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Thoroughly enjoyed this game. Really nails what it wants to show. Though I still have a few qualms with it. Gameplay and everything works and feels fine. Really see the inspiration from 'Joust'(old arcade cabinet game) in the mechanics. I've seen other comments pointed out stuff like "time limits on people" or "lava kills passengers", so I'm wondering why not have different physics for the water & lava falls? Instead of outright being a wall, it could be more fun to have waterfalls repel the player like a trampoline and have lavafalls outright slow down the player. Makes the environment more interesting and might've been possible to do within the timespan. Consider if the game should have an outright reset or restart button next time as well. The one bug pointed out by another comment really sucks cuz you have to wait for time to be out to get another try. Lastly is the music and art. Don't get me wrong, love the main menu's track and subsequent song in game. But that's just it. The one song during gameplay just keeps going even when the game changed scenery. I left this comment for last because not everyone has the time to make/put in more soundtracks for every scene change in a game so consider having more tracks next time. Really helps with atmosphere. The art is good though so no problems there. TL;DR, 'Birb Taxi' has a lotta potential. Movement seems inspired from the game 'Joust' and hits that nostalgia factor visually and mechanically. Environmental factors could take this game to the next level and more songs would help it immensely for scene changes.