The Day I Became a Bird

[i]The Day I Became a Bird[/i] is based on the children's picture book of the same name, written by Ingrid Chabbert and illustrated by Raúl Nieto. Despite being aimed at kids between 4 and 7 years old, it tells an emotional story that is universal for all ages: the tenderness of first love. The kind that arrives without warning and turns ordinary days into something brimming with life, enthusiasm, and the hopeful anticipation of one more glance from the person who stole your heart. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3722238619 This is exactly the emotion the game sets out to capture: a love full of purity, untouched by the heartbreaks that would later teach you to hold something back. It follows a young boy named Frank, who one day falls for his classmate Sylvia. She is fond of birds; she wears bird-shaped hair accessories, she draws birds in chalk on the school ground, or she simply watches them through her binoculars. But she doesn't notice our lovestruck protagonist. To earn even one glance from her, he decides to craft himself a bird costume. The game unfolds across 4 days in his life, from the moment he falls in love to the crafting of the costume and the events that follow. It plays as an interactive storybook, with light puzzles scattered throughout. Minigames include jigsaw puzzles with rotatable square pieces and a ring course where you collect feathers. Outside of these, you control Frank from an isometric perspective, exploring room-sized levels and gathering feathers while interacting with the world beyond what the story strictly requires. Some interactions involve brief QTE sequences where you stop a slider at the right position, though the timed inputs can be swapped for a simple button press in the settings menu. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3722238576 The game is very short; it can be completed in under two hours. Achievements are awarded for collecting all feathers across the four levels (one per day), with one extra missable achievement for interacting with your cute pet in three specific moments. The Steam release also includes a 15-minute short film that retells the story in a more narrative form, adding scenes that fill in the gaps between what the game itself shows you. [i]The Day I Became a Bird[/i] is designed to be a deeply relaxed experience, and a number of thoughtful quality-of-life features support this. A chapter selection menu lets you replay individual subscenes to track down missed feathers or achievements, and the game remembers which feathers you've already collected, so you only need to pick up what's missing. The ring course minigame keeps generating new rings until you've collected enough, so missing them has no negative consequences. In fact, collecting all the feathers requires intentionally skipping many rings, as they are placed sparsely in between. Like the rings, feathers are also generated indefinitely until the minigame’s goal is reached, at which point the ending segment of the course plays out. This is handled subtly, giving the impression that you can glide through the rings as long as you like, free from any pressure or penalty. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3722238476 The hand-drawn artwork also deserves praise. It is soft and warm, much like everything else in the game. It really feels like reading a cozy bedtime story about first love. Overall, [i]The Day I Became a Bird[/i] is a true gem: beautiful and candid, just as first love is. Looking back at those times, what strikes us most isn't the person we loved but the version of ourselves we were then: brave enough to do something silly for one glance across the room and utterly convinced that a feeling this beautiful could only last forever. That essence is exactly what this game effortlessly captures through its heartwarming narrative. [quote]💜 If you like this review, please consider following [url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/11354094]Lilly's Corner Curator page[/url] 🌸 [url=https://lillycorner.com/]Website[/url] [/quote]

볼로냐 라가치상을 수상하기도 한 '구리디'의 따뜻한 드로잉과 아이들의 감정을 깊이 있게 다루는 '인그리드 샤베르'의 이야기로 오랜 시간 주목 받아 온 동명의 그림책을 원작으로 하는 게임. 새만 좋아하는 소녀에게 다가가기 위해 새가 되려 하는 소년의 귀여운 첫사랑 이야기로, 구리디와 그림체는 확실히 다르지만 간결한 선과 포근한 느낌은 결이 닮아 새로운 그림도 잘 어울립니다. 책으로는 전해지지 않았던 새들의 지저귐과 아늑한 음악도 들려 몽글몽글한 감성이 진하게 다가오고요. 어린이용 동화책의 내용이다 보니 분량은 1시간 가량으로 아주 짧고 조작과 퍼즐도 아이들의 눈높이에 맞지만, 동심으로 돌아가게 해 주는 소박한 따뜻함이 참 좋았습니다. 기본으로 주어지는 추가 콘텐츠로 15분짜리 애니메이션도 있는데, 아무래도 게임의 플레이 과정에서는 주요 장면을 잘라서 보여주게 되지만 애니메이션은 감성적인 장면도 더 많고 연출이 부드럽게 이어지다 보니 게임보다 감정이 더 깊게 느껴졌습니다. 대신 게임엔 대사 없는 애니메이션보다 텍스트로 설명이 더해진 부분도 있고요. 만약 아이와 플레이 한다면 두 가지 버전을 모두 경험하면서 이해의 깊이를 더해 줄 수 있을 것 같습니다. 저처럼 홀로 플레이 하는 어른에게는 감성의 양분이 될 수 있을 테고요. 다만 다른 게임들에 비해 분량 대비 가격이 비싼 편이고, 단순히 비교하는 게 맞나 싶긴 한데 원본 동화책 가격보다도 높기는 합니다. 각자의 기준에 부합하는 가격인지는 따져 봐야 할 것 같습니다. [quote] [url=store.steampowered.com/curator/44960677]✍🏻 [b]큐레이터[/b]로 활동 중입니다. [b]팔로우[/b]하고 리뷰를 구독하세요.[/url] [/quote]

Very cute and straightforward story about an innocent first love. It's comprised of different tiny gamified interactions in a child bite-sized collectathon, which I find slightly more engaging than your standard narrative experience, even if it's meant for kids. But the variety of those interactions could've been greater to warrant the disproportionate asking price. You do get access to the 15-minute short film from 2023, though it would also be nice to read through the original children's book. Of course, I'm sure that's not so easy due to the publishing rights, royalties, and so on...

Романтическое приключение в мягких добрых тонах, где простые истины подаются с легкой наивностью и милотой. Игра состоит из четырех глав, проходится примерно за час. Если постараться, то можно выбить все ачивки за одно прохождение, главное не пропускать перья и не забыть погладить пёсика в нескольких моментах. Геймплейно у вас не должно возникнуть проблем, особенно если активируете казуальный режим. Единственные момент, где придётся попотеть - рисование и вырезание! У меня даже не получилось с первого раза, чем я была несказанно недовольна XD Дивная рисовка ассоциируется с до боли знакомыми детскими книжками, пробуждает воспоминания из светлого беззаботного прошлого. Анимации приятные, нежные. Музыка дополняет повествование. Игра подойдет тем, кто любит сентиментальные истории про детство и любовь - идеально, чтобы скоротать тихий спокойный вечерок одному или в компании родных и близких. Обязательно посмотрите встроенный в игру мультфильм - он дополнит некоторые сцены, сюжет станет более понятным! Полное прохождение в видео https://youtu.be/UerJ8teGRjc

Lovely little game! Great visuals and the music fits the vibes perfectly. Feels like playing through a children's story book.

[b]The Day I Became a Bird[/b] is a charming interactive fiction game based on the children’s book of the same name by Ingrid Chabbert. It follows a young boy named Frank as he discovers newfound feelings for one of his classmates. Unfortunately, she only has eyes for the birds, prompting Frank to try to find ways to connect with her. It is an endearing story of innocence and honesty, and the first fluttery feelings of a childhood crush. The story is told through the gameplay itself, as well as through the game’s visuals, and occasional narrative-focused stills with small amounts of text. It is a heartwarming tale that is easy to follow, providing a nostalgic glance back at the simplicity and purity of a youthful romance. The Day I Became a Bird consists of four short chapters, and the entire game can be completed within 1-2 hours. The main sections of each chapter involve playing as Frank and completing objectives such as petting the dog, finding a set number of a specific item, or sharpening a pencil. These sections have golden feathers throughout, and a certain number must be obtained in order to progress. In addition to the main sections of gameplay, there are also cutting-out mini-games and jigsaw-type puzzles and endless runner style sections to complete. The game uses a delightful 3D art style for most of the game, overlaid with sketchy hand-drawn elements with delicate line work and favouring muted and pastel colours, giving it a very calm feel. Cute animations, such as Frank doing a hopscotch, really emphasise his childlike curiosity and joy, endearing players further to the young protagonist. The music is very gentle and not especially prominent, providing a relaxing but pleasantly emotive audio backdrop for the narrative and gameplay. It is a wonderful little interactive fiction that will warm the hearts of its players. It offers beautifully twee art and sound design, adorable animations, a charming narrative, and fun, relaxing gameplay. I did experience a PC crash while playing and discovered my Ryzen 7 7700X CPU had reached 95°C, which, especially given it runs alongside an RTX 4070 and 64GB ram, should not have occurred and suggests possible optimisation issues. I was able to complete the game, monitoring various PC temperatures closely, and I very much enjoyed the experience, which was utterly delightful right from the start. Having said that, some may find the price tag a bit steep for the short play time provided, leaving me hesitant to recommend it with too much gusto. [b]WANT TO KNWO MORE?[/b] The full version of this review (and many others) is available on my website [url=https://indie-hive.com/the-day-i-became-a-bird/]Indie Hive[/url].

Lovely game, it melted my heart!🥰

Recebi esse jogo para experimentar e tive uma das melhores e mais surpreendentes experiências o jogando. Finalizei com aquele gostinho de "quero mais", os comandos são simples, a história é fluida, é um jogo que daria para uma criança jogar tranquilamente, os cenários são agradáveis, bem detalhados e me fez sentir como se estivesse dentro de um livro de aquarela. Tive uma experiência nostálgica ao jogar esse jogo. A facilidade após zerar em revisitar os capítulos ajuda a conquistar a platina do jogo. Cozy, divertido, fluido, com boa ambientação, bom cenário e uma trama fofa e envolvente. Esse jogo em um dia frio + cafezinho quentinho = 1hr e 40 de gameplay confy garantida. 10/10.

Sehr niedliche Geschichte und ein tolles kleines Spiel. Für die kurze Zeit ist der Preis aber leider etwas zu hoch... Läuft aber technisch, auch auf dem Steamdeck, einwandfrei.

可愛簡單的解謎遊戲 出自於同名繪本「那一天我變成一隻鳥」，鍵盤也可以遊玩，但如果有把手遊玩會更方便一點。 裡面的任務都不難，只是需要一點耐心，但拼圖有一點多，不過難度不高 好久沒有看兒童繪本了，感謝這個小遊戲又讓我回到純純的愛❤️