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]0.9.17[/h3]

[h3]Updates[/h3]

• Enhanced Marketplace: The Illisor Plaza market strip will now grow in size as you progress in the game, making the village feel more alive as you play. See below for screenshots of this new feature!
• Procedurally generated merchant's will now sell goods at the market, providing a randomized set of stock at a cheaper rate per day. Not every day is the same, so look out for what's in store!
  
• Procedurally generated stalls make the market strip look slightly different every day.
  
• Cheaper market rates introduces new trading gameplay. Will you buy limited goods for convenience? Or sell them on for the standard rate via the market drop box?
  
• More variety to these shops will be added in future updates.
  
  
• The shopping UI has been slightly adjusted, and now includes a "Stock" column for merchants with limited supply of items.
  
• A tooltip will now display when attempting to gather resources (wood, stone, etc) when you're inventory is full.
  

[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]

• Fixed an issue where the player could not pick up more museum artefacts that stack in their inventory if all of their inventory slots were occupied.
  
• Fixed an issue where the in-game time will reset to the beginning (Year 1, Spring, Day 1) when using the Wardrobe item to customise your appearance.
  

Click here for previous patches.



Thank you so much for playing!
-DjMonkey

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

Let's take a look over the last month and highlight some community contributions!



[h2] Spring Sale, and Reviews! ⭐[/h2]

First of all - a big thank you to those who have joined us recently after picking up the game during this months Spring Sale. This is the first time Tales from The Dancing Moon has been on sale, and I'm happy to have a bunch of new players join and experience the story. I hope you're having fun!

If you haven't already - please consider leaving a review. It always helps, even if there's room for improvement!



[h2] SteamDeck Verified! 🎮[/h2]



Following on from last months newsletter update, I managed to provide a patch which bumps the SteamDeck rating from "Playable" to "Verified", this is due to some accessibility improvements such as font scaling, which enhances it's playability on smaller screens and higher resolutions.



[h2]Patch and Updates Recap 🛠️[/h2]



[0.9.16] Brought a whole bunch of fixes, better consistency to the UI, and introduced an important update allowing font scaling! Players can now increase and decrease the font-size used for story, dialog, quests and other prompts to improve their comfort of reading.



[h2] Future Sneak Peek 👀[/h2]

As the stability patches have become less frequent, it has allowed me to think more about creating updates that provide more significant and meaningful changes to the game. What's more is that I am always happy to receive feedback and ideas for those changes over on the Discord server!

Here's a little peek into one of the changes I'm planning for the in-game market place, which will hopefully bring a little more variety and life into the Central Plaza, with new stalls to wander through and merchants to purchase from.







[h2] Community Spotlight 🌟[/h2]

McLana over on the Discord server has shown off a bunch of screenshots, including a clever use of storage using the building systems and a calming winter fishing on the lakes in the evening! Thanks for sharing McLana!







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!

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

Hello everyone!

This is just a short news post to announce that Tales from The Dancing Moon is now considered "SteamDeck Verified!"

Recent UX updates such as font-scaling greatly improves the readability of text on small screens with higher resolutions, and now passes all the checks needed for verification!

Click here to view all the recent changes that went into the latest patch that made SteamDeck Verified happen!



Thank you to everyone who has requested these kinds of accessibility features and helps me prioritise the things that greatly improves the experience and welcomes new players to the game! 😊

- 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]0.9.16[/h3]

[h3]Updates[/h3]

• Font Scaling: A new setting in the main menu allows you to adjust the font-scaling of quest, dialog, item descriptions, and other HUD related text.
  
• Overall font-size consistency has been improved across all of the UI. As a result, there may be some differences to how text size was displayed before.
  
• Standardized UI prompt layouts across the game, bringing a more consistent UI experience when navigating throughout the game.
  
• The item received popups have been moved to the left side of the screen to accommodate for the font-scaling changes.
  
• An auto-scrolling logic has been added to the active quest HUD display if all the tasks can not fit on on the screen. This is to assist rare occurrences when using a combination of high font-scale settings and lower screen resolutions.
  
• The input buttons on the crafting menus have been moved to a more consistent location than the rest of the UIs.
  
• The initial UI prompt on the map screen has been redesigned.
  
• Input glyph sizes for shoulder button and triggers have been slightly updated to improve readability.
  
• The scrolling areas for conversation dialogs now scroll smoothly when using the mouse wheel.
  
  
• If you notice anything out of the ordinary related to these updates, please report it via a bug report on the Discord or the forums. :)
  

[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]

• Typo fixes on Myrill.
  
• Typo fixes on Beetroot items.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player inventory tab would not show your latest items when using a controller to show the menu.
  

[h3]Demo[/h3]

• The demo has been updated with all the latest fixes and features of the Early Access, allowing better accessibility for new players who want to try out the fist Act of the game for free!
  

Click here for previous patches.

Thank you so much for playing!
-DjMonkey

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

Another month rolls by. Let's use this time to reflect over the last month and highlight some community contributions!



[h2] SteamDeck Compatibility Review (Playable!) 🎮[/h2]



First off all - I was surprised to find yesterday that Steam went ahead and provided a SteamDeck Compatibility Review of the game and has determined that Tales from The Dancing Moon is Playable on the SteamDeck.

This means I now get to display the Steam Compatibility Badge right on the store page, and hopefully more SteamDeck players will start to discover my little game in their Discovery lists!

The key piece of feedback that was provided by Steam was in regards to the font sizes currently being used. The good news is that this was on my to-do list regardless.

After I address this, I will aim to be reviewed again in order to become Verified!



[h2] The Reviews Are In! ⭐[/h2]



A huge THANK YOU to those who have left a review of the game over on the Steam page.

I've now reached over the 10 review goal, which means Steam now lists the official "Positive" rating alongside the game, and will start pushing it to new players in their discovery queues. I've already seen a big uptick of Wishlists and visitors since then!

If you haven't already - please consider leaving a review. It always helps, even if there's room for improvements!



[h2]Patch and Updates Recap 🛠️[/h2]



Let's take a look at some of the key updates that occurred over the last month.

[0.9.14] Brought a new tile-based mini-game (shown above!), Steam Leaderboards, as well as some SteamDeck improvements to the game! Suffice to say - I'm absolutely stunned by the numbers that some players are reaching with the leaderboards!

[0.9.15] Enables players to customize their appearance during gameplay via a craftable wardrobe, as well as adds a new variety of procedural tasks to the in-game task board!



[h2]Steam Walkthrough Guides 📚[/h2]



In the 0.9.14 update, I introduced a button on the main menu that takes the player to the official walkthrough guide published by myself. These guides are hosted on Steam to keep everything centralised to this platform.

Please Note: Tales from The Dancing Moon is a game with an emphasis on quests and figuring things out for yourself. If you need help it may be better to ask for hints on the Discord or forums before consulting this guide.

The guides focus on gameplay actions rather than story, to keep them as spoiler-free as possible.

[Click here to access the Official Tales from The Dancing Moon Guide on Steam]



[h2] Community Spotlight 🌟[/h2]

MooseGaming continues his play through, here is part 5 that he uploaded this month!

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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!

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