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Play as an owl in the world's first "owl-like". Eat prey, fight predators and grow stronger to fight the fearsome Brown Bear! How long can you survive?

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Final Parliament: First Flight Update

Apr 9

Hi Owls!

Today we are releasing the final update to our demo, Parliament: First Flight! In this update, we have made quite a few changes, but we'll chat about a few of the bigger things below. Stay tuned for more information on the full game release in the coming months. We are excited to bring our entire vision to all of you soon!

Reworked Day/Night Cycle

We know that a major performance issue had been affecting a few of you with the previous demo release. Fun fact: it was actually affecting everyone, but some systems didn't seem to let you know about it... weird. Anywho, while implementing a fix for this issue, we decided to also rework the presentation of the cycle to make if fit better with the theme. We were going for "Saturday morning cartoon" feelings, so let us know if that comes through! Also, performance issues should be fixed now :).

Brand New Spawning System

While our spawning system was already pretty functional, it wasn't as dynamic as it needed to be to keep up with the speed of players moving through the levels. Now, enemies will spawn and despawn based on the location of the player. You should notice a lot more action far more often with this new system to keep you engaged in combat more consistently. Additionally, we made some improvements to critters to make them less resource heavy, so hopefully your framerates will improve with these changes!

A Huge Balance Pass

Seriously. As we continued testing, we kept feeling the same way: unchallenged. So, we made literally everything harder. We reduced all player related stats significantly. Prey now give smaller stat boosts and no XP. Predators give lots of XP, but now are more painful thanks to the player stat reductions. Pro tip: Gain some strength first by catching prey before taking on predators. Oh, and watch out for other birds of prey. They are painful.

Updated Abilities

We had a preview of our new Active/Passive system for abilities in the initial demo release. This has been fully realized now and each ability has their own actives and passives. Earn Ability Points by gaining XP and spend them on your favorite abilities to unlock their passives. Mix and match to find your perfect flow. Plus, our wonderful artist updated our ability icons. Avert your gaze to their awesomeness.

Naturally, So Much More

Above is just a taste of the changes and updates made in version 0.2.55, but there is so much more. Fly over to the Demo page and check it out for yourself!

Thank you all so much for your support and we look forward to chatting with you in our Discord and anything you care to share about playing Parliament!

Demo Page[store.steampowered.com]

Discord[discord.gg]

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Parliament: First Flight is part of Next Fest!

Sep 29, 2025

Hi Owls!

It's been a minute and we miss you all dearly. We have been hard at work on a few things this time, but we'll highlight a few in this post. Be sure to check out the "What's New" section on the main menu for a full list!

Two words: Gachapon Machine

Yep, you read it, and we meant it. We added a Gachapon Machine in levels to interact with. There is a 50% chance it will show up at certain spots in each level, so scout around and find 'em! When you do find one, you can trade a Charm or an Ability for a random new one! Feel like you made bad choices picking up a Charm? Get rid of it for a new one! Want a different ability to check out a different build? SACRIFICE IT TO THE GACHAPON.

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Enjoy the jaunty tune and let us know what you think about this mechanic!

Better combat!

We have simplified out attack behavior and made it more responsive. You should feel like you need to fiddle around to find just the right spot anymore before launching a surprise attack of death. Click away and consume lots of prey!!

Boring optimization stuff

It might be boring, but it matters. We took a pass at a metric boat load of references in the game and optimized them to keep them out of your memory as much as possible. This should help improve how much memory is utilized while running the game as well as how much memory is taken up in your install. We will be continuing to optimize in this fashion for the rest of the project, but hopefully this will be a great first step!

Options Saving fixed... Sort of

Yeah, kind of a win and a loss here. Our save system has been updated, which makes all of your options save more consistently.. except the audio ones. They will save, but usually not until you enter that menu in Options. So... yay? We'll keep working on it, but while you are in there, check out the new options we have! You can now change multiple display related settings and controls, so go to town, er, Options!

The beginning of something huge

We are in the process of reworking the Ability system to include an Active and a Passive. This will substantially change how abilities are used and really prop up the "build" part of the roguelike portion of our game. Currently, Berserk and Defensive Shield have passives that are coded in the game, but you can see what the passives for the rest of the abilities are going to be in each of the ability descriptions. Check out what's to come and what's there now! Give us your feedback on this system so we know if we are headed in the right direction, or if you have any ideas for a neat combo!

That's all for now

Please enjoy the DEMO[store.steampowered.com] and tell your friends! Make sure you Wishlist the full game. This will help us immensely! Also, if you haven't yet, join our Discord[discord.gg]!

Until next time!

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Parliament: First Flight is now live!

Jun 27, 2025

Hey owls!

Yep, you read it right, don't panic...

Parliament: First Flight is now live!

You can either hit the "Download Demo" button on the main page,

Head to the full page for the demo by clicking here: Parliament: First Flight Page[store.steampowered.com]

Now you can go and be an owl, eat prey, fight wolves and show that bear who's boss! Technically, they are, even if you win, but you will feel might strong afterwards, we think!

We have so much more to do, but we are so excited to share this demo with you and hear your thoughts! Tell us on Discord, or use the in game feedback button to give us the specific feedback we are looking for.

We hope that you will enjoy the game and look forward to you playing.

Until next time, owls!

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laggy

the game is running laggy, maybe some video option setting could help with that.