Hello there. 
Welcome to Skye's Repose.  An exploration/farm-sim game set in the Garden of Skye, strange floating islands hidden away within another world.

I finally have a demo that I'm not just begrudgingly accepting of other people playing, but excited to let you all try it out and play around!

  Ori: Really, you actually like this version?  I'm glad to hear it!

I refuse to elaborate on the issues I've already found making me want to update it again.  But for future updates and dev logs, please follow me here on Itch or join my Newsletter!

There's a lot to discuss about what's new and what's changed, but I think rather than making you wade through months of changelogs and piece together what is or isn't included, I'm going to start from scratch with new release notes.
I'll start with the quick highlights:

• Three completed islands to explore and gather materials from.  Two unfinished, explorable islands.
• Nine farmable crops to grow across the islands.
• Automation tools so you don't have to watch your crops slowly grow over time.
• Twelve elements to find and merge together.
• Several dozen crafting recipes for all kinds of useful items.
• A full story introducing two of the characters, Ori and Claudia.
• Introductions for four other characters: Elise, Cole, Ulysses, and Ainami.
• Four riddles scattered throughout the islands to uncover and solve, unlocking new abilities.
• 8+ hours of gameplay.

I'll go a bit more in-depth on the first one here today, and I'll expand on the others more in future posts.  (As mentioned, Newsletter!)

Islands:

Throughout Skye are large floating islands isolated from eachother and it's not easy to reach a new island.  The islands hold ancient ruins, and ruins left behind by the Mages who came before, either crafted while they were stuck here or brought in when they first entered the Garden of Skye themselves.

There are now three main playable islands, the peaceful beach-side ranch, the hot and arid desert, and the serene, mysterious forest.

Ori: Oh, that ship brings back memories!

Claudia: Please stop bringing it up, that was my favorite ship, and now it's trapped forever.

Elise: I wonder if we can find a way to extract it for you...

The three main islands are fully playable with unique farmable crops, resources you can gather up, elementals you can gather, and secrets to uncover.

In addition, there are two islands you can explore and find a few more secrets upon, although they don't have any resources to gather.  The ruin-filled lakeside forest, and the volcanic caves are unfinished, but still house secrets worth uncovering.  Clues to secrets hidden on the main three islands.

Cole: Hey, stay out of my caves!

Ulysses: Relax, it's no worse than any other archeology; you left it all behind you already.

Ori: Besides, it's always exciting to see what other peoples homes are like!

There's plenty to see and find while exploring, and the environments are beautiful and well worth exploring, you're sure to find something new and interesting looking if you look around! And who knows, in the future there may be even more islands to explore.

Ainami: Yeah, you still can't even reach my temple despite it being in the banner!