I was playing the game and I noticed a new character in the game, an invisible disembodied voice! When I was finally able to talk to it, I found out that it was my own message bottle character, only it was nearly invisible, being so tiny! An update of the Unity engine used by the game had caused some 3d models to import with different settings. So here's a new version for you, I added some other updates while I was at it.
- Made game window resizeable.
- Fixed bug in the crypt level where you could travel outside the playable area.
- Fixed message bottle and wizard hat size, they were ever so tiny!
- Mystery box server interface removed because of lack of use.
Hi everyone! Driftmoon has been updated. The reason is our daughter Laura played the game almost to the very end, learning a difficult new language, and very much wanted to see the game her parents had made. Unfortunately she found out that just before the end of the game all her companions had gone missing, and the game was unsolvable without them. Turns out that it was possible to leave all your companions behind in the warehouse in the docks region, if you quick traveled out of there using the world map. I believe the problem has been there for well over 11 years now, but it's finally fixed. We're very sorry about the bug Laura, thank you for pointing it out!
Here's the changelog:
- Fixed companions going missing when quick traveling from the Nomon Docs warehouse, and other places.
- The little box companion is now unkillable.
- No longer possible to drop to lava from the end game fortress.
- Fix being able to quick travel out of the locked tavern at Northrop.
A year ago I ran a short test with four different Driftmoon icons on the Play Store, and we found out that the icon with the businesslike skeleton was the most interesting one. (The skeleton by the way is Quan Sixfingers, who doesn't have an extra finger on his hand, but rather his wife has hidden some of his fingers due to a strange marital argument). For a year now Anne has been bugging me that the skeleton will make people think this is just another fighting game, so to prevent any trouble like poor Quan is having, I've updated our icon. Posting it here I just now noticed it looks quite a bit like this picture of me and Anne. I wonder what that means.
To celebrate our new icon, I've updated Driftmoon! New release 1.8.6 also brings some bugfixes:
To celebrate our new icon, I've updated Driftmoon! New release 1.8.6 also brings some bugfixes:
- Driftmoon is now available on the Microsoft Store!
- Fixed mystery box bug.
- Fix the trapped fly escaping before the player met him near the end fortress.
- Fixed Bill sometimes dying from explosion near the end fortress.
- Fixed Mother Wolf sometimes getting killed before the player even met her.
- Various minor bugs and fixes.
If you bought Driftmoon directly from instantkingdom.com in 2013, you can now acces the Enchanted Edition too. If you've lost the original download link we sent you, just contact us at ville@instantkingdom.com, and we'll help you.
Our favorite game journalist John Walker has started a new site, and Driftmoon got a review! (Ok, he started the site half a year ago, but it was news to us 
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"(...) as a piece of loveliness, Driftmoon shines. That’s an odd criteria to judge a game by, I agree, but it’s so appropriate here."
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