🐦⬛Listen! 🦉Guess? 🎶And share the chorus... bird-times.lovable.app/aberdeen #Birdsong #GuessingGame #IndieDev #GameDev
Jen Mac
@jen-m-a-c.bsky.social
Gardens, bird song, pond life, trees, pub quiz and blog stuff, in Frome, Somerset, UK. Working on websites since 1999. Bird song game: https://bird-times.lovable.app/, Garden blog: doingtheplan.com Forest films: woodforthetrees.uk
I do not do post from the bad place, but I do have ancient internet integrity. Astonishing applause for our UK superstar RAYE www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPoq... xxx you can also check out.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhPB... and this is purest JOY youtu.be/invZIgVL2wo?... please, share & 🥰
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🎉 Dawn Chorus Quest has over 1,500 players! 🦉 It's a birdsong guessing game with teleportation, a time machine, and an opinionated guide. 🥰Thanks to all who listened, guessed, collected, and shared their chorus. Share and enjoy! 🍂🐦 bird-times.lovable.app #Birdsong #WebGame #IndieDev #GameDev
🥰A brand new level is live in my birdsong game! bird-times.lovable.app/ely "If you were born today you'd think this was normal: a flat, dry landscape with a few birds shouting over the tractors. It isn't normal. It's a drained swamp." #IndieDev #Birdsong #GameDev
🤩Making a new front page for my birdsong guessing game #IndieDev #Testing #Birdsong #WebGame bird-times.lovable.app
The next level in my birdsong guessing game Dawn Chorus Quest is set in Ely. It's about draining the fens and inviting the birds back with reedling, bittern, yellowhammer and skylark songs to share and enjoy. Coming soon to bird-times.lovable.app Testing... #IndieDev #GameDev #Birds #Bioacoustic
For today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #Corvids 🐦⬛The fine young crow that joined us at the Rising Sun pub in Lynmouth, Devon - peering at us very suspiciously. And a link to the crow collector card in my #indieDev #birdsong guessing game, one of 82 to collect bird-times.lovable.app/birds/corvus...
In the game Dawn Chorus Quest, the cuckoo is the first bird we hear. It's the bassline of the chorus. We start with three birds players might already know - cuckoo, pigeon, nightingale. ID all three to win your first collectors badge. bird-times.lovable.app/birds/cuculu... #Birds #IndieDev
🤔Ever wondered what the dawn chorus might have sounded like a couple thousand years ago? Listen here: bird-times.lovable.app/share/aberde... Dawn Chorus Quest is a free web game to share and enjoy birdsong. #IndieDev #GameDev #BirdSong #ShareAndEnjoy
A 5-voice chorus — Pictish Shore — Dawn Chorus Quest
Press play: 5 birds singing together. Pictish Shore, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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🥰"It really is a delight" @levparikian.bsky.social 🦉Players of 'Dawn Chorus Quest' win medals as they guess which bird is singing. 🏅Collecting all the birds in each chapter unlocks a special page where players can share the chorus. bird-times.lovable.app/share/cardif... #Birdsong #IndieGame
For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #CaptionThatBird, how about a duckling declaration. "And I long to go out in the world beyond!" This tiny duckling has a surprising grasp of 19th century nonsense poetry by Edward Lear. 🦆🦘 Check the Alt for more. 🦉😸 #birds #ducks #nonsense #poem
I'm well chuffed that over 1200 players tried my birdsong guessing game and it's been recommended by two amazing authors - that's you @louiestowell.bsky.social and @levparikian.bsky.social 🤩THANK YOU! 🦉Birdsong guessing game 🏅Collecting the dawn chorus 😊To share and enjoy bird-times.lovable.app
Louie Stowell@louiestowell.bsky.social · 2w agoIt's friday! Good news thread time! What's your good news from the week? what's made you smile? And if you work in or around publishing I think I can hazard a guess... everyone else? Hit ME!
😍Over 1200 players tried my free web game about birdsong, time travel, and biodiversity. bird-times.lovable.app "Each round is set in a time and place, inviting you to imagine what the soundscape might have been." Lev Parikian 🐦⬛Collect the chorus! #Birdsong #BritishBirds #IndieGame #Accessible
The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ODG, any Owl, Duck or Goose. #birds #photography Behold, the wonderful white crested duck at Heligan poultry orchard in Cornwall, enjoying some apples.
Jen Mac@jen-m-a-c.bsky.social · 3w agoTodays #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsWithBerries and I don't have anything that fits the bill. I do have this splendid white crested duck at @heligangardens.bsky.social enjoying some apples #birds #gardens #ducks
"Beautifully put together and fun. It's a birdsong recognition game, but the clever bit is the historical element: each round is set in a time and place, and invites you to imagine what the soundscape might have been" @levparikian.bsky.social bird-times.lovable.app #Birdsong #IndieDev #GameDev
Todays #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsWithBerries and I don't have anything that fits the bill. I do have this splendid white crested duck at @heligangardens.bsky.social enjoying some apples #birds #gardens #ducks
🦜How to make a bird song guessing game more accessible? 👀Visualisations and audio descriptions of birdsong ✅ Larger text option 🌻'Calm mode' without shakes or sparkles #IfItsNotAccessibleItsNotAcceptable #Accessibility #IndieDev #GameDev #Birdsong #WebGame bird-times.lovable.app
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Pip-long-tail@p-1-p.bsky.social · 3w agoIn the game Dawn Chorus Quest, the cuckoo is the first bird we hear. It's the bassline of the chorus. We start with three birds players might already know - cuckoo, pigeon, nightingale. ID all three to win your first collectors badge. bird-times.lovable.app/birds/cuculu... #Birds #IndieDev
This weeks #gardenshour theme is ponds. One of the best things we did in the garden was put in a pond. I blogged on how "we" did it, and why it's worth doing: Making a raised wildlife pond - Doing The Plan doingtheplan.com/2023/07/30/m... @gardenshour.bsky.social #wildlife #garden
Making a raised wildlife pond - Doing The Plan
We made a raised pond, and it's one of the best ways to bring life to the garden. Here's how we did it.
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🤩 Lev Parikian - the amazing author, musician and guardian country diarist - likes Dawn Chorus Quest, my bird song guessing game🦉 🥰It features in his 'Six Things' blog this week! levparikian.substack.com/p/six-things... 😅I can't believe I missed his post (but I was beside the seaside) 😎
Lev Parikian@levparikian.bsky.social · last mo.This is great. Fun and informative.
😍 Oooh! Lovely LOVELY comment from @verafang.bsky.social who has collected all 29 birds in the 'Bath' chapter of #DawnChorusQuest 🦉Try this LOVELY birdsong guessing game for free at bird-times.lovable.app #IndieDev #GameDev #Lovely #Birdsong #WebGame
Dawn Chorus Quest — Birdsong guessing game
Free birdsong guessing game. Travel through 12,000 years of the dawn chorus in Bath, Abedeen and Frome. Listen, guess the bird, collect the chorus, share the joy.
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Vera Fang@verafang.bsky.social · 3w agoLovely LOVELY game to play. My card log: 29 of 29 birds collected in Dawn Chorus Quest — birdsong through 12,000 years. #DawnChorusQuest #Birdsong bird-times.lovable.app/share/bath?s...
For today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #Robins may I present this songstrel with a beady side eye and some peculiar distortion from the camera phone. This friendly fella was captured on camera near the River Frome a few years back #birds #photography
🤩 Wowsers! I'm thoroughly thrilled that over 1000 players have tried Dawn Chorus Quest, my birdsong guessing game. It's a free web game, made with love and open source data. Play at bird-times.lovable.app The aim is to collect and share the sounds of the dawn chorus. #ShareAndEnjoy #IndieDev
🐦 Good morning BlueSky 🥰
Pip-long-tail@p-1-p.bsky.social · 3w agoDawn Chorus Quest begins in the beautiful valley that will one day become the city of Bath. About 12,0000 years ago it's mostly trees around here and the morning sounds loud! Could you collect the chorus? bird-times.lovable.app/bath #Birdsong #GuessingGame #IndieDev
Well done to Matthew, 29 is a decent scorecard!
Matthew Wilcoxson@akademy.uk · 3w agoThis was a fun game, with real world consequences. But my girlfriend wasvway better at it... My card log: 29 of 82 birds collected in Dawn Chorus Quest — birdsong through 12,000 years. #DawnChorusQuest #Birdsong bird-times.lovable.app
Well look at that, Pip's popped up on Bluesky to say hi. #IndieDev #Guide #Birdsong #IndieGame
Pip-long-tail@p-1-p.bsky.social · 3w agoHi. I'm Pip. Small, feathered, opinionated, and for expositional reasons about 12,000 years old. I've been listening here for a long time. Join me to hear the dawn chorus, guess who's singing and I'll tell you a story of how it's changing. You can help decide what happens next. Follow me!
Testing #wip #indiedev #gamedev Coal Docks — I collected 5 of 5 birds in Dawn Chorus Quest. Can you guess the birdsong? #DawnChorusQuest #Birdsong bird-times.lovable.app/share/cardif...
Coal Docks — Dawn Chorus Quest
5 birds sing here. Coal Docks, Cardiff, Wales. Can you guess the birdsong?
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🦉Do you know #birds? Do you know about avian biodiversity in the UK? 🐜And are you the sort of person who likes spotting bugs? If so... check out my #workinprogress #wip #birdsong #game to bug hunt and nit pick. bird-times.lovable.app #IndieDev #GameDev #Bugs #AskForTrouble Feedback form 🔗👇
Players of birdsong guessing game Dawn Chorus Quest can play and share a chorus of the birdsong they collect as they travel through time. #ShareAndEnjoy The game is inspired by #DouglasAdams Last Chance to See. #IndieDev #GameDev #Birdsong bird-times.lovable.app/share/saxonv...