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Hey, I'm so happy you enjoyed it and thank you so much for all the detailed feedback!

You're not the only one who missed the screen could be moved, should've communicated that better. The game is indeed very easy, since it was for a cozy jam I wanted it to be very chill, but I probably went to far. The clues are revealed when you place a related feature, so if the clue is "Next to a Birch Tree" then it would uncover if you placed a birch tree (unfortunately this system encourages spamming down features to get all the clues. 

It was quite a long jam, but I could only spend about a week on the game in the end. Definitely a lot I could've polished, like bird behaviours when there are too many of them.

I'm actually working on a full version of the game that should address all of these points. Hopefully I manage to do bring the vision to its full potential :D

Thank you so much for the feedback! This version is quite shallow, so my main goal is to add depth. Happy to see I'm on the right track.

Thank you so much! I’m really glad the atmosphere resonated with you. I’m starting to expand this into a full project and I’m wondering, did the pace at which new birds and features appeared feel natural to you, or were there moments where it felt like things were moving too quickly or slowly?

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)

Thank you so much for this message, I really appreciate it. You're not the only one that had trouble figuring out you could move the camera, there really was nothing to indicate you could other than the game page.

I had the same feeling about more strict placement, it originally was more like Islanders where you had bonuses and penalties depending on what was adjacent to what you were placing, but it felt off. In the end I went with the super chill just placing things, and I'm very happy with the result. I'm now sketching out what a full release would look like, as I really enjoyed making it and feel like there's potential for more. 

Thank you so much!

Thanks! The water is not actually too complicated. First you draw whatever you want reflected into a canvas, in my case it's the ground, trees and birds. Then you flip that upside down and pass it through a water distortion shader. Then there's a bit of tint to make it blue-ish. I followed this post from the Kingdom developer https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=40539.msg1104986#msg1104986

I'm sorry but the art is absolutely gorgeous. I really can't stress it enough, it is literally stunning, I'm obsessed.

I got hooked, completed year one in 22 days with 1306 leaves and all research done! I got a bit frustrated as sometimes the controls would "catch" after jumping and I needed to move around to get them unstuck. Other than that I had a real good time. Good job!

Really charming little game! Loved the vibe and the visuals pulled me in right away. The core loop is super satisfying, and I ended up playing longer than I meant to lol. A couple things felt a bit finicky here and there, but nothing that took away from the fun. Great work, thanks for sharing!

Oh man I love me some procedural generation. Really nice way of hooking it up to a gameplay loop too! I also want to call out the beautiful vines on the UI elements. Nice work!!

Amazing art and characters. The details on the turkey both the close up and the smaller sprite are really well done!

I love the intro, how determined she is at making tea so people are happy! I missed a bit more feedback when catching the ingredients as I wasn't sure if I was doing it correctly at first. Good job!

I had a chuckle when I first patted the mushrooms. I really liked having to grab falling leaves to get more resources! Nice little cozy experience!

Really cozy, the sound of the train in the background was really nice. I'd see myself having this on the background while working (instead of rain sounds lol).

Man, that intro was a trip haha

Really cool 3D / 2D effect! Loved the croaks, what a fun idea t add to the game :D

Honestly, kudos for going no engine. That in itself is a great feat!

The art is incredible! It was so cozy and nice I want to live there. I'd love to run a cafe for forest animals 

I truly cannot express how much this means to me. Thank you for enjoying the game, but even more so for taking the time to write such a beautiful message. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

Hahaha definitely different vibe games.

Thanks!

I've had the idea of making a bird game using boids for a while, but didn't know what to actually make with it. Once the jam started the Autumn theme made me think of forests, and through some trial and error (it originally was more about gaining points through adjacency bonuses, like the game Islanders) and some outside help I landed on discovering bird habitats.

I'm really glad you enjoyed it! 

You have a very good eye, because I got the water idea from this post by the author of the Kingdom series https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=40539.msg1104986#msg1104986

Each bird you discover through the journal is based on a real bird: the bird call that sounds when it first unlocks (and every time it spawns thereafter) is from a real bird, and the sprite is drawn from pictures of those birds (with some creative licenses). Unfortunately once you advance the background bird sounds kind of drown the newly spawned birds, so you can only really tell on the first few. Late in development I thought of being able to track which bird is which with the journal, to have a bit more context, but it went way our of scope.

Thank you so much for playing, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Lately I've been a bit too emotional (it's what having kids gets ya) but both the intro and the first time I returned to the burrow almost made me cry. Very short, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Awesome game! Loved the visuals, I particularly want to call out the journal, I thought it looked really good! I would've loved a bit more agency on carving the pumpkins, it felt a bit too random. Other than that I had a blast!

THANKS!

That's really funny, I had keyboard controls until the last minute to change your build selection, but I took them out because I never used them, so I instead did camera movement. I should've probably kept them on a set of dedicated keys just in case! 
Regarding performance, I only ever saw a decrease on my crappy laptop when spamming a lot of trees, so I didn't really pay too much attention to it. If you played the browser version you can probably get better performance on the desktop versions.Thanks a lot for playing, and for your kind words :)

Thank you so much! I had great time making it, so I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

So comfy, and an incredibly well used with the idle gameplay. Super cool game!

I really liked how the game got easier (you could see more) but also harder (everything was faster) as the game went on. Congrats!

So cool! I found the tool management a bit confusing, took me until reading the "how to play" seciton to figure out that I also had the axe available from the start. But once I figured it out I had a blast!

Super cozy! Would've loved a bit more gameplay, but you definitely nailed the autumny comfiness

Nice branching dialogue! The story sounds interesting, it's a good subversion of the classic tale. 

Nice platformer, very simple but I kept coming for more every time I died.

That really means a lot. Thanks!

Cool boos battle game! I found some of the patterns quite hard to avoid, but after a couple tries managed to get through.

Nice double twist on minesweeper. Made me think hard about where I could and couldn't move. Congrats!

A bit repetitive, but an excellent take on the theme!

Incredible game, extremely atmospheric and nostalgic. Made me want to play Resident Evil again for some reason