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Bird Feeder

A cozy idle bird-watching game that lives just above your taskbar.

Get on with your day, and real birds of the Pacific Northwest drop by to visit. Glance down now and then: a chickadee at the tray, a jay after the peanuts, maybe a new page waiting in your Bird Book.

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Coming soon on Steam · Windows 10 and 11

44 birds of the Pacific Northwest to get to know, and 2 rare strays you may never meet. Each newcomer leaves you a sealed page: open it to find a portrait, field notes and gentle clues to what it likes.

Once you have heard a bird in the garden, its page plays that song or call again, with a sonogram to follow along.

Animation: the Bird Book open on a Varied Thrush page; its call plays while a playhead runs across the sonogram, then a sealed page is opened.

Set out a little food and see who comes. Every visit earns stars for more food, feeders and garden pieces.

  • Sunflower seedchickadees, finches and sparrows
  • Peanutsjays and nuthatches
  • Suetwoodpeckers and bushtits
  • Nectarhummingbirds
  • Mealwormsrobins, wrens and thrushes

The crow, for the record, is not fussy.

Animation: birds fly in to the feeders in the garden strip one by one, and a star pops up as a visit pays out.

Click a bird and it calls back. Stroke it slowly and the view leans in close, with little hearts. Every bird has its own temperament: some lean into your hand, and the shy ones need a softer touch.

Animation: a click moves the view in close to an American Robin; a slow stroke on its back brings hearts.

Field cards are little seasonal goals in your Bird Book, like "See a Northern Flicker on the lawn on 3 days." A couple tuck themselves in each season. Finish one and it gets the season's stamp, and a step toward three Steam achievements.

The Cards page of the Bird Book: a finished spring card with a Northern Flicker, and the list of open and done cards.

Plant a madrone or a Douglas-fir, then press G and set everything just so, right down to the gnome. Each season lasts a week: soft rain or snow on the pine, a speckled fledgling begging for worms, and your lantern glowing on the lawn at dusk.

Been away a while? A little postcard tells you who came by.

Animation: the same garden view in spring, summer, autumn rain at dusk and a snowy winter night.

  • No timers

    No chores and no punishment for being away.

  • No internet

    No account either. It just runs.

  • Soft music

    Press M to hush it. Reduced Motion and volume sliders are in Settings.

  • Light

    About 2% of one CPU core and about 200 MB of memory in our tests.

Screenshots

A Windows desktop with the Bird Feeder strip along the bottom, just above the taskbar, full of birds, trees and feeders.
1/9 The garden lives in a strip above your taskbar. Full size
Birds at the feeders earn stars: two star pop-ups float over a pine, a towhee and a sparrow feed on the ground.
2/9 Set out food and earn stars from every visit. Full size
A close view of a Steller's Jay at a red feeder tray, with its name tag and pink hearts above it as it is petted.
3/9 Pet the birds. Each one has its own temperament. Full size
The Bird Book open on the Pileated Woodpecker page, with a portrait, its call and a grid of found and unfound birds.
4/9 Fill the Bird Book, one sealed page at a time. Full size
The same desktop at dusk: the strip glows in warm evening colours above the taskbar.
5/9 Dusk falls on the garden while you work. Full size
The shop panel open above the strip, showing mealworms for 3000 stars and the birds they attract.
6/9 Spend stars on foods, feeders and garden items. Full size
Arrange mode in autumn: a red alder is lifted by the pointer, with a gnome, a bench and a madrone nearby.
7/9 Arrange your trees, shrubs and decor. Full size
The garden at night: a Barred Owl sits on top of a post, small birds roost in a pine and a lantern glows on the lawn.
8/9 At night, small birds roost and an owl may call. Full size
A snowy winter day on the shore: snow falls on the lawn, a dark seabird stands on a piling and birds float on the water.
9/9 Four seasons, with rain and snow. Full size

Trailer

Bird Feeder trailer poster: "A tiny garden above your taskbar" over a pixel-art garden strip with a sign that reads Our Garden.

Trailer coming soon

Bird Feeder was made with AI. The game's code, the pixel art (every bird, prop and background) and the in-game text (species notes, tips and menus) were written or drawn by AI agents (Claude Code). The music was generated with ElevenLabs (Eleven Music). Every sound effect and bird call is synthesized in code written by AI agents; the bird calls were tuned against measurements of real recordings, and no recording ships in the game. All of this content was made before release and ships inside the game. Nothing is generated while you play, and the game has no live AI features.

Details

Game

Release dateComing soon
PriceTBA
PlatformWindows 10 and 11 (64-bit), on Steam
DeveloperVerdiana Games
PublisherVerdiana Games
LanguagesEnglish

System requirements

OSWindows 10 or 11, 64-bit
ProcessorDual-core 64-bit CPU
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsGraphics card with OpenGL 3.3 support
DirectXVersion 11
Storage250 MB available space
NotesRuns as a thin window above the taskbar. In our 10-minute test runs it used about 2% of one CPU core and about 200 MB of memory. Mouse only.

Questions

What is Bird Feeder?

Bird Feeder is a cozy idle bird-watching game for Windows. It runs as a thin strip of garden above the taskbar, where real birds of the Pacific Northwest visit a Seattle shoreline garden while you work. You set out food, pet the birds, fill a Bird Book with 44 species and arrange your garden.

Which platforms is Bird Feeder on?

Bird Feeder is coming to Steam for Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit). macOS and Linux are not part of this release.

When does Bird Feeder come out, and what will it cost?

The release date and the price have not been announced yet. Wishlist Bird Feeder on Steam to be told when it launches.

Does Bird Feeder need an internet connection or an account?

No. Bird Feeder plays offline, with no accounts and no online features.

Will Bird Feeder slow down my computer?

It is designed to sit quietly beside your work. In our 10-minute test runs it used about 2% of one CPU core and about 200 MB of memory.

What are field cards?

Field cards are small seasonal goals in your Bird Book, like 'See a Northern Flicker on the lawn on 3 days.' A couple appear each season. Finish one and it gets that season's stamp, and a step toward three Steam achievements.

Are there timers or penalties for being away?

No. There are no timers, no chores and no punishment for being away. When you come back, a postcard shows who visited.

Was Bird Feeder made with AI?

Yes. The code, the pixel art and the in-game text were written or drawn by AI agents, the music was generated with an AI music tool, and the sounds and bird calls are synthesized in code. Everything was made before release; nothing is generated while you play. The full disclosure is on this page.

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