Controls
Release / don't touch — leaf opens wide, catches wind, rises gently
Hold Space or touch screen — leaf curls tight, dives fast through gaps
Hold Shift or tap Inflate Button (bottom-right) — inflate like a balloon for sustained lift (drains 1 boost charge every 2 seconds)
Double-tap or W / ↑ or tap Boost Button (bottom-left) — rocket boost upward (costs 1 seed charge)
On mobile devices, boost and inflate buttons are enabled by default. On desktop, you can enable them in Options.
Esc — pause / menu
Scoring & Combos
Your score increases as you travel further through the forest
Collect golden seeds for +10 points (× your combo multiplier)
Special cyan/purple seeds appear starting in Year 2 — these award 2-5 boost charges instead of 1!
Thread close to branches for near-miss bonuses of +5 points
Chain seeds and near-misses to build a combo multiplier — watch the orange timer bar appear next to your boost meter
The combo bar shows how much time you have left to keep your streak going — let it run out and your combo resets to 1× (multiplier = 1 + combo × 0.2)
Collectibles & Power-Ups
Collect glowing firefly clusters (3-5 fireflies each) — completing a full cluster awards +1 boost charge and builds a streak bonus
Chain multiple clusters without missing any to build your firefly streak — each successive cluster awards 25× your streak multiplier!
Missing even one firefly in a cluster breaks your streak and resets the multiplier
Rare golden leaves drift down from the canopy — collecting one instantly refills all boost charges to maximum!
Golden leaves appear after distance 1000 and are very rare — watch the top third of the screen for their golden shimmer
Max boost capacity increases by +1 for every full Year you survive (every 4 seasons)!
Wind & Weather
A continuous wind field flows through the entire world — an open leaf always catches it
Green updraft zones give extra lift when your leaf is open — the indicator will pulse green
Red downdraft zones appear after your first full year — they push you down with a blinking red warning. Curl to cut through, or boost to escape
As you progress, the forest cycles through spring → summer → autumn → winter
Hazards & Obstacles
Branches are your primary obstacle — gaps get tighter as you progress, and some begin to sway after Year 1
Dark birds appear after score 400 — they fly horizontally across the screen and will end your run on contact
Birds are easier to dodge from behind (smaller hitbox) than head-on — time your dives carefully!
Bird frequency increases with your score but caps at a maximum difficulty
Achievements
Earn permanent achievements by reaching milestones — view them in the Achievements menu
Achievements include high scores, combo streaks, seed collection, firefly mastery, golden leaves, boost usage, and survival milestones — they persist across all your runs
Difficulty
The game continuously speeds up as you travel further — not just between seasons, but gradually throughout your entire run
Branches get closer together and gaps get tighter over time
After the first year, some branches begin to sway — watch the rhythm
Downdraft zones and birds appear as additional hazards in later stages
Rooms & Leaderboards
By default you compete on the global leaderboard against all players worldwide
Create or join a room on the title screen to set up a private leaderboard — perfect for competing with friends, family, or coworkers
Share your room code via the social buttons — anyone with the code can join and their scores will appear on your shared leaderboard
Each room has its own separate leaderboard — your global scores and room scores are tracked independently
Try the Daily Challenge for a seeded world that's identical for everyone — compete on fair ground!
Performance
If the game runs slowly on your device, switch to Low Quality graphics in Options
Low quality reduces visual detail (fewer bark grooves, simpler foliage, no moss) for smoother gameplay on older devices