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title: "Birdfood"
subtitle: "Collect food, dodge spikes, repeat!"
date: 2024-08-19T11:04:00.000Z
category: game
url: https://phaser.io/news/2024/08/birdfood
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved.
---

# Birdfood

*Collect food, dodge spikes, repeat!*

Birdfood is a small game that features one of my favorite things in games: taking risks! You are a bird that’s continuously spinning in one place. When you hit `space`, you start flying in the direction you’re currently facing. You need to pick up fruit while dodging obstacles.

![birdfood_screenshot](birdfood-screenshot-1.png)

You can approach it very cautiously, but I found myself trying to keep myself moving as much as possible. Sometimes this ended in tragedy where I would make a simple mistake, misjudge the direction I’m currently in, and fly into a spike.

When it worked though, I felt like I was Neo in the Matrix. The spikes couldn’t touch me, no matter how close I got to them.

While this is perhaps not the intended way to play, it leads to a very exciting experience.

The game also features a two (and a three and a four) player mode where each player controls one bird and races their opponents to get the fruit the fastest. I encourage you to give the game a try!

[Click here to play](https://birdfood.lol/)

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