A river of paper birds sweeping through the ink

Your weapon is a thousand paper birds.

Ink has spilled across the dusk sky. Fly a golden lead crane and a river of folded paper birds streams behind you. Sweep it through the ink to tear it apart, surge to shatter shots, and gather wild birds to grow a longer, deadlier river. Cross three skies and bring the dawn back.

Features

  • A flock of up to 3,000 birds, simulated on your GPU. Your flock is your weapon and your life.
  • Three skies: Dusk, Storm and the Hollow Crown, each with its own mood, enemies and weather.
  • Three bosses with learnable patterns: the Mother of Ink, the Crow King and the Hollow Crown.
  • Gifts of the wind: pick one of three upgrades between skies. 10 to discover.
  • Chain kills into rising chimes, and hit FRENZY to turn your river gold.
  • Runs take about 5 minutes. Beat your best score.

Controls

WASD / arrow keys: fly
Space: surge (tear through ink, shatter shots)
Esc: pause · M: mute
Gamepad supported.

AI disclosure

Made with AI assistance: the code, the procedural visuals and sound (all generated by that code, no image or audio models) and the text were written with Claude. The page art is composed from real gameplay captures.

Updated 3 hours ago
Published 1 day ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 2.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Authorraxeris
GenreAction
Tags3D, Arcade, Atmospheric, Boss battle, Flying, Relaxing, Shoot 'Em Up, Singleplayer
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Gamepad (any)
AI DisclosureAI Assisted, Code, Graphics, Sounds, Text

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