Comments on: This Is A Bird Call: Learning To Fly

By: DrChi

DrChi — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:01:29 +0000

This game was cool, I wasted far more time on it than I care to admit. I had never played Hedgehog sling either, also awesome for mindless amusement.

By: Pestilence

Pestilence — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:44:51 +0000

36 days here. Took me a while to get the hang of it but a very fun game. So sad.

By: MD

MD — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:41:41 +0000

Paul: same here! Which made the actual ending doubly disappointing.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:13:40 +0000

I assumed when I read “reach 6000 feets ?” with an s at the end, that I’d be reuniting with a colony of 3000 happy penguins. Gaping missed opportunity.

By: odd parity

odd parity — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:29:02 +0000

I also ended up at 31 days! :-) Good fun, disappointing ending. I coasted to 6000 following a sine-like pattern over a limited height, boosting every once in a while if my altitude or speed dropped too much.

By: teo

teo — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:56:37 +0000

Guys, it’s really not hard
Just boost as you come off the ramp, point your nose a 15-25 degrees upwards and make sure you don’t go in to the red (but stay close to it. Go into a steeper climb if you go into the red). Once the boost runs out just do a very long descent down to the water and glide your way home (no bounces needed)

Someone already made a tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxVtUzbB6kk

By: Rei Onryou

Rei Onryou — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:40:10 +0000

A good lunchtime laff. 31 days I think. Serves me right for saving up for the big guns. I wish at the end he updated the Wikipedia entry. Would’ve been more epic.

Also, I didn’t think it possible to make so many bird puns out of Foo Fighter songs. Truly RPS is full of win.

By: RLacey

RLacey — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:26:08 +0000

Well, I’ve tried pretty much every strategy listed here, and always end up with about 5700 feet. To be honest, I think I’ve already lost the satisfaction of being awesome at penguin flight. But hey, I’m sure that eventually someone will release one of these games and I’ll find I’m anything other than exceedingly poor at it :).

By: MD

MD — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:21:43 +0000

Have you tried some of the tips in this comment thread? I was rubbish at it too, but if you just copy a proven strategy the execution isn’t hard. It’s really not worth it for the sake of seeing the ending though, and if you have to ‘cheat’ you lose the satisfaction of being awesome at penguin flight,

By: RLacey

RLacey — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:17:18 +0000

I’m obviously insanely poor at this game, because I still can’t get the 6000 feet thing. Gah.

By: Riotpoll

Riotpoll — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:24:06 +0000

27 days on my first go, nice little time waster.

By: nikos

nikos — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:24:35 +0000

The ending was lame.

I finished it in 20405 days. What’s with this anyway?