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Monster Fantasy is developed and published by Jotoyo, also styled as Jotoyo Games. The studio is based in Chengdu, China, and is a small team of roughly 20 people who bring decades of combined experience across the games industry. Despite its compact size, the studio is attempting an ambitious blend of genres, combining action role-playing combat with the slower rhythms of a cozy life simulation.

The Studio and Its Vision

Jotoyo was founded by Allan Xai. His stated ambition for the project is to break down the barrier between action games and cozy games, two styles that are often kept apart. Monster Fantasy is the studio's expression of that goal: a single title where players can hunt giant creatures in real-time battles, then return to a peaceful town to fish, cook, build a home, and chat with neighbors. This pairing of high-energy action and relaxed daily life sits at the heart of the studio's design philosophy.

Villager Dialogue

One of the more talked-about choices in the project is how the townsfolk are handled. The complete set of NPC dialogue for the roughly 100 Villagers is written by hand, without AI. Separately, the studio is experimenting with an optional feature that uses AI large language models to let players converse freely with their favorite residents. Jotoyo describes this as exploratory and has not decided whether it will appear in the final release. The feature is covered in more depth on the AI-Powered NPCs page.

Announcement and Kickstarter

Monster Fantasy was announced to the public around June 2026. The studio is funding the game through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, which is scheduled to launch on July 15, 2026. The campaign is split into two separate efforts: an English campaign and a Japanese campaign, reflecting the studio's intent to reach a broad international audience from the start. No funding goal has been shared at the time of this writing, so the specific amounts being sought are not yet known. Further details on platforms and the planned launch are gathered on the Platforms and Release page.

Jotoyo has also said it plans to release a free demo around the campaign launch, with a playtest planned for later in July. No demo had appeared on the store page at the time of writing, so treat the timing as planned rather than confirmed.