The six heroes overlook the floating kingdoms and airships of Aetheria

A RadForge Labs Project · Project #2

The skies were shattered.Their story was not.

A premium pixel-art open-world action RPG where six strangers become a family—and the forgotten truth of Aetheria threatens everything they learn to love.

Meet the six

Fast combatOpen-world wonderBuild your SkyholdSolo first

The Fractured Crown Saga

The world did not shatter by accident.

Thousands of years ago, Aetheria was whole. Its people raised impossible cities through Aethercraft—until the Sundering tore continents into the heavens and buried an age beneath the clouds.

01 · Before

A world made whole

Oceans touched every shore. Luminous kingdoms reached upward, powered by ancient machines whose true purpose would one day be forgotten.

$The Sundering fractures Aetheria into floating continents$

02 · The Sundering

One terrible moment

The earth broke apart. Continents rose above an endless sea of clouds. Humanity survived—but the accepted history left something vital missing.

A Remembrance Festival in a thriving floating city

03 · The day the sky opened

Six separate paths

On the Day of Remembrance, an ancient beacon wakes and a colossal Sky Rift opens above the city. Escape demands that six strangers stand as one.

Adventure makes us love the world. Friendship makes us care about its people. Loss gives the journey weight. Hope gives us a reason to keep flying.
The heart of Skyward Chronicles

Choose your hero

Six powers. One impossible journey.

Choose a hero identity and presentation. Every hero keeps their element, history, abilities and role while equipment visibly transforms their look.

Karnos shields civilians from an Aethercraft explosion

Element · Flame

Karnos the Rage

Warrior · Aggressive melee DPS

Raised among Emberreach's foundries, Karnos learned that strength means keeping others alive. When flame answered his fury, the power others feared became the shield he placed between danger and the helpless.

WeaponInferno Greatblade

PlaystyleRelentless · Close-range

Signature abilities

Blazing Slash
Rage Charge
Inferno Spin
Flame Eruption
Raging Meteor

Bonded mount

Inferno Direwolf

Born from volcanic fire, this direwolf leaves trails of embers and ash wherever it runs.

SprintFire DashLava Run

The Skyward World

If you can see it, find a way to reach it.

Aetheria is a vertical open world of floating continents, secret islands, ruins beneath the clouds, wandering airships and Lost Places that reveal themselves through observation—not an ocean of map icons.

Realm 01

Emerald Highlands

Waterfalls spill from forested islands into the clouds. Ancient ruins, quiet settlements and overgrown paths reward the first instinct to leave the road.

Skyfarer's clue

Follow the birds that vanish behind the western falls.

50–100+Lost Places to uncover

8Distinct launch regions

8Major world bosses

∞Reasons to look beyond the path

A world that remembers

Every adventure changes what comes next.

Signature world system

The Shattered Skies

Sky Rifts alter weather, creatures, resources and entire regions. Seal them, stabilise them, harvest their power—or return later to reclaim what the Rift consumed.

Fast-paced combat

Master your hero

Chain light and heavy attacks, dodge, command elemental abilities and build synergies across flame, tide, storm, Void, shield and grave.

Build and rebuild

Your Skyhold

Restore an abandoned island from camp to sky-city. Recruit named NPCs, watch construction unfold, craft, trade, defend and display your history.

Earned progression

Forge the Mythical

Explore, gather, discover blueprints and combine dungeon and world-boss materials. The strongest gear is accomplished—not purchased.

Living adventure

Airships and mounts

Cross open skies by airship, unlock six themed launch mounts and reach places that weather, altitude and hidden pathways keep from ordinary travellers.

Ten handcrafted launch dungeons

Every descent tells a different story.

Distinct biomes, enemy families, mechanics, bosses and loot. Play the complete campaign with intelligent AI companions; online parties and matchmaking arrive in the later live phase.

Difficulty pathsStory · Adventurer · Veteran · Nightmare · Mythic

Dungeon 01

Ruins of Aetherfall

Ancient floating ruins

Final encounterThe Aetherbound Sentinel

Redirect ancient Aether channels through a ruin that is slowly breaking free from its island.

When the warning horns sound, the world changes.

Aerdrax, Storm TyrantVulkaros, the WorldburnerThaloryn, Leviathan of the Deep SkyNihrael, Devourer of StarsOssyrax, the Grave ColossusVeylora, the Frozen WingElderthorn, the Living MountainSolvarion, the Fallen Celestial

Built in the right order

A complete single-player adventure. Then the skies go live.

The campaign, exploration, six heroes, progression, crafting, Skyhold, dungeons, bosses and ending come first as a satisfying standalone game. The live phase expands that proven foundation without compromising it.

Phase 01 · First release

Stand alone. Never play alone.

Explore the full story with your chosen hero and intelligent companions. Fill four-character dungeon parties with AI that tanks, heals, revives and understands mechanics.

Complete campaign and ending
Solo open world and Skyhold
AI-assisted dungeons
Full progression and crafting

Phase 02 · Live skies

Build a history together.

Bring your established hero into online co-op, shared Guild Skyholds, seasonal expeditions and competitive projection battles.

Online co-op and matchmaking
Skybound Guilds and flagships
Seasons and world events
Skybreak League PvP

Blue-gold and crimson-violet teams battle for Celestial Shards across a breaking floating arena

Later live phase · Optional 6v6 PvP

Skybreak League:
War of the Shards

A competitive Aetheric-projection sport played across islands that move, split and reconnect. Fight, carry, escort, heal, revive, scout and construct temporary Aether bridges while the active Rift tears the arena apart.

Normalised statsNo purchased powerMatch-only upgradesCosmetic prestige rewards

Skybound Guilds

Not a player list. A place with a past.

Build a shared floating kingdom, vote on alliances, raise a living Guardian, launch multi-stage expeditions and fill a Trophy Hall with years of victories. Every guild should look like the history its members created.

Approved visual archive

The world we are building.

Official concept imagery defining the characters, mounts, world, systems and premium modern pixel-art presentation.

Forged by an independent Australian studio

RadForge Labs · Project #2

Skyward Chronicles is the second project from RadForge Labs: an ambitious premium RPG built with the same studio principles—useful before impressive, evidence over assumptions, users stay in control, and build with intent.

Our first public project is ROMVERSE. Our second takes the forge into the skies.

Visit RadForge Labs

The heroes look toward Aetheria's horizon

Rise · Explore · Rebuild

The skies were shattered.Their story was not.