Pluck Em!

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• Announcements·10 Aug 2026Official

  Point. Shoot. Pluck. — Light Gun Support Is Here!

  Remember when pointing a plastic gun at your TV was considered cutting-edge technology?Good news. We're doing that again.Light Gun support is now available in Pluck Em! 🔫🐔If you've got a compatible Light Gun setup, you can ditch the mouse, point directly at the screen and play Pluck Em! the way a bird-shooting gallery game was always begging to be played.Point at the screen. Pull the trigger. Bird problem solved.It fits Pluck Em! ridiculously well. The game was built around the spirit of classic shooting-gallery games, so being able to physically aim at the birds makes the whole thing feel even closer to those old arcade and living-room shooting games we grew up with.And yes — Light Gun support works in the free demo, so you can try it yourself right now.Whether you're chasing a higher score, climbing the online leaderboard or just want an excuse to point a plastic gun at your monitor again...Just like the old days.Have fun — and let us know how your Light Gun setup works with Pluck Em!The hunt continues. 🐔🔫
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• Announcements·15 Jul 2026Official

  Mac users can pluck too!

  Good news, Mac players — Pluck Em! now supports macOS.The new Mac version comes as a universal build, so it works on both newer Apple Silicon machines and older Intel-based Macs. Just download the game through Steam and start plucking. So, what does Pluck Em! bring to the table? Plenty of good stuff:🦆 11 unique biomes to hunt across.🔫 A growing arsenal of weapons, gadgets, and upgrades.📈 Roguelite progression that unlocks new possibilities with every run.🏅 Leaderboards to chase your best score.📖 A bestiary filled with birds, facts, and a few questionable rumors.🌞 Dynamic day and night cycles that change the mood of every hunt.🥚 Secrets, easter eggs, and plenty of surprises waiting to be discovered.Since this is our first macOS release, we would really appreciate your feedback. If you try the game let us know how it runs and whether you encounter any issues. Reports from different machines will help us make the Mac version even better before release.Thanks for following the development of Pluck Em!
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• Announcements·11 Jul 2026Official

  Night Vision and Exploding Ducks Are Here

  We just added Night Vision Goggles and exploding birds to Pluck Em!The goggles help you spot targets after dark, while explosive birds turn one clean shot into a chain reaction of feathers, fire, and very bad news for anything flying nearby.Night hunting just got a lot easier. For you, at least.
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• Announcements·2 Jul 2026Official

  Night Mode just got a proper glow-up

  Night Mode has been reworked to feel darker, clearer, and much more atmospheric.The old version was simply too hard to read in motion, so I rebuilt the lighting pass to make birds, backgrounds, and important gameplay elements stand out better during night stages.I prepared a quick Old vs New comparison video, with no narration, just the game footage side by side:The new version adds stronger moonlight, clearer silhouettes, better contrast, richer colors, and more readable scenery — while still keeping the proper “night hunt” mood.In short: it’s still dark, but now it’s dark on purpose.
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• Community & Events·27 Jun 2026Official

  Pluck Em! just won Best of Gaming at Runway AI Festival 2026!

  "Pluck Em! just won Best of Gaming at Runway AI Festival 2026!"Well, this still feels a little unreal to write.I didn’t start Pluck Em! with some grand plan or huge expectations. At first, I simply wanted to see if I could make a small but competent game — something that would actually be fun to play, and not feel like a messy AI experiment held together with "duck tape".The result turned out to be interesting enough that, after the first feedback from players, I decided to take a shot and submit the game to the AIF 2026 by Runway.Winning Best of Gaming came as a huge surprise, but also as an incredible honor. It is also the direct reason why you are reading these words here, on Steam.I hope Pluck Em! can become an interesting experience for you as well. I’m working hard to turn it into the best game I can, while continuing to use AI tools throughout development — including Moonlake AI, Claude, Suno, and others.To me, this project is also a small example of something I believe in: Sometimes, a good idea and the right tools are enough to create something that would not have been possible otherwise.Not because the tools replace the human mind, but because they can extend it.The human idea and the mechanical tool need each other. And especially the second one, without the first, cannot really create anything good.Huge thanks to the judges, Runway, the AIFF team, and everyone who played, supported, or gave feedback on Pluck Em! so far.Wishlist Pluck Em! and stay tuned — there’s much more coming.Read more:https://aif.runwayml.com/
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