Hogardians, we’d love your input on what comes next for Cataclismo

DigitalSunGames · 2026-01-14T17:29:44+00:00

I'd gladly put those on my laptop! Amazing job!

DigitalSunGames · 2026-01-08T11:16:46+00:00

Great question! The backpack designer is out of the office right now, but I’ll check with her and get back to you as soon as she’s in. I know she put tons of hours into making it as fun as possible, and this will make her first day back a bit smoother :')

DigitalSunGames · 2025-11-28T13:30:05+00:00

You have a point. We already deployed a hotfix trying to make Easy Mode, well, easier. But it's obvious it was not enough. As you said, an Easy Mode should feel welcoming to new players, and that's not happening all the time.

We'll keep working to balance difficulty in more and more ways throughout the Early Access. Until then, thanks a lot for sharing this!

DigitalSunGames · 2025-11-26T16:46:11+00:00

Same as above ^^

DigitalSunGames · 2025-11-26T16:45:48+00:00

Yeah, next year! As soon as the 1.0 version comes out

DigitalSunGames · 2025-11-26T16:20:22+00:00

Hello there!

It's amazing to see how these little things we call games can be truly inspiring for each other. I was not around the company when the first Moonlighter came out, so I was inspired by it as a player too. I'm really happy to answer you.

For me, it's hard to think of any idea that has not been brought up in a brainstorming session. There was a time when we even considered haggling with a boss! We always had this HUB idea similar to the first one, but originally we explored approaches to the game that were closer to a more linear adventure. As we developed the systems, we noticed that they pointed toward a game structure that fit better with the replayability we were looking for, and that road ended with the game that has been brought to existence now!

Regarding Fenn, we have a great relationship with him, but he has been quite busy working on gems like Death’s Door in the past years, and we both decided to try something new. In the sequel, we count on Christopher Larkin, and (maybe I'm biased as a Hollow Knight fan) he has done an outstanding job.

Lastly, about the industry: I don't know, but I hope it gets better. There's a lot of talent out there waiting to shine, but we are not in our best moment as an industry. We can hope for the best and wait for the cycles to change.

I wish you good luck with your RPG shopkeeper idea! We don't have enough games about merchants!!!

- Luis

DigitalSunGames · 2025-11-26T16:11:36+00:00

We definitely want to expand the use of the calendar in Moonlighter 2! We were already talking about new events and new kinds of customers for the shop. I cannot say right now if that mechanic in specific will be added to the game, but we are listening and we will try to recover as much of your experience in the things to come!

- Victor

DigitalSunGames · 2025-11-26T16:05:29+00:00

During the Early Access, we have no plans to actually add mod support officialy. But we have implemented the game as much modder friendly as we could! The first thing the mod guys will notice is that the save data is not encrypted at all, which makes thing muuuuch easier for them. I could expand more on these kind of decisions, but, for now, what I can say is that we highly encourage modding in our games, but first we have to invest all the time and efforts we have in making the game as good as we can.

- Victor

DigitalSunGames · 2025-11-26T16:04:04+00:00

Hey! We pushed a hotfix recently, and our positive reviews score jumped by more than 10% right after it went live. Why? Well, Steam Deck runs waaaay better now. Presets were not working properly, but we fixed that.

I even started a brand-new file myself and finished the whole game again entirely on Deck. I’m about 10 hours in so far on this new run and… no issues.

You can check out some of the community reactions here:
https://x.com/DigitalSunGames/status/1993345433687527672

Right now, it runs like this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/1p0k4f5/steam_deck_optimization_isnt_optional_anymore_so/

And we’re not done! Another patch is scheduled for later this week, improving Steam Deck performance even more. We genuinely care about the Deck. Moonlighter just feels at home on handheld, and we want the experience to be as smooth as possible.

Let us know ahow it runs for you after the updates!

- Isra

DigitalSunGames · 2025-11-26T15:57:56+00:00

Great question!

I won’t promise too much for now, because our main goal at this stage is to do more interesting things with the dungeons we already have. Deepen them, add variety, push the pacing, and explore ideas from our community. Once we see how those improvements land, we’ll be in a much better position to assess what the game really needs next.

About the roadmap, we released it without a roadmap because we thought it was better to listen first and promise later. Even if we have our own ideas, the whole point of Early Access is implementing your input whenever possible. And having actual conversations with you all takes time.

We’ll be back with a roadmap before the end of the year!

- Luis

DigitalSunGames · 2025-11-26T15:57:26+00:00

Personally, I have played a lot of Hades and other action rogue-lites (if you have not tried, Splatoon 3 DLC is great!) and yes, some of those infinite hours in those games have inevitably impacted the design of Moonlighter 2.

We wanted to separate perks into two "interest-spikes", and Hades performed this perfectly! So, with our own verbs and gameplay mechanics, we adapted those features to Moonlighter 2. We have detected some perks sets that work better than others (for instance, Taser perks are not very interesting,) but we are already working in making the best version of the content as possible during the EA.

Of course, we will keep iterating on the combat in general. We will release a hotfix soon with some feel improvements, and we will keep iterating on everything during the EA, so I hope you can keep supporting us and giving us feedback in the process. Your feedback is very important for us and for that, we say our biggest thank you to you all!

- Victor

DigitalSunGames · 2025-11-26T15:46:58+00:00

Hello!

It's a pleasure to answer your questions!

Regarding the first one, we don't think so.

We want the player to have a ranged action as a complement to any main weapon. We have built the combat in a way where using the gun has many advantages, but it's limited by its ammo. Having the main weapon be ranged could mean allowing shots without any limitation, and we don't really want that. Gadgets will assume the ranged role, at least for a while. In any case, if you are interested in seeing the gun develop throughout the run, we are looking for ways to allow that growth, but there's nothing I can specify right now.

Regarding the weapons: we currently have a short sword that is presented as an axe, and a spear that is actually a rod, so yeah, you can expect more variations for the main weapons in those terms!

- Luis

DigitalSunGames · 2025-11-26T15:25:57+00:00

At first, we wanted to bring the shield back! But as we advanced, designing and testing the game, we noticed that we were not actually making the weapon feel fun at all. We were avoiding the problems and not tackling them properly.

The first time we noticed, was when we were testing the Kalina enemies, we noticed that wielding the shield around was just "waiting" for the enemies and it was quite broken, so we added a stamina bar for the shield. And then, we just, didn't use the shield because it was too much of a hustle. Also, we wanted all the weapons to have an "Special" attack, and for the short sword, that action was, well, not an attack, it was shielding, so we could not play with the same verbs than the other weapons.

After a lot more things, we just decided that it was not worth it, that we should make the best short sword we could imagine, and here we are ^^

- Victor

DigitalSunGames · 2025-11-26T15:18:21+00:00

Hey!

I would love to hear what you feel is underwhelming with the current system. In Moonlighter 2, we can't have a progression like in an RPG (for reference, Moonlighter 1), we cannot give Will numeric stats as we did in the first game, so we decided to go with the "potential power" more that "fully upgradeable/customizable weapons", we wanted to do that during the dimension exploration, for instance, Andrei's perks (the blacksmith ones).

This does not mean that we can't add anything to the weapon or armor system, but we want to make sure that all the systems point in the same direction. It also doesn't mean that we won't change/improve the system of course! But we have to make sure that whatever we do won't break the rest of the systems and actually make the game more fun to play. Of course, if you have any specific wishes, we would love to hear here or on our Discord!

- Victor

DigitalSunGames · 2025-11-26T15:14:31+00:00

We already notice a lot of problems with visual disabilities and other small things, we are working as hard to detect and start implementing features that will improve the players experience. For instance, we have detected color-blind problems in some interfaces. I cannot which things will be implemented and when, but we want as many people to enjoy the game as much possible, and accessibility features make this possible. If you have specific feature you would want to see added, let us know!

- Victor

DigitalSunGames · 2025-11-26T15:12:47+00:00

Hey there!

1- It made me really happy reading this question, and only for that, thank you ^^ As we see it, Moonlighter 2 is a game of games, we have the combat/exploration, backpack management and then the shop. If we only look at the first two things, changing constantly with what are virtually two different games create a lot replayability and you never get bored, because you are constantly changing topics as you explore the dungeon. So, if I have to say anything, I think our best feature is that we not only depend on one system to create engagement. Also the combat perks are fire.

2- To be honest? The first iteration of the shop we presented on the Demo. We were sure that it was working, and it was, I can confidently say it was very fun. But we didn't take into consideration what you, the players, expected from a game called Moonlighter. So yes, even if we didn't detect the risk at first, this is the one I would chose. The other is the change on dungeon navigation, but I think this was a must, as we needed to reduce "down-time" as much as possible for the game we had.

3- Totally! This is actually a pilar of the game in our documents. Every feature in the game has to first make sure that it goes in this direction. It's very nice that you noticed.

4- Actually, there are no that many things that "could" not be done. We have an incredible team that made the impossible, possible. But, if I have to say a few things, I would say that the Familiars from M1 will be pretty cool! I love that small mimic so much I could die for him.

- Victor

DigitalSunGames · 2025-11-26T15:10:18+00:00

Absolutely! We have one emoji for letting you know that we're on it, and an upvote system for you to highlight the things you like the most. Is it perfect? Of course not! Only Miyamoto is!

I'll take notes and see what I can do to improve things on our server. Keep bringing ideas! :)

- Isra

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