History VideoGame / Moonlighter

* Cloudcuckoolander: Crazy Pete is unique among Dungeon delvers in that he didn't explore the dungeons for money or glory, but for knowledge of the Dungeons themselves. His deepening obsession earned him a poor reputation among the other townsfolk.

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Will's grandpa Pete is always referred to as "Crazy Ol' Pete" for insisting that there was more to the dungeons than it seemed. Though eventually he would never come back from exploring the dungeons a final time, he encountered a monster planning to open the "5th Gate" before his death, therefore proving it existed after all.

* HealingCheckpoint: There will always be a healing spring just before encountering the floor's boss. This is observed in-universe as a pattern every dungeon follows.

* StalkedByTheBell: When you spend too long in a dungeon floor, you're stalked by a massive, cyclops slime monster [[SuperPersistentPredator that will follow you until you exit the floor]]. The time frame instantly vanishes the moment you steal a pedastal treasure from a secret area.

** SpiritualAntithesis: ...But if you compare the two games, where ''Moonlighter'''s excels at over ''Recettear'', ''Recettear'' does better at all the others. ''Moonlighter'', on one hand, has much more polished graphics, combat, and dungeon crawling, but has a far more simplistic item shop running aspects, its story and character and difficulty curve pales in comparison.

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: "Crazy Ol' Pete" insisted that there was more to the dungeons than it seemed. Though eventually he would never come back from exploring the dungeons a final time, he encountered a monster planning to open the "5th Gate" before his death, therefore proving it existed after all.

* GeniusLoci: It's speculated that the Dungeons created themselves to provide resources to adventurers.

''Moonlighter'' is an [[RolePlayingGame RPG]] in which gameplay alternates between selling items to [=NPCs=] and a top-down dungeon crawler, both possessing an intermission time where you can upgrade the town, your store, and your equipment. It was successfully funded on Website/{{Kickstarter}}, earning a whopping $134,276 out of its $40,000 goal. The game was released on May 29th for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/PS4, with a UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port released in November 5th.

''Moonlighter'' is an RPG in which gameplay alternates between selling items to [=NPCs=] and a top-down dungeon crawler, both possessing an intermission time where you can upgrade the town, your store, and your equipment. It was successfully funded on Website/{{Kickstarter}}, earning a whopping $134,276 out of its $40,000 goal. The game was released on May 29th for PC, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/PS4, with a UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port released in November 5th.

* ChildhoodFriends: Will is childhood friends with Momo, when they often played heroes as kids.

''Moonlighter'' is an RPG in which gameplay alternates between selling items to [=NPCs=] and a top-down dungeon crawler, both possessing an intermission time where you can upgrade the town, your store, and your equipment. It was successfully funded on Website/{{Kickstarter}}, earning a whopping $134,276 out of its $40,000 goal. The game was released on May 29th for PC, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/PS4, with a UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port coming later in the year.

* AnEconomyIsYou: It's up to Will to get Rynoka's economy in motion by gauging his prices correctly.

* AnEntrepreneurIsYou: Yep.

* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: Actually advised against here. Will can inflate his prices to extraordinary amounts, but it'll turn people off from visiting Moonlight in the future.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''VideoGame/{{Recettear}}'', as dungeon crawling, business simulating [=RPGs=].

''Moonlighter'' is an RPG in which gameplay alternates between selling items to [=NPCs=] and a top-down dungeon crawler, both possessing an intermission time where you can upgrade the town, your store, and your equipment. It was successfully funded on Website/{{Kickstarter}}, earning a whopping $134,276 out of its $40,000 goal. The game will be released on May 29th for PC, XBOX, and PS4, with a UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port coming later in the year.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To VideoGame/{{Recettear}}, as dungeon crawling, business simulating [=RPGs=].

* ShoutOut: When Zenon gives Will a sword, he paraphrases the "It's dangerous to go alone!" line said old man who gives Link his sword in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI''.

''Moonlighter'' is an RPG in which gameplay alternates between selling items to [=NPCs=] and a top-down dungeon crawler, both possessing an intermission time where you can upgrade the town, your store, and your equipment. It was successfully funded on Website/Kickstarter, earning a whopping $134,276 out of its $40,000 goal. The game will be released on May 29th for PC, XBOX, and PS4, with a UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port coming later in the year.

The village of Rynoka has seen better days. North of the five gates to labyrinths known as the "Dungeons", it was once a hotspot for people of all kinds, but none shone brighter than two groups; [[AnAdventurerIsYou heroes,]] and [[AnEconomyIsYou merchants.]]

However, a long series of incidents has caused the Dungeons to be closed for the safety of the townspeople, and Rynoka has died with them. People have packed up and left, and almost all the stores are gone, with the exception of what was once the most successful, the Moonlight. Moonlight's shopkeeper, a young man named Will, dreams of becoming a hero like the ones who used to flock to Rynoka, and, with the guidance of his mentor Zenon, ventures into the Dungeons by night, and by day sells the treasure he finds in Moonlight. It's up to Will to resurrect his dying town, venture the dungeons, and find the key to unlock the fifth gate, which has never been entered.