Skywild

Look up. Someone's there. Skywild turns the real sky over your head into a place to explore. Point your iPhone at the clouds and small glowing weather creatures called Driftlings appear, shaped by what the sky is actually doing: puffy cumulus, streaky cirrus, a gray overcast, a rain shower, a sunset, the moon. Befriend them with small, gentle gestures and keep a Skycard of each one: a photo of your sky with your new friend in it. Your guide is Hollis, an old sky-watching owl who keeps the Almanac and talks you through your first look up in a warm, recorded voice. HOW IT WORKS • Look Up: hold your phone to the sky for a three-second reading of cloud cover, texture and light. • Encounter: who appears depends on the real weather, the time of day and where the sun and moon are. • Befriend: frame them, trace them, tap in time with the rain, sit with them by the fire. Every species has its own gesture. • Keep: each friend becomes a Skycard and lives on in your Aerie. A KEEPER'S PROGRESS (THE LONG GAME) • Daily sky quests: three small errands from Hollis each day, like Cloud Spotting, Rain Listener or Night Watch. • Keeper rank: every reading, friend and Skycard earns XP, from Fledgling all the way to Sky Warden. • Day streak and badges: look up day after day and earn First Friend, A Whole Week and more. • Build your island: 24 decorations unlock as you play, from a flower bed to a grand observatory. • Weekly challenge: one bigger goal each week. • Sky variants: each creature looks different at dawn, by day, at Golden Hour, at dusk and at night. • Share your Keeper card and creature portraits with friends. EIGHT REALMS, EVERY DAY DIFFERENT • 72 creatures across Sun, Cloud, Rain and Hearth, then Storm, Wind, Fog and Night, plus Hybrids made with a friend. • Golden Hour: when the sun gets low, rare creatures come out. Skywild can remind you first. • Hunch: Hollis guesses tomorrow's weather from your iPhone's barometer. • Lived weather: some creatures change after enough rainy days. RAIN OR SHINE, INDOORS OR OUT Stuck inside? The Hearth realm's creatures love lamplight and cozy rooms. Rather not use the camera? Window Mode gives you an illustrated sky. YOUR WALLET OF SKIES, AND TRADING Every Skycard lands in your Wallet: a stack of your most beautiful skies, numbered, with Golden cards that shimmer. Each card remembers the city its sky was in, like "San Jose sky" (just the city, never where you were). Turn a card over to see its readings and its story, and fill a Sky atlas as cards arrive from other cities. Missing one? Trade for it: open Trade with a friend next to you, tap your phones together, put a card each on the table and swap when you both accept. No internet needed, just the two of you. FRIENDS AND HYBRIDS Bond with other Keepers by scanning each other's Sigil, send creatures as gifts by QR code, and make a Hybrid together: a creature that needs both of your skies. EVENTS Starfall during the Geminid meteor shower (12–15 December), and the solstice. FREE TO PLAY, ONE-TIME UNLOCK • Free: Sun, Cloud, Rain and Hearth, Golden Hour, quests, ranks, Skycards, the Wallet, trading, bonding and gifts. No ads. No timers. No energy. • Full Almanac: the one and only in-app purchase, a one-time unlock with Family Sharing: the Storm, Wind, Fog and Night realms, every creature in them, and decorations for your Aerie. No subscriptions. Restore Purchases is in Settings. YOUR SENSORS, YOUR PRIVACY Camera, microphone, barometer, motion and approximate location are read only on your iPhone; images, audio and location never leave it, and audio is never recorded. Every permission is optional. No account. Anonymous usage statistics can be switched off in Settings. SAFE SKY-WATCHING The sun is hidden from the camera view, Storm creatures are befriended from indoors, and play pauses while driving. ACCESSIBILITY VoiceOver, captions for every spoken line, Dynamic Type, Reduce Motion, haptic cues; every gesture can be done seated.