Skybound
A downloadable game for Windows
Some mysteries are buried in ancient stone. Others are still unfolding.
What is Skybound?
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Skybound is a 3D exploration platformer focused on fun, fluid movement mechanics, parkour and environmental puzzle solving. You play as Bell, a young archaeologist exploring mystical floating islands in search of ancient artifacts. Use Bell's specialized equipment - including a Grappling Anchor, agility boots, and mastery over the magical "Flow" - to investigate ruins untouched by explorers for ages.
Swing through the sky, traverse the islands and meet its curious and whacky inhabitants. You've got a contract to fulfill and mysteries to unearth!
The story of Skybound
Bell wasn't exactly what Professor A. N. Curia - who studies anicent human civilization - expected to receive. Shipped to the Professor archaeologist as "Human Remains", the package contained something far more alive: a baby. Turns out, raising a human is excellent for research (and admittedly, pretty adorable).
Growing up, Bell took to her mentor/parent's work in a big way. She spent countless nights under the blanket reading about lost civilizations, and even more time tagging along on excavation trips. Eager as ever, she learned fast by studying artifacts, documenting ruins and decoding ancient texts. By seventeen, she'd shaped into a fine archaeologist in her own right.
Now she's got her very first solo job! The client came through Professor A. N. Curia, so they must be reputable. The mission is straightforward: retrieve an artifact from the ancient and mysterious sky islands and prove she's a real archaeologist. This is the beginning of something great!
But as Bell explores the floating ruins, something feels... off. Questions keep surfacing that don't quite add up. What exactly does the client want with this artifact? And why all the secrecy?
Controls
Movement
Use "WASD" to move
Use the Mouse to aim an look around
Use the Spacebar to jump
Hold Shift to run
Actions
Press the "E" button to interact
Use Mouse 1 to fire/swing the Grappling Anchor, and Mouse 2 to pull yourself towards the target.
Sometimes hitting stuff with your Anchor is a good idea..!
Press the "L" button to reset to latest save
UI
ESC = Open pause menu
Hold TAB = View objectives
Cheats / Reset
If you ever want to unlock everything and just explore the three islands you can go into "Game Alterations" inside of the options, here you can unlock everything and travel to specific islands! But if you want to relive the game and rewatch the intro you can also reset all data!
Please note: This is a student demo
Skybound is a demo created over 6 weeks by a multidisciplinary team of students from many different universities together for a semester at DADIU (Danish Academy of Digital, Interactive Entertainment). This project brought together aspiring developers, artists, designers and composers, all of whom have never worked on a game of this scale before, and with this tight of a schedule.
While we're incredibly proud of what we've accomplished in such a short timeframe, you may encounter bugs or rough edges along the way. We appreciate your understanding and hope you enjoy exploring the sky islands with Bell despite any hiccups!
Thank you for playing our game!
Made by
| Name | Role(s) | Contact |
Albin Sand | Art Director & | |
Rasmus Odgaard | Game Designer & | Itch, LinkedIn. |
Adam Fišer | Game Designer & | Itch |
Lars Peter Larsen | Game Designer & | Email, LinkedIn. |
Søren Klebæk | Game Designer & | |
Joakim Ole Kronborg Mazanti | Game Director & | Email, Itch, LinkedIn. |
Mathilde Thorbøll Jespersgaard | Lead Programmer | |
Mikkel Aarup Vinther | Narrative Game Designer & | Itch, LinkedIn |
Natasja Jensen | Producer & | |
Tim Meincke Bramming | Game Designer & | Itch, LinkedIn. |
Lasse Jespersen | Composer | Email, Insta, LinkedIn. |
Credits
Voice Actors
| Character | Voiced By | Contacts |
| Bell | Char C. | @chardoesva |
| Client | Erik Lysbjerg | lysbjerg2008@hotmail.com |
| Rokku | Rick Browning | rick@rickbrowningvo.com |
| Aratz | Mathias Bendt | Mathias.Bendt@outlook.dk |
Special Thanks To
Jesper Knudsen - For all the awesome advice
Morten Brunbjerg - For great narrative advice
Resources
Credit to these people for giving away free sounds / assets:
Waterfall by straget -- https://freesound.org/s/489073/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
Stream, Water, C.wav by InspectorJ -- https://freesound.org/s/339324/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
wind.wav by ERH -- https://freesound.org/s/34338/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0
Corkboard image - https://unsplash.com/@sibilant?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_conte...
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