Skystead Ranch News

We are very excited about the progress we have been making, both with the game's development and the new, significant steps we are taking to promote Skystead Ranch!

Progress has continued on the Creatures AI, which we have decided to call "Skylets" - A name we find both fantastical and adorable! Alongside this is the Field Guide, which will be a large part of the game flow, a book the player has in order keep updated records on the wonders and behaviours of the various skylets they encounter!

Here is a sneak peek of the Field guide in progress - this is still very early development and so the finished result will look much different to what you see here, but the premise will be the same - the more you discover about each particular skylet, you will gather more information and images for the guide!



[h2]Player Character[/h2]
A new thing for us here at ToastieLabs, is our very own player character for you to play as! With the skills of our artist Jack, and the brainstorming of the rest of the team - we have come up with this player character and begun creating the 3D model to use in engine. See if you can spot all the little details we have considered for the game needs in these 3D renders!

Full textures and animations are still a work in progress.





Skystead Ranch will be at EGX London for you to play!

From the dates 12th-15th October 2023, find Skystead Ranch in the "Rezzed" area at the EGX convention in London alongside many new exciting games!



Buy your tickets online now and you can try our game, let us know what you think!


ToastieLabs will also be attending MCM London Comic Con!

From the 27th to the 29th of October, we are attending Comic Con in person so you can stop by our Booth to say hi and pick up a free goody bag!



We are working hard on making sure our visit is worthwhile! The goody bags will only be available from our booth and will include exclusive games, sweets, toys, and other goodies such as these laser-cut wooden tokens!



[h2]Crowdfunding Announcements Soon[/h2]
Our main drive for advertising Skystead Ranch is to get your help in funding the rest of the development of Skystead Ranch.

Likely we will be able to continue the development Of Skystead Ranch if the crowdfunding is unsuccessful, but the intention of the crowdfunding is to let you help us elevate Skystead into an even bigger and better game than we can achieve alone!

With your help, we can add more features, more content and more fun to the final product whilst providing you with exclusive rewards.
For more information on our crowdfunding campaign, keep checking back over the coming weeks for more announcements and details on how to get involved.

Thank you! We hope to see you soon!

Skystead Ranch is a farming, building, animal-focused island adventure!

Take your place as the proud new owner of your very own Skystead Ranch! A lot of work is ahead to transform this collection of overgrown floating rocks into your very own beautiful animal sanctuary. The more you beautify, the wilder the variety of wacky and wonderful creatures will arrive to investigate their potential new home, caretaken by you!



[h2]Who are we?[/h2]
We are ToastieLabs - a Small, Independent Games company from the UK. With only a small team of 4 and a cosy office in the Cold North, we all share a passion for games and making people smile.

With every game we release, from Coloring Pixels to WooLoop, and now Skystead Ranch, we committed to providing experiences that are available to everyone, relaxing and high quality. We love supporting our releases with feedback and comments from our amazing community, and Skystead Ranch will be no exception!


[h2]Roadmap[/h2]
[h3]Next Fest Demo[/h3]
Like our previous titles, we are very excited to give you all hands-on playtime with a demo of SkyStead Ranch - Coming this October, you'll be able to play an early access, demo version of our Game! We will be looking forward to getting some feedback, so get ready to let us know what you think and what you'd like to see!

[h3]Crowd-Funding[/h3]
We need your help!
We are still just a small independent games company and this is our first ambitious, large project! To ensure we make this game the best it can possibly be, we are hoping to run a crowdfunding campaign during October's demo showcase.

Since we recently expanded to include a 4th member, we wanted to stretch our imaginations and make something even better than before! The design of Skystead Ranch has flexibility at its core so we can easily expand and shrink the scope of the game based on how much support the game gets. We have a minimum spec for the game that we are confident we can make without any crowdfunding help but we want to give this project every opportunity it deserves!

Stay tuned to find out more, we are going to turn October into a month-long ToastieLabs celebration! You won't want to miss out on any exclusive rewards, and free updates to our other games
[h2]Things to Look Out For![/h2]
Other than crowdfunding, which we will be announcing in full detail in the coming months, make sure you check out our game live at EGX London and MCM Comic Con* (to be confirmed) where we will be hosting live booths for you to play our game and meet us in person!


Make sure you add Skystead Ranch to your Wishlist to stay up-to-date with all the news and announcements for the upcoming release!
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