Birdbound
game jam submission for 1-BIT JAM #4
1st place winner 
Controls
| Z | Space | Left Mouse | Fly |
| R | Reset |
The Tower
A harrowing journey into the heart of a bird's guilt and self-imposed punishment. You play as a creature of feathers and bone, burdened by the weight of his past sins. Trapped within a towering, gothic structure, he dreams of escaping the suffocating confines of his self-made prison, but every time he breaks free, he awakens back in his cage, the taste of freedom bittersweet and fleeting. The walls of his prison are not of stone, but of guilt, each brick a memory of his transgressions. The air itself is thick with the weight of his remorse, each breath a reminder of his burden.
He claws at the bars of his cage, his sharp talons digging into the cold metal, but they remain unyielding. He beats his wings against the unforgiving stone, but they only echo his despair. The darkness presses in, a suffocating blanket of his own making. He is a prisoner of his own mind, trapped in a cycle of escape and despair.
He remembers the moment he was condemned, the weight of his sin crushing him. The whispers of judgment, the accusing eyes of his brethren, all etched into his memory. He seeks solace in the shadows, but they only amplify his guilt. He yearns for the sun, for the warmth of its rays, but it remains forever out of reach.
He is a bird, broken and blinded, a creature of flight forever grounded. He is a prisoner of his own guilt, condemned to an eternal cycle of escape and despair.
Programmer ␥ Macrow
Artist ␥ Blanket The Almighty
Technical Sound Designer ␥ Deshui Yu
Music ␥ jerebee
Development log
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Really awesome game! I feel like every animation and aspect was filling out the feel, and story of the game really well and the music building as I climbed the tower was very up-lifting. Incredibly responsive and deep for a game with only one button input. Congrats on the win, well deserved!
this game feels like a pixel art version of getting over with for me. Pretty hard, I really liked the game, 10/10 and congrats for winning the game jam
Congrats on winning the gamejam!
Tyty, after winning the jam i got myself a gf, won the lottery, and my lab results from the hospital came back positive (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
wow ill have whatever he's having!!
interesting game!
It's such a simple mechanic, but it works so nicely. And the music and artwork are lovely as well. Overall, very nice!
Pretty fun. Sometimes the bird enters a glitch state where you can't move and it is infinitely hurt.
Favourite game of the jam so far! Just feels so cohesive and has such personality, backed up by fun, challenging gameplay.
Such a fun game! The music is awesome!
OK this is a mood! The music, the graphics, the animations everything puts me in a kind of mood that i love. Its winded down, its kinda frustrating because u want to advance but feel like youre lacking abit of control because of the unique and great one button input(!).
Great work Jerebee for the music. Incredible graphis Blanket the Almighty. Your name is a fitting word for the games vibe itself. Everything runs smoothly and seems well programmed aswell Macrow.
Idk i just love the vibe of it even though i ragequitted fairly early.