Sky: Children of the Light News

A new Season comes to Sky on the wings of a fabled Blue Bird! Plus what would this time of year be without two of Sky’s most vibrant events: Days of Nature and Days of Color. And for those Sky kids out there who have wished they could fit more items into the Nest to create the most amazing room, café, sculpture, or plushie museum ever—well, this update has a new feature that can help you out.



What does it take to heal a heart? Sky’s newest Season brings back a family of Spirits who are on the search for a legendary blue bird said to have the power to heal sadness. Join them as they search for this creature to lift a weight from the heart of a young child, and as you complete Seasonal Quests, you’ll gradually discover the true nature of the Blue Bird.

As you spend time with this group of Spirits, they’ll teach you new expressions, and each offers a range of items reflecting the story of the Season—capes, outfits, hats, boots, and more, plus two Ultimate Gifts!

The Season starts on April 21 (all times PDT, UTC -7) and continues through July 6th.



For three weeks beginning April 28, a new form of Darkness traps Light Creatures who need your aid. Swim to set them free, and they’ll grant you Light in return for your kindness.

Different Light creatures appear through each phase of the event—but beware, because Dark Creatures have also arrived, and they lurk beneath the waters, on the lookout for unsuspecting Sky kids!

Each day, gather Event Light to forge up to five Event Tickets per day—plus, 15 one-time bonus Tickets are hidden around the event area. These can be used to unlock two of this year’s new cosmetics: the Ocean Waves outfit and the Ocean Manta hair.

Other items include the Ocean Sea Foam Set in the in-game shop, which captures the shimmering beauty of water in both a cape and a pair of boots ($24.99). Items from previous years are returning with the tides too—the Nature Wave Mask and Nature Wave Scarf will be offered for Candles and Hearts, respectively. For details on other items, check out the patch notes from previous years!

Days of Nature has always been a time to give back. Sky continues its partnership with The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ridding the world’s oceans and rivers of plastic pollution. This year the event will again offer special IAPs to support charity efforts focused on real-world cleanup work in oceans and waterways.

Half of the total list price of items listed here will be donated to these efforts (these items are also marked in-game). The remaining amount will cover platform fees and a portion of development.

[h2]2025 Charity Items[/h2]

• New this year—Ocean Waves Mask: $19.99 (all prices USD)
  As a token of gratitude in return, includes 75 regular Candles
  $10.00 donated to charity
  
• Ocean Necklace: $1.99
  $1.00 donated to charity
  
• Nature Sonorous Seashell: $4.99
  This placeable item has a toggle to play relaxing ocean sound effects
  $2.50 donated to charity
  
• Earth Cape: $4.99
  $2.50 donated to charity
  
• Ocean Cape: $14.99
  $7.50 donated to charity
  
• Nature Wave Pack: $19.99
  As a token of gratitude in return, includes 75 regular Candles
  $10 donated to charity
  
• Nature Glasses Pack: $19.99
  A toggle for these sunglasses adds a bluer tint to the world around you
  As a token of gratitude in return, includes 75 regular Candles
  $10 donated to charity
  
• Nature Turtle Pack: $19.99
  As a token of gratitude in return, includes 75 regular Candles
  $10 donated to charity
  

Free trial spells for all items will be available. For more details about our past support for ocean clean-up projects, check out our page here!



Rainbows brighten the skies above the Daylight Prairie Village, with new games, a colorful race, and more! Starting on May 26th, this two-week event invites all Sky kids to celebrate the vibrant world that we create together, sharing a message of hope and the beauty of a world where all colors can shine.

Two Spirits invite you to a dazzling event area above the clouds. As you take part in the event, forge up to five Event Tickets a day by gathering Event Light (and keep your eye out for 15 bonus Tickets, too). Be transformed by every color of the rainbow, and even win dye as you play the event’s games!

Use event Tickets to unlock a Rainbow Smock and Rainbow Head Wrap. Other souvenirs in the in-game shop include the new Rainbow Ribbon Shawl ($14.99). Items from previous years will be back as well—the Color Glam Cut and Dark Rainbow Mask will be offered for Candles. For details on other items, check out the patch notes from previous years!

This year we’re proud to once again share that we’ll be supporting the The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people. The Trevor Project’s programs include crisis services, education, peer support for people around the world, and other efforts to ensure young people can have the chance to thrive no matter who they are.

[h2]2025 Days of Color Campaign Items[/h2]

• New this year—Rainbow Face Paint mask: $19.99
  As a token of gratitude in return, includes 3 white dye and 75 regular Candles
  $10.00 Days of Color 2025 campaign
  
• Dark Rainbow Pack $9.99
  As a token of gratitude in return, includes 40 regular Candles
  $5.00 Days of Color 2025 campaign
  
• Double Rainbow Pack flower hair accessory: $9.99
  As a token of gratitude in return, includes 40 regular Candles
  $5.00 Days of Color 2025 campaign
  
• Dark Rainbow Loafers: $19.99
  As a token of gratitude in return, includes 75 regular Candles
  $10.00 Days of Color 2025 campaign
  
• Rainbow Pack flower hair accessory: $19.99
  As a token of gratitude in return, includes 75 regular Candles
  $10.00 Days of Color 2025 campaign
  

Free trial spells will be available for all cosmetics. Be sure to try out all kinds of other fun new spells, too!


The Aviary Village construction crew continues making improvements in and around town! Starting from 0.29.0, you now have the option to upgrade your Nest’s capacity. Each tier allows you to place more items within the same space of your four cozy walls.



Items with a ✶ symbol next to it means that this is a fix for something that the player community reported to us. So thank you for letting us know about the bugs you’ve come across!


[h2]Highlights[/h2]

• ✶ [Android] Fixed a bug that prevented players from reliably interacting with HUD icons when graphics were set to 60 FPS.
  
• ✶ Chat benches in the concert hall properly show messages from non-friended players.
  
• ✶ Several expressions can once again be used properly when hand-holding, including the no thank you, nod, hand wave, and laugh expressions.
  
• Sparkles are networked! Now, when you see those small sparkly visual effects on your avatar, other players in your instance will see it on their screen too.
  
• ✶ The dyeing station UI no longer overlaps with the in-game recording button when using the dye preview function.
  

[h2]Gameplay[/h2]

• ✶ Fixed one of the Spirit memory quests in the Office being displaced high above the clouds.
  
• ✶ Resolved a bug preventing players from joining their friends in their friend’s Nest.
  
• Patched a hole in the Valley of Triumph race course that could accidentally trap players.
  
• Fixed a bug that could prevent a meditation Daily Quest from completion if a player went AFK while typing their meditation message.
  

[h2]Cosmetics[/h2]

• ✶ Fixed improper collision effects with the Wonderland Cafe Corridor prop.
  
• ✶ Avatar shoulders no longer look odd when wearing sleeveless outfits with certain stances.
  
• ✶ Resolved the Days of Fortune fan clipping through a number of outfits while being used.
  
• ✶ Neck accessories should no longer appear detached and floating on certain outfits.
  
• ✶ Fixed visual errors affecting the Season of Rhythm ultimate hair style.
  
• ✶ Instruments that were appearing transparent when worn with the Season of Passage ultimate cape are opaque once again.
  
• ✶ No more constantly flashing capes when playing to Steam Deck.
  
• Tweaked some neck accessories from Season of the Little Prince and Season of Flight that had some issues when worn with certain outfits.
  
• Smoothed out the shoulders on outfits including the outfits for the Nightbird Whisperer (Season of Moments), the Pianist’s Beginnings (Season of Duets), and the Inspiration of Inclusion (Season of Moomin).
  

[h2]General Fixes and Improvements:[/h2]

• ✶ Sky kids are very talented, but being able to play an instrument without even moving is less “talented” and more “egregiously creepy.” So now when players are holding hands with friends and then take out an instrument to play, that should animate properly.
  
• ✶ On the map shrine, the icon indicator for the Daily Quest to relive the Sparkler Parent’s memory once again displays correctly
  
• ✶ [Android] Resolved some devices being unable to confirm preferences for Twitch cookies.
  
• ✶ Names should display above friends’ Player Creations properly.
  
• ✶ Fixed a bug in Nest editing that could send an object out of bounds when selecting “duplicate” and then instantly tapping another object.
  
• ✶ Sent a repair team to patch up the missing polygons in the Coliseum statues.
  
• ✶ Fixed a text error in a Vietnamese translation.
  
• Fixed an error with the fireworks that the Days of Fortune fireworks pin was able to trigger.
  
• Fixed the visual pop when opening the emote favorites menu.
  
• If a player wearing a chibi mask uses a grow spell and then makes a Shared Memory, the recording will now correctly show their avatar in its tall state rather than its chibi state.
  
• ✶ Butterflies now leave the area after giving their colored Light to players.
  
• ✶ Fixed inconsistent size for the instrument UI notes between touchscreen and controller layouts.
  
• ✶ Players won’t get stuck if the camera faces a certain direction while using the carry (piggyback) interaction.
  
• ✶ Resolved issues that could occur with players being carried via piggyback when entering photo mode with the camera prop.
  
• ✶ [Android] HUD icons, jump, and flight toggles can be interacted with as intended when using a controller.
  
• [Android] Resolved right trigger bug when using an Xbox One controller, and the LT button on Xbox wireless controllers.
  
• ✶ [iOS] Keyboard will not remain stuck open after highlighting a word in the text entry box and then using the device’s “Look Up” function.
  
• ✶ [PC] Fixed issues with shaders and excessive bloom effects when going through the Constellation Gate into the Vault of Knowledge Archives area.
  
• The rock was enjoying a weekend back home, and their jellyfish friends invited them to a huge game of hide ‘n' seek. It kept TRYING to hide in the sands of its favorite beach, but for some reason Sky kids kept digging them up! The rock hadn't realized the Sky kids were playing, too, so it called in reinforcements to help hide! It was a fun game, but as the rock traveled onwards, it thought of places that might be better to hide next time.
  

Please refer to this page for known issues ongoing or introduced with this patch: Known Issues Patch 0.29.0.


As always, we look forward to hearing your feedback, and encourage you to join the community discussion on our official Discord server at discord.gg/thatskygame!

Hope is fragile. Sometimes, it feels just out of reach—something we chase but never quite grasp. In Season of the Blue Bird, beloved Spirits return to share more of their story—one inspired by Maurice Maeterlinck’s timeless play, The Blue Bird, about the search for happiness and the chance to mend what is broken.




A quiet sadness has settled over a young child. Heart heavy, no one seems to know how to lift the weight. But a wise grandparent remembers a story—an ancient legend of the Blue Bird, a creature said to hold the power to heal sorrow.

In this new Season, you’re called to help the child find the Blue Bird. But the path isn’t straightforward. To uncover the bird’s true nature, you’ll journey alongside the child’s family—each of them having seen the Blue Bird before—or so they thought.

They’ll take you to places where they once searched for meaning, believing the bird might hold the answers they sought. With each encounter, you’re not just chasing a bird—you’re uncovering what it means to truly see someone’s pain and stand beside them in it.

As you piece together the family’s stories, you’ll begin to understand that the Blue Bird is more than a fleeting symbol of hope—it’s a reflection of something far more profound.




As the search for the Blue Bird draws to a close, what you find may not be what you expected. But in that final moment, something else begins to unfold.

As the saying goes, sometimes what we’re looking for has been with us all along. Where is joy truly found? What kinds of happiness are fleeting, and what kinds endure? The answers may not be clear, but that’s part of the wonder.

Each step of this journey is an invitation—to look closer, to listen deeper, and to discover that perhaps, the greatest treasures are the ones we least expect. The question is—will you recognize it when you see it?

Spring is just around the corner, and this time it's blooming alongside a friend very dear to our hearts. From March 24th through April 13th, as the trees blossom and petals drift through the air, Days of Bloom, Sky’s most tranquil and dreamy event returns, and this year, a beloved visitor (and his teleporting cape) is arriving with it.

During the Sky x Le Petit Prince Encore event, the Little Prince invites you back to the stars to experience his timeless story again. For those who have been not-so-quietly hoping, the complete set of Little Prince quests is returning, now presented in full color. But this limited-time event isn’t only about revisiting his story.



For the first time, you'll also have a chance to share your own story too! Throughout the event, you can create rose messages—special notes that bloom from the earth, just like message boats but rooted in the landscape.

These messages can be placed for friends, left for passing travelers, or offered as quiet reflections to the world. Unsure what to write? Thoughtful, heartfelt prompts inspired by the Little Prince will be there to help spark something meaningful. (We’re already feeling emotional just imagining the beautiful things you'll share.)



Exploration has its rewards, too. As you wander, keep an eye out for pockets of hidden beauty scattered across the realms. You might even discover a few bonus Event Tickets tucked behind a rosebush or around a quiet corner. Taking the scenic route has never been so rewarding—so slow down, breathe in the petals, and enjoy the view.



Of course, it wouldn’t be Days of Bloom without flowers everywhere you turn. Throughout the event, blossoms and wildflowers will gradually transform Home, Hidden Forest, Forgotten Ark, and Prairie Peaks. These spaces become even dreamier this time of year, perfect for relaxing, exploring, and soaking in the peace of the changing season.

We hope to see you out there, wandering with a rose in hand. Let’s make this one to remember.

Hello everyone! Providing the best experience for our players has always been our focus here at thatgamecompany, and we want to thank our beta testers who have helped us on this journey. We’re excited to share some changes in how we handle beta moving forward to further improve how we work together and build an even stronger connection with our testers.

Sky has grown so much over the years. Our teams have tried to balance changes to the development and production process with the demands it all puts on the studio’s beta testing structure—which has been mostly unchanged since 2018—but it was clear that we needed to evolve the process to make improvements.

Starting on March 20th, we’ll be restructuring our beta program to improve feedback collection, enhance security against hacked leaks, and create a more efficient testing process which will allow us to partner more closely with our testers. As part of this transition, on this day all existing beta access will be removed and beta accounts will be reset.

Players interested in participating in the beta program can apply through an open application process, and we’ll select testers from the applicant pool when participants are needed. We’ll rotate new testing groups too, which will create opportunities for even more dynamic feedback from various perspectives as more people participate in testing.

• New application process: Instead of first-come-first-served invite links, Sky players interested in helping to test can apply through a questionnaire—we’ll share the form soon! When new groups of testers are needed, applicants will be contacted directly.
  
• Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) required: Testers will need to sign an NDA, meaning no beta footage or content can be recorded or shared outside of designated private beta channels on Discord.
  
• Discord-focused testing community: Our official Sky server will be the center of feedback, conversation, and reporting for everyone participating in a round of testing.
  

This was a tough decision, as we have relied on our entire beta community who has always been there for us. We wanted to address the ongoing concerns and take meaningful steps to create the best version of Sky with your valued feedback.




This new approach allows us to:

• Gather more structured and more varied feedback
  
• Ensure greater security for in-development content
  
• Maintain higher testing standards for future updates
  

Beta will be shut down on March 20th. Exact dates are subject to change, but we plan to share the beta testing sign-up form within the next few weeks. Our new beta program will reopen around the week of April 14th.




We deeply appreciate the passion and dedication of our players. While these adjustments will take some getting used to, we’re confident they will lead to a stronger game with smoother updates for everyone.

Hand in hand, we’re building a better Sky—and we look forward to collaborating with our testers to make that happen. Thank you for your continued support, and for flying in the skies with us together!

Greetings, Adventurers! We have a hotfix!

• Fixed hint text during the 3rd Seasonal Quest not appearing correctly in localized languages.
  
• Fixed erroneous error message that displayed when trying to save chat text to the favorite emote menu that couldn’t be saved.
  
• Lighting is back to normal in places like the Valley of Triumph’s Coliseum and Daylight Prairie’s Sanctuary Islands.
  

[h2]Days of Treasure[/h2]

• Shovel prompt only displays when player is close to it.
  
• Applied some basic laws of physics to the shovel so that while it can dig up treasure, it cannot pierce a hole into the very fabric of the world that a hapless player could fall into.
  
• Fixed a missing text hint when attempting to unlock a Dye Blessing spell without having enough Event Tickets for it.
  
• Restored missing dialogue that should display after gathering all six Event Tickets from the daily event activities.
  

As always, we look forward to hearing your feedback, and encourage you to join the community discussion on our official Discord server at discord.gg/thatskygame!