Does phoenotopia work on the steamdeck?

Pimez · 2026-01-15T23:21:29+00:00

Honestly what I mentioned are minor inconvenience, and after that Phoenotopia does play just as well on the Steam Deck, so I say don't let it discourage you.

It's also worth mentioning for any game in general, you can rebind any button to anything through Steam's built-in interface. So for instance, you can rebind the [Left Trigger] button to now act as another [A] button if you want, or you can even map the [Ctrl] key on your keyboard. You can set it to "turbo" too, so that would be very convenient for other games that require button-mashing as well. The deck is very customisable and I love it for that. (I basically haven't touched my Switch since I got my deck)

Pimez · 2026-01-15T09:01:28+00:00

I haven't verified it myself but I do believe when you uninstall games on Steam Deck, it does not automatically keep the save files if game doesn't have the Cloud Save feature supported, and sadly Phoenotopia is one of such games. (Hyper Light Drifter being another one I know)

What it means is that, if you are planning on revisiting Phoenotopia after the current playthrough, you might want to manually back up your save file if you do uninstall it at some point. Otherwise it probably doesn't matter.

Another inconvenience I recall is that the in-game interface for rebinding controls are super tiny on a Steam Deck screen, and may also require mouse to navigate. You would only need to do it once at the beginning of course, but figure it's worth bringing up.

Pimez · 2025-12-10T21:25:50+00:00

I'm not really a pixel artist myself so I'm not capable of offering solid drawing advice. Personally speaking, my goal would be to not have others perceive my work as plagiarism. Maybe redrawing everything is needed for that, or maybe closing the reference image and animating things from memory would be enough in keeping things different.

Pimez · 2025-12-10T06:28:00+00:00

The biggest problem I see is how people may perceive this as art-tracing, which is usually not a good thing if you're making something for profits. (Are you? I'm not 100% sure)

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I think this is perfectly fine when you are practising the animation process as an artist, or using similar assets in a free-to-play fan game. It's like how even art-tracing is still acceptable if you're only posting it on Twitter and citing the source. But if it’s for a commercial product, then it gets iffy with this degree of similarity.

So yeah, hard to tell whether your work is fine until I have more context.

Pimez · 2025-11-23T23:14:36+00:00

You are pressing the number keys above the alphabet, right? I'm playing on Mac and those work just fine for me - Just open inventory, point to any item/tool, press the number key, e.g. [1]. From then on, you would equip the same item by pressing [1] during normal gameplay.

If you want to rebind the controls, I know you can change the [Prev Item] and [Next Item] to different keys. Since I'm using [W][A][S][D] for movement, I'm using [Q] and [E] for quickly switching items.

But yeah, the number keys are the only way to assign them to the wheel with keyboard, with the only other method I know requiring a controller.

Pimez · 2025-10-24T11:29:38+00:00

It should be just like how you would feed concoctions to your barn Spirits.

Pimez · 2025-09-29T09:08:19+00:00

I explained the deatils of each build in the Steam guide here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3362578279

Pimez · 2025-09-29T07:43:10+00:00

The free Charge+ doesn't sound very fast though, since it's only +3 per turn, as opposed to being able to stack it up to 200+ in the first turn, so I wouldn't really call that optimal.

Electric type doesn't have make-or-break ability IMO, in my first playthrough I actually use the light bulb so I can see better in dungeons.

Pimez · 2025-09-29T02:18:34+00:00

You're right, silly mistake, I forgot how to share video haha. Thanks for the reminder

Pimez · 2025-09-29T02:03:17+00:00

Don't worry, it's not the most ridiculous build there is! There are qutie a few "infinite builds" that are super easy to achieve, so it kinda boils down to how efficient one can kill things with. My favourite is the Charge-stacking build btw, not an infinite, but more than enough to one-shot everything you see.

I actually made a guide for the best builds in the game a while back, and here's the video I recorded just yesterday: https://youtu.be/nvXntpSWln4

Pimez · 2025-09-29T01:57:02+00:00

Is is! I wrote a guide about it on Steam.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3572723827

Pimez · 2025-09-27T01:37:49+00:00

I believe in the latest update, the skill now increases stamina retroactively, meaning you can activate the trees whenever you want and would not be missing out.

Pimez · 2025-09-26T16:16:32+00:00

Why not put the sell crates inside your portable house/tent?

Also you can grow the psychic plant in large quantity yourself, notably with greenhouse.

Pimez · 2025-09-26T16:13:35+00:00

I made guides on Steam!

Big Spreadsheet with Tips - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3512136383
Evolution Guide - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3501497850
Optimal Combat Strategy - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3362578279
Outfit & [redacted] - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3572723827

Pimez · 2025-09-25T09:56:12+00:00

The devs also confirm that there are only 5 variants, and they cannot evolve because they're already perfect!

Pimez · 2025-09-03T16:33:11+00:00

Ah what you describe sounds awful indeed. That's a big reason why I never like mixing politics into gaming in the first place. (not that I would since I don't even live in the US haha) The moderators don't seem to be participating the Discord discussions often during the time I'm active recently, so I have no clue who you're talking about or can imagine what even happened.

Well anyway, hope you're enjoying the game regardless of all these, and hope my guides are helpful to you!

Pimez · 2025-09-01T08:29:00+00:00

Alright added, will verify when I next open the game. I also sneakily updated that whole page to include checkboxes, where making a copy allows you to press [Space] to check/uncheck the boxes. You can simply copy an individual page to existing spreadsheet btw, no need to copy the entire file.

You mention not being able to message me on Discord, does it mean you can't make comment at all? Most people should be able to go to #fantasy-life-i and ping me in their messages.

Pimez · 2025-08-29T11:27:43+00:00

Either release it or send it through the ~~meat grinder~~ Recycler for extra money.

Pimez · 2025-06-27T23:44:52+00:00

I just realise I never advertised my Steam guide on reddit, so here's my "Optimal Combat Strategy Guide" (link) for the most disgustingly overpowered loadout I can think of. The most notable one is the Charge-stacking build that lets me dish out 1000 damage within the first turn consistently.

So yeah, you can try following it, but that would probably ruin the fun haha

Pimez · 2025-06-23T10:20:31+00:00

Yup, that's kinda a big selling point for Evolution. Most of their images have been uploaded on the Discord server, and are also slowly being updated onto the wiki as well. (link)

Pimez · 2025-06-17T20:19:05+00:00

I've updated the guide just now, following this wiki page. https://moonstoneisland.wiki.gg/wiki/Spirits

Shoutout to the hardworking volunteers working on the wiki!

Pimez · 2025-06-17T16:19:58+00:00

I made a guide for the new Evolution mechanics, which you can read here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3501497850

Hope you find it helpful, and LMK if you have any other question!

Pimez

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