MAJOR UPDATE 21.5.26, SEE DETAILS UNDER "WHAT'S NEW".

Ignore the blackbird is a hand-drawn watercolour puzzle game set inside a beautiful greenhouse. Explore the room, interact with the objects around you, and reflect on what happened to Sonya's family.

As you observe the environment and interact with the enigmatic blackbird, puzzles and a story emerge. Each solution reveals another piece of the story, gradually transforming the scene into something fragile and uneasy.

What begins as a beautiful summer day slowly fades into a somber, surreal autumn, revealing an emotional story of hope and sorrow.

Created by Ana Merz & Øyvind Helland. Music&sfx by Ali Hosseini.

noAI whatsoever - everything is human-made!

The game jam version of Ignore the Blackbird was made in one intense week, but since then, we've worked on the game for two full months until we were ready with this final (?) extended version.

This last update added more story and achievements, and should make it easier to see that there is more story to discover if you click around the greenhouse with every new scene.

We also added a status at the end that shows how much of the story you found. It counts across all your playthroughs, so you have a chance to get to 100% without needing to click everything over and over again in one game.

Since the game jam version, a lot more has changed. Here's the full list:

• 4k graphics
• New Sounds & Music - a total rework of the whole game! (Jam version only had some we borrowed from an earlier game)
• 2 new puzzles
• Polished mechanics, better feedback from most puzzles.
• Go back to the greenhouse if you want to look more before completing a puzzle.
• 150 story/dialogue lines to explore, almost doubled from the jam version.
• See your story progress on the end screen. How much did you uncover?
• Achievements (Should work if you have your Steam client open, or at least if you add it to Steam)
• Save system. The game now starts from your last greenhouse scene when you click "Play".

• Hand-drawn watercolor Pencils and true watercolour with traditional techniques on physical paper.
• Environmental puzzles Discover puzzles that grow naturally from the objects and surroundings in the room.
• A quiet, emotional story Piece together the story of Sonya and her family as the scene slowly changes.
• A focused one-sitting experience A narrative puzzle experience that takes 30 to 60 minutes at a steady, contemplative pace.
• The beginning of the Blackbird series Each game tells a part of the story, but as we make more, they will become chapters in a bigger whole.

P.S. If you enjoyed the game, you may also check out Sonya's earlier (much lighter and less strange!) adventures. Each is a free, stand-alone experience: