Sky for Windows PC

On May 17, 2023, thatgamecompany made an announcement for the upcoming of Sky: Children of the Light on the Steam platform.

More information can be found here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2325290/Sky\_Children\_of\_the\_Light/

Release date: To be announced.

## Steam Next Fest

Sky will next be participating in Steam Next Fest from **October 9, 2023** through **October 16, 2023**. During this window, all PC players can play a demo version of Sky via Steam.

The main difference between the demo version of Sky available during Next Fest and the full version is that in-game purchases won’t be available. Otherwise, PC players will be able to play the Next Fest version of Sky the same as players on mobile, Switch, and PlayStation, and there will be crossplay with all other platforms.

For more information please visit: https://www.thatskygame.com/news/sky-pc-comes-to-steam-next-fest/

## Steam Wishlist Extravaganza

* **[CLEARED 07/05/2023] 100,000 Wishlists: Special Edition Desktop Backgrounds**
	+ High quality Sky backgrounds, handmade and delivered fresh from the Art Team.
	+ Dropbox folder with the wallpapers
* **[CLEARED 07/27/2023] 200,000 Wishlists: Sneak Peek Concept Art**
	+ The TGC Art Team will share some of their latest concept art from their brainstorming work for upcoming content. It’s all stuff in early stages so will likely change a lot before ever making it to the live version of Sky, but it’s great for hypothesizing, taking OC inspiration, or wondering just what kind of shenanigans TGC gets up to before something is ready for beta.
	+ TGC will share one piece of concept art a week, for four weeks.

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* **[CLEARED 09/05/2023] 250,000 Wishlists: Traveling Spirit Community Vote**
	+ TGC will run a huge poll for players to choose a Spirit to return as a Traveling Spirit. Vote for your favorite, and the winning Spirit will be the second one to visit after Sky's PC launch.
	+ **Vote for your Spirit here**. Voting will remain open until **Monday, October 16, 2023 10:00 PDT (UTC-7)**.

Traveling Spirit Community Vote Result: Dancing Performer
* **[CLEARED 09/13/2023] 300,000: Double Hearts and Candles**
	+ TGC will add to Steam launch celebrations by holding a special Double Hearts and Double Candles event in Sky during the first week of PC launch.

The full information can be found here: https://www.thatskygame.com/news/countdown-to-pc-launch-the-steam-wishlist-extravaganza/

## Requirements FOR PLAYING SKY:

Similar to Android devices, there is no definite qualifications or system requirements that make a certain Android device compatible with Sky, as there are thousands of different brands, devices and models. Generally speaking, the guidelines posted below display **the minimum required and recommended specs stated in the Steam website:**

**Minimum**
 **Storage** | 3 GB Available space

**Recommended**
 **Storage** | 3 GB Available space

## Sky PC Beta:

On July 18 2023, thatgamecompany made an announcement that they will be starting a limited Sky PC beta on Steam.

Some requirements for being a PC beta tester are:

* **Testers should be members of the Sky Discord server and proficient in English**.
* **The applicants PC must have to meet the following specs to be accepted:**
	1. OS: Windows 10 - 64bit (Win11 should run too)
	2. CPU:
		+ Intel i5-6400 or AMD FX 8310
		+ AVX2 CPUs, starting with Intel Haswell processors (2013) & up.
		+ AMD Excavator (2015) & up (Zen, Zen2, Zen3, etc..).
		+ List of CPUs with AVX2
	3. Memory: 8 GB RAM (will probably run on 4GB)
	4. GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1030 or AMD Radeon RX 560
	5. Driver: Need to have Vulkan 1.2 driver support (2020)
	6. DirectX: Version 12
	7. Storage: 3 GB available space
* **Selected applicants will receive a redeemable Steam key by email, at the address they use to send the application form.**

PC beta testers are needed to focus on things like:

* Bugs related to the PC port
* How well the PC version handles
* UI (user interface)

All things PC beta will be organized through Discord and in English, so applicants have to join the official Discord server and then head this way to fill out the application.

## Moments Camera Controls

Two new Camera Props were added during Season of Moments where players on all platforms can take in-game screenshots without game UI or labels.

* Players can equip the camera from the Prop section of an Outfit Shrine.
* Press E to open the expression menu and select the  camera icon.
* Press R to  open the camera.

## Trivia

* Players had an opportunity to try out a version of Sky on PC during August 23-27, 2023 at gamescom ahead of Sky’s official PC launch.