Veiled Skies

About this game

The Ezo Skydom, somewhere above the clouds.
Edogaka Peninsula, Kingdom of Kurozaki

Former assassin and revolutionary Rina Seiko is living a peaceful life as a Genji with her girlfriend Aya Hisagawa when she receives a strange letter bearing the royal seal.

The incumbent Fox Empress, under strain from the new Minister of Defence, calls upon Rina's services to retrieve an important item called the Skystone Codex, an ancient tome that holds the secrets to the skies. But her true reason for summoning the former hitokiri runs much deeper.

Powerful foes from fifteen years past seek the dangerous mysteries stored within this tome. The Staten Union, responsible for a terrible civil war that almost tore Kurozaki apart, is back in its airspace, hellbent on revenge. The power hungry Minister of Defence Yuichi Ono uses his own son Jigen as a pawn, citing him as a means to an end. And the supremely arrogant self-styled "Radiant Blademaster" Eisen Rast is obsessed with defeating the skies' strongest.

Can Rina and her friends avoid getting roped into a political conspiracy, one that stretches back 25,000 years? Can Rina avoid tapping into her dangerous "White Demon" persona?

Veiled Skies is a "cloudpunk" jRPG that serves as a cornerstone for the Kuroverse, a series of games set in a vast world covering three skydoms. Takes heavy inspiration from Granblue Fantasy.



Using a combat system similar to Bravely Default, use your turns immediately to claim instant victory or save them up to plan a more defensive strategy! Combine skills and even items to unleash even more powerful abilities that will overwhelm your foes! Rack up those combo counts to deal crazy amounts of damage!

Tired of status effects not working against powerful foes? Say no more. Mastering both Veiled Skies' Combo-orientated battle system and exploiting the foe's weaknesses will be crucial to your success! Want to go from dealing 250 damage in the beginning to over 90,000 at the end of the game? VS is the jRPG for you!



Other features:

• Combine your healing spells into something far more potent to turn the tide during battle!
  
• Tired of status effects not working against powerful foes? Say no more. Mastering both VS's Combo-orientated battle system and exploiting the foe's weaknesses will be crucial to your success!
  
• Fast travel via airships or warp crystals.
  
• No random encounters; enemies respawn when you move one screen away.
  
• Unleash powerful Soul Urges, unique abilities tied to certain weapons. Mix and match your equipment to get the most out of them!
  
• Other QoL features include full heal on level ups, KO'ed characters receive 50% EXP, auto-battling, auto-saving, rebindable keys support and more!
  
• Customizable difficulty settings that can be changed via a simple in-game item. High risk, high reward!
  
• 10-12 hours of content.

Latest news

• Announcements·5 Feb 2025Official

  Permanent price reduction! :D

  Hello my fellow adventurers, once again, sorry for the radio silence. A small update (and most likely the last one) The good news is: Veiled Skies price has been lowered to $8.99 now! This change is permanent going forward. On the other hand, I can no longer post future updates with regard to VS since I made the rather foolish mistake of encrypting my work and not saving a back-up copy of my work (major brain fart from my side, ahahaha....) While I do not consider the game a success in any capacity, I learned quite a lot from making my first full game in RPGMaker MZ. I gained a lot of insight with regards to Steam's algorithm, gaining wishlists and putting up a Steam as soon as possible. However, my next project will probably be a free one: I realise I need to build up a community before even considering another commercial game. Here's a preview ^^ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44060792/6ff4f2286eb417ebe22ee058ec2f64d602fbdd41.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44060792/4e9f8559c9081c582578829da762177fc6f20047.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44060792/5274ea4420d78b9336adfca512b61fd5e2b03b3b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44060792/12d4b2e7a4fba3d225c55017f16ae1bd09f976e9.png It will be a small, short game (3-4 hours tops) focusing on an alternative timeline where Rina never met the likes of Aya, Natsu or Akai. It is called "Reverie's Repose" and you can follow all updates here, on Bluesky! ^^ https://bsky.app/profile/ganbattestudio.bsky.social
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• Patch Notes·25 Nov 2024Official

  Version 1.1 is now live!

  Ver 1.1 =========================================== Updates: - Intro has been completely overhauled. - In-battle status now available for allies and foes alike - Graphical overhaul. Enhanced lighting, smooth scrolling, cloud overlays & weather effects. - New message and menu layouts. Visual item inventory added - affects in-battle inventory system as well. - Better map visibility, more of the screen is now shown. - Visible icons - quest NPCs are marked differently from chatter NPCs. - New weapons, armour and other accessories like skill scrolls and card boosters. - Rare drops added to many monsters. - More Challenge difficulty settings, up to a max Danger Level of 28.
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• Patch Notes·20 Nov 2024Official

  Version 1.1 update coming soon!

  Hello my fellow sky-pirates and adventurers, your friendly neighbourhood Kitsu Ud0n here once again to crawl out of her fox den and share some updates! I'm happy to announce that the version 1.1 update is coming along nicely and will release towards the end of this month, just in time for the Autumn sale ^^ VERSION 1.1 UPDATES The biggest change is that the intro has been completely overhauled, no more weird dream sequences plus its massive lore dump - the player gets dumped right into the middle of things onboard an airship. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44060792/ce009e32bda5d9e6d8ae93a87da182c93e2f34db.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44060792/688f54ca4059017a00a873a7161867887fa81209.png The skill equip scene has visual icons for better clarity; this applies to the inventory scene as well. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44060792/0cf55350bc84ffd921d4111426cc8749f568614c.png Every menu has been given a visual overhaul as well. There are some slight story changes but nothing major; I try to keep the narrative relatively simple and leave the lore in the background for players who like stuff like that :3 But that's it for version 1.1's (really) short update. SEQUEL UPDATES: I shared some updates a month and a half ago with regards to the sequel (which I promise will be even better than the original game) so here are some new screenshots with original assets drawn by me :3 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44060792/5884308ec34056a75fb6ea21e26f7bf58dd12fb4.png Instead of a fixed narrative, the player will take on various quests from NPCs and try to uncover the mysteries behind this new skydom, called Liguria. The "gods" (or rather, Divine Beasts in the og Veiled Skies) are angry because the true heir, who has a duty to oversee the protection of these skies, has been missing for over a decade. As a result, they are unleashing their fury on the unsuspecting denizens of Liguria, starting with violent tempests in and around Kessel, the first town/starting area. After the player has cleared Kessel and its surrounding areas...
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• Announcements·2 Oct 2024Official

  Visual Overhaul in progress!

  Hello my fellow sky-pirates and adventurers, your friendly neighbourhood Kitsu here! Apologies for the radio silence, but I have been hard at work on the visual overhaul for VS, scheduled for a late November release (just before the Autumn sale, yay!). Am sad I could not offer you lovely people a discount for the Turn-based RPG Fest but VS is still a fairly new game. ^^ What you can expect. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here's some WIP screens! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44060792/d924c7ca7560ce652dd1a4690b972c445af421a9.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44060792/cf9f6f86d91bcc10ce58cf68b82f9a8bd71232d8.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44060792/c4b577ce0f6e287d01f5b6a0f39b7f6ecc0d045f.png What you can expect in version 1.1: In-battle status now available for allies and foes alike Graphical overhaul. Enhanced lighting, cloud overlays & weather effects. New message and menu layouts. Better map visibility, more of the screen is now shown. Visible icons - quest NPCs are marked differently from chatter NPCs. Party banter for both on-map and in-battle. New weapons, armour and other accessories like skill scrolls and card boosters. More Challenge difficulty settings. But that isn't even the most exciting news! Since I now have a dedicated artist helping me, Part II will include side-view battlers and a whole new plethora of features! ^^ Also it's going to look even prettier! I promise to deliver the best possible product, so don't expect a release until at least 2026, ahahaha... {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44060792/6d7f7f91172c887da8329d4c4971ee05f08e4104.png She's fully animated too, complete with ear flicks and tail swishies! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44060792/6ec693cb68c93253134eed40836c327143685457.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44060792/a7785ace019a386e2fcbf3875bca562c01d1f81b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44060792/9519ca2ba8c1b841558248673f2df4d50c8a933e.png All screens are a work-in-progress! Please look forward to more exciting updates! This is Ud0n signing off!
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• Patch Notes·27 Aug 2024Official

  Version 1.01 is now live!

  Hello fellow adventurers and sky-pirates! Version 1.01 has been released and here is the list of fixes as follows: First, the title screen for the new version! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44060792/e227e1c64ed01b6094a99dd469af52ce097ac3d5.png Now onto the fixes! "Walk-on" wall in Yorodama. A good "bad" bug where the player can get the "Brave Suit" early. This has been fixed. Aya bug" - Depending on how the player enters Katsura's office, Rina may be blocked by Aya and the scene will not continue as normal. This is no longer the case. "Akai scene bug" - If the player heads back to the Yoro skydeck, the scene will trigger again. This has been patched as well. The bugged Teleport/Warp Crystals are working as intended and the game will check if you have met the relevant Challenge Quests requirements now. VS Part II has already begun development! VS is part of a trilogy so I have to move fast! ETA: Late 2025 Some features include: A massive hub-like city. The player can fly to different islands in their airship. A forging system An emblem/sigil system (which can be leveled up) Equipabble passive abilities The overall character level cap will be increased to 120. The core combat remains unchanged. Brunswick (early WIP) - hub city {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44060792/5bab414c89f0e5503c4f838733a00d078c17d6aa.jpg Dragon Valley (placeholder name) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44060792/8731daa09f8fa5677a4a779a51320acff98334a4.jpg
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