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March, April & May Update
Welcome to the March, April, & May 2025 update for Blue Sky Aces, a low poly WW1 flight simulator that is currently under development. The last few months have resulted in a big change in direction when it comes to map…
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January & February 2025 Update
Welcome to the January & February 2025 update for Blue Sky Aces, a low poly WW1 flight simulator. The last couple of months have been really busy, but I finally managed to update the demo build on Steam, which important…
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Demo Update - 0.86.41
The version 0.86.41 demo update addresses various minor issues with the aircraft AI such as: Their tendency to always fly at very low altitudes when being attacked. The problem where they would fire continuous bursts of…
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December 2024 Update
Welcome to the December 2024 update for Blue Sky Aces, a low poly WW1 flight simulator. It's been a couple of months since my last update so there's a couple of great new features to talk about, plus an update on the si…
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Development Log 19
Welcome to the 19th dev log for Blue Sky Aces. The work this month was quite varied, from adding two new aircraft, to starting work on a new simulation flight model, and introducing automated testing. The new simulation…
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Development Log 18
Welcome to the 18th development video for Blue Sky Aces. The main focus of this month's video was a demo update scheduled to coincide with the Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Steam festival which ran for a week starting…
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Demo Patch 0.86.34
The 0.86.34 patch for the game's demo fixes a bug that was preventing player statistics from updating, resulting in a player's total and living aerial victory scores not updating on the leaderboards. There was also a mi…
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Demo Update - New Map and Missions
The 0.86.33 demo update adds a new fighter sweep mission based on a brand new map, with the ability to select which aircraft you want to fly against. This map has improved scenery, and has been optimized to allow for mo…
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Development Journal 17
This is the 17th dev log for Blue Sky Aces. The last month was supposed to be all about preparing for a new demo update, however it didn't go entirely to plan. The last dev log did relatively well and that meant an infl…
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Demo Update 0.86.29
The 0.86.29 build of the demo addresses a number of issues identified over the last couple of weeks that were affecting some players. Mouse movement issues at high frame rates have been fixed. This issue usually occurre…
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Development Log 16
The last month has been really busy with lots of great improvements to the game. Firstly there's a new "test flight" mission type where you can build your own simple mission by selecting what types of planes you want to…
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Development Log 15
Usually in these videos I like to focus on the positives such as new features or game mechanics, as let’s be honest, that’s what people like to see. However the reality of game development is that you spend a lot of tim…
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Demo Update - New preferences screen, and improved AI
The 0.86.26 demo update includes the addition of a new preferences screen, which provides for more customization of the game. The aircraft AI has also been reworked to make enemies more aggressive, and to improve their…
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Development Log 14
In this video I cover the big improvements to the mouse handling in the 3rd person view that were released in the recent demo update. I also discuss some of the new items being worked on including the new preferences sc…
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Demo Update - Bombs, Rockets, Improved Models & Controls
The demo has had a big update with a lot of the features we've been working on over the last couple of months. This update includes an upgrade system, where you can research improvements to your aircraft such as additio…
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New Upgrade System Plus Updated Models
In this video I've started work on a new upgrade system for the aircraft, whereby you can earn research points towards various aircraft modifications such as better engines, weapons, gun sights, bombs, and rockets. In a…
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