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Your First Garden0 of 8
🦉 Brian Eaglow
Ambient Pioneer
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⚙️ Settings v5.7.0

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🧰 Your Tools
Nothing yet. Earn feathers, buy tools.
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🌱 Day 1
v5.7.0
🎮 Mini-Game Testing
🏪 Shop/Features Testing
🌱 Nursery Testing (Phase 3)
🤖 Automation Testing (Phase 4)
🎵 Phase 5A Testing (Songbook)
🌊 Phase 5B Testing (Wetland Zone)
🃏 Card Combo Effects Testing
🪶 V5 Personality Testing
🏘️ Neighborhood Testing
⚡ Perf Diagnostics
🐛 Playtest
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Backyard Birds

a small sanctuary

v5.7.0

tap anywhere

✨ What's new in v5.7

The Living Block
  • 🏙️Eight new neighborhood pieces. The block grows from seven into a whole little town. Build them out and see who comes to call.
  • 🪟The block comes alive. Lights warm the windows after dark, and certain pieces draw their own favorite visitors. Keep an eye on it at dusk and night.
  • 🎃Little seasonal touches. The houses dress for the time of year, and a built mailbox might earn you the odd friendly surprise.
  • 🌿Buildable habitats. Rocks and grass are in the shop now (cheap, near the top) so you can shape the edges and draw rarer visitors.
  • 🌿Where to find it. Tap the 🌿 leaf button on the right to open the Living Yard panel. Its Neighborhood section is where you spend 🪙 to build and upgrade. A Hide neighborhood toggle sits at the bottom for a clean view.

Thanks for playing 🐦

🎮 Select Mini-Game

📤 Share Garden Layout

🪺 Tic-Tac-Crow

Click a cell to challenge the crow!

🎰 Feather Fortune

"Step right up! Shiny feathers in, shinier fortunes out!"

🔻

Click anywhere to continue...

A guide to your garden

Four small ideas, in order. Read the card, then tap it to see how that part of your garden is doing right now.

01 · SCATTER

Drop a handful of seeds.

Tap the 🌾 tool, then tap the ground. Birds will notice. You start with enough for a quiet morning.

TAP FOR YOUR STATUS →
a sweep yields 🌾🌾 + 🧪
02 · TEND

Sweep the leaves.

Buy a 🧹 broom from the shop. Sweeping fallen leaves gives you more seeds and compost — the garden pays you back for caring for it.

TAP FOR YOUR STATUS →
FRIEND
03 · BEFRIEND

Feed the same bird, twice.

Birds remember you. Feed one a few times and they level up — Visitor → Friend → Resident → Family. Higher levels mean more feathers.

TAP FOR YOUR STATUS →
SHOP 15 🪶 attracts robins a busier morning
04 · INVEST

Spend feathers on something for them.

The shop sells benches, feeders, trees — each one quietly attracts new species. Each small gift makes the garden a little busier.

TAP FOR YOUR STATUS →
That's enough. The rest you'll find by wandering.
05 · LIVE IN IT

Now just watch.

The Field Notes tab is there if you want them. Most of the joy is in noticing things you weren't told about.

If you ever feel stuck

TRY
Sweep until evening.
OR
Buy any tree from the shop.
OR
Wait for tomorrow.
IF STUCK

Three small unblocks.

No quest log, no nag. If a player is idle for > 4 minutes, this card surfaces gently in the corner.

An annotated picture of your yard. Tap any pin to learn what it does. Pins fade in as your garden grows.

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Things to learn about

Tap any numbered pin.

📓 Notebook

Tips and milestones you dismiss will gather here.

SAPLING YOUNG MATURE
NURSERY · TREES THAT DON'T DIE

Plant a sapling. Water it. Wait.

The Nursery grows trees from seeds. Once they're mature you transplant them, and they live in your garden permanently. It is the slowest, quietest part of the loop — and the bedrock of every late-game species you'll meet.

🎯 How to Play

A garden, a few birds. There are no timers. Stay as long as you like.

The loop:

  1. Scatter seeds. A handful on the ground; wait for the first chickadee.
  2. Feed the same bird twice. They remember you, and they level up — Visitor, Friend, Resident, Family.
  3. Tend the garden. Sweep the leaves, fill the feeders, plant a tree. Each small thing pays back in seeds, compost, and feathers.
  4. Build your flock. Friends become Companions. Companions can be sent on small errands.
  5. Expand a little at a time. The shop and nursery are there when you want them.

What you collect:

  • 🌾 Seeds. You start with a hundred. The garden gives you more when you tend to it.
  • 🪶 Feathers. The currency that buys you nicer things — feeders, baths, trees.
  • 🧪 Compost. Falls out of swept leaves; goes back into the nursery to help trees grow.
  • 🌟 Premium Seeds (5🪶). A small splurge. Birds notice the difference.
  • ✨ Gourmet Blend (12🪶). A bigger splurge. Even fussier birds will come.

Things you'll learn by doing them:

  • A broom is the first thing worth buying. Sweep the leaves and you'll find seeds underneath.
  • A clean garden is a busy one. After it rains, the swept paths sparkle.
  • Decorations bring birds in. Pick the ones you like the look of.
  • Friendship grows slowly, the way it does. The fifth visit feels different from the first.
  • Companions can run small errands while you sit. They come back with seeds.
  • The nursery grows trees that don't die. It's quietly the most important corner.

⚡ Quick Start

  • Keyboard: 1=Select, 2=Inspect, 3=Food, 4=Broom, M=Move | ←→ cycle same-species birds
  • Seeds🌾: Food costs seeds! Sweep leaves with broom to earn more
  • Companion Flock🦅: Befriend birds → they join flock → send on tasks for rewards!
  • Shop (🛒): Buy feeders, instruments, decorations, helpers
  • Logbook (📖): Track species, items, stats, and card collection
  • Menu (☰): Settings, screenshot, save, guide, mini-games
  • ESC Key: Close panels, or toggle clean view (hides all UI)
🔧 Tools Guide
  • 👆 Select (Key 1): The hand you reach with.
    • Tap a bird to learn its name.
    • Tap a tree to give it a gentle shake; seeds sometimes fall.
    • Tap a thought bubble (🌾💧) to point a bird where it needs to go.
  • 🔍 Inspect (Key 2): The way you ask, "what is that?"
    • Tap anything you're curious about. Most things in the garden have a story.
    • Birds tell you their friendship, their hunger, when you last fed them.
    • Twigs, nests, worms, puddles each have their place.
    • Feeders and birdhouses tell you who's home.
    • Droppings and dropped feathers are quiet hints to collect.
  • 🌾 Food (Key 3): Scatter and hand-feed.
    • Tap the ground to scatter a seed.
    • Tap a bird directly to hand-feed; they remember it.
    • Premium seeds bring fussier birds in.
  • 🧹 Broom (Key 4): Sweep, and the garden gives back.
    • One sweep clears whatever is in reach — leaves, scattered food, twigs, droppings.
    • Leaves give seeds and compost; sometimes a tree seed.
    • Twigs are nesting material for birds that build.
    • Droppings are richer compost, with a higher chance of tree seeds.
    • A clean garden brings more visitors.
  • 🗑️ Remove: Take a placed item back. You get half its feathers returned.
  • 🫳 Move (Key M): Shuffle the garden around.
    • Press M to enter; movable items glow.
    • Drag birdhouses, feeders, and decorations wherever they look better.
    • The cursor turns to a hand over anything you can pick up.
    • Press M again to set everything down.
🐦 Birds & Creatures
  • Behaviors: Flying, Perching, Hopping, Sleeping, Nesting, Feeding babies
  • Thought Bubbles: Click 🌾(hungry) or 💧(thirsty) to help birds find food/water
  • Hand-Feed: Use Food tool + click bird! Cooldown: Common 5m, Rare 12m, Legendary 20m
  • Friendship Levels: Sighting → Visitor → Friend → Resident → Family (higher = more feathers!)
  • Companion Flock: Slots unlock progressively (Visitor→Friend→Resident→Family)!
  • Family birds: Max friendship → sparkles + mates + babies
  • Helpers: Nutkin (feathers), Hoppy (water), Clocksworth (all), Dusty (cleans)
🌳 Environment & Trees
  • Trees UNLOCK BIRDS! Each tree type attracts specific species — check the Shop for 🐦 attraction labels!
  • Feeders & Decorations TOO! Nectar Feeder→Hummingbirds, Flower Pot→Finches, Birdbath→Bluebirds
  • Shop Trees: Instant! But CAN die if neglected - need rain/care
  • Nursery Trees: Grow from seeds → transplant → IMMORTAL in garden!
  • Habitat Hints: Check undiscovered birds in the Logbook — each shows what habitat they need with ✅/❌ progress!
  • Examples: Cherry/Nectar Feeder→Hummingbirds, Oak→Blue Jays, Pine→Chickadees
  • Shake Trees: Use Select tool + tap trees to shake them! May drop seeds, startles birds
  • Move Objects: Press M to toggle Move mode, then drag items to reposition
  • Weather: Rain heals trees, creates puddles. Check forecast!
  • Day/Night: Birds sleep at night. Owls and fireflies appear
  • Events: Meteor showers, eclipses, migrations, rare UFO visits
🎮 Mini-Games
  • Musical Memory (Flute): Watch the note pattern, repeat it back. Retries decrease as you level up!
  • Card Match (Drums): Match suit patterns (🪶🌸🍂🌰). Higher tiers let you bet feathers for 3x winnings!
  • Tic-Tac-Crow: Challenge a crow to tic-tac-toe! Answer bird trivia to place your O. Win=15🪶, Draw=5🪶
  • 🎰 Feather Fortune: 🎪 Step right up! Spin the carnival wheel, bet 1-10🪶! Robin(2x), Eagle(1.5x), Owl(3x), Peacock(5x JACKPOT!)
  • How to Start: Birds with 🎵 bubbles, Tic-Tac-Crow/Wheel in Menu after purchase
  • Streaks: Win consecutive instrument games for bonus feathers (up to +200%)
🎵 Songbook
  • Record Songs: Capture bird melodies to replay later
  • Wild Effects: Replay songs for rainbows, meteors, migrations!
  • Cursed Songs: Overplay a song (10+ times) and strange things happen... 🐜🛸🌑🌪️
  • Curse Effects: Ant invasion, UFO abduction, deep darkness, tree shuffle!
🦅 Companion Flock
  • Unlock: Befriend any bird to VISITOR level (15+ friendship points)
  • Access: Click the 🦅 button (appears after first companion joins)
  • Max: 4 birds (5 with Master Naturalist book). Birds fly off, return with rewards!
  • Investment: Tasks cost seeds to send - invest seeds, earn bigger rewards!
  • 🌾 Seeds 5🌾: 15-30 seeds | 🪶 Feathers 8🌾: 5-15 feathers
  • 🧪 Compost 6🌾: 3-8 compost | ✨ Treasure 15🌾: Mixed + rare seed!
  • 📕 Bird Allies Book Series (Shop):
  • 📕 Bird Allies (75🪶) - Unlock 4 advanced tasks
  • 📗 Field Notes (100🪶) - Tasks 20% faster
  • 📘 Migration (150🪶) - +25% task rewards
  • 📙 Master Naturalist (200🪶) - 5th companion slot
  • Advanced Tasks (need Bird Allies):
  • 🔭 Scout 20🌾: +5min rare spawn boost
  • ✉️ Messenger 18🌾: 25-50 seeds + 10-20 feathers
  • 🛡️ Guardian 15🌾: +20% cleanliness + seeds
  • 🍎 Harvest 25🌾: 40-80 seeds + rare seed chance
🌱 Nursery & Gardening
  • Unlock: Buy nursery access from shop to grow trees
  • Plant: Buy seeds → click plot → water & care for trees
  • Sweeping: Use broom (key 4) on leaves → get 1-3 seeds🌾 + compost🧪 each!
  • Compost: Fertilize trees in nursery + attracts more worms for birds!
  • Harvest: Transplant → tap where you want it → IMMORTAL tree!
  • Rare Seeds: Find rare tree seeds while sweeping or on Treasure Hunt tasks!
🌊 Wetland Zone
  • Unlock: 5,000 feathers from shop - separate ecosystem!
  • Birds: 12 water species (Mallard, Heron, Kingfisher, Crane, Flamingo...)
  • Features: Large pond, willows, cattails, lily pads, fish
  • Fish: Stock from shop, fish reproduce, diving birds hunt them
🃏 Card Collection & Combos
  • Earn cards: Friendship level-ups (100%) and mini-game wins (30-60%)
  • 4 Suits: 🪶Feathers, 🌸Blossoms, 🍂Leaves, 🌰Acorns - 52 total
  • Bonuses: 13 cards (+10%🪶), 26 (+1 retry), 39 (+10% visits), 52 (+25%🪶)
  • Card Plays: Uses per day based on Ornithologist rank (1-6/day)
  • Multi-Select: Click cards in logbook to select, then Play for combo effects!
  • Poker Hands: Four of a Kind, Straight Flush, Full House, Flush, Straight, Three of a Kind
  • Special Combos: Royal Court (J+Q+K), Double Aces - unique visual effects!
  • Combo Creatures: Lucky clover, deer, fox, bunnies, peacock, shooting stars...
🪟 Window & Features
  • Window Sill: Toggle for cozy indoor view - birds appear 3x larger!
  • Curtains: Click to cycle styles. Birds under curtains for depth
  • Clock: 24-hour display with weather forecast. Birds perch on numbers!
  • Share: Export layout OR full save to share with friends! (📤 button)
  • Easter Eggs: Gameboy (day 30+), mushroom mode, wind chimes, UFOs
  • 📻 Vintage Radio (Shop): Ambient music stations! 📻=radio vol, 🐦=bird sounds, 🌧️=rain ambience. Click speaker for bird visualizer!
  • ✨ HD Mode (Display Options): GPU-accelerated shaders! Smooth sky gradients, animated pond water, volumetric rain & snow, glowing fireflies. Toggle in menu display options

That's enough. The rest you'll find by wandering. 🌿

📖 Garden Diary

A chronicle of life in your garden ecosystem.

Day 0

📜 Recent Events

Your garden story will appear here as events unfold...

🐦 Bird Families

Bird lineages will be tracked here...

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🌿 LIVING YARD

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Biodiversity

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species seen this session
Active birds0
Active nests0
Baby birds0

Composition

Nearby habitats0
A nearby habitat is a tree with both a rock and a grass patch close by. Birds love that mix — each one gives uncommon and rare birds a better chance to visit. Spread rocks and grass across different trees to make more (the map circles them in green).
Trees / Rocks / Grass0 / 0 / 0
Flat rocks (lizard-ready)0
Seed-head grass0
Flowers0

Neighborhood

0 🪙 balance · +1/day

    Ecosystem Milestones

    🦎 Lizard sightings0
    🐿️ Chipmunk visits0
    🦋 Butterflies seen0
    🍂 Leaves swept0
    🪶 Feathers collected0
    🦅 Migration waves greeted0

    Hallmarks

      Right Now

      🦎 Lizards basking0
      🐿️ Chipmunks active0
      🐝 Bees pollinating0
      🦋 Butterflies in flight0
      🐦 Birds in flight0

      Today's Weather

      Mood—
      Tomorrow—
      Season—
      Day in season— / 20
      Time of day—
      Weather—

      Top Visitor

      Most-seen species—
      Visits—

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      📖 Aviary Logbook

      0/5 discovered 🔍 Novice Birdwatcher

      Getting Started

      • Scatter seeds (🌾) to attract birds
      • Click birds to observe and build friendship
      • Sweep leaves (🧹) to earn seeds
      • Earn feathers from resident birds to buy upgrades

      Friendship Stages

      • 🔍 Sighting (0-14) — New visitor
      • 👋 Visitor (15-34) — Returns often, can join Flock
      • 💚 Friend (35-59) — Stays longer
      • 🏠 Resident (60-84) — Produces feathers!
      • 👨‍👩‍👧 Family (85-100) — Can breed

      Tools

      • 👆 Select — Click birds, trees, items
      • 🔍 Inspect — View ecosystem info
      • 🌾 Food — Scatter seeds or hand-feed birds
      • 🧹 Broom — Sweep leaves for seeds (streaks earn bonuses!)

      Tips

      • Plant trees from the Shop to attract perching birds
      • Build a nest with twigs to enable breeding
      • Unlock the Wetland zone for water birds
      • Watch birds longer to observe them and unlock bird facts
      • Press 1-4 to switch tools quickly
      • Enable ✨ HD Mode in display options for GPU-enhanced sky, water, rain, snow & firefly glow

      🛒 Garden Shop

      🦅 Companion Flock

      Send trusted friends on tasks to gather resources!

      No companions yet!

      Birds at VISITOR level (15+ friendship) can join your flock.

      🎵 Songbook

      🎵 Birds sing when happy (85%+) and friendly (60%+).
      Click to record their unique songs!

      🌱 Tree Nursery

      🌈 Perfect Weather! 45:00
      Plot Options
      🌳 Grown: 0 💧 Compost: 0 🪶 Earned: 0
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