Line #8 VideoGame/Finch


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2	[[caption-width-right:338:Cheep, cheep!]]
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4	''Finch'' is a 2021 mobile game for iOS. It is a self-help app designed for those who struggle with their mental health.
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6	The game revolves around taking care of a baby bird (referred to as a "birb") and raising it to adulthood. Every day, when you complete personal goals and write about your own life experiences, your birb will gain the energy it needs to go out on an adventure. As you spend time with your birb and talk to it, it will grow older and learn more about the world.
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8	Has nothing to do with the 2021 film ''[[Film/Finch2021 Finch]]'', the band {{Music/Finch}}, or the video game ''VideoGame/WhatRemainsOfEdithFinch''.
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10	!!This game provides examples of:
11	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Zigzagged. When your birb first hatches, they are a plain grey color. But when you accumulate Rainbow Stones, you have the option to buy colorful dyes to color various parts of their body, so they can be any combination of colors you fancy.
12	* AntiFrustrationFeatures:
13	** Seasonal micropets can be randomly hatched from eggs, so if you miss out on one for the month, you don't have to wait an entire year to try to get it again.
14	** Oatmeal the Llama could previously only be gotten by having 5 different friends sign up for ''Finch'', but he later became a hatchable micropet as well.
15	* BearyFriendly: The January 2023 micropet is Blizzard the Wizard, a polar bear cub in a wizard hat.
16	* BindleStick: Your birb carries a red sack over their shoulder while adventuring.
17	* BlushSticker: Your birb has them, and their color can be changed by buying cheek color dye at the shop. Some of the micropets also have them, including Flutter the Flying Heart and Starry the Twinkle.
18	* CatchingSomeZs: A sleeping micropet will have z's coming out of its mouth.
19	* DoesNotLikeSpam: At the end of an adventure, your birb may discover a new food, try it, and declare that they either like it or don't. Liked and disliked foods are listed under their Discoveries.
20	-->'''Negative reaction to trying chamomile tea''': COUGH, CHEEP, COUGH...the things humans drink to sleep, cheep...
21	* FictionalCurrency: Rainbow Stones are accumulated by accomplishing personal goals, writing in your journal and claiming the free box in the store every day. They are used to buy color dye, clothing, and furniture for your birb.
22	* FriendlyGhost: Boopty the Spoopty is a BedsheetGhost micropet who is said to be timid, but gets excited when other can see him.
23	* GottaCatchEmAll: Your Micropedia keeps track of all the micropets you've obtained and has "?" slots for the ones you haven't gotten yet. Currently, there are 30 different micropets.
24	* HelloInsertNameHere:
25	** When prompting the game, you will be prompted to choose the name and gender of your birb. Unlike some pet-raising sims, these features can be changed freely at any time.
26	** Micropets start with default names, such as Talon the Gryphon and Oatmeal the Llama, but you can give them different names if you want.
27	* NestedOwnership: Micropets are little pets that your birb can have. They can be obtained through various means such as filling your birb's energy meter for 25 days in a given month (they doesn't have to be consecutively), hatching an egg by completing a goal for 7 days, or inviting friends to join ''Finch''.
28	* NotAllowedToGrowUp: All micropets start in their baby forms, with an option in the settings to keep them from growing up. However, once they have already grown to adulthood, they cannot be regressed back to babies.
29	* PokemonSpeak: Oatmeal the Llama makes a sound like “Llama, llama!” when you tap on him.
30	* PurelyAestheticGender: The gender of your birb does not affect the style of clothes they can wear. Or anything else, really.
31	* ShoutOut: Occasionally when another user's birb visits you, it says [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} "A wild]] [[HelloInsertNameHere (birb name)]] [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} appeared!"]]
32	* SkipOfInnocence: While your birb is on an adventure, you can give it extra energy and make it come back sooner by doing exercises in the app such as deep breathing or journaling. Give it enough energy, and its adventuring animation will change from walking to happily skipping.
33	* SnotBubble: At night, your birb will have one coming out of their beak while sleeping. If they have a micropet equipped, it will be sleeping and have a snot bubble, too.
34	* SunnySunflowerDisposition: One of the micropets is Sunny the Seedling, a smiling sunflower in a pot. Her flavor text reads, "Sunny hopes your day will be as bright as her smile! She loves the sunshine, but she also knows some rain helps us grow even stronger."
35	* TragicDream: Wiggles the Squiggle is a worm micropet who dreams of growing up into a beautiful butterfly. Sadly, he does not grow into a butterfly, just a slightly bigger worm.

Context VideoGame / Finch