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Very far from abandoned! It's in early access on steam where I'm publishing fortnightly content updates, the demo here gets monthly updates too and we've got a very active discord community. I just haven't released early access here because I'm a solo dev so I don't have the bandwidth to manage early access in multiple places ^_^

We chatted on discord but just leaving a note here that this will be fixed in the next upload which should be coming this month! <3

Ok no worries! Thanks so much for trying the others too :D
I've got it down on my bugs list so I will have a poke around this week and make sure it's in the next patch!

Ooh that's definitely not ideal! Let me know which apartment building you're in and I'll check it out and make sure it's patched in the next update.

As a work around for now, if you're stuck in a collision area, if you press and hold the button to walk out of it for a few seconds you might be able to shake yourself free. Let me know if you're able to get unstuck or if you'd like to send me your save file I'm happy to unstick you :D

Thanks again for reporting!!

Thanks very much for this, I couldn't get the patch to apply (I don't use git often so definitely my inexperience) but manually updating the file worked perfectly. Really appreciated!

Hey! Thanks for the bug report, I really appreciate it! :D

I've fixed the Mac display issue and it will be ready to go in the next update. I'm hoping to upload in the next week or so and the new version will have additional user settings for resolution too.  The Windows version is a few updates ahead at the moment so if you don't want to wait definitely feel free to give that one a play in the meantime.

Thanks so much again for your report, the extra details and screenshot are super helpful, I'll add a note to the mac build now too!

Hello, thanks for the report! I'm happy to troubleshoot with you,  I'll need some more info:

• Are you using the PC or Mac version?
• What dimensions are your screen?
• Are you playing the most recent version?
• If you have any screenshots that would be awesome too

If you're on Mac particularly there's a known bug with window scaling at the moment on some monitor sizes. It will be fixed in the next update but I would love to know your screen size so I can test and make sure it works before the update :D

Thanks and have a good one!

Hi! I'm Violet and I'm pretty new to game making but I've been working in GameMaker Studio so far. My current project is called Moonlight in Garland and it's the reason I started learning to code! I love farming rpgs and chill out games. Outside of games I like gardening, drawing and knitting. I'm excited to learn a bunch and make some friends :D

Moonlight in Garland is a cozy, open-ended, life-sim that sees you making a new start in the bustling metropolis of Garland.

Find an apartment and make it perfectly yours, befriend your neighbours, grow your garden, solve community problems and experience all the weirdly wonderful stuff that city living offers.

Of course, city life isn’t all farmers markets and fancy coffee. Will you step in to stop the heritage building from being torn down and preserve a piece of history? Build a sense of community so more residents will stick around? Figure out which jerk is stealing packages from the mail room? Be swept up in a whirlwind romance along the way?

Find your feet, make a positive impact and live your best life in Garland!

Download the demo for Win/Mac on itch here!

Hi! I'm a solo dev and I've been working on Moonlight in Garland as my first game since early 2020. What started as a little passion project quickly expanded into something much bigger as I got sucked deep into the rabbit hole of learning to code with GameMaker Studio ^_^

So here I am now with a lot of new skills and a free alpha demo that I would love feedback on! It's still very early days so I am looking forward to growing my skills along with the game.

Thanks for looking and hopefully see you in Garland!

If you've found a bug or a problem in the Demo, I'd love to know about it so I can fix it and make the game even better.

You can leave a comment here or fill in the feedback form. You can also join us on discord to check in on development :)

Thanks for playing and hope you have fun in Garland!

Thanks so much for publishing such a detailed rundown! I'm very new to game dev and had been debating the PWYW format but there just isn't much detailed information out there to help make decisions like this so I really appreciate being able to see it start to finish (especially with the prices in AU$)!