A Gathering Place for the Heart of Sky: Project Aviary

天空之心的聚集地：鸟舍计划

May 20 2023 五月20 2023

At every stage of our work on Sky, our team is always discussing ideas for the game—what emotions we want it to foster, the kind of world it builds, how to make opportunities for meaningful memories. At the core of it all, the pillars that guide us are humanity, wonder, and community. Later this year, we’ll be sharing a big update that’s based on those pillars to bring a new dimension to the Sky experience.

在Sky工作的每个阶段，我们的团队总是在讨论游戏的想法——我们希望它培养什么样的情感，它构建什么样的世界，如何为有意义的回忆创造机会。在这一切的核心，指导我们的支柱是人性、奇迹和社区。今年晚些时候，我们将分享一项基于这些支柱的重大更新，为Sky体验带来新的维度。

This is still in early development and isn’t in beta yet—we’re calling it Project Aviary for now (a name we thought players familiar with Sky’s earliest days might recognize!). You can see some of the work so far on it in this video:

它仍处于早期开发阶段，尚未处于测试阶段——我们现在称之为 Project Aviary（我们认为熟悉 Sky 早期的玩家可能会认出这个名字！您可以在此视频中看到到目前为止的一些工作：

Project Aviary

This new space is envisioned as an area for Sky kids to come together for all the different things they might enjoy: making friends, meeting players and Spirits, joining events, putting on shows, watching performances, finding items for their closets or Shared Spaces, or simply relaxing and recharging.

这个新空间被设想为Sky孩子们聚集在一起，享受他们可能喜欢的所有不同事物的区域：结交朋友，结识玩家和精神，参加活动，举办表演，观看表演，为他们的壁橱或共享空间寻找物品，或者只是放松和充电。

Project Aviary is part of a larger endeavor that we’re working on to bring the feeling of an ongoing festival to Sky, where everyone can create and spend meaningful time with friends. You’ve already seen some initial aspects of this in the game so far, or will see them soon. For example, there’s the Skyball set that allows you to start a spontaneous mini-game with anyone you meet, and a prop coming with our next update will make it possible to share a game of footbag with other players. The team is also updating musical instruments to make them more approachable for any skill level, and to open up the possibility for creating and enjoying mini-performances with each other.

鸟舍项目是我们正在努力的一项更大努力的一部分，旨在将正在进行的节日的感觉带到Sky，每个人都可以创造并与朋友共度有意义的时光。到目前为止，您已经在游戏中看到了这方面的一些初始方面，或者很快就会看到它们。例如，有Skyball套装，可让您与遇到的任何人开始自发的迷你游戏，而我们下一次更新附带的道具将使您能够与其他玩家共享足球袋游戏。该团队还在更新乐器，使它们更适合任何技能水平，并为彼此创作和享受迷你表演开辟了可能性。

Another aspect of Project Aviary is Festival Tech, first introduced for the Season of AURORA concert. This feature allows large groups of players to gather beyond the usual limit of eight people per session, so that dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of people can share the same experience together. Over the last few months you’ve seen us continue to develop it, adding ways it can be used to interact with the game, the story, and other players.

鸟舍计划的另一个方面是节日技术，首次为震旦音乐会的季节推出。此功能允许大量玩家聚集在每次会话八人的通常限制之外，以便数十人、数百人甚至数千人可以一起分享相同的体验。在过去的几个月里，您已经看到我们继续开发它，增加了可用于与游戏、故事和其他玩家互动的方式。

As we keep working on this feature and make it more flexible beyond a coliseum built for thousands of people, Festival Tech can open doors to an even wider range of ways to experience Sky, whether playing through the levels, spending time with friends, and anything in between. You’ve seen the start of that work so far in Days of Bloom and the Season of Passage quests, and we’re excited to reveal more in future updates as well.

随着我们不断开发此功能，使其更加灵活，超越为数千人建造的体育馆，Festival Tech 可以为体验 Sky 的更广泛方式打开大门，无论是通过关卡、与朋友共度时光，还是介于两者之间的任何事情。到目前为止，您已经在《绽放的日子》和《穿越季节》任务中看到了这项工作的开始，我们很高兴在未来的更新中也透露了更多内容。

We see this feature as an unprecedented tool for building and deepening connections across the community, and it will be part of what makes Project Aviary unique to play and be in. We recently posted a conversation going into more detail about Festival Tech—you can watch it on YouTube here.

我们将此功能视为在整个社区中建立和深化联系的前所未有的工具，它将成为使Project Aviary与众不同的一部分。我们最近发布了一个关于节日科技的更详细的对话——你可以在YouTube上观看 这里 .

Project Aviary won’t be just for players who know the ins and outs of the game, either. A notable element of Project Aviary will be making Sky easier to delve into for new players, many of whom are family or friends of current players and want to jump right in and share in the experiences they’ve been hearing about. Using this area as a starting point, we’re hoping to make the welcome into the game smoother and simpler, especially for players who may not play video games very frequently, so that everyone can take in what Sky has to offer.

Project Aviary也不仅仅适合了解游戏来龙去脉的玩家。Project Aviary的一个值得注意的元素是让新玩家更容易深入研究Sky，其中许多人是当前玩家的家人或朋友，他们想直接加入并分享他们所听到的经验。以这个区域为起点，我们希望让欢迎进入游戏变得更加流畅和简单，特别是对于那些可能不经常玩电子游戏的玩家，这样每个人都可以接受Sky所提供的东西。

Discovering New Experiences Together

共同发现新体验

Humanity, wonder, and community remain at the heart of Sky, and to keep these pillars strong we are constantly exploring and experimenting with new ways to bring them alive through the game. If you’ve played Sky for any length of time, you’ve seen that Sky’s world is always evolving. The very process of searching for possibilities and trying new things allow us to weave life into this world together, player and developer alike, and Project Aviary is the next facet of this ongoing exploration.

人性、奇迹和社区仍然是Sky的核心，为了保持这些支柱的强大，我们不断探索和尝试新的方法，通过游戏使它们栩栩如生。如果你玩过Sky很长一段时间，你就会发现Sky的世界总是在不断发展。寻找可能性和尝试新事物的过程使我们能够将生活编织到这个世界中，无论是玩家还是开发人员，而 Project Aviary 是这种持续探索的下一个方面。

The earliest stages of this latest experiment are done, and now the next stage approaches. Later this year, Project Aviary will arrive in the beta version of the game to undergo a key part of its development: rounds of testing and feedback with beta testers to prepare it for the live version of the game.

这个最新实验的最早阶段已经完成，现在下一阶段即将到来。今年晚些时候，Project Aviary将进入游戏的测试版，进行其开发的关键部分：与beta测试人员进行多轮测试和反馈，为游戏的实时版本做准备。

We’ll have more to share in future updates—stay tuned for more information on our website and our social channels! Whether you’re a long-time member of the Sky community, or a recent arrival to these realms, we’re excited to have you with us as we continue to experiment and find the new stories and experiences that await. We can’t wait to see you in the skies!

我们将在未来的更新中分享更多内容 - 请继续关注我们网站和社交渠道的更多信息！无论您是Sky社区的长期成员，还是最近来到这些领域，我们都很高兴与您一起继续尝试并找到等待的新故事和体验。我们迫不及待地想在天空中见到你！