Ian Harrower Games is proud to present a new software add-on game for Multimorphic’s P3 Pinball Platform.
Grab your camera gear and head to the field. Bird Watcher is a relaxing timed add-on game. You play as a twitcher (a person who is very keen on finding and watching rare birds). Your goal is just that, find and photograph the birds that appear. Beware, you have limited time before your camera runs out of battery.
Can you fill your bird book?
Game Features
- Timed gameplay is accessible to players of any skill level.
- Works on all production P3 modules as of Sept 2024.
- 17 custom modeled low poly birds
- Featuring a local bird for each production P3 module.
- Special uncommon and rare birds to collect.
- A few surprises for you to discover.
- 3D environments and birds rendered in realtime.
- Backbox shows viewfinder that tracks the birds.
- Roll over the birds to snap a photograph using the ball-tracking capability of the P3.
- Bird Book that maintains your collection across games. Can you fill your bird book?
Play On All Modules
Bird Watcher is designed to work on all production P3 modules as of Sept 2024. Currently supported modules are CCR, CL, Drained, Heist, LL-EE, WAMONH, FR and TPB. Each features a unique environment inspired by the module theme and a local bird that is more likely to appear in that environment.
Collection Maintained in Player Profile
Collecting photos is a main feature of the game. If you play logged into a profile, your Bird Book will track all the birds you have seen and photographed across all games. There are even some surprises to collect.
Purchasing Bird Watcher
Bird Watcher is available for the Multimorphic P3 Pinball Platform. To order the game visit the Multimorphic store.
Trailer
What are people saying?
Bird Watcher is a enchanting game, offering a uniquely tranquil experience on the P3. Its delightful focus on collecting diverse birds creates an engaging gameplay loop, making it a peaceful gem amidst the chaos of other modern day pinball titles. -- Dani C |
The first third-party game on a third-party playfield module, Bird Watcher from Ian Harrower Games brings even more value to Drained owners. Aside from the unique graphical landscape, lightshows, gameplay elements, and themed flying creature, Drained offers Bird Watcher players a unique soundscape. I have loved my time with Bird Watcher on Drained - filling out my bird book has been an addicting exercise, and the care and attention to detail in Bird Watcher are evident from the first photo captured. I look forward to watching family collect photos and fill their own books, sharing in their excitement and wonder with each new bird call. -- Nicholas Baldridge of For Amusement Only Games. |
It’s super addicting. This is definitely gonna be a family favorite for sure, tons of fun. -- Dave S |
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Supporting Nature Conservancy of Canada
Bird Watcher is inspired by the joys of nature. We live in an era of large-scale biodiversity loss and climate change and we feel strongly that purposeful action is required. In support of this goal, for every sale of Bird Watcher in 2023, Ian Harrower Games will donate $20 to the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Although I will not be disclosing the total sales of the game, I will post in January after the donation confirming it has happened.
Credits
Game concept and implementation by Ian Harrower
Based on code from Bird Watcher Tutorial by Op3nPinball and P3SA by Multimorphic, Inc.
Music
Celebrate Life
Nicolas Jeudy, Dark Fantasy Studio
Day zero a thousand dreams
Nicolas Jeudy, Dark Fantasy Studio
A good life
Nicolas Jeudy, Dark Fantasy Studio
Sounds
This game uses these sounds from freesound
- “woodland_kingfisher.wav” by soundbytez licensed under CC BY 3.0
- Additional sounds from freesound licensed under CC0
Thank You
I want to thank Multimorphic, Inc for creating the P3 platform, and all of the help over the years as I developed my various projects leading up to this game.
The P3 Owners and Fans discord and everyone who helped with various questions and ideas, especially in the 3P Dev Forum.
Nicholas Baldridge of For Amusement Only Games. Nick has helped me more times than I can count on my projects and has been a constant positive motivation to actually make progress.
Special thank you to my beta testers: Dani Curlik, Nicholas Baldridge, Ryan Kuiper, and Parnell Lutz. They provided valuable feedback that helped shape the final game.
Licenses
This game uses these sounds from freesound:
“woodland_kingfisher.wav” by soundbytez licensed under CC BY 3.0
“bird_black headed oriole_call_1” by 1LOVE License: Attribution 4.0
“Peregrine_Falcon_1.wav” by digifishmusic License: Attribution 4.0
Additional sounds from freesound licensed under CC0
Bird Watcher Tutorial licensed under MIT License
Copyright 2022 Ian Harrower
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