Today, Japanese developer CloveTech released a new gameplay video of the upcoming Dancing Wings – The Aerobatic Simulator.
The video is particularly significant as it shows the game’s main feature in action, the ability to create spectacular aerobatic formations via the replay system.
Specifically, we see a diamond formation, which is one of the basic formations for a four-element flight.
Each aircraft was recorded, adding its performance to the previous replay. Here we see number 4 being added to the previous performance of numbers 1, 2, and 3.
You can easily see that each aircraft’s performance isn’t 100% perfect, which is exactly the awesome foundation of this game. Instead of letting the AI pilot additional aircraft, each aircraft is piloted directly by the player in sequence, resulting in an entirely “human” aerobatic exhibition in which you retain full control.
You can check it out below, for a look at what Dancing Wings can do.
If you’re unfamiliar with Dancing Wings – The Aerobatic Simulator, it’ll be released on PC via Steam in October 2026, with no precise release date announced, for now.
It places you in the role of the famous Blue Impulse, the aerobatic demonstration team of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, flying the Kawasaki T-4 jet trainer.
The foundation of the game is rather uniquely focused on the replay system, letting you create whole exhibitions on your own.
You fly the leading aircraft and then save your replay. Then you can enter the “replay overlay mode” and record the second aircraft, then the third, and so forth. You can record exhibitions of up to 5 aircraft at once, all controlled by you.
On top of that, you can also download and overlay performances by other players as well, creating collaborative performances in a sort of asynchronous multiplayer mode.
While this isn’t a study-level simulator, the developer mentions that it’s based on a realistic aerodynamic simulation of lift, gravity, thrust, and drag.
The sim also includes scenery reproducing the area around Higashimatsushima city in the northeastern region of Japan, which isn’t surprising considering that the real Blue Impulse is based at Matsushima Air Base, which is indeed in Higashimatsushima.
The game also includes basic and advanced training modes. The former will teach you the basics of flight, while the latter focuses on formation flying.
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