the PC cover for the Barnyard video game
Barnyard is a 2006 party game, based on the 2006 animated film of the same name. It has been released for the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, PC, and Wii.
Introduction[]
Since it doesn't follow the script of the movie at all, the game instead allows the player to create a cow, boy or girl, and choose different fur colors and patterns instead of just playing Otis (who appears in the video game as a supporting character, and the boy/girl cow appears as the main protagonist). Once the character creation process is completed, the player can begin to do missions for other characters. They can also receive missions through their cellphones, via text messages. In the beginning, the player may only explore inside the Barnyard, but after several missions revolving around the main characters, the player receives a key to the Barnyard gate and a key for a bicycle, and the player is able to explore other parts of the neighborhood. Also, the missions cannot be skipped; they must be completed in order for the game to advance. Then, eventually, after a multitude of missions, the player will have to complete a boss level involving Dag and the coyotes, and then the player finishes the game and is free to roam.
Main Characters:[]
Side characters:[]
Chapters: []
Chapter 1 - Welcome to the Barnyard:[]
The game begins with chapter 1 where Bill tells the story that once the player saved the Barnyard. Before Otis and his friends namely Pip, and Freddy try to launch Peck from the rooftop to Ms. Beady's house before when the Farmer arrives with a new cow, who is the main player. Otis was almost about to fall from the roof, but Pig requests the player to distract The Farmer so he can help Otis get inside the Barn before he gets strictly treated by his adoptive father Ben. After the cutscene, the main player is invited by Miles, who tells about the controls and savings of the game. Then the player meets Ben, Pig, Duke, Pip, Otis, Hanna and the Jersey Cows namely Eddy, Igg and Bud. After completing the day missions, Root seeks a massive help from the player so he can start the night barn. To help the night barn get better, bigger and is enjoyed by more customers, the player must buy Furnitures, Games, Decorations, Party items, Food items to make the night barn popular with the help of Gopher coins. All the items are found on Gopher Underground, which is only available on the nighttime. Player must meet Joey the Gopher before buying anything from Frankie the Gopher. After all of this, the chapter 1 comes to an end after finishing few mini games.
Chapter 2 - Raccoon Season: []
The Raccoons were starting to invade the barnyard and try to steal the farmer's crop/vegetables & Chicken's eggs. So, Ben has been keeping an eye on them. This chapter consists of 3 mini games and some side missions like Honey Collecting from Walnut Woods. The player gets the keys to unlock the path to South path and route from Walnut Woods to Beady Farm. 
Chapter 3 - Coyote Season: []
After a successful season of Raccoon, Ben has warned the barn animals about the dangerous threat Coyotes possess. But Otis barely heard anything about it because he was checking a new arrival Daisy and her friend Bessy. As soon as the chapter starts, Otis asks the player to greet Daisy with OX-Daisy flowers and Ben asks the player to stay careful from the Coyotes. After few missions like stopping the human kids from Cow tipping, Daisy and Root have decided to give Everrett the Dog a long vacation since it's his birthday. So, she conducts 5 charity games to raise funds and the player must collect 1000 Gopher coins. After finishing the mission, the night kicks off with celebrating Everrett's birthday. The player gets the keys to unlock the path of Old Mill and Izzy Springs Golf Course.
Chapter 4 - Everrett's Party:[]
Since hardly anyone even took the Coyote season seriously, it led to a change in the story. In the night barn, Root tells the player to serve drinks to customers since it is a busy night. While the party was going, Coyotes have invaded the barnyard just in a nick of time.
Chapter 5 - Coyote Attack:[]
While the party was going on, Coyotes have attacked hens, but Ben stopped them, which led to his death. Then Otis immediately left the night barn for his father's funeral. the player, Daisy and Maddy help Otis and finally cheer him up.
Chapter 6 - Otis In Charge:[]
Instead of Duke, all the animals have elected Otis as their leader, and they were celebrating in broad daylight, but the farmer saw the whole thing. So, Miles had to kick him in the head to forget what happened. Otis then trusted the player and gave the keys to the north path which leads to Grizzly Gulch, the area around the Junkyard.
Chapter 7 - Boy Tipping:[]
Human kids once again have started the Cow Tipping, which was enough evidence for Otis and the Jersey Cows to take revenge. So, at nighttime, Otis asks the player to tease Ms. Beady so they can get her Car to chase the Snotty Kid. After chasing them, Otis, Eddy, Igg and Bud have gone for Boy Tipping, for which they immediately had to rush to the car. The player then safely lands Otis and the Jersey Cows at the barnyard, for which Otis appoints the player as an honorary Jersey Cow.
Chapter 8 - A Sudden Decision:[]
Coyote's leader Dag threatened to slaughter every animal if Otis was in their way, so to avoid such things, Otis has decided to leave the barnyard, which in difficult stage, led to the player becoming the new leader.
Chapter 9 - Coyote Showdown:[]
Coyotes have taken away the hens and Hanna, so Otis has decided to battle them, but he was backed by the player and others, and after finishing off Dag and his gang, Otis has banished the Coyotes from ever entering into the barnyard again. Afterwards, Daisy gave birth to Lil Ben, and Otis promises that he will take care of all animals and he also thanks the player for helping in all the cases.
Ending of Game:[]
After the credits, the player was invited by Otis inside the barn to thank him. Later he tells the player to finish off buying materials for night barn and finish the mini games to collect the rewards if remaining. He also gives keys of Junkyard, since there are no Coyotes anymore, Otis tells it is fun to ride.
Map and Locations:[]
Barn:[]
Inside the barn, three cows will be sleeping, and in the upstairs and downstairs, there will be few items to collect.
Barnyard:[]
The main place for all animals either for missions or mini games.
Middle of Map:[]
Gopher Hill:[]
Gopher Hill will be at the middle of outside the Barnyard. It is the only place to buy or sell various items.
Northeast Path:[]
Northeast path is very closer down to the Barnyard. The path takes place straight to:
Dankweed Pond:[]
Dankweed Pond is one of the very nearer places to the Barnyard. It lies on the North Middle part of Barnyard. All the goods of Gophers arrive right at the Dankweed Pier. Only Otis gives the missions to the player at Dankweed Pond.
While going straight from Dankweed Pond:
Ben's Hill:[]
Ben's Hill is the topmost place of the farm. Ben named it as his hill because it is his favorite place of the whole farm. Only Ben calls the player at Ben's Hill if any mission is given. Ben's Hill is also very much closer from Northwest Path.
Northwest Path:[]
Northwest path is the 2nd most very closest path to the Barnyard. It takes up to:
Vegetable Patch:[]
Vegetable Patch is often known as Miles Patch as he is known as the watchdog of it. Vegetable Patch also leads to the straight path towards Ben's Hill, which is way closer than from Dankweed Pond.
If we head straight:
Dandelion Meadow:[]
Dandelion Meadow lies in the northern west part of Barnyard. The Jersey Cows along with Daisy and Bessy stay at the Meadow in daytime. It also leads to a way to Ben's Hill and Dankweed Pond, and the Walnut Woods Last part is right at Dandelion Meadow.
Dandelion Meadow path also takes us to:
West Path:[]
The West Path is the shortest path of all four directions. It leads to:
Old Mill:[]
Old Mill is also known as Abandoned Mill. Before the Gophers used to take the supplies here in the Mill. There are lots of items in the Mill if lucky enough, the player gets items other than Gopher Coins.
Southwest Path:[]
Southwest Path takes us from Old Mill to:
Beady Farm:[]
Beady Farm is the outside part of Barnyard. Otis and Ben call the player for the mission in Beady Farm. Beady Farm way takes to:
East Path:[]
East Path is very closer to both Gopher Hill and Beady Farm. The place which lies:
Walnut Woods:[]
Out of 2 Divided parts of Walnut Woods, the eastern part of Walnut Woods is the longest. It has a very Narrow route towards Beady Farm and Gopher Hill. It is considered to be one of the few hostile places because it is occupied by Honeybees, who are not friendly in the game.
If we head straight from Beady Farm, the route takes us to:
Southeast Path:[]
Southeast Path is the farthest place from the Barnyard. It is full of:
Izzy Springs Golf Course:[]
The whole Southeast Path is completely a Golf Course. It is the final path of the map. It has three gates. The front gate is on the route from south path. The narrow gate is on the narrow route of Walnut Woods. The Back gate or also known as main gate is from the route of Beady Farm. If heading straight forward, we make it to:
South Path:[]
South path is the Dead-end path of Barnyard if reaching out of boundaries.
Outskirts:[]
It is in the path of Northeast path and closer to Dankweed Pond. It is of:
North Path:[]
North Path is at the outskirts of Barnyard. It is known as the dryland for:
Grizzly Gulch:[]
Grizzly Gulch is the Dry area around the Junkyard. It is also known as the hostile place. It is regarded as the outskirts place because it is the easiest place for Coyotes to enter even though the land is literally next to Ben's Hill.
Junkyard:[]
The final place of the map. It is the area full of scrapped materials. Dag and Coyotes have occupied the place. The player can only enter into the junkyard after the final mission just for ride.
Mini-Games:[]
In some cases, mini games are only played for introducing new games and for giving the player points to win the Barnyard championship. In some cases, mini games are used for main or side missions.
Barnyard champion leader (If player did not got more points or just started):
Otis - 19
Eddy - 14
Pig - 10
Duke - 7
Root - 3
Sharp Squirter:[]
Shoot the waste cans as fast as you can to score more points.
Best technic: When there are a bunch of cans in one line, squirt the milk heavily to get more score.
Sharp Squirter is played on 4 maps presently:
On Barnyard, (Easy)
On Ben's Hill, (Normal)
On Beady Farm, (Hard)
On Izzy Springs Golf Course, (Expert)
Barnyard Scoreboard leaders (If player's score is not efficient enough):
Otis - 351 Star rank
Eddy - 326 Star rank
Ben - 288 A rank
Igg - 209 B rank
Bud - 50 D rank
Ben's Hill Scoreboard leaders (If player's score is not efficient enough):
Otis - 451 Star rank
Eddy - 438 Star rank
Ben - 377 A rank
Igg - 342 B rank
Bud - 50 D rank
Beady Farm Scoreboard leaders (If player's score is not efficient enough):
Otis - 451 Star rank
Eddy - 426 Star rank
Bessy - 388 A rank
Igg - 309 B rank
Bud - 50 D rank
Izzy Springs Scoreboard leaders (If player's score is not efficient enough):
Otis - 751 Star rank
Eddy - 738 Star rank
Bessy - 677 A rank
Igg - 542 B rank
Bud - 50 D rank
Mud Jumpers:[]
Kick the pipe to eliminate the opponents and jump to escape the pipe.
Best Technic: Kick rapid firely without hesitation, the Pigs will lose their lives and get eliminated. Kicks will give more points than jumping.
Main opponent: Pig
Scoreboard leaders (If player's score is not efficient enough):
Pig - 161 Star rank
Otis - 153 Star rank
Duke - 128 A rank
Miles - 94 B rank
Freddy - 30 D rank
Barnyard Pool:[]
Pocket more balls than Duke to win the game.
Best Technic: To score more points, hit straight shots more often.
Main Opponent: Duke
Scoreboard leaders (If player's score is not efficient enough):
Duke - 490 Star rank
Root - 475 Star rank
Eddy - 460 Star rank
Otis - 390 A rank
Freddy - 50 D rank
Tease the Mailman:[]
Tease the mailman by using the moves and its keys given. Drop to the four legs if he saw you.
Best Technic: Using more hard moves than normal and easy will give more points.
Scoreboard leaders (If player's score is not efficient enough):
Otis - 402 Star rank
Eddy - 358 Star rank
Pig - 311 Star rank
Peck - 123 C rank
Duke - 30 D rank
Bike Race:[]
Beat the Jersey Cows to finish the race.
Best Technic: Always sprint faster than Eddy, Igg and Bud and stay at 1st so the Jersey Cows won't be a problem at last minute.
Removed Replay option: The replay option for this Mini game was removed in the game. However, the 1st race of this mini game is available on the antics.
There are total of Five races for this mini game. It takes place in:
1st race - Dandelion Meadow -> Dankweed Pond -> Main road of Barnyard.
2nd race - Beady Farm -> Izzy Springs -> Gopher Hill -> Walnut Woods
3rd race - Old Mill -> Beady Farm -> Walnut Woods -> Gopher Hill -> Dandelion Meadow
4th race - Down Path of Ben's Hill -> Grizzly Gulch -> North Path -> Dankweed Pond
final and 5th race (full map) - Gopher Hill -> South Path -> Izzy Springs -> Walnut Woods -> Beady Farm -> Old Mill -> Dandelion Meadow -> Dankweed Pond -> Grizzly Gulch -> Ben's Hill -> Veggie Patch
Main Opponents: Eddy, Igg and Bud
Fun Fact: At rare occasions, Igg and Bud mostly would be at 2nd place, mostly Igg, who would be ahead of Eddy at sometimes.
Scoreboard leaders (If player's score is not efficient enough):
NOTE: This is theoretical. It is based on how many laps a player has come first.
Eddy - 25 Star rank
Igg - 18 Star rank
Bud - 13 A rank
Otis - 9 B rank
Duke - 4 D rank
Chasing Chicks:[]
Chase and catch a chick and throw it in any four kinds of hoops
Yellow hoops is easy shots
Green hoops is medium shots
Blue hoops is close shots
Pink hoops is wild shots
Best technic: Aim for wild shots even though it is hard, it will work.
Main Opponents: Otis & Jersey Cows
Scoreboard leaders (If player's score is not efficient enough):
Otis - 105 Star rank
Eddy - 100 Star rank
Igg - 85 A rank
Bud - 65 B rank
Root - 5 D rank
Veggie Patch Defender:[]
Defend the Veggie Patch by squirting milk on Raccoons and throw them out. Repair any broken fences.
Best Technic: When the Raccoons are coming from different sides, try to scare the one side of Raccoons off by getting close to them, so they will enter into other fence which was opened, and it will be easy for player to squirt milk on them easily.
Scoreboard leaders (If player's score is not efficient enough):
Ben - 324 Star rank
Otis - 286 A rank
Eddy - 259 A rank
Igg - 158 C rank
Bud - 50 D rank
Chicken Coop Defender:[]
Defend the Chicken Coop by squirting milk on Raccoons and throw them out.
Best technic: Always first aim at the right side where one raccoon will come.
Scoreboard leaders (If player's score is not efficient enough):
Ben - 265 Star rank
Otis - 190 A rank
Eddy - 130 B rank
Igg - 110 C rank
Bud - 40 D rank
Chicken Launcher:[]
Launch Peck by applying power and fly through the hoops and finish the game by landing inside any of the 10 windows
Best technics: Use the booster always to finish the game and go through the 100 points window while slowing down.
Scoreboard leaders (If player's score is not efficient enough):
Otis - 182 Star rank
Pig - 173 Star rank
Eddy - 156 Star rank
Igg - 127 A rank
Bud - 25 D rank
Gopher Golf:[]
Finish the golf game with the help of Gophers.
Best technic: Hit the gopher golf ball perfectly, then always aim for straight shots to get more points. Most importantly, finish the game before the time runs out and in precision golf, throw the ball perfectly.
Timer Golf - Based on Time
Precision Golf - Based on no. of limited amount of throwing golf ball.
First nine and Back nine holes Scoreboard leaders (If player's score is not efficient enough):
Otis - 440 Star rank
Pig - 424 Star rank
Duke - 401 Star rank
Miles - 337 A rank
Freddy - 20 D rank
Full 18 holes Scoreboard leaders (If player's score is not efficient enough):
Otis - 694
Pig - 657
Duke - 560
Miles - 448
Freddy - 320
Joy Ride:[]
Use the farmer's pickup truck and defeat the Jersey Cows. Don't let the cops see you. After finishing with Jersey Cows, use the Beady car and collect as many coins as you can before the time runs out and finish the game.
Best technic: Before finishing the race, let the Jersey Cows be at first, then follow them slowly, then with full speed, finish the ride.
Scoreboard leaders (If player's score is not efficient enough):
Eddy - 79
Bud - 64
Igg - 55
Otis - 46
Pig - 14
Cow Tipping:[]
Defend the Meadow Cows from getting tipped by the human kids. Use the tomato launcher to attack those kids, raccoons in later mission, and coyotes in between.
Best technic: Always use the ammo delivery by Gophers. Full auto is the best way to finish the kids or raccoons off.
Scoreboard leaders (If player's score is not efficient enough):
Miles - 264 Star rank
Duke - 251 Star rank
Otis - 232 A rank
Bessy - 155 B rank
Freddy - 50 D rank
Darts Game:[]
Score more points than Mr. Root.
Best Technic: Don't follow Mr. Root's trails, just hit everything perfectly.
NOTE: Always hit the brown board.
Scoreboard leaders (If player's score is not efficient enough):
Root - 860 Star rank
Duke - 845 Star rank
Otis - 805 Star rank
Pig - 730 A rank
Freddy - 100 D rank
Whack-a-Rac:[]
whack raccoons and don't whack Freddy, Peck and the Egg.
Best technic: Always hit the Coyote when found:
Scoreboard leaders (If player's score is not efficient enough):
Root - 246 Star rank
Otis - 231 Star rank
Eddy - 209 Star rank
Duke - 183 A rank
Pig - 23 D rank
Milk Bar:[]
Serve everyone the milk and don't drop any glass.
Best technic: Give the full filled milk to the customer to avoid him coming again, and when in rush, send rapidly.
Scoreboard leaders (If player's score is not efficient enough):
Pig - 278
Bessy - 209
Duke - 192
Miles - 131
Daisy - 102
Freddy's Dream:[]
Defend the chicken coop by squirting the clones of Freddy.
Best technic: Apply the same as chicken coop defender.
Scoreboard leaders (If player's score is not efficient enough):
Bessy - 175
Otis - 160
Eddy - 130
Igg - 110
Bud - 85
Glitches & Bugs:[]
Glitches & Bugs are common in this game, it is either because of removed content from the game or straight cut glitch.
In Ben's Hill, if the player spams the jump button at the front face of Barnyard, the player will get above the top and the game will start to become a void till you spawn at the Barnyard.
In the entrance of East path gate at Gopher's Hill, (the east gate is locked and you haven't reached the level unlock it.), if the player spams the jump button at the corner of the gate, then the player will reach to the top and finally land inside the locked gate of east path.
In the Beady Farm backyard, if you crash your bike with full speed to the right corner of the house, the game will become void till it spawns at Barnyard or it will simply spawn to Old Mill.
In the Grizzly Gulch, if you crash your bike with full speed to the corner of rock and fences, you will go to the top sky of Junkyard and game will become void till spawn at Barnyard.
In Izzy Springs, when you come from the Walnut Woods gate and travel to the left of lake, the game will become void and spawn at Barnyard.
In Dandelion Meadows, if you go to the back left corner and sprint jump with a trick and go forward, you will fall in a infinite void loop till spawned back at Dandelion Meadow.
At any place where water is there, if you try to do the trick near the water and hop onto the bike when it falls down the water, void appears once again.
In Izzy Springs from the route of Walnut Woods, if you turn your bike on the right side and try to jump with the bike before falling, you will fall into the locked gate of Izzy springs.
Removed Features:[]
Sharp Squirter mini game was also supposed to take place on Grizzly Gulch and Junkyard with Coyotes invading. But got removed because it would be tough for the player to handle it.
All the animals have AI and along with player, they are also free to roam around different places, but got removed because of them going out of boundaries. It was the last feature removed from the game. This feature was actually available till the final update.
Coyotes during the nighttime would come to invade the barnyard or the player if he was going to the grizzly gulch or walnut woods. But got removed since it is tough to handle.
Bike Race game was also supposed to be the playable mini game but got scrapped.
Ben originally gives the Grizzly Gulch keys to the player at chapter 3 itself to deal with the Coyotes, but got removed.
Otis gives the Junkyard keys at chapter 6 itself because there will be some missions in Grizzly Gulch and Junkyard at daytime and nighttime, but the missions of nighttime would probably be harder since the Coyotes can easily enter into the Barnyard. So later they have scrapped the missions of Grizzly Gulch and Junkyard.
Mud Jumpers game originally also had a game with Cows including Otis, Eddy, Igg, Bud and the player, but later got scrapped.
Bike Race 1st race was originally supposed to be started at Ben's Hill -> Veggie Patch -> Dandelion Meadow.
There was a night barn mini game, which is known as Roulette game. But was removed due to being tough mini game.
There was a pool battle mini game, but also got removed.
In the Bike Race battle, originally even Otis was suppose to race against the player, but removed it since it makes no sense for Otis to race since he doesn't ride it anymore.
Izzy Springs Golf Course, Beady Farm, Walnut Woods, Old Mill, Grizzly Gulch and Junkyard were supposed to be longer than they have right now, but it would take longer to complete missions, so, they scrapped it to small.
There was also a way to go the Acres land where humans are there, but it almost has no reason to visit there. So, they removed it.
The Pier of Dankweed Pond was actually longer and is supposed to be touched with the front land.
After the game finishes, there will be still some coyotes in the Junkyard at nighttime but scrapped.