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Two games in development at Junklab. Explore at your own pace.

Red Skies at Dawn

Take the helm. Respect the sea.

  • In development
  • PC
Official Gameplay Trailer1:00

Contains lightning and flashing effects. Press play to watch with sound.

A first-person sailing adventure where peaceful passages can turn treacherous. Take the helm, trim your sails and read the changing sky. Find your rhythm on sunlit seas, then fight to keep your small boat under control as storms build and waves tower overhead.

Currently in development. Screenshots and gameplay footage show the storm demo. Weather mapping, course plotting and voyage progression are planned for the full game.

  • First-person sailing
  • Hands-on sail trim
  • Storms at sea
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Screenshots from the storm demo. Select one to enlarge.

First-person view of the wooden helm, radio, navigation display and cream mainsail on blue ocean swells.
01Take the helm
Tall orange-red storm clouds rise over the sea beside the sloop’s sail, rigging and navigation instruments.
02Read the changing sky
A towering wave and lightning fill the view ahead of the sloop’s bow in heavy rain.
03A very small boat
A side view of the small sailing sloop crossing sunlit ocean swells beneath bright clouds.
04Find your rhythm
The onboard radio and navigation display sit beneath the mainsail, with the speed readout showing 10 knots.
05Stay on course
Lightning illuminates rough seas beyond the wooden helm, navigation display and dark sail.
06Hold on through the storm

Red Skies at Dawn · Screenshots

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Perianth

A little curiosity.
A world of possibility.

  • In development
Plant growth · Development footage

Discover unusual plants and experiment with a living world. Perianth is a botanical exploration game where curiosity shapes what grows next.

Explore at your own pace. Try an unfamiliar seed, follow a new possibility, and make a world your own.

  • Botanical exploration
  • Discovery
  • Experimentation
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Good games earn your time and trust. These are the principles we bring to ours.

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Independent by choice. Hands-on by nature.

We’re Junklab, an independent Australian studio making games, interactive websites and creative technology. We bring design, engineering and experimentation together to make things people can play, explore and use.

Alongside client projects, we’re developing our own games, Red Skies at Dawn and Perianth, and building the tools behind our worlds with Junklab Engine.

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