lock.
  

[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]

• Fixed an issue where the west direction keyboard input on the fishing mini-game was showing "E" instead of "A".
  
• Reworked some music and sound logic in the fishing mini-game, which should fix a rare bug where the reeling noise would keep playing even after fishing.
  
• Refined audio levels in the fishing mini-game.
  
• Fixed an issue where the controller input icons for cycling the combat target was incorrect.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player movement would hitch when sprinting and swapping to combat weapons.
  

[h3]Demo[/h3]

• The demo build has been refreshed with all the latest bugfixes from the Early Access.
  

Click here for previous patches.

Thank you so much for playing!
-DjMonkey

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

Hello everyone!

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

Feel free to continue reporting any bugs and improvements via the many social media links below!

Discord: https://discord.gg/kpGVRKPn5W

Threads: https://threads.net/dancingmoongame

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DancingMoonGame

Steam Forum: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1782420/discussions/




[h3]0.9.12[/h3]



[h3]Updates[/h3]

• New Quest: This update is all about long-range combat! Discover a new point of interest in the Noneye Desert region in Act 2 to start the "Archery Society" quest. Unlocks a craftable bow & arrow set to pick off those pesky shadow-beasts from a distance. Perfect for the rangers out there!
  
• New lore books have been added to support the archery quests.
  
• A new Noneye Desert procedural points of interest has been added to support the archery quests.
  
• New craftable items have been added to support the archery quests.
  

[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]

• Fixed a potential logic conflict that would prevent the player from sprinting in the plaza.
  
• Fixed an issue where not all carved pumpkin recipes were visible in Lucas' shop.
  

[h3]New Blueprints[/h3]

Available from Act 2

Decorative Tree A
Decorative Rock A
Decorative Rock B
Decorative Rock C

Click here for previous patches.

Thank you so much for playing!
-DjMonkey

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

Hello everyone!

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

Feel free to continue reporting any bugs and improvements via the many social media links below!

Discord: https://discord.gg/kpGVRKPn5W

Threads: https://threads.net/dancingmoongame

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DancingMoonGame

Steam Forum: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1782420/discussions/




[h3]0.9.11[/h3]

[h3]Updates[/h3]

• New Quests: Nicolas is seeking to expand the menu! Two new quests have been added to Nicolas throughout the game to expand on the cooking gameplay.
  
• New Quest: A particular creature re-emerges in a location in Act 3. What could it possible want?
  
• An assortment of new discoverable cooking recipes can be made to support the above quests.
  
• Nicolas now has a food store, you can ask him to see his stock for basic food ingredients after doing his initial cooking quest.
  
• Quests are now sorted in alphabetical order within the quest journal.
  

[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]

• Fixed an issue where character portraits would appear stretched in the conversation UI in some particular instances.
  
• Fixed a visitor dialog issue towards the end game.
  

[h3]New Blueprints[/h3]

• Fireplace, available to learn in Act 2.
  

Click here for previous patches.

Thank you so much for playing!
-DjMonkey

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

Hello everyone!

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

Feel free to continue reporting any bugs and improvements via the many social media links below!

Discord: https://discord.gg/kpGVRKPn5W

Threads: https://threads.net/dancingmoongame

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DancingMoonGame

Steam Forum: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1782420/discussions/




[h3]0.9.10[/h3]

[h3]Updates[/h3]

• New Quest: Lyka is looking to settle a bet! A new tutorial quest from Lyka is available which makes the sprinting ability a more obvious feature towards the beginning of the game. This will be available to you as long as you have introduced yourself to her at the start of the game.
  
• Implemented new input prompt icons. These bring higher quality, resolution, and clarity of input icons, both for keyboard & mouse and Xbox Gamepad, which should also work nicer with the recent UI DPI scaling features.
  
• All character portraits have been updated with a higher resolution image, improving visuals when UI scaling is occurring.
  
• Visiting fishermen have been given their rods and an animation to make them more lively.
  
• Scaling items can now be done in the object-placement mode. Only certain objects have scaling enabled. Scaling hotkey information has been added to the UI overlay.
  
• F5 can now be used to quick-save per character.
  
• F9 can now be used to quick-load per character.
  
• The Load game UI has been updated to include the quick save.
  
• A search bar has been added to the crafting UIs. This should be useful as the catalogue of blueprints will grow over time.
  

[h3]New Blueprints[/h3]

Available to learn in Summer

• Cactus A
• Cactus B

Available to learn in Autumn

• Carved Pumpkin A
  
• Carved Pumpkin B
  
• Carved Pumpkin C
  
• Spooky Tree A
  

Completely wrong time of the year - but here's an example of object scaling at work!



Click here for previous patches.

Thank you so much for playing!
-DjMonkey

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

🎉 Happy New Years Eve! 🎉

First of all - I'm so grateful to everyone who has bought and has been playing through the Early Access for Tales from The Dancing Moon. A game I've been developing in my spare time for 3 years now, with a story that's been in my head for even longer.

I'm happy to report that some players are managing to get through the entire game, and the reviews and feedback so far have been positive!

If you've played the game yourself, and fancy sharing a few words, feel free to leave a review on the Steam page - even if there's room for improvement! It really helps me a lot!



[h2]Current State of Things[/h2]


If you've been playing along so far (or have seen the amount of patch note updates), you may have noticed that I've been heads down with providing daily patches to the game to squash bugs and address low-hanging fruit features that are benefitting the current players.

Most of the patches have introduced bugfixes and quality of life updates, but the most recent patch brings in more craftable items that can be placed in the world (shown above), I can't wait to see what players do with them!

The Discord server has started to gain traction with active players discussing the game, reporting feedback and issues, and helping other players figure out some of the mysteries.



If you have Discord, feel free to jump in and join the community of players!



[h2]Retrospective[/h2]



The end of the year is a time of reflection, and if you're interested in how things got to where they are now in Tales from The Dancing Moon - consider looking through my monthly developer newsletter.

I recently reached a milestone of providing a whole years worth of newsletter every month, and it's a great way to look back on all the progress that was made this year.

You can find them by scrolling through right here on Steam.



[h2]Demo Update[/h2]



Most of my attention this month has been on the Early Access patches, so understandably the demo hasn't been updated during this time.

That being said - I'm happy to say that I've just rolled in a bunch of fixes into the demo!

This will make sure anyone transitioning from the demo to the full game will be as seamless as possible, and anyone still playing the demo will have a much more stable experience.



[h2]Community Spotlight[/h2]

I'd like to start featuring more content from the community of players in these monthly newsletters now that the Early Access is out there.

If you're playing the game and want to be featured, make sure to post your stuff on social media or on the Discord server for me to notice them!

Shout-out to Izzi over on the Discord server for being the first player to get through the main quest (that I know of!). This image below is them starting to build up and decorate their player home.

Izzi also took the time to take some photos during the Winter season at night. It's always interesting to see how players have laid out their village and seeing them from a different view.


Indie game streamer Nookrium played through some of the opening moments of the game and has uploaded the video to YouTube. Check it out if you've yet to jump into the game yourself just yet!

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That's all for this months newsletter. I think it's finally sinking in that the game is finally out there and people are playing it!

Until next time, and happy new year! 🎉

- DjMonkey

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