Forever Skies News

[h3]Greetings Scientist![/h3]

We recently hit one year of Early Access so we wanted to share with you all, our wonderful community, just how far things have come.

[h2]🚸 Then vs Now 🚸[/h2]
First, here's a quick video of how the game looked at the very start of active development and prototyping in 2020 vs how it looks now.

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[h2]📈 Some Early Access Milestones in Numbers 📈[/h2]

• 378 days in Early Access (as of July 4th, 2024)
  
• 1,057 days in active development (starting April 30th, 2020)
  
• 23 updates, content patches and hotfixes since Early Access launch
  
• 2,340,000 hours / 97,500 days spent by players playing
  
• 100 parts = the average airship build
  
• 87% positive rating on Steam from 3,500+ reviews

[h2] 🚀 Looking to The Future 🚀[/h2]
To wrap things up, we also want to look at the game's future. As you know, we’ve been working on the development of the co-op mode for some time. So here are a few clips of the team testing out some work-in- progress CO-OP gameplay.

The starting location feels a tad less lonely now with friends

Testing the gameplay as well as the pilots patience

Exploring and scavenging together

From all of us at Far From Home, we wanted to thank all our players, Kickstarter backers, Discord mods, fan-wiki contributors and keen playtesters! One way or another you've all shaped this game into what it is right now, and into what it will become as we work towards the final version.

So here’s to you all and to the next chapter of Forever Skies together!

-Far From Home Team

Greetings scientists.

We just sent out a smol hotfix to EA.1.5.3. Here is what we adressed:

• Neon Plant seeds can be found in the world
  
• Removed placeholder icons from the Database
  

That is all for now. More updates coming soon!

- Team Far From Home

[h3]Greetings scientists![/h3]

The streak of regular content patches continues as we have just moved EA.1.5.3 from our beta branch, to live status for all Forever Skies Steam owners! Speaking of Steam, Forever Skies is currently 25% off in the Steam Summer Sale!

We’ve also got 3 different bundles for the Summer Sale with our survival friends from:

[h3]First Dwarf | The Riftbreaker | Volcanoids [/h3]

You can get an extra 10% off Forever Skies and any of those 3 games using our bundles. Links are at the bottom of the post.

[h2]What's Included In This Patch?[/h2]



Since the release of Early Access, many players have told us how they love the Friendly Insect bug found in the first Underdust location and that they wish they could do more than just look at it. With this in mind, the next content patch puts the spotlight on our friendly insect pet, making it not just wholesome, but practical too!

“Pet the bug” is a feature we have had planned since we announced it on our first roadmap in June 2023, but we didn’t want to just stop there.



The hat and harness options are purely cosmetic. However, we hope the backpack will be a game-changer for players. Give your pet this attachment from the customization menu and have it join you on your adventures away from the airship.

Are your pockets getting full while you explore? Offload some of those resources into your pet’s backpack.



[h2]New Airship Decor[/h2]

EA.1.5.3 isn’t just about your pet, as we have also added some new Airship decorations alongside it, including the highly requested Stairs Room module, in both left and a right variant.



We have also added an Amber Kingside Bed which lets you recover Energy quicker, a Crystal Ceiling light and Crystal Wall Lamps for decoration!



[h2]What Else?[/h2]

As we continue to add more languages throughout Early Access, we’re excited to announce that EA.1.5.3 will be adding full Japanese and Korean localization.

Also, if you were one of our Kickstarter backers, your in-game rewards are ready and have been added alongside this patch. Check your associated email for more details!

[h2]3 Forever Skies Bundles Available[/h2]

For the Summer Sale we’ve decided to open up 3 different bundles with our friends from First First Dwarf, The Riftbreaker, and Volcanoids.

So if you already own Forever Skies you can grab an extra 10% off any of these games using our bundles.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/41771/Volcanoids_x_Forever_Skies/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/37896/FOREVER_SKIES_X_THE_RIFTBREAKER/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/42411/First_Dwarf_x_Forever_Skies/

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Below you can find the full changelog for the new patch…

[h3]NEW CONTENT:[/h3]

Pet:

• Friendly Insect “Pet” interaction added
  
• Friendly Insect companion can follow the player during exploration
  
• Friendly Insect companion, while equipped with backpack, unlocks additional inventory slots
  
• Friendly Insect companion can be customized
  

Pet Customization:

• Yellow Backpack and Footwear are unlocked when the Friendly Insect is first placed on the Soft Cushion
  
• Crafting recipes for Friendly Insect items available through a new set of green Data Cards
  
• Three colored sets of the Friendly Insect’s outfits (headwear, footwear and backpack)
  

Tools & Devices:

• Amber King Size Bed - enhances the sleeping process too
  
• Crystal Lamp (left and right)
  
• Sprinkler Lamp
  

Airship:

• Stairs Room (left and right)
  

Resources:

• Neon Plant
  

Localization:

• Japanese
  
• Korean
  

[h3]CHANGED:[/h3]

• Soft Cushion trigger for opening pet’s equipment screen
  
• Soft Cushion cannot be picked up while there are Friendly Insect’s equipment items “connected”
  
• Aquarium for Moths name changed into Moth Vivarium
  

[h3]FIXED:[/h3]

• Pig Smile Seeds icon fixed so it can match all the other small plant seeds
  
• Fixed crash on loading saves from beta’s build with early Stairs Room crafting recipe.
  

[h3]KNOWN ISSUES: [/h3]

• If a piece of debris moves an airship while the Friendly Insect is following the player, the Insect will automatically stop following.
  
• Sometimes the Friendly Insect cannot follow the player to Underdust Locations.
  
• Friendly Insect has problems leaving and walking into the lift in Underdusts
  
• There is currently no boiled version of the Neon Plant.
  

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Thats all for now...
Speak soon!

Greetings beta test scientists,

Another day, another hotfix! This smol fix has solved a crash players were experiencing with old beta saves.

Full patch notes below...

FIXED:

• General movement of a Friendly Insect improved
  
• Fixed crash on loading saves from beta’s #29989 build with early Stairs Room crafting recipe.
  

KNOWN ISSUES:

• If a piece of debris moves the airship while the Friendly Insect is following the player, the Insect will automatically stop following.
  
• Friendly Insect has problems leaving and walking into the lift in Underdusts
  
• There is currently no boiled version of the Neon Plant.
  

Thats all for now!

Greetings scientists,

We just sent a hotfix to the beta_branch which includes some improvements and fixes.

Here's what changed:

[h3]NEW CONTENT:[/h3]

Pet:

• Sounds for Friendly Insect’s “Pet” interaction
  

Airship:

• Stairs Room now has Left and Right version
  

[h3]CHANGED:[/h3]

• Friendly Insect can now follow the player when the airship’s vertical and horizontal speed is close to 0 (there is no requirement of the airship being docked anymore)
  
• Amber King Size Bed crafting cost balance
  
• Sprinkler Lamp light brightness slightly reduced
  
• Soft Cushion cannot be picked up while there are Friendly Insect’s equipment items “connected”
  
• Aquarium for Moths name changed into Moth Vivarium
  
• Pet’s Yellow Sporty Headwear can now be unlocked by a Memory Card
  

[h3]FIXED:[/h3]

• Underdust lift buttons work properly now even if the Friendly Insect is not near the player
  
• Friendly Insect’s Yellow Sporty set now has proper materials
  
• Quick-moving items into the Friendly Insect’s backpack in the Soft Cushion menu disabled
  
• Stairs Room textures/materials added
  
• Stairs Room missing icon added
  
• Neon Plant missing icon added
  
• Crystal Lamp textures/materials added
  
• Crystal Lamp missing icon added
  
• Sprinkler Lamp missing icon added
  
• Wrecked Amber King Size Bed VFXs added
  
• Wrecked Amber King Size Bed database entry fixed
  
• Added missing localization texts
  

[h3]KNOWN ISSUES: [/h3]

• The Friendly Insect
• sometimes* stops following the player if they do the following actions in order: 1. Make the pet follow them 2. Move the airship (the pet will stop following when the airship starts moving) 3. Make it follow them once more. Reloading your save will fix this for now.
  
• Sometimes the pet doesn’t follow the player to the Underdust locations (doesn’t teleport to the player when it should). Like before, reloading your save will fix this for now.
  

That's all for now, thank you for all of your bug reports!