Lovebirb

It's a fun little game. The key detection wasn't great that I switched to casual (easy) half-way through; it might be a Wine/Proton issue instead of the game itself.

I think you should try this game and see if it's for you. It's a beautiful game, I love the style and the music. But there is something off about the beats during the game play. I've played countless other rhythm games and have been playing the piano for over a decade, I am familiar with how to play on beat. This game has no beat. Every song seems to have a few different options as to what beat it wants you to play on, but I've played songs so many times and have picked different drum lines for each cue and it still doesn't work. The best I can do is watch the light cues and those are off beat depending on the song and date. I love the concept of this game and I'm glad I've played it for a little bit, but I find the gameplay incredibly frustrating.

A comedic and heartfelt rhythm game that draws you in with whacky characters and makes you stay through the wonderful depth on display.
With soft yet vibrant colours the art is sleek and cozy. Additionally it incorporates little details that show a lot of character be that in the design of the birds or the backgrounds.
Some of the tunes will likely sound familiar, though all of them have been mixed with a beat that is really catchy and makes you nod along. This is also a very strong point in relation to the rhythm-based gameplay.
As for said gameplay it is not simply a rhythm game, you also have to have a good reaction time when it comes to reading as you need to pick the right answers in a short but fair timespan. There are also a few varied mini-games which are created with these main building blocks further testing you decision making, reaction time and rhythm.
For the first date with each bird they start of very whacky and fully lean into comedy. However while they do still carry their peculiar traits into the following dates, they also start to open up and show more facets of themselves, which is very endearing and actually has you really connect with them. By that point I already saw this as a great game with tons of representation on top of it, but then they came out of the woodwork with Russo being ace?! Naturally I had to pick them at the end and that ending did not disappoint! It was so sweet, 10/10 felt incredibly seen.
In conclusion being fun with good gameplay and witty writing as well as being incredibly sweet down the line this is a definitive must-play to me. Absolutely a hidden gem, perfect for sweetening an afternoon or evening and free no less!

Game has cute art and funny writing. A lot of older reviews were complaining about the rhythm being too unforgiving, but it's been fixed at some point so the game feels pretty good to play

Amazing concept. Very cute game. But the rhythm game aspect is absolutely garbage even on the lowest difficulty. I can imagine some people being unable to progress because of it. If you want to see all the different 'endings', you'll need to restart the whole game, and I still didnt figure out where the save file is located (so i can't manually rewind my save). Also the tutorial is always at the start it's quite annoying.

This game was impossibly amazing, while the game play can occasionally lack variety the writing entirely makes up for every second. As an asexual who has dealt with pressures in the past, this story and one of its branches was honesty therapeutic. This game is art, thank you for giving your art to the world

art is adorable, dialogue is just as silly/cute, and Scott must be protected at all costs or I will explode and level an entire city block. rhythm mechanics are a *little* jank depending on your hardware so the tutorial can be a little tedious, but for a free game I absolutely will not complain. 9/10