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🌱 Day 1
v2.1.2
🎮 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
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🐦 Backyard Birds 🐦

Hello and welcome to Backyard Birds!

v2.1.2

🎮 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...

🌿 Garden View Ecosystem

🎯 How to Play

A relaxing birdwatching experience. No pressure, no timers - just you and the birds.

The Loop:

  1. Attract birds → Use 🌾 Food tool to drop seeds (costs seeds🌾)
  2. Build friendships → Feed same birds repeatedly to level up (5 levels!)
  3. Earn resources → Sweep leaves for seeds🌾 & compost🧪, collect feathers🪶
  4. Build your flock → 1st bird at Visitor, then Friend, Resident, Family!
  5. Expand your garden → Buy upgrades, unlock nursery, discover wetland zone

Resources:

  • 🌾 Seeds: Start with 100. Spend to feed birds. Earn by sweeping leaves (1-3 per leaf)
  • 🪶 Feathers: Main currency. Earn from birds, mini-games, milestones
  • 🧪 Compost: Earn by sweeping. Use in Nursery to boost tree growth
  • 🌟 Premium Seeds (5🪶): 10 uses, +75% happiness! Toggle in menu, auto-depletes
  • ✨ Gourmet Blend (12🪶): 10 uses, +150% happiness! Toggle in menu, auto-depletes

Tips for New Players:

  • Buy a Broom first - sweep leaves for seeds🌾 & compost🧪!
  • Cleanliness Bonuses: 85%+ = more birds (after 3 species), 90%+ after rain = +15% feathers!
  • Buy Decorations early - they boost bird happiness permanently
  • Befriend birds progressively to join your flock (each slot needs higher level!)
  • Send Companions on tasks for passive seed/feather/compost income
  • Unlock the Nursery to grow immortal trees from seeds

⚡ 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 Tool (Key 1): Your main interaction tool
    • Tap birds to discover species & see info
    • Tap trees to shake them (drops seeds)
    • Tap thought bubbles (🌾💧) to guide birds
  • 🔍 Inspect Tool (Key 2): Learn about your ecosystem
    • Click ANY creature or object for detailed info
    • Birds: See friendship, hunger, feeding stats
    • Twigs, nests, worms, puddles: Ecosystem roles
    • Feeders, birdhouses: Occupancy & capacity
    • Droppings, feathers: Collection hints
  • 🌾 Food Tool (Key 3): Feed your birds
    • Click ground to drop seeds (costs 1🌾)
    • Click directly on birds to hand-feed (+bonus friendship!)
    • Premium seeds give extra happiness boosts
  • 🧹 Broom (Key 4): Clean & collect resources
    • Single-click: Sweep leaves → 1-3 seeds🌾 + compost🧪
    • Double-click: Clear food items
    • Triple-click: Sweep twigs (nesting material)
    • Cleanliness affects bird attraction!
  • 🗑️ Remove: Remove placed items (50% feather refund)
  • 🫳 Move Tool (Key M): Reposition your garden items
    • Toggle move mode to see highlighted movable items
    • Drag birdhouses, feeders, decorations to reposition
    • Hand cursor shows when hovering over movable item
    • Press M again to exit move mode
🐦 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

Relax. Watch. Enjoy. 🌿

📖 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...

🌾 100
🪶 0
🧪 0
📦 Click to place item

📖 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

Spend feathers on garden upgrades

🦅 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
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🌳 Grown: 0 💧 Compost: 0 🪶 Earned: 0
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