Skykipelago News

Devlog for Skykipelago – A Chill Building Strategy Game in the Sky

Hello, Sky Builders!

Long time no see! While we were away, we were hard at work to finally bring you a playable Skykipelago demo.

When? Pretty soon! Steam Next Fest starts on October 14th, with Press Preview on October 4th. We plan to have the demo live by then.



What's in the demo? The demo will contain two modes:

Points Mode, where your goal is to collect as many points as possible. Some buildings like to have neighbors, some prefer... well... no neighbors (I'm looking at you, Hermit Hut). Pay attention to the needs of individual buildings to maximize your points.

Happiness Mode, where your goal is to make as many buildings happy as possible. Every building has a specific happiness threshold. Once it meets that threshold, a building becomes happy. How do you achieve this? By placing neighbors that the building likes!



Of course, you can ignore all those points and objectives and simply build a sky city of your dreams. Just you, your city and its bear citizens and the chill atmosphere. It's up to you – no pressure.

We're so excited to bring you the sky-city-building experience we've been working on for so long. Hope to hear from you soon!

Have a happy rest of the week,
Cheers!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1980460/Skykipelago/

Devlog for Skykipelago – A Chill Building Strategy Game in the Sky

Hello, Sky Builders!

I hope you enjoyed the new trailer from a couple of weeks ago. We're back with a new update we've been working on recently.

We're experimenting with adding grass to the floating islands because TBH plain terrain is kinda boring.


Of course, the color of the grass varies depending on the overall 'visual climate' of the islands.


We still need to figure some stuff out, but let us know what you think below. See you next time!


Have a happy weekend,
Cheers!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1980460/Skykipelago/

Devlog for Skykipelago – A Chill Building Strategy Game in the Sky

Hello, Sky Builders!

This week is special because we've just released a new Skykipelago Trailer!

I could explain it, but hey, you can just watch it here:

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

As always, let us know what you think in the comments section. Do you like it?


Have a happy weekend,
Cheers!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1980460/Skykipelago/

Devlog for Skykipelago – A Chill Building Strategy Game in the Sky

Hello, Sky Builders!

As usual, we're back with another update on Skykipelago's development. Let's get right to it.

We've spent the last couple of days tweaking the in-game fog. It's good to have some of it, but we don't want it to cover too much terrain.

Here's how it looked before our changes...


...and after.


Plus, here's the difference during gameplay.


Let us know what you think about these changes below. As always, thanks for stopping by, and see you soon.

Have a happy weekend,
Cheers!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1980460/Skykipelago/

Devlog for Skykipelago – A Chill Building Strategy Game in the Sky

Hello, Sky Builders!

We're back this week with another batch of news from the trenches of Skykipelago development! Lately, we've been working on our procedural generation system. Take a look:



Here's how it looks in action:



With this system, the islands are more diverse. Plus, there's a higher chance of spawning bridges between them. Last but not least, the generator is better optimized – it consumes fewer resources now. ;)

Let us know what you think below.

Have a happy weekend,
Cheers!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1980460/Skykipelago/