Birdsong

Developer / Publisher: Daniel Linssen

Dec 9, 2014

Visual

1-Bit
pixel
side scroll

Structure

ability gated
interconnected map
Semi-Linear

Features

accessibility

Sub-Genre

Micro / Mini

Summary

It's finally time to leave the nest. The whole wide world sprawls out before you(conveniently squeezed into just one screen), waiting to be explored. Can you learn to fly?

Last updated August 08, 2026

Where to play

- Windows
- Mac
- Web
- itch.io

Resources

Links

IGDB

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- exploration
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- interconnected map
- side scroll
- Micro / Mini
- Semi-Linear
- Differences
- unofficial
- item gated
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- interconnected map
- 1-Bit
- pixel
- side scroll
- Micro / Mini
- Semi-Linear
- Differences
- exploration
- item gated
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- pixel
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- accessibility
- Micro / Mini
- Differences
- exploration
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