Windpaths Weekly
Ancient memories
December 26th, 2023
Aviary & Home, Then and Now
This was our Ancient memories segment from December 10th, 2023
Aviary was originally in the Beta version of Sky called "Light awaits" and It looked a bit different from how it does now. Even more drastic are the changes that Home underwent during development as it went from a solo player location to a small community hub to replace Aviary.
Here's a look at what beta was like from ShiraCheshire on Reddit: Sky beta history bonus: Home/Aviary.
You can also find cool videos from Tara's Sky journey on Youtube, here's their video exploring an early version of Aviary:
Here's a playlist of Sky gameplay from WhattaGameplay on YouTube that shows a lot of beta content: Sky Light Awaits Gameplay Playlist.
And finally here's a video from Hiseiro on YouTube that shows what starting the game was like back then:
It's interesting to see what's changed from the original design and you can even see assets that were used later on for the season of Flight and the season of Prophecy. See if you can spot them!