Drillbird
Let's get digging!
Drillbird is a digging platformer where you play as a bird with a drill as its beak, drilling your way through the world to find ores in order to make your egg hatch.
- 1-3 hours long
- Satisfying game loop of digging for ores, returning home, and growing stronger
- Non-verbal story
Drillbird is free! You can play it in your browser, or download it for better performance on PC or Mac.
Quotes
A cute, cozy and relaxing game that is perfect
to take your mind of work and into tranquility. - Johanna Österlind
An absolutely adorable experience about selflessly putting
your life on the line providing for your offspring. - Jacob Lind
A game by:
- Sebastian Larsson - Design, Code, Art
- Andrea Harty - Art
- Hampus Melin - Sound Design, Music
- Isabelle Neuman - Cutscene Animation Support
- Luiza Flôres da Cunha - Game Logo, Noise Acting
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Development log
- Drillbird 1.11 Patch notes + Second Wind design breakdown85 days ago
- Drillbird is now available!94 days ago
- Introducing DrillbirdMar 14, 2025
Comments
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Gorgeous! Fun and and engaging. The atmosphere is so nice, reminds me of Knytt. There's something wrong with the optimization, in the browser it froze for several seconds often, so I downloaded it for Win. It has some uneven framerate but worked way better.
I played it a couple of days ago! Impressively polished and a beautiful gameplay loop with a terrifying analogy of the cost of not getting enough rest. I loved it! 🐦
this is a really wonderful game! I really enjoyed the gameloop and how it kept surprising me. Like the gameplay of Metroid with the charm and vibe of Celeste.
Really charming graphics, music and sound design too! ❤️❤️
🐦🌹🌹🌹🐦
This was really fun! I really enjoyed the small "areas" within the biomes and how you combined "no combat" with mini-puzzles to take care of enemies. I also really enjoyed the alcove areas at the sides, well done!
Lovely game guys! Hope to see more from the team :D