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the festival

12 games. one star.

booths all over the birthday island. every round is about a minute, the birthday person is the hero of all of them, and their friends show up as rivals, targets and the crowd.

the festival page: twelve game booths as taped paper cards, each with a play button

the booths

once three or more friends have left cards, they turn up inside the games: the rival, the targets, the crowd, sometimes the lyrics.

  • hi hi! magic gnomes keep popping out of the lawn. bonk them back — but the llamas are friends.

    1. Click, tap or press 1–9 on a gnome (gold hats +15, snow bunny +25)
    2. Combos add bonus points; 5 · 10 · 20 in a row pop a mood sticker
    3. Never bonk a llama (−15); empty holes cost 2

    about 45 seconds a round · read more

  • star catch

    stars are falling off the sky sticker sheet. hold the bucket high for the yellow and gold ones — the red ✗ ones make you dizzy.

    1. ← → or drag anywhere to slide the bucket
    2. Yellow +10 · Gold +50 · snow bunny +75 · 5 in a row pays a mood sticker
    3. Red ✗ = a dizzy sticker (wears off in 20 s) · three at once ends the round

    about 60 seconds a round

  • pie-eating contest

    three rival blobs, one table of pies. sam eats like they means it. ooh nice!!

    1. Alternate A and D (or the two buttons / tap left and right)
    2. Mashing one key cramps and drains stamina — pace it
    3. First to 5 pies wins; the timer star gives 60 s

    about 60 seconds a round

  • horseshoes

    a sand pit, a far stake and a very smug rival named pip. read the wind and let the shoe fly. clang!

    1. ↑ ↓ or drag to aim; Space (or Throw) winds up, again lets fly
    2. Stop the bar on the white tick — it already allows for the wind; a high lob is a touch kinder
    3. Ringer 3 · leaner 2 · close 1; six throws each, beat the rival for +50

    no timer

  • four friends bob behind the fence and a llama has opinions. wind up a water balloon. splash!

    1. ← → or drag to aim at a bobbing friend
    2. Hold Space (or the button) to charge, release in the green band
    3. Body +5 · head +15 · llama +30 · snow bunny +50; streaks multiply

    about 45 seconds a round · read more

  • the boombox is loud and the arrows are faster. sam has moves — and someone thinks they do too.

    1. Press the arrow (or tap the pad) as its note hits the bar
    2. Perfect timing builds a combo and the dance meter; whiffs cost combo
    3. Finish with the meter past the 60% mark to win

    about 60 seconds a round · read more

  • hopscotch

    chalk squares up the sidewalk and a heart pebble that keeps moving. watch the hops, then copy them on the beat — never on the stone.

    1. Watch the ghost hop, then copy the hops: arrows hop along the court and into a pair — or tap the next square
    2. Never land on the heart stone; hop on the beat for +3
    3. Three slips end the round · five sequences cleared wins

    about 90 seconds a round

  • tomb of matching

    a dusty door, a grid of relic tiles and one nervous torch. remember where the scarab went. ooh nice!!

    1. Tap a tile (or ← → ↑ ↓ + Space) to flip; match every relic pair
    2. Cracked backs hide a mummy — boo! costs 5 s of torch
    3. Streaks stack relic hunter bonuses; time left pays when the door opens

    about 90 seconds a round

  • blob flap

    balloon bunches from the sky, hedges from the lawn and one very fast island. flap through all of it. yay!!

    1. Space or tap anywhere to flap
    2. Fly through the gap between the balloons and the hedge
    3. LOVE +5 · star shards +10 · ten columns wins · one crash ends it

    no timer

  • find the llama

    somewhere on this very busy lawn: a llama, a snow bunny and four more, tucked behind the party. squint. counting the llamas…

    1. Tap the six things hiding behind the guests, gifts and booths
    2. Quick finds pay more: +50 plus a bonus for time left
    3. A hint spotlights one thing (−5 s); the topiary llama is a decoy (−3 s)

    about 60 seconds a round

  • fishing dock

    a creaky dock, a patient float and fish with opinions. wait for the tug — the midnight fish only bites at night.

    1. Space / Cast twice: wind up, let fly — farther water hides rarer fish
    2. When the float dips and ! pops, press again to hook
    3. ← → keep the float over the fish until the reel bar fills

    about 60 seconds a round

  • doodle-speak lyrics, a bouncing star and a very brave glass. sam sings with their whole chest.

    1. Press Space or tap the stage when the star lands on a syllable
    2. Hold ↑ ↓ (or drag the ribbon) to keep the knob on the wavy line
    3. Three perfects in a row shatter the glass; keep the crowd past 55%

    about 50 seconds a round · read more

every booth is playable on the demo island right now. no sign-up.