The Day I Became a Bird

The Day I Became a Bird is a heartwarming and handcrafted narrative-adventure game. Telling the tender tale of a young boy, Frank, on his fledgling journey of fluttering feelings, innocent self-expression and honest ingenuity. A story of beaks, feathers, and heartfelt birdsong.

In this playable illustrated story, follow Frank through a slice of his life - biking to school, running around the park, completing puzzles, making memories, and discovering newfound feelings for his classmate, Sylvia.

Help Frank learn more about her, uncover her interests, and ultimately hatch a plan to catch her eye.

Come along for a warm and nostalgic return to childhood, this is one for the hopeful romantics. Let your hearts flutter, spread your wings, and soar.

• Offline play enabled
• 1 player
• Accessibility features (20)

Accessibility Features

• Visuals

  • Clear Text

    Menu and heads-up display (HUD) text is presented in a way that makes it easier to read.

  • Colour Alternatives

    You don't need to rely on understanding colour to play the game, or important colours can be changed to make them easier to tell apart.

  • High Contrast Visuals

    Characters, enemies, items and interactive objects are easier to see against the environment.

  • Visual Comfort (Basic)

    You can play without camera movements and effects during gameplay that might result in visual discomfort.

• Audio

  • Volume Controls

    You can turn down and mute individual audio volumes.

• Subtitles and Captions

  • Playable without Subtitles

    You can play without subtitles because the game does not include spoken dialogue.

  • Subtitles (Basic)

    The game includes subtitles for the main story and main characters only.

  • Clear Subtitles

    Subtitles are presented in a way that helps make them easier to read.

  • Large Subtitles

    Subtitles are presented using a larger font size to help make them easier to read.

• Controls

  • Controller Remapping (Advanced)

    You can fully customise the game controls.

  • Adjustable Stick Sensitivity (Basic)

    Some stick sensitivity options are provided.

  • Adjustable Stick Inversion (Basic)

    Some options to invert sticks are provided.

  • Playable without Button Holds

    You can play the game and navigate menus without holding down buttons.

  • Playable without Rapid Button Presses

    You can play the game and navigate menus without needing to press buttons rapidly or within a time limit.

  • Playable without Simultaneous Presses

    You can play the game and navigate menus without pressing or holding down multiple buttons at the same time.

  • Playable without Motion Controls

    You can play the game without needing to use motion controls.

  • Playable without Touch Controls

    You can play the game without needing to use touch-based controls.

  • Playable without Controller Vibration

    You can play the game without turning on controller vibration/haptic feedback.

  • Playable without Adaptive Trigger Effect

    You can play the game without the adaptive resistance in the triggers turned on.

• Gameplay

  • Simplified Quick Time Events

    You can reduce the level of challenge for quick time events (actions where you must match on-screen prompts within a time limit).

• Platform: PS5
• Release: 15/4/2026
• Publisher: NUMSKULL GAMES LTD
• Genres: Casual
• Screen Languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, English, French (France), German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Spanish