Developer posts and news about this game.
This update fixes a lot of bugs, thank you for your feedback alerting us to them. We've also updated our pathfinding system to support multiple AIs - soon we will start adding new enemies and wildlife! We're aware of an issue where the airship can get caught in the terrain. If th
New Open World Desert Skies now has a fixed open world map instead of one that is procedurally generated as you fly. This makes exploring the deserts a more engaging experience which will keep getting better as we fill the world with lots of details to find and explore. Press M t
This update brings caves to Desert Skies! Caves are a fun diversion from flying across the desert and are a great source of coal, iron, gold, sulfur and saltpeter. Keep an eye out for cracked walls while spelunking and hit them with a pickaxe to reveal secret tunnels! There are t
New Year celebrations have come to the desert! You can now find large buckets of fireworks in every location. You will be able to set them off immediately, or wait until midnight for a synchronised show. Larger locations have more fireworks. We recommend Coalridge Station, Sunken
This update introduces farming to your airship! Harvest dirt with your shovel from new dirt mounds and build planting beds aboard your airship. With this update you can grow trees for wood and prickly pear cactuses for food and water. We will be adding the Kitchen and food buff s
New Airship Tiles! There is a lot to build and craft in this update, starting with the first of our new airship designs! Your stylish new airship has doors, windows, trapdoors, ceilings, inner and outer walls and multiple variations for each tile. New Airship Apparatus! Aboard yo
This update improves the progression system in the current game to be closer to our goal. There are now 6 biomes with the locations spread out between them. The 4 new biomes are copies of an existing one with different colour schemes. We will replace these temporary versions with
This update introduces a day and night cycle to Desert Skies! Build lamps on your airship and carry a torch into locations to continue your journey when night falls. Our Twitter is now active! Follow us for regular dev updates as we develop each next update. Read our forum post f
Update 1.13 replaces the existing world generation system to create a larger and more interesting world, with biomes and more to explore. Control your airship! Build the propeller engine aboard your airship and take control of your journey! The winds won't always be in your favou
Merry Christmas from White Rabbit Games! This peaceful event will let you transform the desert into a winter wonderland and deliver presents for Santa to earn new decorations for your airship. Keep an eye out for Santa's sleigh in the desert to get started. In the main menu Setti
In the third phase of the Halloween event you will do battle with the boss of the nightmare realm. Look for the new ammo pickups to reload your righteous revolver, beat the boss and win a new decoration for your airship! We'll keep the event up as long as we can to give you a cha
In the second phase of the event some of the ghosts will try to drive you from their realm before you can find the golden jack-o'-lantern and escape. Wield a righteous revolver in the nightmare and banish them instead! Stay tuned for phase III in a few days! Halloween Event Phase
It's here - our Desert Skies Halloween event starts today! Jump in game and give it a try! Mysterious trick or treat stands have appeared in several locations. Find and interact with them for your treat... or trick! In this first phase of the event you will venture into a spooky
You can now play Desert Skies with your favourite controller! Let us know how your model of controller works and what you think of our default bindings. We already know we need to add some aim assist! We have a new input system to support controllers, with some UI changes and con
This update adds a new location with a new wobblehead and some new pieces to the story. We've also added lighting to the game with torches and lanterns, added some paintings to decorate your airship with, and added a way to respawn without losing your items. This update has been
This big update brings a new location, a new NPC with quests to complete and a cool reward, a new danger in the gold cave, a series of collectables, a water barrel and water tank for storing water on your airship, carrying water in buckets, new buildable furniture, and fixes and
This update overhauls the Seeker with a lot of changes! Our goal was to make hiding from the Seeker as it hunts you a more engaging cat-and-mouse experience, and to make combat with the Seeker more difficult (once you have the weaponry necessary to defeat it). Check out our post
We finished some new cosmetic options for your airship and couldn't wait for the next patch to include them, so here they are! In your build menu you'll find two new types of airship building blocks: lattices and leaves. These platforms, walls and ramps add a touch of class to yo
For this update we have overhauled many existing locations to make them bigger and more interesting, with more story elements! Here's a sneak peak at one changed location: In changing the layout of these locations we have created different arrangements of obstacles. This lays the
More bug fixes! We're now turning our attention back to new content for the next patch, unless any critical issues pop up of course. We have rewritten the deconstruction system to be much more robust, this should eliminate any remaining issues with deconstructing platforms. The a