
The Innkeeper
Talking to Fergus to start your journey.
Developer:
DjMonkey
Based in Surrey, UK
Release Date:
12 December 2023
(Early Access)
Platforms:
Steam PC
Website:
https://djmonkeyuk.github.io/games/tales-from-the-dancing-moon
Regular Price:
£9.99 (Early Access)
Tales from the Dancing Moon is a life-sim RPG set in a parallel universe inspired by UK culture and fantasy novels. After the events of a shadow-beast invasion on a seaside town, complete villager quests and collect hidden diaries to understand your role in this mysterious character-driven story.
The idea of Tales from The Dancing Moon formed back in 2012 after I left University and has been in my head ever since. It’s story is inspired by “portal-story” adventures, such as Narnia or Alice in Wonderland.
The details of the story evolved over the course of many years as I worked my day job as a Technical Artist for film visual effects. When the pandemic hit in early 2020 and the UK went into lockdown, I used my time to learn Unreal Engine – which kickstarted my interest in game development.
A year and a half into the pandemic (October 2021) I released the demo on Steam, and reached the front page of Reddit with some of my postings. This encouraged me to continue developing and work towards a full version of the game.
The plan is to enter Early Access in 2023 – in which the quests for the main story (that has been swimming around in my head all of this time) will finally be playable.
Talking to Fergus to start your journey.
Exploring and harvesting in the Dewiland Meadows.
Exploring and harvesting in the Dewiland Meadows.
Mining some ore from The Noneye Desert.
A stroll in the winter season.
Shopping for supplies at the General Store
A look over the seasons harvest
A look at the fishing mini-game.
A look at the brewing mini-game.
A look at the ingame map.
A snippet of lore from Andrews diary.