Ayre

Non-violent. Relaxing. Kid friendly.
A really sweet exploration game where you get to fly a dragon.
There is way more content than I expected when I purchased.
The dragon handles fairly well once you get used to it.
The scenery is very pretty.
The music is soothing.
Check it out.

Ayre is a nice chill "flying simulator" with relaxing dragon flight, exploration, lovely calm music. Collecting gems and armor and racing through rings drive the exploration. The exploration leads to finding shrines which reveal a decent background story which fills you in on what happened to this quiet, abandoned society.
The low poly terrain looks nice. The various game models aren't spectacular but they adequately fulfill their purpose. For a game developed by a single person they do the job just fine. The dragon and the flight model are superb and clearly a lot of attention went into that. Soaring through the air and doing a last second turn with the wings outstretched before landing felt perfect. Very well done.
There were a couple of bugs, but the developer was very responsive and fixed them literally within minutes of looking at my saved game file. I did have trouble finding some of the gems and I feel like some visibility improvements could be had there. I know there were areas I flew over several times and didn't spot a gem that was in plain sight when I finally spotted it. Regardless, the game is nice enough that I didn't mind flying around for hours looking for them anyway.
So yeah, if you like exploration style games or just want to fly around on a dragon then buy this. It doesn't cost much and it's a pleasure to play. You get to fly a dragon, what else needs to be said really?

I got this game for my 7yr old daughter, and I have to say... I can't stop playing it myself! Yes it looks clunky, and some of the animations are reminiscent of Virtua Fighter 1, and other 1st gen polygon games, but the gameplay is actually very refined.
The cool thing about this game is that the dragon's flying controls can be simplified for a child to be able to play it and enjoy it... But at the same time, if you turn off the simplified controls, flying the dragon and getting through races is challenging and enjoyable for an adult as well! Very different experience with the "pro" controls for the dragon, you have much more freedom to bank, turn, and manoevre... Well done.
If I was to explain what this game is like, I would call it "Pilotwings: The Adventure game"
If you remember that game on the SNES and enjoyed it, you'll probably like Ayre as well.

If you like super chill, vast, airy experiences, then Ayre is the right choice.
You can almost feel the wind rush past you, and it's just really nice to not have to worry about a billion things at once. Fly around, go through rings, explore at your own pace.

The game delivers on exactly what it promises to be: a cute, calming, non violent game about flying and exploration. It has two different flight modes depending on how you feel, but overall it's very simple and straightforward, exactly the kind of thing you want to relax with.

Fully underrated neat lil indie game. flying takes getting used to but it feels great, after a few upgrades you can fly anywhere at pretty decent speeds. Lore is entertaining and lighthearted, visuals are really nice while soaring although if you look too closely at things like your characters face, it's a little weird.
There's plenty to do for the price, 40+ races to test your skills, loads of things to collect, armour sets and locations to discover and read about. Clearly some love has been put into this game, it's sad to see it go unnoticed.
I hope a couple more updates come in the future although I fully understand if not, still enough to play with for £11.
One issue which stands out to me right now is; I can't seem to find the "disable low poly clouds" option.

I -think- I've finished this out as far as I'm likely to, so: Watching the trailer for this, reading the ad copy, you probably already know if this is for you. Dragon. Ring races. Collectables to collect. Big open world. No particular plot pressure.
It's good. That's what I wanted.
Sadly, for some reason there's a human in this and it's considered the viewpoint character. You have to dismount it from dragonback to interact with most things. I would advise next time leaving the human out, to sharpen the focus on dragon-centered gameplay.
It's not bad, though.