Sandpipers

The King Crab smashed the moon.
Your flock is going to fix that. Beak first.

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Beak first, into a fort.
The flock, mid-flight.
The tide, counting down.

Five sandpipers on a sunny beach, eating crabs, one wearing sunglasses — Before.

King Crab raises his claws above his crowned spiral shell

The King Crab smashed the moon.

He did it to ruin the tides and drown every sandpiper on the coast. Now the sea comes and goes as it pleases, the beach belongs to his criminal empire, and the pieces of the moon are locked up in his forts.

Sandpipers don't fly. They run. Your flock is going to get the moon back, one fragment at a time.

A giant red claw hovers over a big red button in a fortress control room — The button.

Thirty seconds of it.

How it plays

Beak first. Questions later.

Press and hold, and the flock gathers to your finger, your cursor or your reticle. Move, and they follow: beak first, at speed, into whatever is in the way. Brick cracks. Rock takes work. Steel doesn't care how hard you hit it, so find the bombs.

The tide is undefeated. So far.

With the moon gone, every level breathes on its own schedule. The water pulls back and opens a window. The water comes in and takes any bird it touches. The fragments near the beach are the easy ones. The ones out in the deep want you to count waves.

Grow the flock. Feed the flock.

Eggs wash up; grab one and a new bird joins. A bigger flock hits harder. Hungry birds slow down, so when the tide goes out, go crabbing. Every sandpiper has a name and a bio. The fallen get a memorial. Someone always wins MVP.

Eight worlds. Every kind of trouble.

1 · RetropiaSunny sand, brick forts, and the first waves you'll learn to count.
2 · Nom NomPink beaches that are not quite right. Don't ask what's in the water. Taffy catches birds and slings them back.
3 · Jungle GymOvergrown ruins. Ram a coconut and its vine whips out through walls like they're nothing.
4 · Glow TideNight. The surf glows, the fragments glow, and so does anything that wants to eat you.
5 · Cold SnapThe shore froze over. Hit an ice block hard and it skates into bombs, blocks and other ice.
6 · Cinder CoveWhen the tide pulls back, the ground spits fire. Watch for the glow.
7 · Storm SurgeWind shoves your birds and your aim. Lightning loves steel. Watch the rain.
8 · MonoEverything is a silhouette. Trust your beak.
Then the boss fights.The King Crab is not giving the moon back.

Sign the petition to fix the moon

The pieces are back. Now petition the Department of Lunar Affairs to put the moon back up there. Sign by November 4 and your name rolls in the launch credits.

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Made for a couch and a controller.

Full controller support, or a mouse, or a thumb. Three stars on every level, if you can get them. Eighty levels built by hand by one person and tested by real birds. Results varied.

Wishlist on Steam Play the demo

Nov 11 · Steam $4.99 · iPhone, iPad, Apple TV soon.