The next in a series of updates leading up to the January 1 release of Vacant Sky Act II!  A new character that will be joining the cast in Act II is Vanquish, a Banivian knight of the Earth affinity.

Happy Halloween!  This week’s update concerns a character fitting for the holiday.

The third in a series of updates leading up to the January 1 release of Vacant Sky Act II.  This song is the remixed theme of everyone’s best friend from Act I, Weapon!  Take a listen to “Vagrant (II)“.

The second in a series of updates leading up to the January 1 release of Vacant Sky Act II.  In the heart of the world’s oldest city, secrets are revealed and old mysteries are brought to light. Unable to run any longer, a girl decides to turn and fight. Who is her enemy and what is their purpose?

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The first in a series of updates leading up to the January 1 release of Vacant Sky Act II.  A new character that will be joining the cast in Act II is Vel, a half-Orkan thief of the Sky affinity.

Our next weekly fanart feature goes to a piece of fanart done shortly after the second demo release, of Auria.

Feature 3: 03/29/09

Auria by Fayechan (gallery)

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After two years of waiting, the first installment of Vacant Sky Vol.1: Contention has finally arrived!   Act I: Shadow and Ashes is now available for download.  It’s been a long journey, but everyone’s work has finally come together in a tangible form. Thanks so much to everyone that helped out in any part. I hope you all enjoy the game!

The game is roughly 100 MB in size and is in .zip format.  You can download it by going to the downloads page or at one of the following locations:

Vacant Sky Vol 1 Contention.zip [101.19MiB] / Rapidshare

EDIT: If you get a runtime error 58 when trying to play a sound effect (such as in the Examiner cutscene), then download this .dll file and replace it with the one in the game: http://files.filefront.com/fmodexdll/;13493548;/fileinfo.html

While you’re waiting for it to download, why not listen to the opening theme?

Title: “A Story Alone”
Music by: Tarranon
Performed by: Melody Yoo
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IGh76fswXo

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The official Vacant Sky forums are now open to the public! Feel free to register there and meet the team behind Vacant Sky, as well as meet and communicate with other fans. Enjoy reading the weekly columns, such as:

The Arena: Reviews of popular (and not so popular) console games

Minstrels’ Gallery: Reviews and previews for independent games

Crafting a Dream: A soon-to-come column about the making of Vacant Sky

Our second weekly fanart feature goes to a recent drawing of Auria in a fairly unique and semi-realistic style.  Congratulations to Shaysomething from DeviantArt!

Feature 2: 06/07/08

Auria by Shaysomething (gallery)

Our first weekly fanart feature goes to one of our earliest fan works, dating back to the first version of Contention (one can identify Auria’s original outfit as different from the final design).

Feature 1: 05/25/08

Auria by Abilyn (gallery)

The second demo has finally been released! After months of preparations, the second demo is now available for download on our Downloads page.

I’d also like to take the time to announce a title change: EPIC: Contention is now officially titled Vacant Sky Vol. I: Contention. Here’s the new logo:

For those of you just joining us, Vacant Sky is a game made in RPG Maker XP and has been in production since September of 2005. We, Project BC, are the development team behind it. I hope you all enjoy the demo.

Download Link: Click!
Mirror: Click!
Filesize: ~80 MB
Length: Approx. 90-120 minutes
Genre: Fantasy, drama
Supported operating systems: Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista