Bard Following

Photosensitivity warning: Bards Following contains flashing lights and rapid light effects (lightning during storms, screen flashes during the Encore Rush) that may trigger seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy. If you or anyone in your family has a history of seizures or epilepsy, talk to a doctor before playing. Stop playing right away if you feel dizzy, have blurred vision, eye or muscle twitches, or any discomfort.

You are a wandering bard. Every road you walk writes a brand-new song, and everyone who hears it wants to follow.

Pick a musical soul (Fantasy, Lo-fi, Folk, Epic, Jazz or Chiptune), choose your bard, and start walking. The music is generated live as you go, shifting with the time of day, the world around you and the size of your crew. Followers join, level up your song, and fill the road behind you.

- Generative music: melodies, chords and rhythms composed on the fly, in six genres

- An idle journey: your crew grows and earns tips even while you are away

- Six worlds with their own look, wildlife and mood

- A hidden Encore: tap the glowing follower three times to start the show

- Talents, goals, a shop of hats and glowing auras, and three save slots

- Plays in the browser and on Android phones

Forest with flowers and songbirds. Plains with wheat, scarecrows and butterflies. Desert with cacti and circling vultures. The Nightmare with glowing jack-o'-lanterns, graves and bats. Snow with snowmen and drifting flakes. Volcano with lava pools and rising embers.

Spot the follower that starts to glow and tap it. Three taps bring the whole crew to the stage for Encore Rush: three rounds of falling notes, combos, a Fever mode, golden bonus notes and a stars-and-stats finale. Tap anywhere, right on the beat.

1. Choose your music and your bard, then just walk.

2. Open MENU for talents, goals and settings.

3. Watch for the glowing follower: tap it three times to start the Encore.

4. Spend gold in the roadside towns on hats and auras.

Tip: if your phone gets warm, set Settings > Visual effects to Low.