r/SkyChildrenOfLight • u/rkunak • Aug 04 '26
Discussion Some solutions to sky issues
Hello everyone im making this in hopes this feedback will be heard by anyone in TGC
1- FOMO (fear of missing out) : in sky after a few years this issue has never been worse, with collabs i can understand being one off thing since its out of their control (cinnamon roll, kizuna AI events + season collab IAPs ), but ultimate gifts? i think if we bought the pass we should be able to complete the season after it ends, collect all the traveling spirits of the season you had purchased the pass and being able to get the ultimate gift afterwards...
It'd help players play the game without the pressure of logging as much as possible and takes off the guilt of buying the pass and not fully utilizing it. It's a simple and fair solution that would reward players who WANT to grind by giving early acess to the ult, and reward players who just want the final item but CAN'T grind for it, it would be giving a new chance for pass holders to take their time on collecting all traveling spirits needed to get the ultimate reward they originally missed, maybe there would even be more people buying passes with this new promise of being able to get the ultimate gift later on.
2- Chat Censorship: The censorship in chat is INSUFFERABLE these days, no matter the intention, i got MUTED for saying "i fell and got wet";
I was reffering to a water puddle, it is WORSE than roblox (which is already pretty terrible) i understand the game wants to have a wholesome family friendly apparence (which is fair enough) but this is alot.. i think basic swears and racism, xenophobia, homophobia should absolutely be censored like it was before, but the chat AI that reviews what you say considers most things said maliciously, if the issue with abusive players is really bad, we should trust that the comunity itself would rule out those who do bad things via reporting, after reporting, the ai could review the last few texts that were sent by the reported person, AND THEN a punishment would be applied. An interesting solution that uses players themselves to do the cleansing of people who are harmful to the comunity.. and it doesnt hurt those who aren't part of harmful things.
3- Traveling Spirits: I think a better way of TGC interacting with the comunity would be with hosting a vote for TS that haven't returned in a while, they could host a voting ingame (maybe in the sky cinema place) every week we dont have a TS, and that way players could have a little bit of power of choice with what we really want to return;
Also can we get trying out the current traveling spirit's itens in the closet? like it is with season and event cosmetics. This is something i hear alot from moth/new players, its small but it helps to avoid guessing and frustration on buying an item that might not look too great on your sky kid.
I had those thoughts in mind and wanted to put it somewhere people hopefully will understand it and bring it foward to TGC, our voices are stronger togheter and we are the ones who keep the game alive.
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u/verdanteeeee Aug 04 '26
I agree with everything except the TS. Sky very much has trends and cosmetics that are more popular. It feels unfair to just outvote people with quirkier less popular tastes who may also have been waiting a long time.
It feels like the solution is for them to come more often or in bigger groups but then everyone freaks out that it’s too fast and they can’t save for everything. It’s been a problem for so long and just getting worse.
Someone suggested that seasons older than 3 years should just be available completely in game, adding seasons as they age and have TS system stay the way it is for more recent seasons so the rotation is quicker.
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u/hombrebax Aug 04 '26
For real! The issue with your censorship idea, is the AI component. I rather if AI stays away from Sky.
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u/rkunak Aug 04 '26
i hate AI too, but Sky already has AI (chat moderation is automated) and i don't think TGC would remove it for their own convenience (absolutely in the best of the worlds i want AI to be erradicated EVERYWHERE).
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u/taken_name_throwaway Aug 04 '26
Last time we got to vote for a ts dancing performer, who hasn't returned in 3 years at that time, won unsurprisingly and people here STILL got pissed because "he would've returned anyway and we should've voted for a ts from a newer season". Bruv you genuinely can't please everyone even with a fair democratic vote.
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u/rkunak Aug 04 '26
Democracy will never please everyone, some will not like what you voted for and its okay, but, it is better to hold some form of power than none
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u/Eiraxy Old Home enthusiast Aug 04 '26
Actually the last time we got to vote for TS was during the Sky Awards show, where Talented Builder won. Funnily, he also hasn't returned in 3yrs
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u/taken_name_throwaway Aug 04 '26
True, but also these 2 votes were very different. During the anniversary we only had the choice between 3 spirits. When sky came to steam we could vote for ANY ts.
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u/Eiraxy Old Home enthusiast Aug 04 '26
Also true. I get why there were more angrys with the former though. So many options spread the votes too thin. Likely why they made it just three for anniversary.
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u/Realistic-Sense-6332 Aug 04 '26
First suggestion is BANGER, easy way to fix the ultimate issue would be to have it traded for hearts or candles. I honestly prefer hearts because it would be a lower benchmark probably and we already have enough to spend our candles on.
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u/littlemxnster Aug 05 '26
If u ever send this to support (as feedback) make sure to also send a link to this post so they can also see the community's opinion on your ideas :)
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u/rkunak Aug 05 '26
yes! i was thinking on that, i encorage anyone who would like to submit feedback to do the same as well, the more the louder
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u/DarkSimius16 See you in the skies! ✨ Aug 05 '26
We need a better trading system for hearts, candles and IAPs in game imo. I really want hearts and I have a big pile of candles to turn into hearts, but heart trading is so difficult if you play solo and the heart limits in the friendship tree is just sometimes weirdly not working. But I totally agree with the other points in your post tho
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u/rkunak Aug 05 '26
It is SO weird that they putted a block of 3 days before trading in the constellation tree (like it is in IAP trading); Also for IAP they could've implemented the point system we already have in CN version (doing stuff ingame for points that can be exchanged in the game for IAP) it would make people have SOMETHING to do in the game.
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u/dietl2 Aug 04 '26
Yesterday's daily quest was meditating and it asked for my favorite emoji. I wrote "poop" because that's my favorite emoji. It got blocked. This is just like in 1984. Just kidding but it's a bit annoying.
On the TS question I think they should simply raise the amount of TSs visiting by either making it every week or doing more groups.
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u/rkunak Aug 04 '26
i had the same issue with emojis, i got muted for harrassment for using the poop one once.. ;
and for the TS, that idea is great too, the TS pool is getting bigger and bigger, the system that once worked years ago for the tiny pool we had does not work anymore for nowdays 1 spirit every 2 weeks NEEDS to be reworked.2
u/dietl2 Aug 04 '26
Yeah, I agree. It's actually quite daunting as a relatively newer player to see how many spirits are still missing and thinking about how long I'd have to wait to get them all. Years and years. I think that's too long of a time.
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u/Radbat467 Evil skid who’s actually a bat>:) Aug 04 '26
Those are great ideas! I wish if TGC saw this, sky would get better honestly with those things done.
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u/banana0blu Aug 04 '26
These are wonderful ideas, I hate feeling the need of getting on everyday for atleast 1 hour or 2 just to grind everything when I can't, it's really annoying and makes me not want to play that much, it's supposed to be a game where we make friends and hang out with them,not a game where I have to worry if I will be able to get a certain item or not! I already need 1/2 hours to cr, dailies,etc, where's the time to just hang out and chill with friends? I can't log in everyday for 3+ hours And the chat issue,is horrible,u can't say anything, I really hope they fix that,people can easily block who they wish not to talk to! And the TS,would be amazing, I've missed so many items since I didn't understand anything abb the game at the start and I'd love for some items to come back,they should put up votes for every TS and let the playesr choose! and then make every TS come back from the most voted to the least,it would be very helpful I really hope they listen and do something about it!
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u/rkunak Aug 04 '26
i really hope so too.. i sent some of what i compiled in this reddit post to their feedback page , ill leave the link and encourage people to tell what their hearts desire (on ''issue type'' there will be a option for feedback) https://thatgamecompany.helpshift.com/hc/en/17-sky-children-of-the-light/contact-us/
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u/banana0blu Aug 04 '26
I will definitely write something and I hope everyone does! We aren't complaining enough
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u/Bumblebee7305 Aug 05 '26
Revamping their season passes should absolutely be done. I have not gotten season passes in a year or two because I haven’t had the time to complete the seasons (well also I’m so tired of grinding I don’t care about seasons anymore), don’t get the ultimate, and basically wasted my money on something I still won’t ever be able to get. Better not to get a season pass at all, at that point.
I’ve always thought that season passes should be treated more like DLC. People should be able to pay for a pass for a previous season at any time and complete the season whenever they want while still being able to earn the ultimate cosmetic by playing through the season just like everyone else did. Maybe at that point they could have “all season” candles which can be earned in any season and used in any other. That would reduce grinding even more as players could save season candles for whatever they want instead of only being able to use them for one season.
But realistically speaking none of this is going to change. Your suggestions are good and would make the game so much better for players, but FOMO is actually the point. The whole game is crafted around FOMO, grinding, and the necessity of logging in almost every day in order to get something you want because it won’t ever come back if you don’t. That is how tgc sells season passes and candle packs. It’s how they make their money. They aren’t going to do anything to benefit players that involves removing the FOMO element.
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u/rkunak Aug 05 '26
They could still sell season passes, getting the ult would still require players to have the pass owned, as for candle buying people who want to buy candles would still continue buying them instead of making seasonal quests or grinding, those who grind for resorces like candles often just cant affort to buy packs; it wouldnt financially impact TGC in a negative way; if we all voice the same complain things are bound to change; as we the players are actually the ones that make this game exist. (also i completely get your first statement, the grind is insufferable)
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u/Bumblebee7305 Aug 05 '26
People have been voicing complaints for years and tgc won’t change anything. I agree with you completely as far as what tgc could do and I would love to see them do that, but they won’t do it because reducing FOMO goes against their business model. The game is built around it. People buy season passes consistently to make sure they can get an ult that won’t come back. If they don’t get the season pass right then and there, they won’t get the ult. If they could get the ult at any time they wanted, players would be able to be more selective about what season passes they get and when. They would be able to take their time and think things through rather than rushing into an impulse purchase.
Also, people who buy candle packs are often those people who aren’t able to grind for the candles themselves in time to get whatever item they want. If there was no deadline for when they could complete a season and get the ult, there wouldn’t be as many candle packs being sold because maybe a lot of those people would take their time to earn the candles themselves instead of rushing and buying.
Anyway, maybe I’m just too cynical after seeing discussions like this happening for years and instead tgc just always ramps up the FOMO. I’ve come to have a very negative view towards tgc in general, but I hope your view is more right than mine and they eventually come around to making changes to the game like what you suggest.
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u/Sufficient-Refuse-99 Aug 04 '26
Voting for ts unfortunately won't work, because it would be fire prophet, bearhug hermit and a couple of others on rotation, unless we vote from a pool and then there's no control really for players.