Black Skies - Update v0.4.0 – Saving, Stability, and a Smoother Story


This update finally adds one of the most requested features: saving your progress. You can now pick up where you left off, which makes exploring, testing, and surviving in Black Skies a lot more practical.

What’s new and improved:

  • Save System: You can now save and continue your game. No more starting over every session.

  • Story Flow: Missions and voiceovers now play out naturally with full subtitles for every spoken line.

  • UI Cleanup: Inventory visuals, text, and item details are clearer and easier to navigate.

  • End Sequence: The closing scene is fully functional and ties neatly into the credits and links.

  • General Stability: Fewer bugs, smoother transitions, and a more consistent feel across the board.

This build focuses on making the experience stable, playable, and immersive. It is the version you can actually live in for a while without worrying about restarts or rough edges.

Thank you to everyone testing and sharing feedback. Every session helps me fine-tune the feel of the world.

Stay warm out there.

Files

Black Skies-v0.4ea.zip 776 MB
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Hey Adam, thanks for such a quick update, really appreciate the hard work! I just checked it out a bit. Much better now, especially with the save system. And I see you added more objectives and prompts for players so we know what to do next which is also helpful. And the warmth seems to be going up faster when near the furnace so that's awesome. :) I'll probably wait for 1 more update (still some little quirks like not being able to check out the phone at the beginning but was able to after restarting the game) and then I'll proceed with the story and make a whole new video on it. Super excited for it, especially now that the winter is actually close :D it fits the vibe perfectly. BTW, how does the save system work? I assume the game saves automatically after finishing an entire objective? Because after finishing the objectives at the first cabin (getting healthy), I checked out the stamp (meaning I finished just 1 part of the next objective, didn't go looking for the axe), and i quit the game to see what'll happen and yeah when I started it again I was back at the cabin, right after those first objectives.

Thanks, Steve.  I just uploaded on more update to version 0.5.0

This one cleaned up a lot of narrative progression  bugs that were stopping me in my tracks.

Also, I want to make sure you know that the clothes you wear make a difference in your warmth.  there are some thermal clothes you get here and there that will eventually make you warm indefinitely... at least until night time.  Layers... it's all about the layers of clothing in the cold.

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Oh cool, I didn't know about the clothes feature. That makes it even better! And thanks for another update, I'll most likely return to the game in the coming days. But regardless, I'm happy to see your vision slowly come to life :)