Casey Comes Up For Air It has been a while, CEO! Casey put his head down, the studio went quiet, and a whole lot of airline turned over in the meantime. This is the catch-up post for everyone on the Playtest branch, and it is a big one. The short version: your rivals grew up, you can paint the fleet, every campaign is now its own little world, and the money got a great deal more interesting. A…
SkyChart v0.3 + v0.4 — The Big Catch-Up Casey's been at his clipboard for the better part of a year. The pile of patch notes finally needs a summary. Here's what's actually different in the cockpit. The Aerobiz Depth Pass (v0.3) · Multi-stop routes. Open A → B → C chains where direct flight is out of range. Each leg has its own demand math, transit rings on the map, and a wizard panel that pre-…
v0.2.49.13 — Casey Hangs Up the Satellite Photos · Switching the Map Style dropdown wasn't actually switching anything. Casey would clear the old tiles off the table and forget to put new ones down until you panned the map. He's putting the fresh tiles down the moment you pick a new style now. · Satellite mode now has actual satellite imagery behind it, rather than a polite blank canvas. Casey…
v0.2.45.17 — Casey Sweeps Up Stubborn English · A Bulgarian player spotted English still poking through after last patch's sweep: the Settings volume sliders, the Quarterly Report's executive summary, the Save Campaign window, the date pills on every save row, the news-ticker tooltips, the Help & Controls tabs, even the title and artist on the in-game soundtrack. All wrapped now. · Seasonal rou…
Playtest Update — v0.2.43.98 The playtest has moved a long way since it opened. Dozens of new systems, a lot of stability work, and Casey's red pen all over the patch notes. Here's what's new, grouped so you can skim. Bigger Systems · R&D Lab. Spend cash on research projects in four branches: Operations (cost cuts), Service (prestige and cabin bonuses), Fleet (earlier aircraft, more range), Ana…
v0.2.43.20 — Casey Pulls the Cursor Out from Under the Tutorial Card · Steam Deck captain filed a report. Casey did NOT enjoy reading. 'Open the tutorial card on Deck. Move the right stick. Cursor is somewhere — can't see it. Want to click NEXT? Have to switch to the Steam trackpad cursor just to AIM at the buttons.' Casey pulled the layer manifest, took one look, and groaned. 'Captains. The tu…
SkyChart: Airline Executive — Patch Notes v0.2.41.6 → v0.2.42.23 Chief flight inspector Casey the Macaw would like a word. Several words, actually. v0.2.42.23 — Casey Installs a Real Weather Office (Phase 1 of 4) · New harvest pipeline pulls real climatology data: NOAA IBTrACS tropical cyclones, NOAA NGDC volcanic eruptions (VEI 3+), and 30 years of Open-Meteo ERA5 wind/pressure/precip/cloud. ·…
v0.2.41.6 — Casey's Flight Inspection Report · Casey was squinting at his tutorial clipboard when he noticed every em-dash had been replaced with a question mark. 'Who redacted my briefing notes?! I specifically wrote DASHES, not RIDDLES!' Tracked it down to 13 corrupted characters across the tutorial steps — some encoding gremlin swapped them during a file transfer. Casey personally re-inked e…
Casey Opens Flight School 🦜✈️ After squawking at poorly labeled cockpit instruments and unlabeled route cards for long enough, Casey has officially opened the SkyChart Academy — and he's not letting anyone leave until they've earned their wings. 🎓 The Tutorial Is Here v0.2.36.0 – v0.2.37.2 SkyChart now has a full in-game tutorial with 15 chapters covering every major system — from laying your…
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