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Steam News2 March 20264mo ago

Bug Fixes and Maintnenance

Hey birders! We've got another Demo Update. This is a small-ish update that's mostly just refinements and fixes. Major Features: We made a bunch of changes to how ratings work... again.

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Hey birders! We've got another Demo Update. This is a small-ish update that's mostly just refinements and fixes.

What changed

1 fix1 addition1 change4 removals
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Fixes
addedWe made a bunch of changes to how ratings work... again. Each bird now has custom tuning that determine it's "size" and "center" and various other parameters. 3 star photos on Canada Goose In Flight and a Soaring Osprey should be more consistent now. Your Guidebook should maintain it's existing ratings.
removed3rd Person Mode is now bound to F5 (no longer needs a console command!), can be rebound in the settings
removed"Birds Identifier" Upgrade no longer requires the bird to be alone in frame, it now picks the bird that is biggest and most centered. It's also just more generous in general so you see it activate more often.
changedThere is now a volume slider for just bird SFX (this includes whistles). So you can mute the whole game except for the birds.
fixedFixed alignment on a bunch of bird sprites
removedBuying all of the Film upgrades no longer makes the upgrade screen un-navigable on controller.

Flock Around changes

addedWe made a bunch of changes to how ratings work... again. Each bird now has custom tuning that determine it's "size" and "center" and various other parameters. 3 star photos on Canada Goose In Flight and a Soaring Osprey should be more consistent now. Your Guidebook should maintain it's existing ratings.
removed3rd Person Mode is now bound to F5 (no longer needs a console command!), can be rebound in the settings
removed"Birds Identifier" Upgrade no longer requires the bird to be alone in frame, it now picks the bird that is biggest and most centered. It's also just more generous in general so you see it activate more often.
changedThere is now a volume slider for just bird SFX (this includes whistles). So you can mute the whole game except for the birds.
fixedFixed alignment on a bunch of bird sprites

Major Features:

  • We made a bunch of changes to how ratings work... again.

    • Each bird now has custom tuning that determine it's "size" and "center" and various other parameters. 3 star photos on Canada Goose In Flight and a Soaring Osprey should be more consistent now.

    • Your Guidebook should maintain it's existing ratings.

Minor Features

  • 3rd Person Mode is now bound to F5 (no longer needs a console command!), can be rebound in the settings

  • "Birds Identifier" Upgrade no longer requires the bird to be alone in frame, it now picks the bird that is biggest and most centered. It's also just more generous in general so you see it activate more often.

  • There is now a volume slider for just bird SFX (this includes whistles). So you can mute the whole game except for the birds.

Fixes

  • Fixed alignment on a bunch of bird sprites

  • Buying all of the Film upgrades no longer makes the upgrade screen un-navigable on controller.

  • Reset Keybinds no longer clears all of your keybinds (only affected first-time players).

Source

Steam News / 2 March 2026

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