"A Cozy Sim With A Creature Collecting Twist" - Moonstone Island Review

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is a new cozy life-sim game that features a creature-collecting twist, and it manages to pack a lot of content to explore into a little Indie game. Developed by Studio Supersoft and published by Raw Fury, the game offers players well over 40 hours of relaxing gameplay that can continue even after the story has finished. It includes all the farming, crafting, decorating, and romancing of NPCs that are commonly thought of with a cozy sim, but blends it all with flying, magic, exploration, card-based combat, and creature-collecting.

was a featured title at the Wholesome Direct 2023 and covers one year in the life of a young Alchemy student. After finding her home base for the year, she embarks on an adventure that leads her flying across floating islands in the sky using vehicles such as a balloon, broom, or glider, in search of materials and new Spirit creatures. Players get to slowly figure out what things are needed to be able to see some of the more hostile islands that might be filled with electricity or lava and require her Alchemy skills and upgraded tools to get past.

The story begins with the main character in following her village's tradition of leaving home for one year to live out an adventure, armed with a flying broom and a Medallion that works similarly to a Pokéball from to house a favored Spirit friend. She is given an area of land where she can set up her home and from there on it is up to the player to decide how to make it their own. Farming is essential to get necessary ingredients and materials, but so are other skills like foraging and mining.

Taming Spirit creatures to then use in battles is how the little Alchemist protects herself from harm and is able to get through dangerous Temples and hazardous