One tap. One year. One very determined pigeon bloodline.
Coo Dynasty is a one-tap life sim about a family of pigeons in the city of Crumbleton. Every tap of AGE UP is one year. Each year you spend two flaps (one as a squab) on actions, then the year happens to you: weather, Doris the Bread Lady, the Number 9 bus, hawks, seagulls and Big Gerald's flock. Some years stop and hand you an event card with odds worked out from your stats. Your bird will die, and that is the point: find a mate, nest, raise chicks, and when a life ends you carry on as one of them. Chicks inherit traits, half the crumbs and some of the family reputation. The run is the dynasty, and it lasts until the line dies out.
STORY & LORE
Crumbleton
A damp, busy, crumb-rich city of six districts: Wobble Park, Fumbleworth Square, Burger Alley, Crumbleton Central station, the Docks and the Rooftops. Each has its own food, danger, guards, events and resident character. The Square has a bronze statue of Lord Admiral Fumbleworth, a cafe, and a WowCool Games billboard.
The Geralds
Fumbleworth Square has always been run by a Gerald. When the old boss retires to a nice drainpipe his son takes over, chain and all. Beat one in a Coo-Off and the Square is yours, but if your heir doesn't inherit Boss of the Block, the next Gerald takes it straight back.
CHARACTERS & ENEMIES
Your pigeonHead of the familyHEROBorn a fuzzy yellow squab, grown into a strutting rock dove with an iridescent neck, greying into an elder after age 10. Stats: Health, Wits, Strut, Mood (0-100), plus Crumbs and Rep.
DorisThe Bread LadyALLYSits on the bench in Wobble Park with a bread bag. Get her to Bestie (80+) for the Doris's Darling trait and a crumb pension. Her Big Bag can also kill you with kindness.
Big GeraldBoss of the SquareVILLAINFat, sooty, scarred, gold chain. Taxes your crumbs when he dislikes you. Challenges you to a Coo-Off once you hit 50 Rep in the Square.
ChipA seagull. Allegedly a friendALLYLives on a post at the Docks and screams. At 70+ he teaches you to Speak Gull; at 60+ he may offer you a life at sea.
KevDumpster rat, fixerALLYRuns the Burger Alley dumpster. Pulls bakery-van jobs with you and calls his cousins when the cat comes.
Mrs Penhaligon-VexPenthouse bird ladyALLYFeeds birds from her Rooftops balcony. A well-strutted pigeon may be offered a velvet cushion for life.
Lord FumbleworthA statueALLYBronze. Silent. A wonderful listener. Perch on his hat often enough and something may happen.
HOW IT PLAYS
Controls
Everything is a big button, so tap or click. Keyboard: Space or Enter ages up, 1-8 are the actions, 1-3 pick an option on an event card or an heir, D moves district, Q/E switch tabs, P or Esc pauses (there is also an on-screen pause button and the game pauses when the tab is hidden), M mutes.
Actions
FORAGE (BEG as a squab) finds crumbs, scaled by the district's food and your Wits. STRUT raises Strut and, from age 2, rolls to find a mate (18 + Strut x0.45 + Rep x0.1, +15 Loud Cooer) or woos the one you have. FLY LAPS raises Health. PEOPLE-WATCH raises Wits. HEIST rolls 30 + Wits x0.35 + Strut x0.15 + trait bonuses - district guard for 14-28 crumbs and Rep, or a beating. MINGLE raises Rep and bonds with the district's character. NEST needs a mate, age 2+ and 20 crumbs: 1-4 eggs that hatch next year. ROOST restores Health and Mood. Moving district costs a flap (free with Commuter).
The year
Each AGE UP: eggs hatch, chicks fledge at 1, your mate ages, you eat 4 crumbs (+2 per nestling) or go hungry, Health drains from age 8, Mood drifts toward 55, trait income lands, then one or two passive events and, 62% of years (45% at age 1), an event card. Cards show the odds of each choice; some choices end the life on purpose.
Generations
When a life ends, unhatched eggs are hatched by your mate or the flock, and you pick an heir from up to three chicks. Each chick shows the traits it was born with (one parent trait may pass down, plus a chance of a fresh birth trait) and the stat it is gifted in. The heir gets half the crumbs, 30% of the Rep, and the family's relationships at 60%. The run ends when a bird dies with no chicks.
Scoring
Life score = age x60 + Rep x10 + chicks raised x150 + earned traits x120 + half the crumbs left + the ending's bonus, multiplied by 1 + 0.15 per generation after the first and by the difficulty. The dynasty score (the leaderboard) is the sum of every life.
Districts
Unlocked by Rep: Wobble Park and Fumbleworth Square at 0, Burger Alley 10, Crumbleton Central 20, the Docks 30, the Rooftops 45.
ENDINGS
17 ways a life can end, collected in the Codex. Exits are a new life rather than a death and pay a bigger bonus.
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secret exitPLUMAGE
Your line's natural colour comes from its parents. Plumage bought in the game page's quick shop (equipKey cd_plumage) recolours whichever bird you are playing.
snow
soot
rust
gold
neon
royalGALLERY
DIFFICULTIES
| Mode | Danger | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Life | x0.65 | x0.7 | Extra egg chance |
| City Life | x1.0 | x1.0 | The real Crumbleton |
| Rush Hour | x1.45 | x1.6 | Everything wants you dead |
DISTRICTS
| District | Food | Danger | Guard | Rep needed | Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wobble Park | 1.0 | 0.7 | 8 | 0 | Doris |
| Fumbleworth Square | 1.2 | 1.0 | 18 | 0 | Big Gerald, Lord Fumbleworth |
| Burger Alley | 1.6 | 1.3 | 4 | 10 | Kev |
| Crumbleton Central | 1.35 | 1.2 | 22 | 20 | - |
| The Docks | 1.15 | 1.4 | 8 | 30 | Chip |
| The Rooftops | 0.75 | 1.1 | 0 | 45 | Mrs Penhaligon-Vex |
TRAITS
10 can be born with; 14 are earned by deeds and can only be passed down.
| Trait | Kind | Effect | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plump | birth | +10 Health, forage +20% | |
| Iridescent | birth | +12 Strut | |
| Stumpy Foot | birth | -8 Health, +3 crumbs a forage | |
| Nervy | birth | +10 Wits, -8 Mood, dodges +10% | |
| Loud Cooer | birth | Mate chance +15 | |
| Bottomless | birth | Forage +30%, eats 2 more | |
| Lucky Feather | birth | +6% on every roll | |
| Brave Beak | birth | Heists and Coo-Offs +10% | |
| Bit Dim | birth | -10 Wits, +10 Mood | |
| Dapper | birth | Strut never fades | |
| Hawk-Proof | deed | Hawk rolls +20% | Survive 2 hawks |
| Chip Fiend | deed | Heists +12% | 5 heists in one life |
| Doris's Darling | deed | +8 crumbs a year | Doris at 80+ |
| Statue Sitter | deed | +2 Rep a year | Perch on Fumbleworth 3 times |
| Street Smart | deed | Wits rolls +8% | Reach 85 Wits |
| Brood Boss | deed | Extra egg chance | Raise 5 chicks |
| Bus Survivor | deed | +10 Health, bus rolls +15% | Survive the Number 9 |
| Speaks Gull | deed | Docks half as dangerous | Chip at 70+ |
| Boss of the Block | deed | +5 Rep a year | Win a Coo-Off |
| Elder Statesbird | deed | Chicks +8 Wits | Live to 13 |
| Went Viral | deed | +6 crumbs a year, unlocks Hollywood | Photographed 3 times |
| Night Shift | deed | Alley forage +40% | 3 kebab-shop raids |
| Rat Pal | deed | Fewer alley cats | Kev at 60+ |
| Commuter | deed | Moving is free | Ride a train and come back |
TIX
| Reason | TIX | When |
|---|---|---|
| play | 2 | Dynasty ends after 8+ years |
| generation | 3 | Continue as an heir whose parent lived 5+ years |
| new_ending | 4 | First time this account sees an ending |
| legend | 30 | Reach generation 7 |
| high_score | 10 | Beat your previous best dynasty |
VERSION HISTORY
- New game, replacing the old Bit Life prototype (slug bit-life), which was a straight copy of a mobile life sim with a 14px face and no touch layout.
- Original premise: a pigeon dynasty in Crumbleton. Two flaps a year across eight actions, six districts unlocked by Rep, 21 event cards, 25 passive events.
- Generations: chicks inherit traits, crumbs, Rep and relationships; the run is the bloodline. 24 traits (10 birth, 14 deeds), 17 collectible endings, a relationship web of six characters plus your mate and chicks.
- Full-screen pixel-art city on one canvas, responsive portrait and landscape layouts with big touch buttons, synthesized coos, SFX and music.
- 13 achievements, DYNASTY SCORE leaderboard, TIX rules, cloud save with continue, three difficulties, pause, settings, codex, plumage skins read from the quick shop.