Why Early Access?

“You Are A Bird is launching in Early Access to create the best VR bird experience possible by letting the you help shape the future of the game right now.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“~When it's ready~
You Are A Bird development is a battle against every convention of VR optimization and the new UE5 Beta version uses some of the latest Unreal 5 rendering tech and experimental features in VR. Not a predictable process overall.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“Development plans include:

• Several different birds to fly as.
  
• Additional biomes like cities, snowy forests, and tropical islands.
  
• Humans to mess with?
  
• More prey animals.
  
• More Lite survival elements (thirst, rest, etc).
  
• 💩ing on humans, cars, statues, etc.
  
• Bird calls.
  
• Mechanically different diurnal and nocturnal birds.
  
• Predator animals on the ground.
  
• Improved dynamic audio.
  
• Improved flight mechanics like "death-diving".
  
• Improved visuals

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What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“You may encounter bugs, performance issues, and generally rough edges at this early stage of development.

The latest updates of my complete rewrite in Unreal Engine 5 are released via the opt in beta channel.

For the older version in the main channel:
Bird flight simulation has been totally re-written based on real bird flight physics and is in a playable state.
Procedural world generation is fairly well optimized, with hiccups as new tiles are loaded in.
An early version of the prey hunting system is playable. Rabbits can be caught around the infinite world.
Eating prey is partially implemented in a rough state.
Many planned feature are not in yet ~ but it's still fun to fly right now ~”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“Not planning to increase price.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“I keep up with the community over Discord http://discord.gg/HUaYVan primarily. Pls join there for bug reports, feature suggestions, etc.

Also trying to stay on top of Steam Discussions, Reddit, and Twitter.

There's already a ton of features and improvements in my To Do list from players and I'm hoping to add more.”