It’s been a development-heavy month, but we’ve kept the community in the loop by showcasing several exciting new features in various stages of progress. Let’s dive into everything that happened in February!
Early Access – More Features Unveiled!
Moonfrost is fast approaching Early Access in Spring 2025, and to build excitement, we launched a brand-new livestream series: ‘The Road to Early Access’. Hosted by Jase (Marketing & Community Lead), this biweekly series gives players an exclusive look at the game’s latest developments.
Episode One : Fishing & Features
First two fishing prototypes showcased
Crafting 2.0Â update
Early look at the Collection Album
Introduction to the Cooking system
Episode Two : Fishing, Orders & AMA
Prototype four of the fishing live gameplay
Improved server stability & hosting sites
Introduction of Orders, a new gameplay system
Live AMA with the community
Fishing Updates – Catching The Perfect Mechanic
Fishing has been a major focus for the team. We’ve built four different prototypes to refine and try to make the perfect fishing experience. Instead of cloning the genre favourite fishing minigames (Stardew Valley’s fishing design is in so many games), we wanted to make something truly unique to Moonfrost that fully embraces our bespoke 2D-3D pixel art style.
Reminder: Players who complete the main story tasks in Alpha Release 5 will unlock an exclusive Fishing Gnome Blueprint—a permanent, account-bound reward that will never be available again, and gives you access to Fishing in the current alpha release!
Collection Album – Track Your Progress
We showcased an early Work-in-Progress (WIP) version of the Collection Album, which lets players track everything they’ve unlocked, crafted, and gathered in Moonfrost. But it’s more than just a tracker — it plays a role in long-term progression, unlocking special rewards when certain collections are completed.
Cooking – A System Built for Discovery
We’re designing a cooking system that encourages player discoverability. If you’ve played The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the experience will feel familiar, but still bespoke to Moonfrost! While it’s still in early development, we’ve shared the full design document on Discord for those eager to get a sneak peek at what’s coming.
Orders – A New Gameplay System
A major new addition that helps balances the economy while rewarding players!
What are Orders?
Orders are a revised task system that gives players more meaningful rewards in exchange for fulfilling requests for crops, food, fish, and more.
Rewards include:
Craftcoin - Traditional (hard currency)
SIL - Traditional (soft currency)
SHARDs - Hybrid
[Redacted]
Two Types of Orders:
Special Orders (replacing daily tasks) – Earn Craftcoin
Standard Orders (new addition) – Earn SIL
New NPC – Meet Ronen!
We’re improving The Village, and this month, we introduced Ronen—a charismatic new NPC. You’ll likely find him at The Frosty Moon Pub, either working or… well, doing Ronen things.
And yes, we saw your questions in chat—is he dateable? Let’s just say… he’s on our development feature list. 😉💕
Developer Highlights
Gina Nelson’s ‘Diary of a Boss Witch’ Series
Our co-founder, Gina Nelson, continues her behind-the-scenes series on Moonfrost, game development, and entrepreneurship.
This month’s episodes:
No One Cares About Your Business Card – Networking at events + Moonfrost at RedBull Gaming Sphere London.
Stop Hating Immigrants – A personal episode as Gina becomes a British citizen.
He Designed Fall Guys… and Moonfrost’s OST! – An interview with Dan (Shudan), original Fall Guys designer and Moonfrost’s composer.
We Signed The Contract - Taking the next steps to level up Moonfrost securing a huge partnership with [Redacted].
Let's Talk About Web3 & NFTs in Moonfrost - Time to debunk the myths.
The series has seen incredible growth doubling Gina’s subscribers to 8,000+—thank you all for the support!
Joe Coggins’ 3D Modelling Showcase
Senior artist Joe Coggins also livestreamed Ronen's hair implementation, while sharing his 3D modelling process transparently to other game developers. He also started a breakdown chain post on Twitter - game devs, check it out below!
Oxalis Games’ First Team Workout Session
Inspired by Jase’s personal goal to work out daily in 2025, the team had our first unofficial workout session together! After the session the team enjoyed working together in-person, which they don’t get to do often (being a fully remote team), thanks to our partners Animoca for allowing us to use their office and facilities!
Community Corner
Our amazing community has been busy this month! Check out some standout contributions:
Cat Hooman shares an ultimate min-maxing spreadsheetÂ
Lykable (Polemos)Â creates a game review & guide and also interviewed Gina
Stephberry crowned Top Cozy Creator of the MonthÂ
Frosted Faye builds an entire new villageÂ
Mazehdar designs a Moonfrost-themed robotÂ
AIK drafts a 9-page cooking system design (see below for a snippet)
Fishing Frenzy collab goes 'viral' on X (we all love fishing, don’t we?)
License Holder Raffles for: Chronoforge, Fishing Frenzy, BeraGame, Arcas Games, ProjectO
Smolbond License Holder Playtest 2Â access
Community Content Creator Program opens for its first wave of applicants!
Want to be featured in next month’s blog? Let Jase know on Discord!
February FAQ
Q: Is Moonfrost on Mobile or desktop?
A: Early Access will be released on PC and Mac, with a mobile release coming later in development.
Q: Do the orders get progressively more difficult, or could players get stuck?
A:Â Special orders cannot be skipped, but standard orders can be rerolled, and the orders reset every 24 hours.
Q: Can small creators be part of the Creator Program?
A: Yes, the Creator Program is not just for big content creators; the team is looking for people who want to be part of the Moonfrost community and build with us.
Q: Will there be a possibility to share our Homestead, and player with others on it?
A:Â Not at the start of Early Access, but it will be added in later stages of Early Access.
Q: Will there be a pet collection, and will this be released only after the chain reveal?
A:Â Pets are a planned gameplay feature, and some of those features will be associated with Web3 too, more info to come in the whitepaper.
The full February FAQ from this months livestreams and AMAs can be found here.
Now don't forget; Moonfrost will release in Early Access soon, be a good friend and tell your mates to Sign Up!
Psst: you both may get something for signing up early...