Birdie Blues and the Jazz Cats is a fast, mean arcade platformer built with Phaser 4 by Thomas Ward of Orange Heart Creative, an independent studio dedicated to high-energy, stylized arcade experiences inspired by 1990s animation. The kind of game you wanted to play on a Saturday morning, built with a distinctly modern edge.
One bird. A manic pianist. Two relentless Jazz Cats. The Pianist sweeps back and forth at the top of the stage, hurling glowing music notes down at the platforms below. Walk into a falling note to catch it. Press X to throw it back at a cat. That is your only weapon.
"The cats are coming for you. They always are."
Two Cats, One Bird, No Exit
The Stalker charges directly across every platform, eyes locked, never reroutes. The Flanker climbs ladders to reach your level and cut off your exit. You cannot kill them. You can only knock them into a five-second sleep and run.
Land a throw on both cats within half a second of each other and the screen explodes with a COMBO bonus. Miss, and you just burned your ammo and bought yourself maybe five seconds before they are back on their feet. Every decision is a gamble.
How the Score Attack Loop Works in Birdie Blues
Catching a falling note scores points and adds one throw charge to your stack. The same mechanic rewards two things at once. There is also a Tempo Timer per stage: reach the note goal displayed in the HUD before it runs out or lose a life. You are safe while jumping, falling or climbing but only take damage when grounded, which turns the whole stage into a constant calculation of where to be and when.
Six stages loop forever, with difficulty scaling every lap as the cats get faster with every stage cleared. It is pure score attack, and how far you get is entirely down to how well you read both cats at once.
Birdie Blues and the Jazz Cats was submitted to the AI Game Bundle 2026 by Orange Heart Creative. The game uses Phaser 4 for the engine, Suno for the music, and PixelLab AI for the sprites and platforms.
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