MOONLIGHTER Gameplay - The Hidden Backstory of Every RPG Shopkeeper REVEALED @ GDC 2017

We speak to the developer behind Moonlighter, a top-down RPG that's all about running a classic fantasy RPG shop.

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[dayliss]

It's like a variation on Recettear, and I LOVED Recettear! Super excited for this game

[CarryLarry]

If Recettear was a pixel art indie game instead of an anime indie game

[yoroshiku]

"Later in the year".... oh.... I've been waiting to play this game for quite some time now.

[CatEatingMushrooms]

The art style has a lot of character and the combat is decent enough, but my initial impression is that the game seems to be lacking in virtually every other aspect. It bears a lot of similarities to Recettear, except Recettear does everything better; the shopkeeping is much more interactive, the NPCs and shoppers have so much more personality and even the dungeon crawling is better than this. I mean, the dungeon crawling of this is literally a straight copy/paste of the dungeon crawling from the original Legend of Zelda. I am a fan of the retro 2D art style—it's quite nostalgic for me—but I don't really understand why Indie developers keep building their games, mechanically, as if we are still bound to the limitations of the NES. All that being said, I am a big fan of Recettear, so there's probably a bit of bias there, and this game apparently has quite a bit of development time left, so I'll reserve any hard judgment until it releases.

[YouRSmalltime]

Absolutely love devs who push through the grind of pixelated games. True heroes of gaming keeping tradition alive. Good stuff keep up the awesome work!

[moonman]

man i am SO into this. looks like a gungeon/isaac kinda thing with some Shoppe Keep in there. i really like the Shoppe Keep concept and it always felt kinda clumsy but this looks polished as hell

[CaetlinH_]

Some great gameplay, and a successful video in that I definitely want to check out Moonlighter! The developer's mic is very low, though! I have a hard time hearing him. Super cool concept, and I'd love to see more interviews w/Indie developers!

[ensigncook]

I would like several audio books by the game maker. Such a charming straightforward voice.

[sleepingrabbit]

Love Russ when he does game showcases!

[HunterJE]

Super hope they do manage to get this out on Switch, seems like it could be a really great fit for portable play.

[tomlancaster]

As a hardcore fan on BoI and BoI: Rebirth, i love the look of this game!

[Hopebestman]

Ha, another Polish company.Its really nice to see Poland become good country for making video games.I hope someday, steam price will be reduce little bit.

[shroomhead]

Last time I was this early she told me to go home.

[kerokerobonita]

reminds me of the mine in harvest moon for the ds

[FLOZ]

No link for the Moonlighter webpage or kickstarter in the description huh? Classy, Polygon.

[ComandantAmarao]

Yep. This game is totally "The Hidden" from 2007.

[christih]

Was this a beta version? There was definitely some things different in this than in the normal game.

[MySteamStation]

I am pretty sure this game was inspired by "The Binding of Isaac Wrath of the Lamb"

[krizzlerizz]

This is pretty heavily "influenced" by Recettear at best...

[sigmund]

All yall saying isaac, but it looks like Gungeon