Zelda’s skyboxes were a huge inspiration to me, so that comparison means a lot! I spent a decent chunk of development time trying to figure out how to implement an old-school skybox (as opposed to the more modern panoramic sky Godot offers by default), so I’m happy it worked out. Thank you very much for playing!

Thank you for playing! I was shooting for an open ended experience where the player could find the clues in any order, but like you said, finding the hatchling early on kills the tension. That said, the hatchling clue in particular might’ve spoiled the mood regardless of when it was found. I appreciate your feedback!

Thank you for playing and for your kind words! I’m sorry about the egg, between the poor collision near the grass ledge and how dark it gets, I think that’s one of the unintentionally tougher clues to find. And I’m glad to hear you liked the graphics, all of those old-school effects (affine mapping, dithering, etc.) are from MenacingMecha’s Godot PSX Shader Demo.

Thank you, it makes me so happy to hear such nice comments about Birdwatcher! I owe a lot of the camera’s functionality to Chafmere’s Digital Camera Demo, especially getting screenshots to display in the field notebook.

I’m glad you enjoyed the atmosphere, that last scene was arranged towards the end of the jam, so I was nervous that it would’ve been a weaker part of the game. Thank you for playing!

Thank you very much, I consider that high praise given all the great entries this jam received! Getting the skybox to work was a relatively recent discovery to me, so I’m glad that it helped to enhance the atmosphere.

I’m happy to hear it, thank you for playing and for your nice comment!

Thank you for playing and for your feedback! I’m sorry about the lighting, looking at it now, the night definitely gets way too dark to see. This will be fixed this in the post-jam update; I’ll make the nighttime ambient light brighter and extend the day into night cycle so the sunset will last a bit longer.

Thank you very much, I’m happy to hear you got a kick out of the ducks! Funny enough, they’re a bit of repurposed content from earlier in the jam when “Birdwatcher” was more of a nature photography game instead of a horror game.