Hey everyone!
Sorry we kept you in the dark for so long, it’s been a busy couple of weeks! Some already have speculated if we are even working on the game or not, don’t worry we have been getting a lot of things done!
First of all, we watched you play and analyzed the next fest and demo and realized that the current state of the game had a few problems. One of them were empty servers and gamemodes generally not being very fun to play with less than 5 players. We also intended for people to play mainly with their friends, but the way the hosting and joining of games worked, this just wasn’t clear enough.
But what we also saw was that the overall chaos, the voice chat and gamemodes like the race were very well received and generally pretty fun. People also liked exploring the map and the feeling of the flight mechanic, but wished for abilities that would give this whole thing a bit more depth.
We heard your feedback and decided that the best way to address those issues would be a slight shift of the main focus that concentrates on playing with friends and an experience that is optimized for 4 players.
WHAT IS NEW??
We focused on a single and more Bird Game-true mode. Introducing: Eagle vs. Ravens - a completely overhauled egg-hunt mode!
Eagle vs. Ravens is an asymmetric game mode, where one of you gets to play as a mighty (and quite overpowered) eagle, while the rest of the players is playing as mischievous little ravens, trying to steal the eagles eggs to throw them into lava pits (quite mean, but the eagle had it coming). The ravens need to steal enough eggs, before they run out of time or respawns.
With that comes another widely requested feature: Abilities!
Ravens, generally slower than the eagle, get a speed-boost-poop ability, accelerating them to Mach-F*ck, to escape the eagles' broken One-Shot-Pluck.
The Eagle on the other hand gets a scan-like eagle eye ability, highlighting all eggs on the map, revealing any raven who is currently on the run with a precious egg!
Also new: an interactive freeroam lobby, just for those of you who liked flying and messing around. You will find some of the familiar things from the demo implemented into the free flight lobby. Here you can explore secrets, beat racing-challenges, throw level objects at each other, poop around and generally have a good time!
But when will all that be playable? As of now we can say: very soon! Bird Game is in its final stages of development right now and we will announce a release date in the following weeks!
Thanks for sticking along so far!
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