Black Skylands — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
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| The Biggest Discount and The Release of Our New Game! | 2024-09-11 | Hey Captains! The Black Skylands just got the biggest discount ever! If you haven't ventured on the epic aerial journey yet, this is your golden opportunity to do so! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1143810/Black_Skylands/ Today we are also celebrating the upcoming release of our new game - Drill Core! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2821800/Drill_Core/ Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defence for survival? Captains who own Black Slylands and who are going to embark on this i |
| Get 40% OFF Black Skylands! | 2023-11-21 | Black Skylands soars into the Steam Autumn Sale!🍂 Your journey through the clouds awaits, packed with intense aerial battles and an expansive open world to explore! Don't miss it – Offer ends November 28th! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1143810/Black_Skylands/ Yours truly, • • • Join the community to chat with other captains: Discord Reddit Twitter Facebook Instagram |
| Black Skylands is 30% off! | 2023-09-22 | In case you missed it, our latest patch is now LIVE and brings important bug fixes to smoothen your journey through the skies! Read the full patch notes here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1143810/view/3743110574780750253 Plus, if you haven't joined the adventure yet, Black Skylands is having a limited-time 30% discount on Steam until Friday, September 29th - Don't miss out! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1143810/Black_Skylands/ Yours truly, • • • Join the community to chat with other captains: Discord Reddit Twitter Facebook Instagram |
| Patch - Bug Fixes & Performance Improvements | 2023-09-22 | Hello Captains! With this new patch, we've tackled a number of bugs since the 1.0 launch, and we’ve also made improvements to the game's performance. Additionally, we’ve introduced a new difficulty level tailored for those seeking a more relaxed exploration experience. Plus, newcomers will appreciate the improved prologue, now equipped with more hints and guidance. As always, please don't hesitate to report any issues! Bug Fixes: Fixed UI with misplaced marker for big bird nest. Fixed black screen during save loading (GOG non-auth store). Fixed non-auth players no DLC content (GOG). Fixed Video options dropdown spacing. Fixed players stuck be |
| What’s new in Black Skylands 1.0? | 2023-09-11 | Greetings, Captains! We trust many of you have already played the refreshed story and explored the new features. For those catching up, we've rolled out a substantial update for our launch! Below, you'll find a rundown of the release notes for Black Skylands 1.0. Play as Eva in a newly reworked storyline. — Uncover the secrets of Black Skylands and rescue Aspya! Meet new characters! Discover new islands with fresh quests. Visit redesigned islands with better visuals and layouts. Battle new enemies And face revamped challenges from known foes. Find powerful Amulets with both passive and active abilities to tailor your gameplay. Look out for sp |
| Black Skylands - OUT NOW! | 2023-08-15 | Greetings, Captains! The wait is finally over – We're thrilled to announce that Black Skylands has officially launched! What’s New? Play as Eva in a newly reworked storyline! Move the Fathership to new locations, discover new islands, and find powerful Amulets throughout the world. Process ore into steel in your ship’s factory to upgrade your weapons and fortify your airship. Upgrade weapons directly from your inventory using Steel or Gold. Build your base while collecting resources on your skyward adventures. Look out for special health-boosting plants along the way! Experience new bosses and improved challenges from existing enemies. Bugs h |
| Launch Celebration Live Stream | 2023-08-15 | Hey Captains! ːsteamhappyːBlack Skylands is releasing later today!ːsteamhappyː https://i.imgur.com/9m19p5a.gif To celebrate, join us on Steam today, August 15th, at 16:30 CEST (15:30 UK, 10:30 pm ET, 07:30 am PT) for the final countdown to the release of the game - we'll even be giving a few copies away in the chat! We're also being joined by some Devs from Hungry Couch, so make sure you don't miss this! See you there! |
| Get Black Skylands 50% OFF! | 2023-08-03 | The sale has ended. Greetings, Captains! Black Skylands is now available at a massive 50% OFF as part of Steam's Daily Deal. A deal so substantial, even the always-hungry sky would be full! Now's a fantastic time to start your airborne adventure, as we're gearing up for a significant update, including a reworked story, arriving on AUGUST 15th! Ready to set sail right away? Don't worry, we're making sure your current voyages carry over after our big update. More info coming on launch day! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1143810/Black_Skylands/ Don't let this opportunity fly by — Your adventure awaits! Yours truly, • • • Join the community t |
| New Course for Black Skylands: August 15th! | 2023-07-12 | Greetings, Captains! The winds of Black Skylands are charting a new course. Our new launch date is August 15th! We know, it's a little longer to wait, but these extra few days are dedicated to further testing and improvements to ensure an even more enjoyable Day One experience. On August 15th, the game will launch with a refreshed story that's been thoughtfully re-imagined, adding more depth to your adventure. You'll also find new features that add an extra layer of excitement to your gameplay. If you were part of our playtest earlier this year, these will be familiar to you! Plus, you can look forward to smoother, better-balanced gameplay. A |
| Black Skylands is 40% off! | 2023-06-29 | Prepare to set SALE and conquer the skies! Black Skylands is now available at an incredible 40% discount in the Steam Summer Sale! 🌤️ Join Eva on a thrilling steampunk adventure this Summer, and unravel the hidden mysteries within the dark clouds! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1143810/Black_Skylands/ Yours truly, • • • Join our community to discuss the upcoming launch and to chat with other captains: Discord Reddit Twitter Facebook Instagram |
| Release Date Announcement! | 2023-06-13 | The winds of Black Skylands are charting a new course. Our new launch date is August 15th! We know, it's a little longer to wait, but these extra few days are dedicated to further testing and improvements to ensure an even more enjoyable Day One experience. 🌤️ Read our latest announcement where we reveal our exclusive pre-order bonuses, along with our new release date - August 15th 2023! https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1143810/view/3686807969140038366 Play as Eva, a skilled and valiant young marshal, fighting to protect her people from the invading Falcons and Swarm. Take command of your own airship and embark on an expansive journey |
| New Features and Improvements | 2023-04-19 | Greetings, Captains! Get ready to fly high in the skies of Black Skylands! The launch of Black Skylands is just around the corner, and we can't wait for our community to experience all the incredible changes we've made to the game. From streamlined gameplay mechanics to a more immersive narrative, we've pulled out all the stops to ensure that this is the best version of the game yet! Since Early Access launched in 2021, we've added a ton of new content and features to the game with a series of updates which introduced new weapons, abilities, and expanded areas to explore. Treasure Seeker Update: With our first update, we introduced a treasure |
| Black Skylands Closed Playtest 4.0 | 2023-03-24 | Greetings, Captains! The time has come to embark on another epic adventure, and we want YOU to be a part of it! Black Skylands is nearing completion, and we're looking for explorers to join our latest playtest. The playtest will take place for one week, and we invite all interested players to participate. We encourage you to explore every aspect of the game, report any bugs you encounter, and provide feedback to help us improve everyone's gaming experience. Your input will be invaluable as we work to make Black Skylands the best it can be before its release this Summer! Please note: You must already have the game in your Steam library to part |
| Release & Console Announcement | 2023-03-15 | Greetings, Captains! Rev up your airship’s engine - Black Skylands is coming to all platforms in Summer 2023! Since Early Access launched in 2021, we’ve released four major updates enhancing player experience, while also expanding the game's story: Treasure Seeker The Ice Kraken The Raids Update The Aerial Update Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing major gameplay developments, story changes and new features that will be available on release. Keep an eye on our socials for the official launch date! Fair winds, Captains! • • • Join our community: Discord Reddit Twitter Facebook Instagram |
| Black Skylands Closed Playtest 3.0 | 2023-01-27 | Greetings, Captains! The Black Skylands Closed Playtest 3.0 has now ended. Thank you to all the players that took part in the playtest and gave feedback to the developers so that we can improve everyone’s gaming experience! Fair winds, Captains! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1143810/Black_Skylands/ Yours truly, • • • Join our community to share feedback and chat with other captains: Discord Reddit Twitter Facebook Instagram |
| Black Skylands is 40% OFF! | 2023-01-23 | Greetings, Captains! Black Skylands is part of the Steam Base Builder Fest 2023 with 40% OFF until January 30th. Become captain of an airship today, and gather resources to upgrade your ship & build powerful weapons as you explore the world of the skies! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1143810/Black_Skylands/ Yours truly, • • • Join our community to share feedback and chat with other captains: Discord Reddit Twitter Facebook Instagram |
| Happy Holidays, Captains! | 2022-12-24 | Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from Hungry Couch! Thank you all for supporting us throughout the year - we really appreciate it. May this holiday season be filled with good cheer, joy, and of course, plenty of gaming. See you all in 2023, Captains! Yours truly, • • • |
| The Winter Sale | 2022-12-22 | Greetings, Captains! The Winter Sale begins – from today to January 5th, you will have the opportunity to purchase Black Skylands with a 35% discount ☃️ Fair winds and happy holidays! |
| Christmas has come to Black Skylands! | 2022-12-20 | Greetings, Captains! We've just released a little update to get you into the Christmas spirit. Update your game and remember to check out Turtletown before you embark on your new journey through the lands of Aspia!🎄 Yours truly, • • • |
| What’s New | 2022-12-12 | Greetings, Captains! We’ve got some freshly cooked updates and inside info for you today, so grab a cup of tea and make sure you’re sitting comfortably. It has now been over a month since our last Aerial update (look here if you somehow missed it) and we are now gradually moving towards the last and largest release update of Black Skylands. HOWEVER, there are still a couple of small patches that await you before that (spoiler: one of them is already coming this month 😉). Our main priority now is to add more depth to your experience as you complete Black Skylands: making changes to player progression, redesigning certain systems, reworking or |
| Nominate Black Skylands for the Labor Of Love Award! | 2022-11-25 | Greetings, Captains! First of all we want to thank each one of you for your continuous Black Skylands support. Your passion gives us energy to improve the game further and tailor it in the best possible experience. Throughout the Early Access stage we managed to deliver several big updates, but they would have never been as good as they are now without great and detailed feedback you provide to us. And we want to ask for your support again. We would really appreciate, if you could dedicate several minutes of your time and nominate the game in the Steam Awards 2022 ‘Labor of Love’ category. This will mean a lot to us. Thank you for staying wit |
| The Steam Autumn Sale | 2022-11-22 | Hello Captains! The Autumn Sale begins – from today to November 29th, you will have the opportunity to purchase Black Skylands with a 35% discount🍁 Full steam ahead! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1143810 Yours truly, • • • Join our community to share feedback and chat with other captains: Discord Reddit Twitter Facebook Instagram |
| Patch 0.4.4 | 2022-10-28 | Knock, knock! The newest Black Skylands patch is already available for download. Please, update your game 🎃 THE LIST OF CHANGES: - Air enemies’ HP is slightly reduced, the attack power of some air swarm enemies is also reduced; - Spawn time of Jetpackers from Landing Ship was increased; - Big Scarab Ship no longer spawns in starting locations; - Fixed a bug when the machine gun on the Small Scarab Ship don’t shoot; - Fixed a bug when opponents don’t move on one of the swarm islands; - Fixed a bug when nose gun reloading visual state doesn’t update after weapons’ changing; - Fixed a bug when Eva hung if you pick up any cargo and shoot the nos |
| The AERIAL UPDATE is Now Available! | 2022-10-13 | Greetings, Captains! One of the biggest content updates we've ever done, the Aerial Update, is out now! In addition to that, the game is 30% off until October 20! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1143810/Black_Skylands/ UPDATE FEATURES 🔹 Salvo for skyship cannons The cannons on the player's ships have been replaced by salvo fire; now, air battles look much brighter and tactically more exciting. 🔹 Impulse Shield Reflects projectiles at the enemy. 🔹 Ship's forward guns The ship now has separate forward guns. 🔹 Reworked skyship boost The boost has a significant initial impact. It uses energy that replenishes automatically. 🔹 New enemies L |
| AERIAL Update Coming on October 13th! | 2022-10-07 | Salute, captains! Hold the steering wheel tight as we approach the biggest Black Skylands update yet! October 13th is marked in the logbook with a big red cross, which means that it’ll be the time to: 🔹 Attack enemies with operable onboard gun turrets for your skyships, and repel enemy projectiles with an impulse shield; 🔹 Rush through the celestial world with a reworked skyship boost, and survive the encounter with a new enemy cruiser; 🔹 Blow apart destructible armor on enemy ships with a salvo for skyship cannons. Stay tuned for more details on this and future updates, and be sure to follow us at all times, no matter the date! Full steam |
| Join the New Updated Playtest now! | 2022-09-21 | Greetings, Captains! 👋 Our Closed Playtest is now over and we have already implemented some of the feedback gathered. If you haven’t participated, don’t fret - we’d like to invite you to the New Updated Playtest version to give the Revamped Aerial Gameplay a swirl. │ More info about the Playtest │ HOW TO JOIN Right-click on Black Skylands in your Steam library → Select "Properties..." → "BETAS" → Enter the password branchforexternalplaytest → "Check code" → From the drop-down menu above, select the "playtest" branch → Update your game and start testing! 📌 Please take a moment to fill in the playtest feedback form: https://forms.gle/EHMWo7e2 |
| The Exclusive Closed Playtest Has Started! | 2022-09-16 | https://i.imgur.com/Xz5zd59.gif Exclusive Closed Playtest: Reworked Aerial Gameplay September 16th-20th Greetings again, captains! We invite you to participate in the closed playtest of an upcoming big Reworked Aerial Gameplay Update we're currently working on. As a community-oriented studio, we hold your feedback dear. That is why we decided to throw a trial balloon before finalizing the new features. TESTED FEATURES ☁️ Operable onboard gun turrets for your skyships You can install turrets on your skyship's bow in the Skyships menu. Use the right mouse button to fire, move your mouse to rotate the turret. Hold RMB down for continuous fire. H |
| Announcing the Exclusive Closed Playtest | 2022-09-14 | https://i.imgur.com/GrFMwhk.gif Greetings, Captains! For the past few months, we've been working on massive improvements to the key feature of the game: aerial gameplay. So far, we are satisfied with how it all is working out, and we're extremely excited to show some of the new mechanics and additions to our community. Which we are going to do, actually. But, just to some of you. That said, we are announcing the Closed Community Playtest that will run from September 16th to 20th. Players selected as testers will be able to try out the brand new features that are still in development: ☁️ Operable onboard gun turrets for your skyships ☁️ Salvo |
| Patch: cruise control, bugfixes | 2022-07-11 | Greetings, captains! An update for the early access version of Black Skylands has been released The list of changes: - FEATURES - - Some cutscenes are able to be skipped now - Ship's cruise control is no longer activated automatically at engine's max power, but it can be activated manually at any point by double pressing the acceleration button. Any further acceleration or deceleration input will disable the cruise control. - BUG FIXES - - Minecart's destruction during a raid is always correctly finishes the quest now - Splatter's bullets that ricochet off the player's shield now deal damage to enemies - Player's animation won't be reset to t |
| The Raids Update Trailer | 2022-06-27 | Captains! Jump into the new week with the new video about the Raids Update! ⛅️ Watch it and get in the mood for action! Don’t forget to share your feedback! Yours truly, • • • Join our community to share feedback and chat with other captains: Discord Reddit Twitter Facebook Instagram |