- Something Is Stirring in the Kingdom… – Join Our Newsletter! - 19 May 2025
Hello adventurers, It’s been a while! If you’ve ever ventured through Driftmoon and felt the thrill of discovery, the excitement of battle, or the quiet charm of a well-placed secret—we’d love to reconnect with you. We’ve been working on new ideas, updates, and maybe even something big 👀. And the best way to stay in the loop? Our official newsletter. No spam, just the good stuff—development insights, sneak peeks, community highlights, and early access opportunities. And if you don't want to hear from us very often, you can also choose to only be notified of new games, or most important updates. There is also a surprise! 👉 Sign up here: https://www.instantkingdom.com/newsletter/ Whether you played for hours or just fell down the well at Northrop, you’re part of the story. And we want you along for what’s next. – Ville from Instant Kingdom
- Driftmoon Soundtrack Released! - 9 May 2025
Hooray again! The Driftmoon Soundtrack is now available on Steam! The official Driftmoon soundtrack, composed by the talented Gareth Meek. You won't need the Ooz slime earmuffs here! Includes lossless flac files. The music Gareth created gave the game a perfect blend of peace and excitement, and we couldn't imagine Driftmoon without it. We've unfortunately lost contact with our dear musician, so if you're reading this Gareth: Thank you! Pro tip: There is a bundle to buy both the game and the soundtrack for a -20% price. If you already have the game, you won't need to buy a second copy, while you still get the -20% price for the soundtrack. I love listening to music when I develop my games. My favourites are game soundtracks, especially melodic pieces from games of the 1990-2000 era. In case you're interested, here are some of the tracks I listen to: Ville's Favourite Game Music. Feel fr…
- Update 2.0.2 - 8 April 2025
I was playing the game and I noticed a new character in the game, an invisible disembodied voice! When I was finally able to talk to it, I found out that it was my own message bottle character, only it was nearly invisible, being so tiny! An update of the Unity engine used by the game had caused some 3d models to import with different settings. So here's a new version for you, I added some other updates while I was at it. Made game window resizeable. Fixed bug in the crypt level where you could travel outside the playable area. Fixed message bottle and wizard hat size, they were ever so tiny! Mystery box server interface removed because of lack of use.
- Driftmoon Demo Released! - 9 November 2024
If you've always yearned to try out our adventure roleplaying game Driftmoon before buying, you might have waited for ten years now! To ease your misery, we've decided to release a demo version of Driftmoon on Steam. It will allow you to discover the bizarre turn of events in your home village, play through a good few quests, and journey your way all the way to the end of the first exciting dungeon (probably around 45-90 minutes). AND: To top it all, you get to meet Blotch the Crabby Pirate, Quan Sixfingers, someone who's better yet left unnamed, and the enchanted light-in-the-dark Fizz! Actually, you do come accross a bunch of other notable Driftmoonian personas too, but surprisingly some of them have gotten themselves into a decidedly non-talking state. So go ahead, light up your torch, and head on over to the colorful world of Driftmoon! (Tip: You can continue the main game from your…
- Driftmoon 1.9.9 - 21 October 2024
Hi everyone! Driftmoon has been updated. The reason is our daughter Laura played the game almost to the very end, learning a difficult new language, and very much wanted to see the game her parents had made. Unfortunately she found out that just before the end of the game all her companions had gone missing, and the game was unsolvable without them. Turns out that it was possible to leave all your companions behind in the warehouse in the docks region, if you quick traveled out of there using the world map. I believe the problem has been there for well over 11 years now, but it's finally fixed. We're very sorry about the bug Laura, thank you for pointing it out! Here's the changelog: Fixed companions going missing when quick traveling from the Nomon Docs warehouse. The little box companion is now unkillable. No longer possible to drop to lava from the end game fortress. Fix being able t…
- Version 1.8.6 - 30 August 2021
Fixed mystery box bug. Fix the trapped fly escaping before the player met him near the end fortress. Fixed Bill sometimes dying from explosion near the end fortress. Fixed Mother Wolf getting killed before the player met her. Various minor bugs and fixes.
- Announcing: Driftmoon Enchanted Edition! - 29 April 2020
Hi! This is Ville and Anne, the developers of Driftmoon. The time for releasing Driftmoon - the Enchanted edition - on multiple platforms is finally here, yay! We've had a ton of requests about getting Driftmoon on more platforms. Initially we started work on the Enchanted version right back in 2013 when the first version of Driftmoon was released, until life put a temporary stop to our plans (kids, illnesses, money issues, etc). But we never gave up on our dream of finishing the Enchanted version of Driftmoon. Finally, a year ago we had a chance to resume work on Driftmoon again, and we've worked nonstop ever since. For seven years you've been sending us countless encouraging messages, and also tips on how to improve Driftmoon, so happily we haven't run out of encouragement, or of ideas on what to do. Thanks everyone! What's new compared to the old Driftmoon? Driftmoon now runs on Wind…
- Have You Played Driftmoon? - 5 January 2015
The infectious enthusiasm of firefly Fizz is reason enough to play Driftmoon . Indie RPGs can be scrappy affairs, but this fifteen-hour tale from husband and wife team Instant Kingdom is, although crude in appearance, a really rather lovely thing . After an evil wizard turns his friends and family to stone, a young adventurer goes off on a journey to uncover the mystery behind it, and thwart that bastard King Ixal until he’s jolly sorry. …
- Achievements unlocked! - 29 January 2014
Driftmoon now has achievements! Yay! If you have ideas for new amazing achievements, don't hesitate to post them here, or send us feedback through the game. And now we're on to those trading cards...
- Achievements unlocked! - 29 January 2014
Driftmoon now has achievements! Yay! If you have ideas for new amazing achievements, don't hesitate to post them here, or send us feedback through the game. And now we're on to those trading cards...
- Now Available on Steam - Driftmoon - 3 January 2014
Driftmoon is Now Available on Steam and 30% off.* The beautiful, enchanted world of Driftmoon trembles in the shadow of a forgotten evil, for the dark King Ixal is again gathering his forces. Hope lies in an unlikely alliance: A young man joins forces with a little firefly dreaming of stardom, a panther queen with the ego of a moon whale, and a very determined fellow who's lost everything but his bones, and still hasn't given up. Knowing nothing of the amazing adventures and the fearsome foes that await them, the party embarks on a journey like no other. Driftmoon is an adventure-roleplaying game, full of exploration, smiles and surprises, captivating stories and quests, charming characters, and countless delightful details. *Offer ends January 10th at 10AM Pacific Time.
