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As young Earner Walter, fight Kain’s Falcons in top-down shootouts, grapple between islands, and rebuild your airship home.
Released 30 Apr 2020
Grapple Between Islands
Pilot Your Airship
Customize Gun Loadouts
Black Skylands: Origins shows you the ropes ahead of the main game release. Learn the basic mechanics and meet the main cast of characters of this open-world adventure!
Developed by Hungry Couch Games · Published by tinyBuild









You play as Walter, a young Earner whose home is attacked by Kain’s Falcons. Set among floating islands, this introductory adventure follows his effort to rebuild the Fathership and stand against the attackers.
Explore islands on foot with top-down gun combat, dodge rolls, and a grappling hook for crossing gaps or pulling enemies. Pilot the Fathership between locations and use its shipboard guns during encounters.
Collect resources, build facilities such as a farm, grow crops, and gather weapons and attachments. Gun mods let you adjust weapon loadouts, while rebuilding the Fathership brings farming and combat progression together.
Players who enjoy the demo often point to its mix of top-down combat, airship travel, resource gathering, and base building. The grappling hook’s uses in traversal and fighting, weapon customization, and pixel-art presentation also receive praise. Others find the ship or hook controls frustrating, and opinions on combat and pacing vary.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Website | Official website |