changes show up for everyone in the meadow · K or Esc to close
Magpie's Trinkets
shiny things for shiny things · Magpie doesn't haggle · E or Esc to close
The valley
Z or Esc to close · click a place you know to head for it
How to be a bird
press H or Esc to close · J journal ·
Moving & flying
WASD / arrowshop about · steer in the air (the numpad 8456 works too; keys follow your keyboard layout)
Shiftdash on the ground
Spacehop · tap in the air for a wingbeat
hold Spacekeep flapping & climb (costs breath)
let gowings spread — you glide for free
Shift in the airtuck & dive (W+Shift for speed)
S in the airflare: slow right down, land softly
hold X in the airfold your wings and drop straight down onto whatever is below · let go to glide again
landingComing in slow near a perch? The bird helps you land on it.
Doing things
Etalk to animals · ring the bell · make a wish · rest in the nest · start the ring race
Cchirp — everyone hears it · from the Condor's saddle it's a roar
🦅the Condor (200 worms at Magpie's): land on its back or E beside it to ride — 1.75× as fast, breath never runs out; E (or two quick Space taps) hops off and it waits where you left it
Zthe map: a painting of the valley with you on it, your nest, the places you know (and a ? for the ones you don't), other birds, the balloon · click a place you know and the compass heads for it
Kwardrobe: plumage, accessory, colour — everyone sees your new look · more to wear at Magpie's Trinkets by the farmhouse (E at the stall, paid in berries)
Lbirds of the valley: who's fastest round the Grand Circuit, most feathers, best at tag…
Pphoto mode: HUD off, free camera (mouse, wheel, WASD/QE, [ ] lens), Space saves a postcard
eatworms, berries and seeds to grow a longer breath
the counterstop left, under your breath ring: pink worm = worms to spend · purple berries = berries to spend (at Magpie's Trinkets by the farm; the journal keeps your lifetime totals) · gold feather = golden feathers found (of 7) · blue egg = painted eggs found (of 5) · 🪵 = sticks in your beak. Tap or hover one and it says so
find7 golden feathers (soar forever) · 5 painted eggs (a flower crown) · 5 soft things to carry home and line the nest
With other birds
E near a birdpreen them — hearts, breath restored; preen back for best friends
T near a birdtag! they're it — catch someone by touching them, no tag-backs. Shift+T sits you out (nobody can tag you; if you're it the game ends); T near a bird puts you back in
1234emotes: wave · bow · twirl · dance
chirp togethertwo chirps within a breath of each other = a duet ♪♪
fly closeformation: share the wind — sink slower, breath returns
rest togetherin the nest: a huddle ♥
Grand Circuit16 gates round the valley — the meadow remembers its fastest flyer
Camera & chat
compassthe strip at the top: landmarks, the nest 🪺, other birds as a dot in their colour (🔥 for whoever is it) — distance under the one you're facing, and the nearest bird's name; the letters under the tick say which way you face, and 🏠 at the right end is the way home once you're far from it. Under the clock, a chip for every other bird in the meadow: name, colour, how far (◂ ▸ when they're behind you)
mouselook (click the game to grab it, Esc or Tab lets go · Tab grabs it again)
wheelzoom · V first-person
Enterchat · M mute · O settings · H this help · N what's new
Shift+Mmusic on/off — Burke's Where the Morning Rests loops softly under the birdsong (also in settings)
On a phone: left half = move, right half = look · tap right = hop/flap, hold = climb, let go = glide · buttons for talk, chirp, tag, emotes and help.