Version 1.0 is aiming to be released on 19th June, 2025. Watch the brand new trailer below to see what's in store!

The 1.0 release contains various content updates, tweaks, patches and polish to the gameplay experience. Read on to learn more about what's new!

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I'm excited to announce a completely new set of lore planned to release in weekly installments leading up to the games full release in the form of what I'm calling - 'Before The Rift'

'Before The Rift' is a series of written chapters about the lives of a group of teenagers and the events leading up to the story found within Tales from The Dancing Moon. It's not a requirement to read, but I'm hopeful it will breath a little bit more life into overall lore that players have enjoyed with my game so far.

The first chapter is published right now, and you can read it right here!
https://open.substack.com/pub/djmonkeyuk/p/chapter-1-the-train-to-swansea

You can read future Before The Rift chapters as they release on my new Substack page. Make sure to subscribe to be notified of future chapters:
https://djmonkeyuk.substack.com/s/before-the-rift

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Here are the highlights of the version 1.0 release. There's more to come and a full changelog will be provided later on release!

Start the game in creative mode to unlock complete sandbox freedom and for a more relaxed experience. All shop items in this mode are free and craftable items don't require any resources to make. Enemies also do not inflict any damage. However, creative mode is assigned to the save, can not be changed later for that save, and achievements will be disabled.

A multitude of new hair options have been added to character customisation with improved visual quality. Various NPCs have been updated with them to better match their portraits. Start the game with these new options or use a wardrobe to give yourself a fresh new look!

The museum is still looking a little empty - so a set of 9 new museum artefacts have been added to procedural dungeons found in the Skye questline. Discover interesting and amusing lore behind these items by finding them in the dungeons and taking them to Oswyn!

Lucas' blueprint shop has had a restock! A bunch of new items can be purchased and built around the village including more bed choices, decorative ruin pieces, colourful tulips and more! Some of these new items require Shadow-Silver materials found in the procedural dungeons that were added in the last update!


New buildings can be constructed in the plaza which provide both visual and gameplay perks. Including a variety of houses, a beer garden, and a Dewbug sanctuary! Talk to Lucas in the later parts of the game to see these new options!

The watering can and the farming shovel can now be upgraded to the silver, gold and shadow-silver tiers! It can now effect a wider area of farm land depending on how long you hold the action button before committing to the action!

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Phew - with the main details announced - here is a summary of how this all unfolds over the next few weeks.

• The game still has a discount of 60% of the Early Access price (£3.99 / $4.79!) and will continue for the next 7 days.
  
• Immediately after this sale, the retail price will adjust (see details here).
  
• Over a 30 day period I will be releasing weekly lore content in the form of "Before the Rift" on my Substack newsletter. Make sure to sign up to be notified of these updates![djmonkeyuk.substack.com]
  
• On 19th June, 2025, I will update the game to version 1.0. 🎉

I think that's about it for this news post. I'm excited to see how this all unfolds over the next few weeks. In the meantime, the current 60% sale is the best time to pick up a copy of the game if you haven't already!

Hope to see you at The Dancing Moon!

-DjMonkey

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

The time has come... as I approach closer to Version 1.0 of Tales from The Dancing Moon I wanted to give a little heads up about an upcoming price increase - on 19 May, 2025 I will be increasing the game's price to £14.99 / $17.99.

No one likes to be the bearer of bad news, but as stated on the Early Access details on the store page - the price was always going to adjust to a cost more appropriate for this type of game with the amount of content developed by a solo developer (me!).

This is the only price change I have planned for the game, and you can still take advantage of the various sales applied to the game in the future.

Which brings me onto my next announcement...


Up until the price update, the game will be on it's lowest ever offer of 60% OFF - just £3.99 / $4.99!

Make sure to take advantage of this offer as you'll obtain the Early Access version to play right now, and will receive the 1.0 update once it releases (more details on the version 1.0 in a separate news post soon!).

As soon as this sale finishes, the price of the game will be updated to the new price.


Version 1.0 is coming soon, but not only that - Tales from The Dancing Moon has received a ton of free updates over the course of the Early Access period.

So much love and care has gone into this game over the last 1.5 years to make it as feature rich and bug free as possible. Even in it's current state I honestly think that calling it an Early Access is giving it a bit of a disservice. The reality is that I've been happy with the game for quite some time now, and I think it's time to put it on the path out of Early Access!

The price change reflects all of this past content AND the new content Version 1.0 will bring.

As a reminder, here are all the updates that found it's way in during the Early Access period, some of which is a direct result of player feedback!

🎲 Procedural Dungeons🎮 Steamdeck Verified🌀 A new mysterious quest arc🏹 Archery Gameplay with elemental arrow types.🤑 Enhanced Marketplace Gameplay📌 More Procedural Notice Board Tasks👩🏻‍🦰 More Player Appearance options🏆 Player Leaderboards♟️ Boardgame mini-game🎭 New side-quests for various key villager NPCs🏗️ A multitude of buildable items.📙 A new main menu.🐞 Tons of bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements.⭐ New achievements

There were many more, but those were my personal highlights! ✨

I can't express my thanks enough to the players who have stuck with this game since it released into Early Access over a year ago. The main reason I've kept working on it as much as I have done is because of you. Every time a new review arrives on the Store page my heart skips a beat as I eagerly read them, and I'm reassured by the fact it has managed to retain a Positive score all this time!

That is all for this post. Look out very soon for further details on the Version 1.0 update! 💃🏻🌙

-DjMonkey

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