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- You Are a Bird
New more accurate flight controls, land on tree branches, fancy realtime GI.
New controls, play the tutorial! Changes New flight controls for Roll/Yaw that more accurately fit bird flight mechanics into the limits of 3-tracker VR. The old way of rolling was too far off from how birds actually ro…
Patch notes12 changesFixGameplay - You Are a Bird
Fixed game not launching. You may need to verify game files.
Issue with Steam launch config is fixed. Play button will now start the correct executable. You may need to verify game files for this change to apply: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/0C48-FCBD-DA71-93EB
Announcement1 changeFix - You Are a Bird
The Big Update is here.
A complete rewrite of You Are a Bird in Unreal Engine 5. Massive quality improvement in all areas. Realtime procgen is out in favor of much more detailed 56 square km island. The "beta" branch has been disabled as it's…
Announcement1 changeCompatibility - You Are a Bird
Beta Update 3
How to opt into the Beta In your Library: Right click You Are A Bird Click Properties Click Betas Choose beta from the Beta Participation dropdown Close Properties Wait for the update to complete. If the Beta is not wor…
Patch notes16 changesFixCompatibility - You Are a Bird
Beta Update 2
Changes Camera now locked to the bird's skeleton instead of the other way around for more accurate bird movement. Move your head up and down to peck at things on the ground while landed. Reduced unwanted flapping just f…
Patch notes11 changesGameplayPerformance - You Are a Bird
Beta Update 1
Changes Catch rabbits with your claws and carry them away. Can't eat them yet. Control your claws with left grip and right grip. Fast forward time from the pop-up menu. More dynamic wing physics and animation Bird's hea…
Patch notes8 changesFixGameplay - You Are a Bird
Unreal Engine 5 Beta
I spent the past 100,000,000 years remaking YAaB in Unreal Engine 5 and you can try it ~right now~ Beta features Expect bugs and performance issues at this stage. Calibration eliminated! Better wing controls: roll natur…
Patch notes26 changesCompatibility - You Are a Bird
You Are A Bird - Massive World Update
Added roll to the flight system, squeeze your triggers to gently roll to either side. Flight math re-written for smoother flight and better control. Added infinite procedural world generation. World regenerates from a f…
Announcement8 changesGameplayPerformance - You Are a Bird
April update is here!
Hey friends, the April update is here! It took a ton of work to get this running but there's finally a new massive island to build the rest of the game on. IMPORTANT NOTE: Your settings and calibration from previous ver…
Announcement4 changesGameplay - You Are a Bird
You Are A Bird - v0.1.1 Update
Excited to finally get the first update out to you! Please try it out and let me know what you think, many of these and a lot more in-progress changes come from player feedback. Content Day-night Cycle - 24 hour cycle w…
Announcement5 changesUI/audioGameplay
