Sky

The sky is a large, open space that takes up most of the space above the player in any given dream. As days pass, its color may change. The sky is an aspect of the environment included every single location. The sky may include suns, moons, stars and clouds. Fog is another background aspect of the game, closely related to the sky. The fog also changes color as well as density from dream to dream, though its color does not necessarily always match with the sky's.

Sky
Sky Seen outside of the Bright Moon Cottage
Location	Anywhere where it's possible to see it.
Links	None

Mechanics

Upon starting a dream, each map will have a set color for their distinct skies and fog for that dream. Linking to and from locations does not affect the color of the skies and fog within the same dream, and will continue to stay the same until the dream ends and a new dream is begun.

Sky details, such as suns, moons and clouds do not stay consistent after links, and will change their color, scale and position on the sky after every link. Their color and position depends on the generation, the player's currently in.

There are many maps in the game that either do not experience changes in their skies or fog or do not have visible skies at all, due to walls and ceilings preventing a player from viewing them. These maps include The Violence District, Moonlight Tower, Temple Dojo, Flesh Tunnels, Clockwork Machines, Long Hallway, Sun Faces Heave and Black Space. All other maps may change their sky and fog every dream.

The colors of a sky are selected from a large pool of possible colors, controlled by a simple stage number mechanic. Every dream, the sky color moves one unit lower, for example going from STG01 (Pit & Temple) to STG00 (Bright Moon Cottage). In this example, when Pit & Temple's sky displays as green, the subsequent dream leads to Bright Moon Cottage's sky having this same color. This mechanic is present in every location with observable sky. This mechanic can be used to predict the sky colors of unplayable days.

Details

• The sky can be a solid color, or a rough gradient. Fog can only be a solid color, and can be in different varieties of density.

• The Sun can appear in three different colors: red, white and green. After doing cycle between locations you can change sun's position on the sky and its color.

• The Moon can come in different sizes, and be colored in blue, light blue or yellow.

• Moons can be seen being in different phases. In some dreams, it is possible to observe a lunar eclipse, or see two moons being close to one another. Sometimes moon can be seen changing it's phase when altering player's camera view angle.

• Clouds can come in different sizes, and rotate on their axis at varying speeds, or not rotate and move at all. Their movement and starting position is dependent on your previous decisions.

• Stars are almost impossible to see, due to the way the textures are rendered, and are usually only out when the Moon is.

Trivia

• Color of the sky and fog is pre-programmed. In one location it stay static for a whole day.

• When pausing the game, the clouds shift a little.

Gallery

An example of the Sun with flares and a gradient sky

Example of the Moon

Example of clouds

Example of a rare glimpse of a star. You have to look at the right angle to see them.

Example of stars with a different rendering mode. Note that they are only the size of a pixel.

The star texture located in the game's files

Two Moons

Example of an eclipse of moons

White Sun

Green Sun

Red Sun

Small blue moon and some stars

Big Light Blue Moon.

Big Yellow Moon

Dirty Sky, Lunar Eclipse of blue moon and some stars

Small light blue moon eclipse and bloody sky

White sky

Sea-green sky

Acid-green sky

Dark blue sky

Ultra blue sky

Normal blue sky ( gradient )

Early morning sky ( blue with pink line )

Bloody red sky

Wood-green sky

Grey sky ( very strong fog )

Dark-bronze sky

White sky ( strong fog )