Black Skylands News

[h2]The Open Playtest is over.[/h2]

Your continuous support has helped us make the game so much better. We've selected five more players who gave us the best feedback via the survey, and the rewards—five Steam copies of Black Skylands—have been already emailed to them.

We can't wait to show you the full version on June 11! See you all soon, everyone!

Yours truly,



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Black Skylands is launching into Steam Early Access on 📅 June 11

"Hello, community! We at Hungry Couch Games are thrilled to bring you the release date for Black Skylands. We still have two and a half weeks before the Early Access launch and we're going to use this time to polish the game to an extent where both our team and our player base are satisfied with the result. Once the game enters the EA stage, we're going to start adding content, revise design decisions and, of course, fix pesky bugs based on your feedback. We are extremely excited to set out on this journey with all of you, guys!"




[h3]🎞️ Until then, check out the new trailer:[/h3]
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[h3]🛒 Add Black Skylands to your wishlist and follow the game for further details on the Early Access launch:[/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1143810/Black_Skylands/

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[h3]May you have fair winds!☁️[/h3]
[h3]Yours truly,[/h3]

[h2]We have important news for all of you: Black Skylands will be released as an Early Access title.[/h2]

For the past several weeks, we have been bombarded with feedback from our community—the open playtest is well under way. Your suggestions and comments have been extremely helpful: they result in qualitative change in gameplay features, polish mechanics and…bring our studio closer together with all of you, of course!

Just to make sure your possible concerns are laid to rest: Black Skylands in Early Access will be a complete gaming experience. Our plans are to add more content during the future development process. More information about the EA release can be found on our Steam page:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1143810/Black_Skylands/

It is worth mentioning that launching our project in Early Access was not a spontaneous decision. It is something that we decided upon a few months ago, and now our team is ready to share these news with you. We are looking forward to being on this journey with our players.

May you have fair winds!☁️

Yours truly,



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[h3]Be sure to sign up for the open playtest while it lasts.[/h3]

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In this entry of our Developer's Logbook, we would like to focus on resources that we have recently added to the game.

There are currently three resource tiers in Black Skylands. As you progress, higher tier resources unlock for you to gather and use.

[h2]TIER 1[/h2]

ㅤ☚ Flax Seeds: can be purchased in shops. Used to grow Flax.

ㅤ☚ Flax: used in crafting (armor; pouches; skyship components such as sails).

ㅤ☚ Copper Ore: can be discovered in the world.

ㅤ☚ Copper Ingot: extracted from the Copper Ore. Used in crafting and base construction (firearm parts such as clips, stocks and barrels; skyship components such as sails, propellers, hulls).

ㅤ☚ Iron Ore: can be discovered in the world.

ㅤ☚ Iron Ingot: extracted from the Iron Ore. Used in crafting (firearms such as SMGs, sniper rifles; firearm parts such as scopes; skyship components such as engines, hulls, cannons).

ㅤ☚ Gear: can be looted (with N% chance) off small and medium Scarab skyships. (Big Scarabs give random loot.) Used in crafting (boots; firearm parts such as clips; skyship components such as hulls, propellers, fuel tanks, cannons).

ㅤ☚ Scrap Metal: can be looted (with N% chance) off Mosquito skyships. Used in crafting and base construction (pouches; firearms such as SMGs; firearm parts such as clips, stocks; skyship components such as fuel tanks, engines, propellers, cannons).

[h2]TIER 2[/h2]

ㅤ☚ Nettle Seeds: can be purchased in shops. Used to grow Nettle.

ㅤ☚ Nettle: used in crafting (armor; pouches; boots).

ㅤ☚ Aluminum Ore: can be discovered in the world.

ㅤ☚ Aluminum Ingot: extracted from the Aluminum Ore. Used in crafting (firearms such as assault rifles, shotguns; firearm parts such as clips, barrels, scopes; skyship components such as sails, fuel tanks, engines, propellers, cannons).

ㅤ☚ Gold Ore: can be discovered in the world.

ㅤ☚ Gold Ingot: extracted from the Gold Ore. Used in crafting (boots; armor; firearms such as pistols, rifles, sniper rifles; firearm parts such as clips, barrels, scopes; skyships such as Elephant; skyship components such as hulls).

ㅤ☚ Granite: can be discovered in the world. Used in crafting and base construction (skyship components such as fuel tanks, holds, engines, propellers, cannons).

ㅤ☚ Parts: can be looted (with N% chance) off small Falcon skyships. Used in crafting (armor, pouches, boots; firearms such as pistols, SMGs, shotguns, rifles; firearm parts such as clips; skyships such as Elephant; skyship components such as fuel tanks, engines, cannons).

ㅤ☚ Plates: can be looted (with N% chance) off big Falcon skyships. Used in crafting (pouches; firearms such as sniper and assault rifles, SMGs; firearm parts such as barrels; skyships such as Elephant; skyship parts such as hulls, fuel tanks, engines, cannons).

[h2]TIER 3[/h2]

ㅤ☚ Marble: can be discovered in the world. Used in crafting and base construction (skyship components such as hulls, holds, engines, propellers, cannons).

ㅤ☚ Silver Ore: can be discovered in the world.

ㅤ☚ Silver Ingot: extracted from the Silver Ore. Used in crafting (firearms such as assault rifles, shotguns; firearm parts such as barrels, stocks, clips scopes for rifles, sniper and assault rifles, SMGs, shotguns; skyship parts such as fuel tanks, engines, propellers, cannons).

ㅤ☚ Solid Wood: can be discovered in the world. Used in crafting and base construction (skyship components such as hulls, fuel tanks, sails, propellers, holds).

ㅤ☚ Fang Shards: can be looted (with N% chance) off small Swarm flyers. Used in crafting (firearms such as pistols, SMGs, shotguns, rifles; firearm parts such as stocks; skyship components such as fuel tanks, engines, cannons).

ㅤ☚ Swarm Scales: can be looted (with N% chance) off big Swarm flyers. Used in crafting (pouches; firearms such as assault and sniper rifles, SMGs; firearm parts such as scopes, stocks; skyship components such as hulls, fuel tanks, engines, cannons).

ㅤ☚ Swarmlit Ore: can be discovered in the world.

ㅤ☚ Swarmlit Ingot: extracted from the Swarmlit Ore. Used in crafting (armor; firearms such as pistols, rifles, sniper rifles; firearm parts such as scopes, barrels, clips; skyship components such as hulls, cannons).

Over the past two weeks, we've received tons of absolutely amazing feedback from all of you. As we promised, we will be rewarding those who provide the most useful, constructive and extensive feedback with Steam copies of Black Skylands.

The first 5 winners have been selected! Keys have been sent to them along with our gratitude for their time and for participating in the open playtest.

Keep your feedback coming, captains! The release is close and we need your support!



[h3]Be sure to sign up while the playtest lasts:[/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1143810/Black_Skylands/

Yours truly,



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