

Explore lots of bird-sized parks, with simple controls familiar to any pro skating tiny hawk. I can't put my finger on exactly what but I didn't get along with this one which is a shame. Birds will come check out your park, help you find more parks, and together you'll (somehow) fix Big Friend's life Above all else, skate birds try their best. Playing for a while gives quite the headache thanks to that.įor how tight and small the areas are the speed, controls and physics just seem all out of balance. What is cooler than an adorable bird popping kickflips on a miniature skateboard Nothing that's what.

I particularly strongly dislike the depth of field effect which feels too strong for how small the areas are - which is not currently possible to turn off which seems like a big release oversight to me. First 12 minutes of Office level gameplay of SkateBIRD. Above all else, skate birds try their best. The camera and the controls are more of a nuisance than anything. It's not especially bad it's just not exactly great either. The little birds are wonderful and it looks pretty good overall but the most important part, the actual skating, it doesn't do particularly well.
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“ We are thrilled the console and PC communities finally get the chance to drop in and get skating!”Īs a game, it's ridiculously cute. “As a small indie studio, the journey to launching on multiple platforms isn’t always the easiest one, but our community and fans have been instrumental in supporting us every step of the way,” said Megan Fox, founder, Glass Bottom Games.

SkateBIRD was crowdfunded on Kickstarter back in 2019 where it managed to raise $67,220. Composer Nathan Madsen’s use of everything from old-style vocal samples and vocoders, to even the chirps of birds, provides a real zest to each sound, making for a very satisfying. Glass Bottom previously developed titles including Hot Tin Roof, Spartan Fist, and Jones on Fire. The whole premise of SkateBIRD is pretty adorable, with a scenario designed and written by Strange Scaffold’s Xalavier Nelson Jr., who created An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs. SkateBIRD’s self-dubbed ‘lofi bird-hop’ soundtrack is fueled with all sorts of instrumental elements that create a suitably funky backing to your grind. Truthfully, I came to this game with a single hope in mind: to be a bird on a board, at peace with the world. View cookie preferences.ĭeveloped by Glass Bottom Games, an independent game developer based in Seattle USA. SkateBIRD is here to bring this brilliant idea to life. YouTube videos require cookies, you must accept their cookies to view.
