Songbird Symphony by TheBookSnail

made by TheBookSnail for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

My birdsong brings all the birds to the branch.

Draw out the birdsong notation as accurate as you can to summon other birds. The more accurate, the higher the score. Play on your phone!

Controls:

• Click/Touch and drag to draw the symbols then release for each highlighted section

Score is based on accuracy of how well you drew inside the lines as well as how close you matched the shape. If you draw an exact match but not in the lines, you still get points.

Code: GameMaker Studio 2

Art: Aseprite

Link	https://thebooksnail.itch.io/songbirdsymphony
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/songbird-symphony

Ratings

Overall	610^th	3.542⭐	26🧑‍⚖️
Fun	521^th	3.5⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	52^th	4.14⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Theme	1192^th	2.318⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	851^th	3.28⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Mood	393^th	3.78⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Given		15🗳️	11🗨️

Feedback

rosypenguin

16. Apr 2024 · 09:26 UTC

Finally a game made for mobile! Cute game, nice sounds, good level progression and good replayability!

LDJam user 237261

16. Apr 2024 · 09:36 UTC

Cute idea and I like the minimalistic graphics! I just don't see the summoning theme in it!

🎤 TheBookSnail

16. Apr 2024 · 12:45 UTC

@save-sloth-studios, the original idea was do have other birds be attracted by your good singing and would fly away if you did bad. the better you did the more potential mates you would "summon". that ended up being cut due to time :slight_frown:

Fataljg

16. Apr 2024 · 13:03 UTC

bird song are soothing but timer is more and more stressful ! Really cute game, I like the mood

Spica

16. Apr 2024 · 13:48 UTC

Haha that's a very nice concept! Last 2 birbs were too funny xD
I can see this as a game that can teach you some trivia about different bird sounds, as well as teach you to draw more accurate strokes, just great!

shaved-viking

16. Apr 2024 · 13:54 UTC

Nice little game. Not my cup of tea but well executed, graphics are on point and so is the sound design. Good job!

kuggenhoffen

16. Apr 2024 · 13:54 UTC

Cool idea, I could see hardcore version of this where after a while you don't get the shape anymore and have to remember the sounds and their shape :laughing:

LDJam user 336560

16. Apr 2024 · 18:41 UTC

Osu for non weebs :D

Arthurds

16. Apr 2024 · 19:37 UTC

![Screenshot 2024-04-16 163656.png](///raw/3de/c2/z/63d4e.png)

Wouter52

17. Apr 2024 · 19:58 UTC

What a fun game! Very innovating also. Did you record the sounds yourself? As I don't see an option to rate sound here. One suggestion I have is putting the name of the bird somewhere more obvious, as this is an opportunity for the player to learn some bird-facts :-)

LDJam user 258850

17. Apr 2024 · 22:09 UTC

awesome game snail ^^

![image_2024-04-17_230936419.png](///raw/223/f3/z/6438c.png)

braktheman

21. Apr 2024 · 20:21 UTC

This is a really clever concept. The engine works and replicating the bird sounds has a nice ambient feel to it. Perfect game for mobile.

Great work!

Choisicles

21. Apr 2024 · 20:47 UTC

I like how simple and novel this is! Also +1 to everyone saying that it's great that this can be played on mobile.

Wendel Scardua

21. Apr 2024 · 21:03 UTC

![Captura de tela 2024-04-21 175407.png](///raw/bdb/1/z/64a59.png)

Great game, but where's Lucky Lefty? (just kidding)

Funny how one of the bird has music even on their scientific name (Song sparrow /
Melospiza melodia), very appropriate for this game :)

Papaver

21. Apr 2024 · 21:05 UTC

Oooh birds, I like birds! Original game idea, and awesome that you can play it on a phone. My highscore was 4.60 on my phone and 4.83 on my laptop (with trackpad).
Really cute, but somehow I did miss some more gameplay elements. Like maybe remembering the sound shapes?

Good job!

LDJam user 308298

21. Apr 2024 · 21:16 UTC

Nice! Thats an unusual idea. For me, it didnt provide enough challenge.

Jennyhe

21. Apr 2024 · 21:54 UTC

Cool to play at mobile phone!

tucan

22. Apr 2024 · 03:47 UTC

This is a really nice idea! I really enjoyed your game with the bird songs feels very relaxing! Good job!

johnnysix

22. Apr 2024 · 20:14 UTC

Very cool! I live out in the stix so I have love hate relationship with some birds, especially owls :owl:

I played on the phone for the full experience. If you continued to develop, it'd be cool to have a speed element to the stokes, as well as accuracy. If the up strokes are fast, the down are slow or something, for extra challenge.

https://youtu.be/7vRWtpeRgnc

LeReveur

23. Apr 2024 · 03:34 UTC

Well, I ended with 4.46/5, and yet I have failed once or twice :grin:
I like to watch out for the birds coming in my garden, trying to recognize them well, and some of their songs - so this game was made typically for people like me ha ha - good job!

Tetrergeru

23. Apr 2024 · 19:02 UTC

Nice game! I used graphic pad to play — felt really nice :D Even replayed couple of times to get higher score

It would be awesome, if successful drawings produced a complete song.

![photo_2024-04-23_20-54-38.jpg](///raw/c8a/45/z/64bc8.jpg)

cassowary

03. May 2024 · 17:38 UTC

Cute idea! I like that it's also playable on phones! I wish that it did a little bit more with your input rather than just scoring it, to add some more dynamic interactivity to it. I really liked when the birdsong diagrams just started going crazy, haha.