Sky: Children of the Light (Switch): all the updates (latest: Ver. 0.28.0.308028)

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Sky: Children of the Light on Nintendo Switch.

Archives: launch to July 2024.

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Season of Radiance

A world of color awaits you! Sky’s next Season introduces a feature that many players have been requesting: dyes! The Season of Radiance Guide welcomes you to Aviary Village’s new Dye Workshop, and through Seasonal Quests they’ll teach you about colored Light that can be gathered in the realms, and how you can use it to forge dyes to customize the colors of your outfits.

Three Spirits who you may recognize from Sky’s earliest Season will return, too! These Season of Gratitude Spirits come back to share in Sky kids’ discoveries, and this time, they’re bringing three new expressions, not to mention a variety of capes, outfits, instruments and more—and just about everything can be dyed!

The Radiance Guide offers two Ultimate Gifts for Season Pass holders to unlock while the Season is active. They’ll also bring a uniquely shaped cape which can be unlocked with Hearts even after the Season ends—a memento to mark the opening of the Dye Workshop.

Season of Radiance begins January 20th and runs through April 6th (all times Pacific). Content is accessible to all players who have progressed to at least the third quest from the Hopeful Steward.

 

New Feature: Dyeing Cosmetics

Transform your ensemble into unique creations! Over the course of Season of Radiance, eight different base colors will become available to gather from special Dark Plants in the realms—some colors will be more common than others. Use these base colors as their own dye, or mix them to create a total of over 70 colors!

• In 0.28.0, most capes, masks, and outfits (e.g. pants, dresses, tunics) have dyeable areas;  items in other categories, such as head and neck accessories, are planned to become dyeable in 0.28.5. Some cosmetics are not dyeable—for example, hair color, Season pendants, collaboration items, and so on.
• You can preview color combinations before dyeing a cosmetic.
• Up to two different dyed versions of an item can be saved for you to wear as “Outfit Styles,” in addition to the original version.
• Some of the seasonal spells in the Radiance Spirits’ Friendship Trees will give dye.

Days of Fortune

Let the biggest reunion party of the year begin! From January 27th through February 9th, celebrate with Spirits in the Valley of Triumph, play minigames with friends, and dance to the best dance track this side of Eye of Eden.

Talk to the Event Guide in Aviary Village or Home to teleport to the center of the action in Valley of Triumph. That’s where you’ll find a new minigame waiting for you in the ice rink. You’ll also find some familiar Spirits joining in the celebration there, so be sure to say hello!

A felicitous dragon friend returns to share Light, and they’ll be floating in the air for you regardless of what time you visit them. You’ll be able to transform into a dragon chain with fellow Sky kids once again, and yes, the Secret Area accessible from the ground floor of Vault of Knowledge will be open to all. 

The Fortune Gift Envelope will be back as well. This will be in the Friendship Trees of friends with whom you’ve unlocked the carry (piggyback) interaction and allows you to use 14 Candles to gift 5 Hearts. The Fortune Gift Envelope can be given once a day per person, like regular Heart gifts.

(Note: The Fortune Gift Envelope feature requires manual enabling, which means it will become available at approximately 00:00 on the day the event begins until approximately 23:59 the day it ends. Thank you for your understanding!)

Event Tickets
Five coin-shaped Event Tickets (previously referred to as event currency) can be forged each day by playing the new minigame. There are also 15 one-time bonus Tickets that can be gathered throughout the event!

New Items
New cosmetics are available for IGC (in-game currency) and for purchase. Plus, three red and gold themed props can be unlocked for regular Candles, and once the event ends, those props will be added to the Nesting Workshop rotation to unlock later in the year.

• Dragon Dance music sheet: 8 Event Tickets
• Red Dye Blessing: 10 Event Tickets
• Fortune Snake Mask: 14 Event Tickets
• Fortune Snake Pants: 36 Event Tickets
• Fortune Vertical Poster Prop: 5 Candles
• Fortune Candle Flags Prop: 10 Candles
• Fortune Plant Prop: 20 Candles
• Fortune Hand Fan: $4.99
• Fortune Snake Coif and Cloak: $19.99
  • Includes a snake-themed hairstyle and cape

 

For details on returning Days of Fortune items, please refer to patch notes from previous years. As for items originally introduced for Event Tickets, the Fortune Dragon Mask can be unlocked for 57 Candles, and the Fortune Drum for 36 Hearts. Other than the three new props, free spells for new and returning items can be found in the event area.

Days of Fortune is available to all players who have at least started the third quest from the Hopeful Steward.

 

Days of Love

Celebrate all the different connections at the heart of Sky, and beyond—Days of Love arrives from February 10th through 23rd.

Check with the Event Guide in Aviary Village or Home to teleport to where the event unfolds: the Jellyfish Cove area in Starlight Desert. That’s where a strange crystal formation has appeared from meteor showers, glowing mysteriously in response to emotes. Work together with other Sky kids to discover the secrets hidden within these shimmering shards!

Event Tickets
Forge four Event Tickets each day by participating in this year’s new event activity. There will also be 15 one-time bonus Event Tickets hidden in the area that you can find throughout the event.

New Items
New cosmetics are available for IGC (in-game currency) and for purchase, and this year’s new IGC items can be unlocked with Event Tickets: 

• Days of Love Violet Crystal Prop: 14 Event Tickets
  • This prop glows when other Sky kids are nearby, or when someone nearby uses a friendship interaction expression.
• Days of Love Braids: 35 Event Tickets
• Days of Love Amethyst Accessory: $2.99
  • Like the Violet Crystal Prop, this hair accessory glows when other Sky kids are nearby, or when someone nearby uses a friendship interaction expression.
• Days of Love Amethyst-Tipped Tails hairstyle: $6.99

For details on returning items, please refer to patch notes from previous years. As for Event Ticket items introduced last year, Love Heart Beret can be unlocked for 45 Candle, the Love Heart Plushie for 12 Hearts, and the Days of Love music sheet for 15 Candles. Free spells for new and returning items can be found in the event area.

 

Join Us to Stress Test an Upcoming Feature!

If you saw our Community Concert during the 5th Anniversary last year, you might remember the special limited feature that allowed performers to share their music performances with other players across servers when Festival Tech was active…

And perhaps you’ve wondered what we have in store for the Aviary Village concert hall since Season of Duets wrapped up…

One of our projects is an upcoming feature which allows players to enter a queue in the concert hall to share a brief musical performance on stage for the rest of the concert hall, for audiences anywhere from a couple dozen to a couple hundred people. 

 

Some parts of this upcoming feature need to be verified in the live version of the game, similar to how we had a dress rehearsal test before the AURORA concert launch. So before we officially launch this feature, we’re inviting everyone to be part of dress rehearsal stress tests in the concert hall!

We’ll temporarily enable this feature in the concert hall from 10:00 am Friday January 17th to 10:00 am Tuesday January 21st PST (UTC -8) for this stress test! If you’ve completed the 2nd quest from Season of Duets, you can participate in two ways:

• Join the queue in the concert hall to perform a short song—all ability levels welcome! 
• Join the audience to listen to your fellow Sky kids’ melodies.

The data we get from this will be super helpful to work out bugs and potential surprises on the backend, so thank you in advance if you choose to join. Otherwise, stay tuned for more news about this feature in future updates!

 

Aviary Village Updates: Event Announcement Board and More

The construction crew has been at work in Aviary Village! You’ll notice a few changes in the area:

• There’s a new announcement board in the spot where the Event Shop entrance used to be. When an event is active, it will tell you how many days are left. If an event is not active, it will count down the days until the next event begins.
• Event Guide Spirits will appear near the event announcement board when their event is active. They’ll offer the option to teleport to their event area, and once you’re in that area, you can check with Spirits and such there for event items. 
• In the plaza at the entrance of Aviary Village, the decorative pole has been relocated, and in its place is a Constellation Table where you can view your friends’ stars.

Even More Updates

• As promised in our last patch update, the in-game News feed is now available for players on Switch, Playstation 4/5, PC, and Steam Deck. This means players on all platforms can easily access critical information about in-game events, patch notes, and bug fixes. A few additional notes:
  • For non-mobile platforms, we recommend using the QR code provided in-game for the best browsing experience.
  • Players on older or less powerful mobile devices, particularly iOS, may experience some performance issues when accessing the News feature.
• Based on player feedback, we’re working on some updates to outfits with the longer term goal of making it easier to select shoes for certain outfits. This may happen gradually, but in 0.28.0 you’ll see some changes such as a new tab in the outfits closet for onesies, i.e. outfits where shoes are a set part of the ensemble.
• If you’ve set your game to start in your Nest, the game login sequence will load directly into your Nest, instead of transitioning through cutscenes from Home and Aviary Village.
• We’ve increased the max length of Shared Memory recordings from 30 seconds to 60 seconds! 

Improvements and Bug Fixes in this update include:

Highlights

• Jam Station: Instruments that are categorized as placeables, like Duets pianos, are now a sound option.
• Fixed sustained instruments cutting off abruptly when played rapidly.
• Added a closet in the concert hall.
• Fixed a bug that could get a player stuck in the Trial of Air if they were handholding and then fell off a platform.
• Increased the maximum amount of medium and large items that can be placed in a Shared Space.

Gameplay

• Increased max polyphony possible for instruments. 
• Resolution that should fix a bug that was preventing completion of meditation Daily Quests.
• Don’s Memory Spirit in the Office can be completed properly again.
• Fixed an issue that could lead to a player becoming softlocked when reliving a Spirit’s memory.
• Fixed some bugs with the beacon icon/signal, which could get stuck in certain cases such as transitioning between parts of Hidden Forest, skipping the bell tower sequence in the Village area of Daylight Prairie, or using the Return Shrine to go back to the Graveyard area of Golden Wasteland.
• Players in their own Nest are able to properly join a friend in their Nest.
• Players can properly collect Light fragments during the Leaping Dancer’s memory quest. 
• Fixed a bug preventing players from interacting with friends or Spirits they summon from the Constellation after being in certain levels.
• Props can no longer be placed on top of the Constellation Table (and thus blocking it) near the realm portals in Aviary Village.
• Fixed handhold and carry breaking when using the Cave of Prophecy STAR pin. 
• Fixed an issue where handholding a friend prevented a player from leaving the Windpaths via tunnels to other levels.

Cosmetics

• On the tier 2 teal cape, increased the contrast between the main cape color and the border color.
• Fixed an issue with props that could cause disruption to player movement in certain cases.
• Color Bubble machine prop reacts as intended to player’s cape color.
• Due to a bug, if a player had multiples of an item unlocked from the Nesting Workshop and placed them in their Nest, visiting friends could only see one of them. Now, each duplicate item is properly visible.
• Avatar’s legs won’t appear stiff and unnatural when wearing shoes.
• When using the Wonderland Cafe Corridor prop, other players will shrink down as intended when entering its door.

General Fixes and Improvements

• Knees will no longer bend during avatar flight animation.
• In the Settings menu, the label for the “Home” button is updated to “Portals.”
• You can once again trigger a “trip and fall” animation while falling in motion.
• When teleporting to the SkyFest Aviary Village using the SkyFest Wireframe Cape, the parade performers now walk their full parade route instead of causing a supernatural Spirit traffic jam.
• Fixed a bug that caused markers for Seasonal Spirits to appear on maps for new players who hadn’t yet been through Eye of Eden.
• Fixes for bugs related to Player Creations:
  • Viewing a Shared Memory of yourself holding a plushie prop will no longer cause a crash.
  • We have (re)solved the mystery of props that would inexplicably disappear from some players’ Shared Spaces, so those should no longer vanish into thin air.
  • Fixed sustained notes playing infinitely after playing a Shared Memory in Aviary Village if the Memory had an instrument playing a sustained note.
  • Fixed a bug with notifications that said a Shared Memory had been liked, regardless of what kind of Player Creation had actually been liked.
  • “More” button displays correctly when more than 12 comments are posted to a Player Creation.
• No more surprise teleports to Aviary Village when positioning your Sky kid behind your Nest’s edit crystal.
• Fixed a bug that allowed more props to be placed in a Nest than there was space for.
• Props in your inventory won’t be greyed out before Nest capacity is almost full.
• While viewing a friend’s star, the pencil icon will no longer disappear when displaying their name when it has over a certain number of characters.
• UI & interacting buttons from the environment will no longer go missing when the player transitions levels while News is open. 
• Fixed duplicate prop icons that could appear briefly when cancelling edit in the Emote Favorites menu.
• Fixed a bug preventing players from scrolling through the gameplay tips while using a controller.
• Fixed different fonts being used in chat text vs. Player Creation text when device is set to Japanese
• We’re not sure how it would make sense to use the handstand emote while swimming… But players who had been doing that will now find that their Sky kid won’t be subjected to an odd animation in the process. Well, more odd than doing a handstand while swimming, at any rate. 
• Fixed animation bugs that could affect the somersault emote in certain cases.
• Fixed animation error causing avatars to overlap when a player accepted the carry interaction from a friend.
• Resolved weird avatar twisting during carryball Spirit memory quests.
• Various fixes for various Season of Moomin quests:
  • Fixed crashes that could happen when teleporting to the Moomin Storybook area from the Moomin Guide’s Friendship Tree.
  • Fixed a crash that could happen when teleporting back to the first or sixth Season of Moomin quests.
  • Improved Spanish localization for the first Season of Moomin quest title.
  • Fixed a German localization error during the first Season of Moomin Quest.
  • Fixed a bug in the fifth Moomin Seasonal quest that could turn a player invisible.
  • Fixed bug that could cause soft locks during the fifth Moomin Storybook Quest.
  • Accessing the fifth Moomin Storybook quest won’t return player to the sixth Storybook quest.
  • Fixed bugged audio of wind blowing during the sixth Moomin Seasonal Quest.
  • Fixed part of the credits text after the sixth Moomin Storybook quest being cut off when device language is set to Japanese.
• If a player scans a STAR pin that another player owns, the pin no longer erroneously indicates that a friend request can be sent.
• Took avatars to the chiropractor so that their spines will no longer bend inward in certain sitting positions.
• Fixed an issue for mobile players using controllers that could cause their avatar to keep moving if the player opened the News feature while moving.
• While searching for more jellyfish to befriend, the rock spotted a very curious creature! Was that…a crabbit? After following the crabbit, the rock discovered a giant room full of all kinds of treasures: books, mushrooms, and even a wonderful tea party with friends! The rock felt like a tiny pebble in comparison to the huge space, and spent days wandering, meeting new creatures, and appreciating the magic their new crabbit pal had introduced them to.

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: thatgamecompany

Sky: Children of the Light – Ver. 0.27.7.304953

• Release date: December 16th/17th 2024
• Patch notes:

Sky: Children of the Light – Ver. 0.27.6.304953

• Release date: December 5th/6th 2024
• Patch notes:

• Updated the AURORA concert schedule from every four hours to every two hours.
• Fixed an issue affecting some players that prevented them from receiving Seasonal Candles after completing Daily Quests.
• Fixed the rather peculiar knee-bending bug that was affecting avatars while flying.
• It takes some effort to be a little clumsy and trip and fall in Sky, but those who enjoy it can do so once again.
• Fixed crashes that could occur when teleporting to the Storybook area from the Season Guide in Aviary Village, or teleporting from the first Seasonal Quest to Home and trying to return to the quest.
• Fixes for bugs related to the fifth Seasonal Quests such as soft locks and invisible avatars.
• Fixed a bug that caused map shrines to indicate the location of Seasonal Spirits that were not actually present to collect.
• Fixed a bug that could affect mobile players using a controller and caused their avatar to keep moving after opening the News feature.
• Days of Color Bubble Machine reacts as intended to a player’s cape color.
• When players use the SkyFest Wireframe Cape to view the Spirit parade in Aviary Village, the Spirits will walk their full path.

Sky: Children of the Light – Ver. 0.27.5.303477

• Release date: November 21st/22nd 2024
• Patch notes:

Sky: Children of the Light – Ver. 0.27.0.292054

• Release date: October 10th 2024 (North America, Europe) / October 11th 2024 (Japan)
• Patch notes:

Sky: Children of the Light – Ver. 0.26.6.286562

• Release date: September 12th 2024 (North America, Europe) / September 13th 2024 (Japan)
• Patch notes:

Season of Duets

The music of the Season continues as we finally learn more about the Compassionate Cellist and the memories they hold. Be sure to check in with the Duets Guide as the last two Seasonal Quests become available in this update!

Completing the 4th quest will bring you one step closer to revealing the Season’s full story—and it will also reveal the Cellist’s Friendship Tree, which contains items that can be unlocked with regular Candles. These will continue to be available after the Season ends, just like the IGC (in-game currency) items and expressions in the Duets Guide’s tree.

What won’t be available after the Season ends, though, are the Ultimate instrument and prop that the Duets Guide offers. Season Pass holders can complete Daily Quests and gather golden Seasonal Candles to unlock your way to the Seasonal Hearts that these Ultimate Gifts require!

Season of Duets continues until 23:59 on September 29th (all times PDT, UTC -7). 

By the way, related to that—

 

Double Light Event!

From September 9th through 15th,  the realms might seem a little brighter! Keep an eye out for four extra Seasonal Candle locations in the realms, and you’ll be able to gather an additional Seasonal Candle each day.

There will also be double Treasure Candles scattered across two realms each day. Find all eight for a boost to your Candle run!

 

 

Kick Back During Days of Sunlight

Days of Sunlight is back from August 26th through September 8th (that is, starting at 00:00 on the first day and going through 23:59 on the last day—the usual start and end times for events in the game)! For two weeks, escape to the Elevated Clearing and make new memories with friends and Spirits! 

Gather with the scouts or with fellow Sky kids around a cozy campfire to enjoy some toasty Light snacks (which will also feed your Candle count), or to make music with the event Spirits. If you’re looking to spend a little energy, the Elevated Clearing is practically a playground with diving boards, waterslides, and more. Plus, if you look around, you might find some baby jellyfish who could use some help to make their way through the world. 

As you roam through the area, you can gather up to six event currency every day:

• 4 placed around the event space
• 2 from taking part in event activities

New Event Items

• Sunlight Manta Float: 20 event currency
• Sunlight Beach Shorts outfit: 30 event currency
• Sunlight Helios Hoops earrings: $2.99 (all prices USD)
• Sunlight Woven Wrap cape: $14.99

And yes, all items from past years will return too! It’s a pretty long list at this point, so for all details on older items, please check out our patch notes for the event from previous years. As for the beach towel capes that were event currency last year, they’ll be available for regular in-game currency (110 Candles for the yellow one, 140 Candles for the blue one, and 30 Hearts for the pink one).

Items are available in the in-game shop in the settings menu, the Aviary Village event shop, and of course from the Event Guide. Keep an eye out for trial spells in the Elevated Clearing and in the event shop, too!

 

 

New Event: Days of Moonlight

Revel in the beauty of a full moon and the light of glowing lanterns. From September 16th through 29th, a new event opens in the Crescent Oasis for Sky kids to enjoy.

Special mediation pads in Home and the Aviary Village event shop will transport you to the starry skies of the event area. There you can find a spot for hanging lanterns, where you can also try your hand at answering riddles. 

You can also stop by a nearby table with snacks that will provide you with Light, too! 

Five event currency are available each day:

• 3 from participating in the riddles activity
• 2 placed around the Crescent Oasis

Event items:

• Moonlight Blossom Accessory: 17 event currency
• Moonlight Lantern Decoration: 32 event currency
• Moonlight Earrings: $2.99
• Moonlight Frock and Updo: $14.99
  • Includes an outfit and a hairstyle

Items can be found in the in-game shop or unlocked from the Event Guide Spirit. Don’t forget about the free trial spells for all items, which can be found in the event shop and in the Crescent Oasis.

 

 

Coming Down the Runway: Days of Style!

From September 30th through October 13th, your avatar is your canvas! The Style Guide is back, and they’re inviting you to create a unique ensemble that captures special themes to share on runways located throughout the realms.

Check with the Style Guide each day to teleport you to a fashion runway placed in one of Sky’s levels. Locations will rotate regularly, and this year will include four new locations too!

At each one, use a Shared Memory Shrine to express yourself and share your interpretation of the theme (you’ll get some Light in the process of making those Shared Memories too).

And don’t worry—each location includes a range of cosmetics you can temporarily borrow if you feel like your own closet selection doesn’t get the theme quite right.

New Event Items

• Style Darkness Fascinator: 15 event currency
• Style Dazzling Dress: 34 event currency
• Style Dapper Trio: $14.99
  • This set includes a dapper-looking outfit, a tie styled after one of the realms’ creatures, and a stylish monocle.

These can be found in the Style Guide’s Friendship Tree and in the in-game shop.

As for last year’s items, they’ll all be back too—find them in the Aviary Village event shop! For extra details on those, please refer to the patch notes for Days of Style from last year. 

Meanwhile, items introduced for event currency last year will be available for Candles and Hearts (72 Candles for the Style Star Sunglasses, 30 Candles for the Style Runway Mask, 13 Hearts for the Style Silk Ballet Slippers, and 12 Ascended Candles for the Style Top Hat). These can also be unlocked in the Style Guide’s Friendship Tree!

And yes, here too you’ll find free trial spells for all new and returning Days of Style items in the event shop.

New with Days of Style: event currency Light

Beginning with Days of Style, event currency can be earned incrementally, similar to how currency like regular Candles and Seasonal Candles are typically gathered. 

In Days of Style this year, all event currency will be available as event currency Light. It will appear as blue orbs that are quite a bit larger than Light from Candles. It will fill up your event currency meter the way that regular Light fills your Candle meter, and you can forge a unit of currency once the meter is full. 

We’re keeping it simple for this event: All event currency will be available as event currency Light, which you can find around the stage area and by viewing other player’s recordings at the event’s Shared Memories Shrine, for up to 5 event currency each day.

Meanwhile, event currency Light creates new possibilities for future events, so the team is brainstorming all kinds of ideas that we hope to share in events to come!

 

Season of Shattering Spirits Return for a Special Visit

The Memories of Ancient Light and Ancient Darkness will be paying a special visit to the realms! 

From September 16th through 29th, the Guide from Season of Shattering will appear in Home and the Aviary Village event shop. Check with this Spirit to access the two ancient memories and unlock items originally from this Season! 

You’ll also be able to access the Seasonal Quests that share memories from six different moments in the kingdom’s history, which are ordinarily available only through Shard Eruptions.

 

 

Updates to Daily Quests

During SkyFest in July, you may have seen our blog post about plans over time to update Daily Quests and other types of quests in Sky. 0.26.5 includes the first round of updates that bring Spirits back into the Daily Quests, introduce new quest activities, and add some quality of life improvements too.

0.26.5 will introduce 18 brand new Daily Quests. As you look out for them, you might notice that some of them are connected to each other…

• For these new quests, even if you forget to unlock them in Aviary Village or Home, if you interact with the Spirit in the realms who the quest is connected to, it will add the quest to your list. There will also be a popup asking if you want to start the quest now.

Some of the other changes you’ll see:

• In Aviary Village, you can get Daily Quests by talking to Spirits waiting for you at the archway counter, who will ask for your help with something that they care about. This will replace the use of the Daily Quest statue in Aviary, which will still remain to represent the Return Shrine. (There’s no change to how you’ll get Daily Quests in Home.)
• If a quest needs you to go somewhere in the realms, the location of that quest will be shown on map shrines after you pick up the quest.
• If you haven’t “met” a Daily Quest Spirit yet, it will be stationary and blue until you relive their memories out in the realms.
• For the new quests, to get your Candle you can either return to the Spirits in Aviary, the quest statue in Home, or by interacting with the Spirit in the quest level after you finish their quest.

Note that for the new quests, if you haven’t already seen the memory of the Spirit offering it, the Spirit will ask you to relive their memory before unlocking its Daily Quest. In that case, the map shrine will show you where you can do that!

Like we mentioned in the blog post, our longer term plan is to revamp and improve the entire quest system. Daily Quests will be a way to experience miniature stories and relationships with the Spirits, and ultimately connect you more closely with the world of Sky.

This is just the very first step, so we’ll have more to share in future patch notes!

Developer Note: There are so many Spirits in Sky with unique stories to tell. We’re excited to start exploring their interests, relationships, goals, and lives with some new daily quests coming out this patch. Each quest is small, to fit into the quick pace of dailies, but all together we hope to paint a fuller picture of who these characters are and what they care about. :)

Many more of these quests will be coming your way in the coming months, focusing on Spirits from other Seasons and on the core Spirits. But in the longer term beyond that, we’re taking the opportunity to make the daily quests more personal, and also to make them easier to find and play with friends. This patch has our first steps in that direction. Thank you for playing! <3

New Feature: Favoriting Emotes

There are dozens of emotes you can use to express yourself in Sky, and in 0.26.5 we’re excited to introduce a feature to make it easier to use the ones you like best!

Access this new favorites menu in a few different ways:

• In the main Expression menu for a one-time tutorial (more on that in a second)
• By pressing and holding on the cape meter
• Pressing Z on your keyboard or pressing the middle mouse button
• Pressing L2 on your controller. 

This will display a wheel with slots for eight actions from the expression menu, and you’ll be able to add or remove any expression (or more) that you want for a slot.

When you first log into Sky after downloading this update, a star button will appear in the Expression menu. Tap it for a quick explanation of how to use the feature. It will disappear after finishing the tutorial. (For brand new players, this will appear once they reach Vault of Knowledge.)

This feature should make it easier to spam your favorite emotes, prepare your best dance moves, or even choreograph your next Shared Memory!

 

New Feature: Unfriending in the Friendship Constellation

The Friendship Constellation is a record of all the connections we’ve made in Sky. Sometimes though, it’s helpful to be able to adjust our Constellations, particularly if we play with some Sky kids less often than we used to, or if we want to be able to welcome new friends into a crowded Constellation.

This update introduces a function that allows players to unfriend someone while viewing their avatar in the Friendship Constellation. This works differently from blocking, which prevents the blocked player from interacting with the person who blocked them, for example.

With unfriending:

• The unfriended player is removed from your Constellation.
• All relationship abilities between you and the other person are disabled (including chat).
• It’s possible to meet someone you unfriended. If that happens, you and the unfriended player will appear as strangers to each other if you meet again in-game.
• If you light their avatar, there will be an icon over their head to indicate that they are someone you unfriended.

If you meet someone you unfriended, both of you have the option of rekindling your friendship at no additional Candle cost. All previously unlocked relationship abilities will be restored.

 

Other Updates

• Cutscene autoskip toggle: This option to automatically skip cutscenes has been added to the settings menu under the graphics option. When it’s enabled, skippable cutscenes will automatically be skipped as long as the player has watched them at least once before.
  Cutscenes that can’t be automatically skipped are typically the kind that lead to a physical change in the world—for example, a door opening. In that case, players will keep control of the camera while the door opens according to the normal laws of physics instead of flashing open from one frame to the next.
  If you have feedback about the cutscene autoskip toggle, please share it with us in our feedback channel on Discord or comments in our feedback threads in our official Facebook group!
• The team recently began working on a project that will ultimately allow us to get updates and fixes to players more quickly. This is still a work in progress, but in some cases, it may result in this message when starting the game: “Downloading latest content.” That’s related to the project that the team is working on, so it isn’t a bug.   

Improvements and Bug Fixes in this update include:

Highlights

• As part of the Daily Quest updates, quest progress updates will now show up during cutscenes, if applicable. The full list of all daily quests will remain hidden.
• The rest of the Light treats that the Spirit gives in the Elevated Clearing have come back down to earth so that Sky Children can easily gather them again.
• When using a controller, now the Friendship Menu and the prompts to hold a friend’s hand or to follow them take priority over other interaction prompts.
• Opening an umbrella while being carried should now protect both the carried player and the person carrying them from rain damage.
• Using the Wind Paths to reach Hermit Valley should no longer bounce you back into the level you came from.

Gameplay

• Fixed a bug that was draining the breath meter and energy from AFK players being carried by piggyback while underwater.
• Spamming handhold in Vault of Knowledge should no longer cause players to sink below the floor.
• Fixed a crash that could occur in Harmony Hall when initiating a jam session.
• Music can be very entrancing, but not so entrancing that it leads to bugs like the one that prevented Dark Crabs from attacking players who were playing instruments while seated—so that bug’s been fixed.
• Festival tech reaction menu won’t show up when a fullscreen menu is visible.
• Fixed a bug that could prevent a player from renaming a recently added friend, or from properly using the handhold, carry, and cradle carry interactions.
• UI for viewing Player Creations should appear when you are viewing them alongside/”over the shoulder” of a friend who’s also viewing them.
• Updated the bass part in the Duets music sheet to be one octave higher to improve the music when being played.
• For new players: The Aviary Village Spell shop should no longer be accessible before the entrance is unblocked.
• When the hint text after the Elder cutscene in Prairie Temple shows how to make a big call, making a regular (small) call will no longer circumvent the tutorial and potentially mislead new players.
• Another bug that could similarly impact new players: Fixed a bug during the big call tutorial that shows new players how butterflies can help them fly, which allowed the player to move if they had the expression menu open.

Cosmetics

• Duet Guide’s suit tailcoat outfit won’t look deformed when you kneel.
• Resolved the SkyFest wireframe cape clipping with avatar’s neck.
• After riding the snowboard to transition out of one area or level, you won’t be standing on an invisible platform when you appear in the next one.
• Nearby players should no longer see the snowboard disconnected from the feet of the player who’s riding the snowboard.
• We reminded the Ultimate Gift lantern from Season of Remembrance that no one’s light is diminished when others—or their candles—are allowed to shine. As a result, we resolved cases where placing and then lighting the Ultimate Gift lantern would temporarily prevent players in the level from being able to take out their candle.
• Fixed the slow slide animation that occurred from a player’s perspective when someone else sat down on a nearby prop. 

General Fixes and Improvements:

• If you have set Aviary Village as your loading point and are in Aviary Village, the settings menu will not display the “Return Home” option. The same applies for players in Home who have set that as their loading point.
• The text displaying your Winged Light count is now bold, and the appearance of wedges in the energy meter has been updated.
• Fixed issues with the player’s reflection during a specific sequence during Season of Duets’ third quest.
• Sky children will properly walk after using the cello or violin instruments via the instrument rack, instead of gliding oddly over the ground.
• During the first Season of Duets quest, instruments with sustain should no longer hold that sustain when you swap to a different instrument.
• Restored the missing sound effect when interacting with the hammer icon while editing a Shared Space.
• Avatar won’t randomly jitter while using the Candle Trick Spell.
• Players using the carry interaction while under the effects of huge, grow, shrink, or tiny spells should not clip into each other as much as they used to (there may still be a bit of clipping, due to strange bending of the laws of Sky physics that occurs when such powerful magic is used).
• Avatar won’t contort during the “Exhale Inhale” song in the AURORA Concert.
• Reduced particles on the tree in Crescent Oasis to improve frame rate on certain devices.
• When in photo mode, legends should respect the HUD margins better than before.
• After sending a gift of Light to a friend who is online, the icon to send a Light gift will stop displaying.
• Wi-fi symbol should no longer interfere with text hints at the bottom of the screen.
• Fixed a bug with the map shrine where zooming in on the beacon icon on a map and then selecting the beacon would have no effect.
• Haptic feedback will no longer occur when crabs attack another player, and will only occur when you are attacked.
• Fixed cases where the UI buttons for screenshot, record video, and chat would still appear on the screen after signing out on platforms that support signing out of a Sky account.
• Increased the distance that the grand piano can be heard from when someone else is playing it, so that now it can be heard throughout the concert hall if someone’s playing it onstage, appropriately enough.
• Fixed bug that automatically translated all text when viewing Player Creations.
• Updated the placement of the Support icon in the Settings menu.

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: thatgamecompany

Sky: Children of the Light – Ver. 0.26.3

• Release date: August 8th 2024 (North America, Europe) / August 9th 2024 (Japan)
• Patch notes: