

The environments are built like a maze the earlier stages are easy to traverse, while the later ones tend to have many branching paths and offer chances to explore. The other part of Songbird Symphony is exploring platforming bits in between the musical numbers. A score tallies all of the notes hit and missed, grading the player with A, B, C, or D depending on how accurately they stayed in time. After two or three verses of this, the song moves into its final movement, throws in a variety of crazy rhythm variations, and ends. The notes stay in tune with the overall music, but can also vary in style slightly. Uncle Pea sings a ditty, then a small adagio, followed by a matching rhythm section. Collecting the musical notes will advance the story, and finish out Birb’s journey of finding his real family.ĭuring that first jam session, players will deal with a three-part song, and this sets the pace for every encounter Birb meets along the way. After collecting the first song note, though, I realized that six buttons total are given to musical notes. None of the other buttons do anything at first. Right away, the controls for little Birb are simple: move, jump, hover, and sing a little note. This day he decides to find the answers on his own and heads off. He confronts Uncle Pea after a jam session, and to Birb’s disappointment, he gets no answers.

Nonetheless, he grows up with a happy disposition and a love for dancing and singing. Little Birb grows up with Uncle Pea all his life, wary of the looks he gets from other peacocks. On a rainy night, a peacock finds a newly hatched bird. There is no objectionable content in this game. Parts of the game shine, while others fall flat. The Joysteak Studios title truly is, in a few meanings of the word, a symphony. Along the way he gathers special musical notes, meets other birds, and discovers the truth to his missing identity. Songbird Symphony, the flagship game by Joysteak Studios, is an action/rhythm platformer starring an adorable bird named Birb, on an adventure to find his parents.
